Tonight started off with some announcements about the rest of the season. Mentors this season will be Dolly Parton, Mariah Carey, Andrew Lloyd Weber and Neil Diamond. So, when Andrew Lloyd Weber is there, how many times will Simon say “It sounded a bit Broadway”? They will be running the songwriting contest again this year. The finale will be May 20th.
After the announcements, there was the medley. Then we watched the recap from last night before they started the elimination. Tonight they brought out one person at a time and sent them to either the bottom three or the couch with the Top 10 (those are the ones who tour, in case you’ve forgotten).
Before the commercial, they brought out Brooke White (safe), Carly Smithson (bottom 3— shocking), David Archuleta (safe) and Michael Johns (safe). I was really surprised Carly was in the bottom three. She’s not my favorite, by a long stretch, but I would place her pretty easily in the top 6.
After the commercial, they showed the making of the Ford commercial, followed by the commercial, which featured the song “Should I Stay or Should I Go”. Then we saw David Cook (safe), Kristy Lee Cook (bottom 3), Jason Castro (safe), and Ramiele Malubay (safe).
They asked some viewer questions. Do you guys want me to post what those are with the answers? If so, let me know in the comments. After that Kellie Pickler sang. She’s really gotten a LOT better. Then there was a segment following Elliott Yamin and Fantasia in Angola, seeing Idol Gives Back money in action. While there a baby boy was born, and he was named after Elliott. It was really sweet.
Finally, Syesha was brought out and declared safe, leaving Chikezie and Amanda to find out which would round out the bottom three (Amanda). Carly was immediately declared safe, which led me to expect Kristy to go home. But, NOOOO, it was Amanda. I didn’t really think Amanda was going to win the whole thing, but aren’t we done with Kristy Lee yet? I know I am.
So, what do you think? Did America get it right? How do you feel about the results?
America definitely got it wrong—Amanda was, still is, a sorely needed
breath of fresh air. When Paula called
her “fearless” at the end of last night’s
show, that was the best compliment, ever!
I think America got it right. Amanda sealed her fate when she basically said she’d be fine singing in bars.She never really seemd like she wanted to be there. I found her vocals very limited and somewhat grating.
I’m just happy my favorites are touring:
Michael, David C, Brooke and Jason.