Wednesday, March 11, 2009

American Idol's Top 13 Performs!

Finally, we've moved on to the more glamorous stages of American Idol. Gone are the mediocre and tedious performances of those hit and misses. Today we finally get to see the creme of the crop, this season's top 13.

Ooh.. someone's job is in trouble.. Ryan was sooo persistent in telling us to be extra careful when voting, cause, as it turns out, the number for contestant 13 links to a phone sex line. So They told people to call the number for contestant 36 instead. The lame ass reason they gave was that there used to be a top 36. Yeah. That totally makes sense.

It's Michael Jackson night! Looks like the producers are feeling evil lately. Thankfully, no one decided to attempt 'Thriller'.

Lil Rounds starts of the show with 'The Way You Make Me Feel'. Absolutely fantastic! She's looking more and more like Mary J Blige every week. Totally changed the song to suit her personality. Wouldn't be surprised if she sails all the way through to the finals.

I love how Simon's finally back at his game. The mean comments just keep coming on and on this week, even though Kara was the one who promised she would be harsher. Simon even managed to piss off Kris Allen's wife. He said that Kris should keep her hidden longer, and not bring her out so early. Rationale being; if girls think Kris is still single and available, they'll want to vote for him more. But don't people all think being unavailable makes someone even more desirable..? Anyhow, his comments made his lovely wife look so displeased. As if she caught Kris cheating on her or something. Randy then said that he loves the wife, which was an even more inappriate thing to say.

As expected, there was great hype about Danny 'I Miss My Dead Wife So Much' Gokey. Enough with all that nonsense already! Even Danny's learned to move on after his wife died. Seems like the ones who can't get over it are the producers and the judges (and the thousands of idiots who jabbed their phones frantically, thinking the voting line works). Danny's an average singer and a below average dancer. In fact, I found his entire performance verging on spastic. What with the jerking about and waving his arms around. Funny how Kara calls him full of joy ("There's just so much joy when you come on stage!") when he should be mourning the death of his wife.

Adam Lambert, as usual, was completely amazingly mindblowing. He chose one of the biggest MJ songs to sing, 'Black or White'. Paula went into this whole drunken-stupor-monologue about how he's so fantastic.

"ADAM! TAKE IT! TAKE IT ALL IN! WOW! HUH! Okay, alright, Adam. I’m gonna say this and this, this is my opinion. Never in the history of “American Idol,” all 7 seasons leading up to now have we ever, and I believe this truthfully, ever seen somebody so co- [choking for air and grasping her throat] comfortable, seasoned on that stage, I don’t even notice the stage because my eyes are transfixed on you! [Does the eye and the finger thing] Your innate ability to know who you are as an artist and marry fashion and music as we do that, you got the whole package going on. ANNND I believe with all my heart that we’ll be seeing you running [does a running hand gesture with her fingers] all the way to the finals.”

Even Simon was blown away by Adam. According to him, it was in a totally different league from all the other contestants. All this praise is well deserved, of course, unlike Danny.

Then, there are the low notes. Which, for a sadist like me, are the highlights of the show. Anoop, whom I never like that much cause he looks arrogant, make the perfect mistake of choosing a song too big for him. Hello.. If you're not Adam Lambert, avoid the big songs at all costs! Didn't Cook and 'Always Be My Baby' teach them anything? Anoop Dawg (which I think is a very degrading nickname) sang 'Beat It', and was ruthlessly beaten down by the judges. Paula completely hated it. If even Paula thinks you're bad, then seriously, dawg, it's time for some self reflection. Simon says he regrets putting Anoop into the top 13. Oooh.. Harsh..

Scott the blind guy finally was able to bring out the piano, and Paula was glad that he had his instrument at his fingertips. I bet Simon struggled not to burst out laughing. I didn't think it was too great, but the judges weren't harsh on him at all. They're always like walking on eggshells with this one. It's a level playing field, people! Just being blind doesn't make it a fantastic singer. (Kara: "Wow! Did you learn that this week?!") Okay, obvious much? He's a mediocre singer, and they better realize that before they get rid of some of the better ones in order to not hurt his feelings.

The other one I didn't like was Jorge, cause he has a weird eye thing going on. Maybe it's his eyebrows, I don't know. I didn't want to look at his face too long to find out. He did some tuneless song and was criticized to the death by the judges.

Two will be eliminated tomorrow, which is kind of stupid. It totally defeats the purpose of having a Top 13. Simon says there will be some big change revealed tomorrow, and it's all about the judges. My guess is that they would pick the loser from the group of bottom 3, like 'So You Think You Can Dance'. At least they're not trying to pretend that it's still authentic.

And the prediction for elimination: Jorge and Jasmine.

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