Bottom 3 Prediction: Anoop Desai, Lil Rounds, Matt Giraud
Elimination Prediction: Anoop and Lil
Actual Bottom 3: Anoop Desai, Lil Rounds, Allison Iraheta (NO!!!!)
Actual Elimination: Anoop and Lil
Question 1: What is going on with Allison?
Answer 1: I don’t know, but I’ll give it a shot. Her voting base seems to be limited (yes, to those that like great singing). She’s young and, unfortunately, she does not have the winning, communicative, and charismatic personality that it might take to win over casual voting fans in this popularity contest. Also, (and I know I have received push back on this subject), I think her outfit last night was not a vote-getter. Skin-tight black leather corset and white hooker heels made a lot of parents go and make sure their own teenage daughters were safely in the house (precious time that could have been spent voting for Allison if she had worn something “better”). Third, I believe a tangential result of Matt being “saved” by the judges last week is a rallying of Matt’s fans who were casually non-voting before this week. Those fans realized that he was in trouble (he was eliminated, for goodness sake) and the save gave them a second chance as well to keep him going (these “extra” votes keeping him out of this week’s bottom 3). Finally, how antsy did the judges (Simon) have to be looking at Anoop and Allison and realizing they were on the verge of paying for using their one-time option one week too early?
Q2: Paula as stern choreographer: did it work?
A2: Considering I wanted her off the show 24 hours earlier, it was mildly refreshing to see her be a little tough with her kiddies when teaching the routine. And, I also found it very appropriate for the gang to completely lip-synch the performance since Paula hasn’t sang a live note on stage since before the “Forever Your Girl” album. Finally, was it any surprise the best lip synch job was by Adam? What a professional.
Q3: Any comments on David Archuleta?
A3: Ummm, nope. My wife implored me to fast-forward the DVR past it because she was very sleepy and knew Archu-Grobin would surely put her over the edge. I was very grateful for the request. I hope you don’t mind if our guest commenters unleash on this particular part of the show.
So, now we finally head into what I think is the serious part of the competition. All the pretenders are gone (those that I thought to be weak – think Kris – have shown themselves to be challengers). And, I have heard that next week is Neil Diamond Week. It’s now hard to forecast who is in the most trouble, but, hopefully, Allison latest brush with elimination rallies her casual non-voting fans. I know my cell phone will be ready to go to work.
One last thing: K.C., you should have really turned down this gig last night.
Let me know what you think.
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Well, I must apologize for my final rant supporting Allison's outfit on Tuesday - I fear it helped put her in the bottom 3. There is also the theory that she is good so people vote for others they like thinking she is safe...like you RAD, my phone will be set and ready to vote...i may even do the dreaded Text Vote.
ReplyDeleteDidn't enjoy Paula's choreograph segment so therefore I didn't really give it the time, not to mention my DVR challenged husband started messing up my programs. Just call him 9 fingers from now on and know that he will never mess with my DVR set up again.
KC? Just KC? the woman who sang Band Of Gold (another great song that takes me back) seemed like she was forgetting the words a bit, something was off. Thelma....who dressed her the stylist??? She reminded me of a much better dressed version of that contestant from one or two seasons ago who wore all yellow and looked like Big Bird...she tried telling Simon she was 28 when she was really 42...brought me right back to that. KC should have lip synched or opted not to dance....he forgets that he put on a few from back in the day (the drugs, smoke and alcohol hasn't helped either).
David Archuletta was no great shakes....his response to Ryan's question about words of encouragement for Anoop and Alison were less cohesive than Alison's responses. Trust me, you didn't miss a thing.
Ahhh that lip synching - adam was totally amazing and was actually lip synching the proper lyrics. Matt was the second to sing and the lip-synch-while-looking-into-a-camera- directly-over-your-head-motion really took alot out of him. Thanks for the choreography Paula. Anoop looked the best he has in weeks - if only he lip synched this entire competition he wouldn't be heading home. Now the flowers they gave Paula were beyond beautiful (and the hydrangea's were bigger than her little peanut head)....for the record, my 40th is in July please feel free to send me flowers like that!
TMC...I'm onto you!
Good news, RAD (and I'll say it, TMC) fans:
ReplyDeleteI figured out who Adam reminds me of. This only applies to spiky up-do Adam, not David Cook hair Adam, but even the character fits. Adam IS Oliver from "The O.C."!
http://www.derok.net/derok/images/thegrill/the%20oc%20oliver%20trask%20taylor%20handley.jpg
It works PERFECTLY, because Oliver was a calculating, manipulative loser with a drug problem who liked playing some he wasn't to get attention. Add in that Adam's pre-performance video with his parents in it revealed that he's a rich kid from SoCal just pretending to try to make it as a "struggling" artist and it's a perfect fit. Well, except that Oliver liked girls. Close enough.
I'd also like to give special props to Adam for creating the most disingenous moment of the season so far while talking about "singing the lyrics honestly". That kind of hypocrisy is truly special.
Other thoughts:
1) It's very obvious that Paula has a clause in her contract that demands fully plasticized has-been female "legends" come on the show regularly to make her own plastic surgery look less obvious. What's less obvious is whose contract required the involvement of rejected extras from the Sopranos. (Sorry, K.C. Incidentally, I didn't know you were white. I wish I still didn't.)
2) Lil performed better after she was eliminated than before, but the difference was less dramatic than it was with Megan. I have no idea why or why it matters.
3) There might actually be room for another J.T. in this world, since the old J.T. is busy doing silly MTV reality shows, SportsCenter trailers, and making out at sports games. Even if there is, it's not Matt.
4) Danny, Kris is the new you. Since you're still the old you, that's bad news for you. There are only so many sympathy votes. At least your friend with the pierced face is still madly texting. But he better get help.
5) If Adam wins, there will be no future TMC sightings. I will gladly quit the show. I hate him. I was appalled when another commenter said we "can't deny his talent" and compared him to David Bowie. I don't even like David Bowie, but I was still offended on his behalf. Then again, 70% of this post is about Adam, so I'm as guilty as anyone of TALKING about him the most. Yuck.
We have a top five, and let me just say that there is ZERO chance I'd buy any of their albums. Therefore, I'll divide by how I'd react if they were on the radio:
A) Might listen to their song(s), whether or not I knew it was them: Allison, Kris
B) Might listen to their song(s), UNLESS I knew it was them: Matt
C) Would still feel bad about his wife as I turned the station: Danny
D) Would feel bad about life as I turned the car into a telephone pole: Adam
-TMC
oh TMC, sweet sweet TMC....I think you missed the point on Adam. His talent lies not really in his singing but in his ability to change into a different character. The comparison to David Bowie was his character of Ziggy Stardust.
ReplyDeleteFor the record, spit water on my computer when i read option C....almost came out of my nose!
You're right- I missed that. I guess that's this week's clue.
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Totally on to you now....
ReplyDeleteI only have one comment: If no one sings Forever in Blue Jeans next week, I'm gonna cry.
ReplyDeletelet's be clear--the first david bowie comparison this season was as follows (from April 8):
ReplyDeleteeven though the show ran over so my dvr didn't capture adam for posterity, i found him and simon's standing o online. it was a good "performance", my favorite of adam's, and i use that word advisedly. it's just a performance. i make this distinction--when david bowie was ziggy stardust, he WAS ziggy stardust. he wasn't ACTING ziggy stardust. adam just acts like a singer. it doesn't mean he's bad, it just means he belongs in a different venue. he's an actor who can sing, not a singer.
i continue to stand behind this perspective.
Just don't delete Adam's Top 5 performance without closing your eyes and picturing Cher. If you deny it, you're lying to yourself!
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