by Ruth Anne Boulet
Learn & perform a Beatles tune in 24 hours. That is what the final whatever (61) contestants need to do to make the top 24. Those remaining contestants get to walk “The Green Mile” to learn their fate.
They need to learn their tunes in pairs a
nd trios. Apparently there is no drama around group selection, as Idol doesn’t show us any. Whoop! Just saw White House Intern Girl. Gotta give a shout out to my friend Tom who’s been looking for her. She’s still in it at this point, Tom.
Peggi Blu, a vocal coach I don’t remember seeing before, has been dubbed “The Vocal Coach from Hell.” She gets a Bridezillas graphic treatment to emphasize that. She’s not so much a Bridezilla, but she does push her singers to be the best. You know, by doing things like being honest and giving feedback. The things Simon used to do before he started dialing it in.
Apparently there are a bunch of contestants who’ve never heard a Beatles tune. Seriously? Come on now! Even if you or your parents weren’t into the Beatles, wouldn’t you go on iTunes to hear some? It’s not like the Beatles didn’t get lots of Love last year. Another note to future contestants — listen to Motown. Now. If you don’t know Unchained Melody or anything by the Supremes, you’re screwed on this show.
Can I be shallow & ask an Idol stylist to rip any scrap of fabric off James ‘not Adam Lambert’ Durbin? Please? I know they’ll keep the stupid wallet chain, but the bandannas are just straight-boy not style. Another stylist note: please do not let Randy Jackson wear a leather jacket again. Unless he has the Journey hair, it does not work. Thank you.
One of the things that stood out to me in the Beatles performances were the umbrellas on stage when a group did Elinor Rigby. They were fabulous, beautiful red flower umbrellas. Wait, am I supposed to be focusing on people singing?
Tim Haleprin is sporting a chin-strap beard. Stylist! Stat!
Kathy was wondering if she was watching a Christopher Guest movie when Kendra and Paul were singing Blackbird. Queso. Haven’t seen that much queso since Matt Rogers in Season 3.
We devote a lot of time to Ashley getting married to her boyfriend in Vegas. That’s time away from rehearsal Ashley… She doesn’t get good feedback after her performance, but keeps it together. Again, I’m thinking she got the crazy edit more than she’s actually crazy.
Does anyone else think Robbie the 16-year-old looks like he belongs in the cast of The Warriors?
The Vegas round concludes with a group of contestants where some are taken out of the group & pulled to the front. They, of course, are in. At this point. We’ll see how long that lasts. White House Intern, crazy guy, and Ashley are cut. Sorry Tom!
We get another round of ‘lip synch for your life!’ — sorry, wrong show — and then we’ll get to “The Green Mile” portion of the week. This time, they don’t go up an elevator. They go down an ANTM-worthy runway with dramatic lighting. Ok, maybe not ANTM-worthy but Drag Race-worthy. ANTM would’ve put contestants into a bubble & made them walk on a way skinnier runway suspended on a pool. Can we add crocodiles next time?
The first one put through is Naima Adedapo. Yay Milwaukee girl! Kathy is feeling really old as she now knows that one of her former middle-school students has 2 kids. Hollie Cavanaugh is out, but she takes it well. J. Lo gets all emotional because she was outvoted. We then get a bunch of people who got no screen time get the boot. One guy talks about the toughest thing about the competition. I don’t know what he said, but what he should’ve said was the toughest was “I didn’t get any screen time. Now I’m double-screwed!”
Clint Jun Gamboa is in the top 24 as is Haley Reinhart. Deandre does not get so lucky, but he looks like he belongs in Milli Vanilli. Not in a bad lip-synchy way, but in a good wow, he looks & sounds good for a 16-year old. They play Israel Iz Kamakawiwoʻole’s Somewhere Over The Rainbow/What A Wonderful World for him since he played a uke for his final performance.
Kenny Loggins, oops, I mean Cat Stevens, oops, I mean Paul McDonald is in the top 24. He sold Steven Tyler with his white suit with sparkly roses on it. Ashthon Jones is also in the top 24.
Chris Medina is NOT, I repeat, not in the top 24. He’s just not that strong. If he didn’t have such a strong backstory, would he have made it as far as he did? If this were sad-story Idol, Chris has a lock. But that’s not what American Idol is. Chris takes it just fine. J. Lo is a mess. She’s going to need therapy after this one. We give J. Lo some peace & cut until tomorrow night’s 2-hour finale of announcing the top 24.
And can I ask why there was a couple of biplanes behind the contestants during their last performance? I understand being in an airplane hangar. Seems weird to be so literal about it. Did you ever think that watching 40-some people walk down an airplane hangar would take 3 hours?
We all get to watch the conclusion tomorrow night & see if MJ’s Big Blog’s list of 24 is accurate!
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Credit: Ray Mickshaw/FOX
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