Everybody who's submitted their picks this week thinks it's the end of the line for Casey. Are we right?
32 million votes last night.
The top 5 perform a Sinatra medley: "The Lady Is a Tramp," "It Was a Very Good Year" (the "when I was 17" verse, starting with Aaron. Cute.) "I've Got the World on a String," "Night and Day."
Next week, the theme is movie songs, and the mentor is Jamie Foxx.
Ford Music Video: "1, 2, 3, 4" (the Plain White T's song, not Coolio or Feist or whatever)
Montage of the finalists talking about Tuesdays, with clips of the process. (Including stand-ins for the judges at the dress rehearsal.)
Lee is... oh, they are so dragging this out. Anyway, he's safe.
Lady Gaga sings a few lines of "Bad Romance" before launching into "Alejandro" with a bunch of chorus boys. Nobody involved is wearing much. (Hey, remember when American Idol was family-friendly?)
Harry Fucking Connick, Jr., montage. Because this show hasn't been about him enough this week. (Seriously, I want to vote him off the show forever.)
He sings "And I Love Her." Feeling's not mutual.
Oh, good grief. Now he's making a speech.
And on to another group number, of Harry's songs, with the finalists accompanied by him on the piano. "We Are In Love," "Come By Me," "Hear Me in the Harmony."
Followed by a long anecdote from the douchebag about meeting Sinatra, and a plug for his upcoming tour.
And back to the results, at long last.
Crystal starts a group on the far side of the stage.
Michael starts a group on the near side of the stage.
Aaron joins Michael.
Casey joins Crystal.
Ryan asks Lee "if I said, 'pick the safe group,' would you do it?" He sensibly declines. He asks the audience; they yell stuff.
The bottom two is Michael and Aaron.
Apparently, Casey did have enough residual goodwill—and/or rabid tween fans—to survive this week's travesty. Which is probably for the best...
The person going home is... Aaron Kelly.
Swan song: "Fly Me to the Moon."
Shlomo picks up two points; Brie, Pam, Mo, Suzanne, and I pick up one apiece.
Posted by Shmuel at May 5, 2010 10:00 PM