Is Barry Manilow trying to ride American Idol back to the pop charts? And are the producers hoping to make "Let Freedom Ring" this year's "God Bless the U.S.A."? And was his performing a condition of his being on the show in the first place? I begin to wonder...
I do kinda like the fact that they're shaking up the results presentation, presumably because it had gotten predictable. Based on Fantasia and Diana's placements, I'm guessing "Group A" is safe, while "Group B" is on the chopping block.
And John is in Group B with Diana and Jasmine, so I'll just take that as being confirmed.
And why would George be nervous? By definition, whichever group he joins has four members, and is perforce safe, no? Not that he looked especially nervous; that's just what Ryan said, perhaps by way of misdirection. Plus I suppose there's a chance he'd be in the Bottom Four, just to shake things up further. There's the other advantage of their tinkering with the formula; all things become possible.
...no, okay, he clearly had been nervous, but that last bit still applies.
And, oh, my. Group A is on bottom. Wow. Wow, wow, wow. Jennifer, LaToya, Fantasia.
And LaToya is safe!
(Y'know, if Jennifer goes, perhaps not the worst thing. She wasn't gonna win anyway, and it'd help concentrate the really-good-black-female-singer vote on the better two in that demographic, giving them a better chance against everybody else. And the glut in that demographic does help a bit to explain these results.)
And this is the closest vote ever? Considering that Clay vs. Ruben was a fraction of a percent, that's saying something.
*whew!*
I never thought I'd say this, but I'm glad Fantasia is safe. She deserves to advance further. And this is sure as hell gonna mobilize the troops for both her and LaToya.
Wow.
(As an aside, for those in the pool, we now have a five-way tie with two points apiece, with most of the points still in the air pending future results.)
Posted by Shmuel at April 21, 2004 10:47 PM