When I first heard David Archuleta's "And I Am Telling You," I about died laughing because I thought 'OH. MY. GOD! Some dipshit actually thought this girl singing this song was David Archuleta! What a dumbass!'"
...and then it hit me.
It actually was him.

Was it just me, or was ALW one of the coolest mentors ever? I loved how blunt he was and how he singled people out and critiqued them rather than vomiting rainbows and puppies the whole time [I'm looking at you, Dolly/Mariah]

I'm with you as far as Brooke goes, WHY is she still here, WHO is voting for her and HOW do we make them STOP????????

David Cook was fab.

And although Jason Castro was regrettable this week, I hope to hear more from him. Hallelujah and Over the Rainbow were so amazing - made me remember how great live acoustic music can be.

David A - just pick a good song and let it rip already.

Remember the days when, during Hollywood week, anyone who forgot the lyrics would get ripped a new @hole and sent packing? *Sigh* And did you see how pissed Paula got at Simon and Randy for not backing her on the "you never stop and start over" argument? Brooke needs to go home.

I'm picking David C to win this thing (still can't abide the fetus) but his song did come across more musical theatre geek than rock and roller. I would have liked to see him change up a showtune and "make it his own".

T. Vo –

First of all, great recap. Your rant about Comic Sans was totally random and hilarious!

Favorite musical song – “Bring Him Home” from Les Mis. Always makes me cry.

You’re exactly right about Syesha. She belongs in theatre and not American Idol. There’s no way she wins this thing. Anyone who identifies herself as a “working actress” is immediately unlikeable. Carly has the same problem as Michael Johns – really talented but no real growth seen over the season, from another country, older than the average Idol, already had a shot in the biz. That doesn’t inspire people to vote like crazy. Restartgate was really painful to watch. I felt kind of bad for Brooke, even though she is probably a huge jerk. I actually liked Castro’s weirdo performance. And I can’t see it not being the two Davids in the final, those two have not even sniffed the Bottom 2 or 3 yet.

y'know dawg. last week was a little pitchy BUT TONIGHT YOU ROCKED IT OUT!!!
awesome recap.

And i didn't realize Brooke is a serial start-stopper. WTF? You simply cannot stop the orchestra. The only perfromance you are giving for that week and you forget your lyric? You hum or la la it till you get it.
I am fascinated by her total cognitive dissonance during a critique. The wide eyed stare and the "It's alright. It's okay" reassurance to the booing crowd.

The other train wreck was Castrato.. There's definitely some clamped down aggression from all the pot smoking. I'm waiting for him to clench the jaw and whallop Seacrest unprovoked. Still. A sweeping song like Memory and you give it no dynamics? Ah well. Still like his singing..just not this time around.

That picture of ALW sitting between those two WASP's is priceless. it needs no caption, as i just keep laughing everytime i looked at his face. High-larious. Do you think he actually sat there the whole time. imagine what he is thinking. I'm a billionairre and they can't give me a private seat, must i sit with the peons. (all this in an english accent)

im just wondering...

who the hell does brooke think she is? out of all of the performers on idol from seasons 1 - 7 none have EVER stopped a song (stopped an entire orchestra, might i add) and said "sorry, lets start this again"
what?!!? then she has the balls to say "first time ive done that !" again.. WHAT?! u should NEVER do that first of all.. second of all, it WASNT the first time shes done that, making it that much more sickening.
she calls herself an experienced singer? thats the most unprofessional thing ive ever seen in seven seasons of this show and im really surprised and annoyed that she didnt get that spelled out for her by the judges

awful.. she needs to go... like.. yesterday.

I was hoping someone would sing that amazing ballad from Jesus Christ Superstar that the Mary Magdelene character sings...I don't remember the name...anyone?
Also, I've never heard anyone rant about font in such a passionate way! I will never look at Comic Sans the same way again.

michigan, is the song you're thinking of from Jesus Christ Superstar called "I Don't Know How to Love Him"? Great song.

I don't think those were David's sisters. I think he said "they're all sisters", or something along those lines. :)

I went and checked out that "Put Down The Duckie" vid and am so glad you shared it! It had me rockin' and groovin' here in my chair. I was also impressed to see the man who plays Clair's father in "The Cosby Show" in the vid as one of the singers. He sings a few times on the show and is just incredible!

It's hard to say what my favorite song from a musical is. I'm kind of a dork and actually enjoy watching musicals, haha. I would probably have to say it would be a song from "Rent" though. La Vie Boheme, Seasons of Love, I'll Cover You, all great songs!

prinny --

My mistake, I didn't think they'd let any tweens mob/touch Archuleta unless they were his actual sisters. Hee.

"He has three younger siblings Amber, Daniel and Jazzy and an older sister Claudia" according to Wikipedia, so 4 instead of the 6 randoms on stage. Phew. It's still 4 more kids than China would allow, though. :)

JustJesse -- You're not alone. "Rent" is still as amazing as ever, and watching classic musicals always makes me want to take up tapdancing.

I have been a long time lurker but had to finally post a comment.

Brilliant on the PBS Pledge moment.