American Idol — Two For the Road
3 May 2007Two people to hit the road this week: Phil and Chris.
There won’t be a final five. Good. In my experience, somewhere around the final five, there’s some kind of weird upset,
and someone gets sent home that isn’t expected. Last year it was Chris Daughtry.
Bon Jovi rocked the house with an awesome performance. That guy has some pipes. Catch his tour starting January.
Blake butchered a Bon Jovi song by turning it into a beat-box laden oddity. As a beat boxer, he is mediocre, and
I think it should have tanked him. But the judges loved it. It was a roulette wheel spin, and it payed off.
Jordin gave a sub-par performance, and the judges let her know it. And jeez, the hair! I know it’s a singing competition, but
damn.
Phil surprised me. I usually give him about a 7.5, but this week I give him a solid 8.446. He gave a better-than-usual performance,
the judges agreed.
Lakisha rocked! Literally. Her performance was much better than she usually does, which surprised me, because she is pretty good.
Half way through her performance, I was starting to get a little worried about my main girl, Melinda.
Chris gave his usual average-enough-that-I-don’t-know-who-he-is performance. Yawn.
But alas, Melinda pulled it out again! I’ve only ever heard one negative critique about her (by Simon, of course), and that fact
is absolutely astounding. I’ve said it before. I’ll say it again (making a total of twice): they should just end the show now
and give the title to Melinda. If she doesn’t win, my faith in the decision making ability of the average American will drop to an
all-time low of 18%.
The results:
Melinda is safe. Duh.
Phil is gone. Not a huge surprise. He’s been in the bottom three a few times. He was already hanging by a thread. And with
a combined total of two voting weeks, a single stellar performance just wasn’t enough to save him. His last song, “Down in a Blaze
of Glory”, was all too fitting.
Lakisha is safe.
Jordin is safe. Last week’s performance saved her, becuase her totals were added to this week. If that weren’t the case,
I’m not entirely sure she would have made it through. Count your blessings, Jordin.
Blake is safe.
Chris is going home. No big boo-hoo.
Incidentally, this is the final-four that my wife, Holly, predicted the moment the top twelve were announced.
Here is her prediction of the order that they will go out:
Lakisha, Blake, Melinda. Making Jordin the winner!
I don’t like that outcome too much. I want Melinda!
We shall see who is victorious.
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