'American Idol': four more are cut
So apparently 31 million votes were cast this week on American Idol, host Ryan Seacrest says. But we're all here to see who is going home.
The Top 20 come out for the group sing, which is possibly even more cheeseball than usual. (Mmmm, cheeseball. Now I'm hungry.)
The guys are up first in the hot seat(s) after the break. Ryan asks Luke Menard and Jason Yeager if they are as nervous as last week. They are, as they should be. The back row stands, and Jason Yeager is out, leaving Danny Noriega, Chikezie, Jason Castro and Michaels Johns safe. So Jason and his dumb bleach stripe come up to talk to Ryan and says he didn't pick the right song. Simon tells him his problem is that he doesn't stand out in the crowd. "You're not a bad singer, you just don't stand out." He revisits Tuesday night's Doobie Brothers song for his sing-out and basically proves what Simon just said about him.
Then the women prepare to find out who is leaving. The back row stands to find out their fate. Kristy Lee Cook is safe. Asia'h Epperson is, too. Brooke White: safe. This leaves Amanda Overmyer and Alexandrea Lushington. Amanda is safe, and Alexandrea is out. I am shocked. She was great last week and way better than most of the rest of the girls. Paula reminds her that this is just the beginning. She sings again, and seriously, she should not be out already.
The women are still under pressure after the break. The front row stands. Carly Smithson is safe, as are Ramiele Malubay and Syesha Mercado, leaving Kady Malloy and Alaina Whitaker. Kady is safe. Alaina is out and she starts crying. She says she can't sing right now and she's so embarrassed. Paula tells her she is a "gifted, bright young talent ... We think you're promising. You have so many good experiences ahead of you." The audience persaudes her to sing, and the other girls come out to help her. She manages to pull it together, though, and sings it on her own.
Cat Deeley, host of So You Think You Can Dance, is in the audience. Hey, I met her last week, when she was in D.C. for auditions.
March 11, when it's down to the Top 12, the theme will be the music of the Beatles, now that the Lennon-McCartney songbook has been released. And April 9 will be the return of Idol Gives Back. Ryan starts listing names of celebs who will be participating, and Miley Cyrus gets a bigger scream from the audience than Brad Pitt.
Ryan gets right to the point with the remaining guys, calling Luke Menard and Robbie Carrico forward. And Robbie is out, and Luke is safe. What?? Simon plays the authenticity card on him again and says it never felt real. Well, I never bought Luke as a finalist.
For whatever it's worth, we're losing a few more people who got zero backstory during the first several weeks.
Anyway, Robbie sings "Hot-Blooded" one last time.
What do you think of these results?
(Photo of Robbie Carrico courtesy of Fox)
Comments
They were going to get cut anyway.
Posted by: John Smith | February 28, 2008 10:50 PM
It's spelled Chikezie...that's all
Thanks for the note; I've made the correction.
Posted by: Nikalete | February 28, 2008 10:58 PM
I was shocked by the Robbie C and Alexandra L picks. Figured the Jason y and Alaina W would be leaving. I was sorry to see Alaina take it so hard, and that was probably the first time in Idol History that someone broke down so much they couldn't do their exit song right away.
I guess the Robbie Carrico Wig Controversy is a mute point now Huh..LOL
Posted by: Idol Fan | February 29, 2008 12:53 AM
OH god... Chikezie and Luke should have been the ones to leave instead of Robbie!
Posted by: Ayesha | February 29, 2008 2:10 AM
Jason Y. was not unexpected, although there's something about his voice that I liked, even though he never quite delivered a solid performance.
I was a little bit surprised about Alexandrea going this week, but didn't expect her to be around more than another couple of weeks anyhow.
When Ryan called out Luke and Robbie, I half expected Luke to go. At this point, he may be getting by on his looks.
It was a little bit surprising that Alaina went instead of Kady, although I think it hurt them both that they're two of the three nearly interchangeable blondes. I think Ryan said that Kady got the third lowest total of votes. I was impressed, though, that everyone rallied around Alaina so that she was able to get herself together and sing.
Posted by: Lizzie | February 29, 2008 12:01 PM
Right from the start I have thought that Luke Menard is very familiar. The way you remember someone on tv. Each week I expect him to pop out of a tv ad or soap opera. It's uncanny.
He does resemble a lantern-jawed Orlando Bloom to me.
Posted by: Glenna | February 29, 2008 1:53 PM