...did Ryan just say the wild cards would be tomorrow night?
[checks TV listings]
Wow. They are.
More (including this week's results and the wild card contenders) after the jump!
Group song: "Hot and Cold."
(Do they have all the guys sitting down specifically to work around Scott? That's... actually kinda cool. Though they can't do that every week, if he makes it through.)
Audition during the commercial break: I don't like this feature, but I did like that somebody auditioned using the theme to The Jeffersons.
Recap.
...strictly speaking, Puerto Rico isn't a country, but Jorge's point is taken.
Lil is in the top 12.
Arianna, Taylor, Alex, Kendall, and Scott: one of these five is going through... after the commercial break. Probably has to be one of the boys, to preserve suspense for the final pick. More specifically, probably Scott.
Arianna is out; Taylor is out; Alex is out. Between Kendall and Scott... and Scott is in the top 12.
(If Jorge gets through, I get the trifecta; if Felicia somehow manages it, my votes count! And if it's Ju'not, at least Ed will be happy.)
Nathaniel and Kristen: are both doomed. Yup.
Felicia and Von: are also out. "For now." We'll get the wild card picks in a bit.
So that leaves us with Ju'not vs. Jorge. And the person going through... we'll find out... [long pause] ...right now. Cute, Ryan. Jorge is in!
Jorge thanks everyone in Spanish, I think.
On to the wild card picks!
A bunch of potential wild card picks are present, along with those left from this week. Selections from both after the break.
Given that the finals start next week, I gather that the judges are gonna be making the wild card picks themselves. And probably taking the chance to balance out the demographics. (Though tonight's helped in that regard.)
The judges are picking eight people to come back one more time tomorrow night. The choices were a consensus of all the judges, but they're announcing them one by one.
Randy calls back Von Smith.
Kara brings back Jasmine Murray.
Paula calls up Ricky Braddy.
Simon selects Megan Corkrey. (Simon says she was in the first show, but it was actually the second.)
Randy names Tatiana Del Toro, saying the judges agonized over this one for a long time. Eeeep. (And emotional Tatiana is back!)
Kara calls on Matt Giraud.
Paula calls up Jess Langseth, in what she says was a last-minute change.
Simon brings back Anoop Desai.
Stay tuned for the final picks tomorrow night!
Posted by Shmuel at March 4, 2009 9:01 PM