Wednesday, April 1, 2009

American Idol Season 8: Top 9

This week, the 9 remaining Idols perform songs that are the most downloaded on I Tunes. The contestants visited Ryan at his other job...American Top 40 radio show. Can we imagine if any of this year's Idols at the top of the AT40 charts in a few months?

Anoop Desai-"Caught Up"-Usher
OK performance; Randy wasn't pleased; Kara didn't feel it; Needs to work on his stage presence; Simon called it a mess, and described as a "college boy trying to be a wannabe pop star and failing"; Bottom 3

Megan Corkrey-"Turn Your Lights Down Low"-Bob Marley & Lauryn Hill
Not a good song choice; didn't take the judges by surprise; boring; Megan, it's time to go home to your kid

Danny Gokey-"What Hurts the Most"-Rascal Flatts
Paula loved the performance; Best performance to date; getting better; good vocal; emotional; Safe

Allison Iraheta-"Don't Speak"-No Doubt
Played her guitar--didn't know she plays an instrument; rushed; dressed like Cyndi Lauper; shouty; could make the finals if she doesn't make a mistake; Safe...P.S.: Allison, pick a better outfit.

Scott MacIntyre-"Just the Way You Are"-Billy Joel
Played the piano without backup from the band; perfect song choice; intimate; sported a new look; took a risk and paid off; best performance by a mile; Scotty won't be in the Bottom 3 this week

Matt Giraud-"You Found Me"-The Fray
Played the piano; sounded like the original; judges hated it; uncomfortable; confusing; wrong song choice; Matt was in the Bottom 3 last week--No Bottom 3 for Matt this week

Lil Rounds-"I Surrender"-Celine Dion
Sung very well; Surprised the judges; Similar to a performance at a wedding; Her kids were in the audience and one of them hugged Randy; Safe--Lil, your kids were really frightened about the judges being mean to you

Adam Lambert-"Play That Funky Music"-Wild Cherry
Brave; Original; Was "In The Zone"; Safe--but won't win the competition

Kris Allen-"Ain't No Sunshine"-Bill Withers
Played the piano instead of the guitar; Another excellent performance; made the song his own and current; showed some confidence; Safe--he should win the competition

My Bottom 3 predictions:Anoop Desai, Megan Corkrey, and Matt Giraud
My Elimination Prediction: Megan Corkrey---please America--let her go!!!

The Results--36 million votes were cast

Safe:
Lil Rounds
Adam Lambert
Kris Allen
Scott MacIntyre
Danny Gokey
Allison Iraheta
Matt Giraud

Bottom 3:
Megan Corkrey
Allison Iraheta
Anoop Desai

Eliminated: Megan Corkrey who mouthed off to Simon by saying " I love you, Simon but I don't care"...FYI: Her brother heckled Kara on Tuesday

Judges' Save?: NO...Why bother saving Megan?

Performances: Last season's winner David Cook and Lady Gaga with her new song "Pokerface"

Next week, the top 8 sing songs from the year of their birth...Allison, 16 yrs. old, was born in the 1990s and the others born in the 1980s

I think Adam will be going home...please, America, don't vote for him

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