Apparently eliminations are inevitable and the drama is real, according to Seacrest. Hmm. We’ll see. We have some random crap and then the Group Sing kicks off with the boys singing “The Light in Your Eyes,” then the girls sing…something from up in the Red Box. I don’t know it. Then they go into “The Things We Do For Love” and I think Asia’h and Ramiele might be two halves of the same person, like when Xander splits on Buffy. On “Earth Move Under My Feet” Brooke and Jason Yeager are totally cute together, then David H gets stuck with…honestly, I’m not sure if that was Kady or Alaina. Haha. They end with the guys on their knees and the girls with their hands in the air and it’s…show choir. Like every year.
We start with the guys and we see a “highlight” reel. Which is really a “Milquetoastlight Reel,” since there really weren’t a lot of highlights. The back row stands: Jason Y, Danny, Chikezie, Jason C and Michael. Michael, Chikezie, and Jason C are immediately safe, which: duh. It’s gotta be Danny or Jason Y. It’s gotta be Danny, please be Danny. DAMMIT! Jason Yeager is going home and fucking Danny is safe. Which means that TWO people are going home instead of effing Danny. That is just ridiculous. It’s gonna be Jason Y and Luke Menard, I’m sure of it. Luke deserves it, but I wanted Jason to get another week. Whoa, we get a shot of Jason’s…friend? Brother? And he looks ready to CUT A BITCH. That’s hilarious. He sings “Long Train Running” and my god, that was better than Danny and Luke…and also maybe Robbie. This is a shame. Over on the side, David Hernandez cutely bops around and sings along. Awwww.
I’m not terribly surprised because Jason Y was one of the guys we didn’t see AT ALL before Top 24, so he had a tough battle. Out of the 4 invisible guys (Jason, Jason, Garrett and Luke) I would bet 3 of the 4 are gone after tonight. The way this show is edited is fucking ridiculous. They are so concerned by making sure the “right” people get to the Top 12 that they do a real disservice to the rest of the Top 24. That really bugs me.
We’re losing a girl next, so we get their montage. Blahblah Heart blahblah Olivia Newton blahblah ALL BY MYSELF! Kristy, Amanda, Alexandrea, Brooke and Asia’h stand up and it’s gonna come down to Amanda and Alexandrea. Kristy, Asia’h and Brooke are safe, which: duh. Amanda’s gotta be going home. WHAT?!?! OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD! Alexandrea’s going home! Ya know, she didn’t do great this week (it was too safe and boring) but she did AWESOME last week. She sings her song and it’s nice but…boring. And that’s why she’s going home. David Archuleta is, like, losing his shit and as soon as she’s done she runs off to hug him. Awwwww, they were BFF! Awwww!
Okay, I cannot believe that it won’t end up being 2 of the 3 Boring Clone Blondes. That sucks ass. Now we have Carly, Alaina, Ramiele, Syesha and Kady. It better effing be Alaina or Kady. Carly, Ramiele and Syesha are safe, which: duh. Thank god too, though it should be both of them. Seacrest tells us one of them is out, one is part of the bottom 3. Interesting. So we ALMOST kept Alexandrea. That…doesn’t make it better. Alaina is going home. Wow, I thought it’d go the other way. Alaina totally loses her shit and says she can’t sing while her PSYCHO PIPER LAURIE IN CARRIE MOM sits in the Red Room and looks ready to CUT A BITCH with Jason’s brother. Wow. Seacrest tries to eat up some time and talk to her because she doesn’t want to sing, which: haha.
The girls all bum-rush her and convince her to sing and it’s kind of cute. Alaina pulls it together and does alright, while Diva Danny cries off to the side. Ugh. Can we get rid of him next week please? Now Alaina is singing and laughing and the girls are all swaying behind her, which is actually pretty cute. Damn the American Idol Girls for making me think this is cute.
Seacrest tells us that on March 11th, due to the “strength” of this year’s group, there’s a new set, new graphics, a new exit song by Ruben (they got him out of his contract at Chuck E. Cheese?) and the Lennon/McCartney songbook has been released for Idol’s use. Well, it’s about goddamn time. It was so weird to have 60s nights without Beatles songs. We then get a Montage o’ Charity from last year, which was a cool thing that they are doing again this year and I support it and cannot make fun. Give whatever you can, folks.
We’re back with the row of Luke, David A, David H, David C and Robbie. All the Davids should be safe and it should come down to Luke and Robbie. And then it happens! Wow, I’m so good at this. Seacrest flubs the order a little, which is…weird. And then Robbie goes home. WTF? Wow, that surprises me. I’m not upset, because I don’t think he’s that good but Luke isn’t that good either. Also, it turns out I was wrong about 3 of the 4 “invisible” guys going home. It was only 2 of the 4. Huh. We get a video of their journeys and then Robbie sings “Hot Blooded” and it’s still pretty “Meh Blooded.”
Well, I’m not shocked by anything because all these people were very blah this week, but I’m quite sad to see Alexandrea and Jason go home. Lady Andrea out.
