What a bittersweet night Thursday was. On one hand, we finally got the Tarentino-esque women-in-prison scandalfest that is Lady Gaga and Beyonce’s near-10-minute “Telephone” video. But on the other, one of our favorite American Idol contestants, Lilly Scott, was sent home, thus narrowly missing out on being part of the official Season 9 Top 12. Sometimes pop is a cruel machine, folks. Now hop below to see who else was sprawled out on the chopping block.
“I thought I did really well,” a stupefied Scott said upon her elimination. “I thought I was appealing to a lot of people. I put my heart into every performance. I really gave it my all every time.” We wholeheartedly agree, Lilly.
The other girl to get the boot was Katelyn Epperly. While not a total shock there, we were more thinking it was Paige Miles—who has consistently flubbed her song choices—who was about to go.
Todrick Hall’s performance of Queen’s “Somebody To Love” on Wednesday night was pretty much underwhelming in our book, so we weren’t too upset hear that he was getting axed. And as for “mushy banana” Alex Lambert—well, he was getting better, but could America really handle two Lamberts reaching the soaring heights of the Top 12 two years in a row? Guess not. He also got the boot.
Truthfully, the only head-scratcher with the guys is that Andrew Garcia managed to squeak by.
Season 8′s piano men Matt Giraud and Scott MacIntyre swung by the Idol stage to belt out a just-okay, kinda screamy duet of Billy Joel’s “Tell Her About It.” But any “joy” from that performance has been overshadowed by the glum after-effects of Lilly’s exit from the series.
Sigh. Idol, sometimes you truly are a fickle beast.
And so, America, that leaves us with:
1. Aaron Kelly
2. Andrew Garcia
3. Casey James
4. Crystal Bowersox
5. Didi Benami
6. Katie Stevens
7. Lacey Brown
8. Lee Dewyze
9. Michael Lynche
10. Paige Miles
11. Siobhan Magnus
12. Tim Urban
I really hated seeing Todrick, Alex and Lilly go! Todrick's performance was a very different take I hadn't heard of the song before. Very gospel/r&b-ish. I think he could have been a r&b version of Andre3000. I would have loved for him to stick around to see what else he'd do. Alex was a gem. It would have been a pleasure to see him gain his confidence and reveal more of his talent week after week. I have no idea why he was voted off. Lilly was just great! I liked her voice/arrangements, but I totally liked her style. She was one to watch. With all of many of the interesting / talented contestants gone, I wonder what the summer tour is gonna look like. From the looks of it right now, they may as well just rename it: Best of Both Worlds – Lillith Fair + Boys with Guitars. From now on I propose that AI introduce a new segment to the show. They can call it Random Adam Lambert YouTube Performance. AI can choose from Gridlock, AOL Sessions, iheartradio, VH-1 Unplugged, Ryan: Rock My Town, Fantasy Springs, NovaFM, Idols Live 2009, OZ Mardi Gras, etc, etc, etc…. We can start it off with ANY of the 52 Idol tour performances of “Whole Lotta Love”! These kids need some inspiraton, and the audience needs a break from the their local coffee house each Tuesday and Wednesday.
We review Idol's top 12 (with A LOT of sarcasm):
http://thesmogger.com/2010/03/12/idol-hangover-…
MediaCurves.com conducted a poll among 6,727 American Idol viewers’ perceptions of which contestants should be eliminated from the top 8 guys during last weeks elimination. The results found that contestants with the lowest percentage of votes, who should be eliminated tonight, were Todrick Hall, with 5.1% of the votes, and Aaron Kelly, with 7.2% of the votes. Alex Lambert, who had 14.4% of the votes, and Lilly Scott, who had 9.9% of the votes, were therefore incorrectly eliminated from the show according to these results. The study will parallel American Idol voting to determine the weekly winners based on a democratic, “one person, one vote” methodology.
More in depth results can be seen at: http://www.mediacurves.com/Entertainment/J7756-…
Thanks,
Ben
Alex left way to early. His nerves would have calmed down and he could have shimed!!
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