Spoilers follow!
(As an aside, Jesse is currently webless, but e-mailed her predictions.)
We're splitting the contestants into two groups again:
Far side of the stage: Vonzell and Anthony.
Near side of the stage: Carrie and Bo.
As for Scott and Constantine, after the break, Ryan asks each of them to stand with the group they think they belong in. Both stand with Carrie and Bo. Ryan then says that Carrie and Bo are, in fact, safe this week... and then sends Constantine to the other side.
Bottom three: Vonzell, Anthony, Constantine.
(Hmmph. Maybe I should've gone with my gut on the pool after all.)
Bottom two: Anthony and Constantine.
Off the show: Constantine.
(Why did I not bet on that? Why?!)
Heather and I get one point apiece (barring an eleventh-hour entry from her in which she makes the right call), both of us having guessed this in the first week of the finals; everybody else gets zilch.
And let this be a reminder to all contestants: you can't afford to have a bad performance!
Sorry about the delay; I was out late tonight. Place your predictions here!
As some of you may have gathered, I currently think Constantine is the finalist most likely to become the next American Idol. I confess that while I hadn't thought much of him at the start of the semifinals, or even the finals, he's been growing on me in the weeks since then. I've felt that the boy's got moxie, and that he does better when he's not trying to be a rocker.
With that said, Annie -- y'all who were here last year probably remember Annie; she's been watching the episodes on tape this year due to a crazy-busy schedule, but she's otherwise alive and well -- made a wonderfully trenchant observation the other day. And I quote:
Constantine deserves to win American Idol because he's precisely the sort of multi-media famewhore hack that AI has always wanted but never quite managed to get.I know the Ring of Truth™ when I hear it.
Spoilers ahoy!
We start with a tongue-in-cheek montage for Ryan Seacrest, on the occasion of his getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Cute.
The group song is an original by John Farrar; it features Carrie and Bo on guitar and Anwar on keyboards. The phrase "a moment like this" is incorporated, thus invoking one crappy song written for AI within another.
So, we're dividing the finalists into two groups, one with those at the top, one with those at the bottom, with the identity of each to be determined. They did this for the Top 7 last year also, although I doubt this'll be as entertaining as that time.
Group on the far side: Vonzell, Constantine, Carrie
Group on the near side: Anthony, Anwar, Scott
And Bo is safe, and Ryan is cruel, telling him to join the group he thinks is the top one. Possibly Bo watched last year's equivalent show; he chooses to stand right in the middle. Heh.
At this point, I'm hoping Anthony, Anwar, and Scott are the bottom three, but I am making no predictions...
After the break, we settle this:
Bottom three: Anthony, Anwar, Scott.
Yay!
We skip the "bottom two" stage, being nearly out of time, and cut to the chase:
Voted off: Anwar.
Sockgirlie gets 2 points; Heather, Jesse, Mo Pie, and Yours Truly get 1 apiece.
Spoilers follow!
Each of the bottom three are to sing their favorite song of the series tonight. Scott starts by hopefully singing "Against All Odds," rather than "She's Gone." Bo, after imprudently reinforcing the fact that he doesn't much care whether he wins or loses, opts for "Remedy." (Just before that, Paula again declares that Bo will be in the finale. Unless she means as part of a group medley, I'd have to predict she'll be disappointed.) Nadia, opting for a practical outlook, sings "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me."
Bottom three: Scott, Bo, Nadia.
Bottom two: Bo, Nadia.
Voted off: Nadia.
Heather, Sockgirlie, and Tekay pick up one point apiece (in all cases due to this week's prediction).
Results follow!
Bottom three: Nikko, Vonzell, Scott.
In a nice twist, these were the first three people Randy called upon, reinforcing the fact that anything is possible these days. And, to their credit, Bo and Anthony both recognized that they'd dodged a well-deserved bullet.
Bottom two: Nikko and Scott.
Voted off: Nikko.
Jesse gets two points; everybody else totally missed this one.
This week's theme surprised me. I love showtunes. I love them a lot. But "Broadway" has been taken as more or less the antithesis of the American Idol ideal since the show started, and it really is a totally different style than pop, rock, or country.
I didn't care for Scott's "The Impossible Dream," but I'm biased; I love the song, and hated the pop arrangement. Anthony, Nikko, and Bo were also pretty weak. (And Bo picked his song at random? What the hell?) I thought the best performance was Constantine's -- I would have voted for him, had I seen the show live -- with Carrie a respectable second place.
And, sorry, Pam, but Constantine made me swoon a bit.
Anyway. I'm going to go out on a limb and predict that Bo goes home this week, partly because it'd be cool if I turned out to be right. (This is independent of my bet-hedging pool prediction.) Otherwise, Anthony, or maybe Scott. Tough one to call, though...
You know the drill. Predictions go here. I'm going home to watch my tape now...