Three of us guess that Brooke has mouthed off on a performance night for the last time, one person thinks Jason has gone as far as looks can carry him, and one person supposes that Syesha has cheated elimination for the last time. And there's always the chance that David Archuleta's massacre of "Sweet Caroline" will outweigh the patriotism of a nation. What will happen? This... is American Idol!
Neil Diamond medley, just in case anybody still needed convincing that Neil Diamond's songs suck. (Sorry, Erin.) Thank goodness this is the last of the mentor weeks.
Constantine! Yay! And also Gina, but... Constantine! (Sorry, Pam.)
Montage of last night's show. Which almost feels less rushed than last night's show.
Aww, they left out the Paula SNAFU. Some are taking that as evidence that the show is rigged. Please. If it were rigged, they'd do a much better job of it. I don't think any Master Plan requiring Paula to be a key element would stand a chance.
Ah, here we go. Ryan doesn't address what actually happened, except to debunk rumors that the show will get rid of her. (Yeah, like that would happen.)
Jason... is safe. Dammit.
David Archuleta... is safe.
Next week's theme is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Okay, plenty of range there.
So You Think You Can Dance promo.
Randy displays the winning entry of a contest to design a Coca-Cola cup.
David Cook... is safe.
So Brooke and Syesha are the bottom two. Please let it be Brooke...
Natasha Bedingfield performs. Unlike last week's British-singer-I've-never-heard-of, she's quite good.
Questions from viewers. Including one from the first girl Simon ever kissed, when he was nine, which is awkward and almost awesome.
Ford commercial: "Catch the Wind"
Neil Diamond sings "Pretty Amazing Grace."
Back to Brooke and Syesha. The person leaving... is Brooke. She sobs, of course.
Jesse and I pick up two points; Pam and TeKay get one.
Posted by Shmuel at April 30, 2008 10:00 PMYippee! I'm happy to be out a point this week to see that one go. Syesha is next.
Constantine? Thank God I don't watch the results shows.
And Bedingfield RULES, Shmuel. You didn't know this?
Posted by: Pam at April 30, 2008 10:11 PMHonestly, I'm not sure where Brooke's voting bloc is going to turn. Could be Jason (sympathy vote), could be Syesha (last girl standing).
Re: Bedingfield. I did not know this, Pam! I shall have to check out her stuff.
Posted by: Shmuel at April 30, 2008 10:18 PMOh, and Ryan asked Constantine to look into the camera and do The Face. I confess I was imagining you cringing over in Rhode Island.
Posted by: Shmuel at April 30, 2008 10:21 PMI saw Natasha Bedingfield at one of those MixFests or whatever it was called that time, at Agannis... with BNL (yay) and Meat Loaf (who sucked worse than he did with McPhee for the 4 songs they let him sing) and walked out on James Blunt but I digress... never HEARD of?! McPhee sang "unwritten" like 4 times that season, didn't she? ;)
I gotta say that "Pocket Full of Sunshine" is quite catchy.
Okay, I'll grant the possibility that I've heard of her, but if so I'd forgotten. Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that I've been unaware of her. :-)
Anyway, I shall most assuredly be downloading her MP3s.
Posted by: Shmuel at May 1, 2008 10:41 AM