American Idol: Double Down

Recaps

By IceQueen | Sunday, April 3, 2011 | 3:52 pm | 17 Comments
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Thursday night’s results show opened with the usual dramatic promise that some people are going home and we’ll NEVER believe who it is! Eh. I wasn’t that surprised by the eliminations, but who knows. Perhaps Scotty’s grandma was stunned.

scotty's gramma“I voted 63 times!”

Scotty’s granny wasn’t the only one hitting redial on her Jitterbug flip phone. There were a lot of votes on Wednesday night, Tink tells us.55 million, in fact. That’s a record for this point in an American Idol season. Congratulations, America. You have your priorities straight and are making good use of your free time.

tinkIt’s good to have your old hair back, Tink!  When do you start hosting Family Feud?

Tink’s mixing up the performances this week, so there won’t be one corny group number. Lauren and Scotty are up first to sing “I Told You So” together. I guess they’re done with the Elton John songs, huh?

The teen dreams sound great together and either Scotty is a superb actor or he’s got a thang for Lauren. He does a good job of gazing at her while they go back and forth on the duet. It’s a good song choice for them.

lauren and scotty

Tink calls them to center stage and recaps the previous night: Lauren did “Candle in the Wind” while Scotty sang “Country Comfort.” And both of them are safe, so we’ll be treated to another week of young Boobs McGee and Alfred E. Neuman bringing the country to the competition.

Naima and Lusky sing Ashford & Simpson’s “Solid.” Their duet is cute and about as interesting as a performance of that song can be, especially when they bust out some synchronized dance moves and play to the camera.

lusky and naimaRaise your hand/ Raise your hand, if you’re sure!

Tink says that one of them is in the bottom three… it’s Naima. She doesn’t seem particularly shocked. Changing songs up can either save your ass like it did with Andrew Garcia who slowed down “Straight Up” during Hollywood Week last season; or people will hate it, like they did when Hambert changed up “Ring of Fire.”

Idol season three winner Fantasia came to show everyone what happens after the industry has eaten you up and spit you out. And also what happens when you put a croissant on top of your head.

fantasia

She’s singing a song called “Collard Greens & Cornbread.” It’s a song about unrequited love. Of course. Her song about true love is called “Pig Feet & Okra.” Those are the first two singles off her album Scrapple, in stores and on iTunes right now. Scrapple.

Fantasia and one of her backup singers have braces. It adds to the illusion I have that Fantasia is just a giant baby who can sing and can sort of talk. Her little baby voice always puts that image in my head… Fantasia finishes the song by telling Steven Tyler that she loves him.

Tink comes onstage and asks Fantasia to give some words of wisdom to the contestants. In her baby voice, she says that they should keep good people around, not just yes people. Also someone who can read is helpful.

Haley, Thia and Pia are called onstage to perform “Teenage Dream.” These three will definitely not be the next Destiny’s Child or Danity Kane, that’s for sure. Haley starts things off by growling into the camera and forgetting the words. When they get to the chorus, one of them is drawing out the notes like she’s singing lead in a Broadway production. It’s probably Thia Megia.

three girls

Tink comes on stage to tell us that Pia and Haley are safe. Thia joins Naima in the bottom.

There’s a special video clip of what the Idol kids did last week. They recorded some songs, they performed at a charity event and met Muhammad Ali, and then they had to move out of the mansion because it rained and apparently the McMansions of southern Cali have a tendency to leak. This led to Lauren Alaina falling down the stairs and Casey dragging his clothes around in garbage bags. Is anyone surprised that Casey doesn’t have a suitcase? We also saw what happened to Casey after he was saved on the elimination show. After nearly having a heart attack, a doctor made him lie down and then rubbed his back while Casey cried. Awww. That was sweet. Casey said he wanted to be happy, but was way too emotional.

After that, we have the debut of James, Paul, Casey and Stefano’s band that has been formed as a result of Idol. They perform “Band on the Run” as best they can with three guitars and a keyboard. Stefano and Casey spend most of the time making faces at one another and screeching. It’s all very underwhelming, this episode…. But Steven says they can open for Aerosmith. He needs to stop saying these things in the heat of the moment, because I’m pretty sure all four boys went home thinking they’d open for Aerosmith on the next tour.

band small

Tink says if Casey had any idea how many votes he’d received, he’d be very proud. He’s safe. Why don’t they tell us how many votes each person got? James is safe and so is Stefano, which means that Paul joins Naima and Thia in the bottom three.

One more performance of the night: will.i.am and Jamie Foxx are performing a song from their new — ugh… another freakin’ animated movie?? Whyyyy? So, these two have a song called “Hot Wing” and the performance is just one long commercial for their stupid move about birds. There are a bunch of people dressed in birdlike costumes and drummers and Jamie and will.i.am start on the steps and sing a song about just wanting to party and samba. They sound pretty terrible; it puts our contestants into perspective, no?

foxx and will.i.am“Yay! We sold out! And we’re way richer than you! And we spell our names weird!”

OK, time to get rid of two of these suckers. The person surviving the cut is… Paul. Thia and Naima have to stand and watch a video of their journey play. They look back at horrible their normal lives are, the lives they’ll go back to now.

bottom three

The video shows how happy they’ve been, away from high school and their whiny kids. Don’t worry, girls, you’ll be on summer tour soon, playing in such exotic and exciting locales as Des Moines, Tulsa and Grand Rapids. See you on Wednesday for Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall of Fame night!

Naima wave

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17 Comments

  1. 1
    TexFan
    Posted April 3, 2011 at 4:05 pm

    Finally! Thia is gone! I got so tired of her bored teenager demeanor with Jimmy Iovine. You wouldn’t want to listen to a guy thats produced Springsteen! But then she probably doesn’t know who he is since he’s never been in a Disney animated feature.

  2. 2
    truthsquad
    Posted April 4, 2011 at 9:31 am

    I loved the comparison of Fantasia to a Baby…and of course the baby I thought of was ” Big Baby” from Toy Story 4! Not sure which is scarier, but there were moments I held my breath for fear that Fantsy was going to pull a “Britney” on us…Phew!

  3. 3
    juddfan
    Posted April 4, 2011 at 12:23 pm

    I don’t know if Fanny has been working on her public image, but I’ve been liking her and her music more lately. I think of the baby in Roger Rabbit for some reason . . . only modernly cast color blind ; )

    I was real happy to see Paul get a slap from America . . . . I don’t hate him, but I think it’s lame how little he tries, or seems to try–I’d so much rather have some Naima crazy next week then the whisper singer . . . . and now there are three girls and six boys . . . . sigh . . .

    I heard Naima graduated from a dance performance school . . . I would have liked to have seen more, America, and BION, I tried to vote for her, but I got a porn line, with horny girls waiting for me–ew! Is that what happens after time is cut? Shouldn’t that be stopped considering the number of children dialing? Did it cost me something? So many questions . . . alas, I’m gay and have no wife to shake the phone bill at me and “WHYYYYY!!!!!” so I guess I’ll find out.

  4. 4
    itchy
    Posted April 4, 2011 at 12:44 pm

    Hope you weren’t too traumatized, Judd.

    I was pleased as punch to hear young Thia sing about ‘going all the way.’ I’m sure her parents were as well.

  5. 5
    itchy
    Posted April 4, 2011 at 2:25 pm

    Well, waddya know…one of these people can actually sing. Pretty well. Go figure.

  6. 6
    zbird
    Posted April 4, 2011 at 4:51 pm

    Wow, Itchy, thanks for sharing that. She’s my number one, and has been all along, because I simply LOVE the tone of her voice. It’s so frustrating to see her struggle on the big stage when you know she has something this amazing inside her — she needs to show to the audience!

  7. 7
    iamrufus
    Posted April 4, 2011 at 7:02 pm

    wow and she was way prettier back then, too. skinnier and almost brunette (not to say blondes aren’t pretty, just my personal opinion that SHE looks better as a brunette). did like her benny performance, though.

  8. 8
    iamrufus
    Posted April 4, 2011 at 7:06 pm

    oh and i, too, was really worried we would see fanny’s crotch. came dangerously close! i laughed when she came out looking like she dressed up as Jessica Rabbit =)

  9. 9
    jayem
    Posted April 5, 2011 at 5:09 pm

    Now I totally want Scotty and Lauren to fall in love and sing duets all the time. I’m such a girl.

    Thank God Jacob managed to tone it down a little for his duet. Too bad he couldn’t even pretend to like a giiiiirl (EW!!).

    I liked the boys little band. I was even glad Stefano didn’t go home so we can see them perform again. But then he can go home.

    I predicted the girls would go. And they deserved it. Naima got consistently sketchy reviews and This was boooooooooring. Plus, I just wanted Paul to stay.

    I have to admit, I’ve been liking Fanny too. She was on Drag Race and I liked that song better than this one.

    So excited for Wednesday! YAY!

  10. 10
    jayem
    Posted April 5, 2011 at 5:11 pm

    Oh, and also, the girls SUCKED together (I think that was Pia oversinging everyone) and so did that stupid ass bird song. That is all.

  11. 11
    Randi
    Posted April 7, 2011 at 9:24 am

    Dial Idol shows how many votes people get individually. They’ve been right so far every week. And freakin Scotty has gotten the most number of votes. Every. Single. Week.

    http://www.dialidol.com/asp/predictions/predictions.asp

  12. 12
    iamrufus
    Posted April 7, 2011 at 10:22 am

    Are you sure? I thought DialIdol measures the number of busy signals a contestant’s phone number recieves? Also, this site doesn’t take into account text messages, which have become increasingly popular in recent years. I texted 40 votes myself. If they’re right every week, great but it may just be coincidence. Or not, i don’t really know.

  13. 13
    itchy
    Posted April 7, 2011 at 10:52 am

    No way Scotty can lose. He’s got the full AI package:

    1) White guy with a guitar? Check.
    2) Good ol’ country boy with a cross? Check.
    3. Appealing to tweeniboppers in a non-threatening (i.e., non-sexual) way? Check.
    4). Appealing to the tweeniboppers’ grandmothers in a too-disgusting to think about way? Check.

    They threw Motown at him — he turned it into country.
    They threw Elton John at him — he turned it into country.
    They threw “Rock” at him — he turned it into smarm.

    This guy is gold.

  14. 14
    sarcasatire sarcasatire
    Posted April 7, 2011 at 11:06 am

    Itchy, you’ve discovered the formula for AI alchemy!

  15. 15
    leslilly
    Posted April 7, 2011 at 12:58 pm

    Except…this is Season 10, right? Out of the previous 9 seasons, 5 guys have won and 4 girls. According to the formula actually in place, I would say it’s time for a girl to win, but the gals aren’t faring too well. Of course, Nigel Lythgoe is the producer and it seems like whomever he says should win (i.e., SYTYCD) does win. Ugh, watch it be dull Pia.

  16. 16
    vallegirl vallegirl
    Posted April 7, 2011 at 1:46 pm

    @iamrufus – It looks like they’re “right” because they have six of the nine in jeopardy of going home. They cut themselves a pretty wide berth, and even I could have made those same predictions just by watching the show.

  17. 17
    Randirobot
    Posted April 14, 2011 at 5:54 pm

    I didn’t even think about texting and voting online but it’s pretty accurate with the results.

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