Fox is rerunning the Michael Jackson-themed episode of last season’s American Idol on Monday night, because hey, what better way to commemorate the man and his work than to subject America to Megan Joy’s caw-cawing during “Rockin’ Robin” and Danny Gokey’s awkward-uncle spin on “P.Y.T.”? Relive my recap of the night here, and recall that Kris Allen had started to kind of stand out from the pack even then! [BuddyTV] More »
Last night American Idol dispensed with the save immediately after news broke that Megan Joy was the country’s least favorite hopeful, with Simon saying that the judges had decided to not use their power of reversal even before the tattooed font designer gave her final performance. I guess it’s the judges’ prerogative, but the pre-emptive veto had to be kind of surprising to the viewers at home, even though Ryan mentioned at one point during the show that “someone might have to sing for their life.”
