'American Idol' results: Top 10 revealed
So who's going to be the casualty of Grand Ole Opry on tonight's American Idol results show?
Ryan Seacrest introduces the show, saying that more than 31 million votes were cast last night. Then he lets us know Brad Paisley will be performing, as will Carrie Underwood and Randy Travis.
Before that, it's group sing time; they perform "Trouble." And wow, this is some more obvious lip-syncing.
Then it's time for a behind-the-scenes look of what happens after they sign off on results night, including footage of a goodbye dinner for Jasmine and Jorge.
Results time: Danny Gokey is safe, and oh, by the way, the Top 10 makes it to the tour. Lil Rounds gets the fakeout, but she is safe, too, as is Anoop Desai. Allison Iraheta and Michael Sarver stand up together and find out that they are both in the bottom three (after making Michael think he's safe for a minute).
With some of them safe and some not knowing their fate, it's time for a break for Brad Paisley to perform. That's so not nice. So many of them can't possibly enjoy the performance because they don't know whether they're safe.
After that, more results. Scott MacIntyre is safe. Megan Joy Corkrey is, too. Matt Giraud? Safe. Kris Allen is also safe. That leaves Alexis Grace and Adam Lambert. (By the way, while they are dragging it out, Randy mentions that Adam's version of "Ring of Fire" was by Jeff Buckley. Adam, you are no Jeff Buckley. Randy also calls Alexis "Allison" more than once.) Alexis is in the bottom three. Immediately, Ryan lets them know that Allison is safe.
Alexis and Michael have to wait through the break and the performance by Carrie Underwood and Randy Travis to find out which one of them is out, of course. Carrie Underwood looks like she's wearing a Kellie Pickler costume, but girl can sing.
Before they find out the results, Ryan asks Simon if they would consider using the judges' save on either of the bottom two. He said they would consider using it for one of them. That's nice and vague.
Wow. Michael Sarver is safe, so Alexis Grace is out. Unless of course they do use the judges' save. I just can't imagine them using it this soon. Simon says she is the one they were thinking of saving, so it all comes down to this performance. Oh, please. You know they know how they're handling this.
Alexis sings; the judges talk. She ramps things up a bit, but it sounds like her voice is a little worn at times. Simon says they were "kind of unanimous," and they aren't using the save. Alexis is out.
Anybody else think if she hadn't talked back so much last night, she wouldn't be here right now?
What do you think of the results?
By the way, next week's theme is 50 years of Motown.
Comments
Alexis is the best of the bunch....too bad - I am done watching for this season. Dancing with stars is so much more entertaining...
Posted by: dkn | March 18, 2009 11:03 PM
Alexis gone? Wow America you really blew that one. I'm sick of karaoke Sarver who cant sing but gets the redneck votes. Megan is hot but despite she judges comments I thought she blew last night. No the judges shouldn't have used the save but they shouldn't have had to choose. Horrible choice. This show is too much of a popularity contest now.
Posted by: Drew | March 19, 2009 12:13 AM
Thanks for posting such a detailed recount of the results! I'm stunned to hear Sarver and Corkery are still around. They get so boring to watch after a while. Poor Alexis. Girl had talent, but her confidence may have been mistaken as growing arrogance.
Posted by: meg | March 19, 2009 1:43 AM
During the opening song, the girls approached the judges’ table to sing. With her flu germs ah singing, Meagan was in front of Simon. He rolled his chair far back away from her. That was funny. As for the results, I didn’t see Michael as the bottom three, but Alexis was not in good grace with the judges. (Pun intent). Li Rounds better control her mouth too. Singers need to be quite after their song. Let the judges say their little: pitchy, pitchy, pitchy…dawg…dope…’you have a nice instrument’ …ga ga ga…bah bah bah….Keep your mouth closed. Beside, the show is running over the 10:00 PM hour. We have a new judge and Paula interrupting Simon and Ryan jabbing Simon. Please!!!! It’s time to go to bed. With Motown around the corner, I hope they do justice to: Smokey Robinson, the Four Tops and others. If not, my momma told me, you better Shop Around.
Posted by: fbrice | March 19, 2009 2:56 AM
I don't know if the talking back made any difference. But I do know that the little judge huddle that was going on right in front of Alexis as she was singing had to have been distracting as hell. How rude.
Posted by: Allen | March 19, 2009 9:33 AM
Too bad about Alexis, she has some serious pipes and some style as well. There are 2 or 3 who should have definitely gone before her -- she wasn't going to win, but she was easily good enough to make their tour, and thus obtain more exposure. as a side note, Mr oil rig and the white Stevie Wonder are both horrible -- it had to be said.
Posted by: MDMAN | March 19, 2009 11:50 AM
fbrice wrote: I hope they do justice to: Smokey Robinson, the Four Tops and others. If not, my momma told me, you better Shop Around.
I nominate that for Comment of the Week, if there is such a thing in Reality Check. Very good.
Re: Alexis :-( That's all I have to say on the matter.
Posted by: Bucky | March 19, 2009 1:25 PM
America's got it 1/2 right with putting Michael Sarver in the bottom 2. But it should have been Megan standing beside him. And it would not matter to me if either one of them are voted off because they're both so utterly off key, regardless of what they sing.
Posted by: Duc | March 19, 2009 5:20 PM
Alexis has a nice voice, but I didn't see her winning it. Michael is too cocky. I think it's bad luck to get lippy with the judges.
Megan is unique, but she doesn't seem very versatile. It's the same thing from her, week after week. I'm sure there's a market for her music, but I don't think I'm part of it.
I still miss Junot. :(
I liked Adam's Ring of Fire, personally. These people are not professionals yet, and sometimes we seem to judge them as if they were.
Can't wait till next week--Motown? Gotta love it. Lil will be in her element, and she's gonna rock it!
Kris Allen's song was dreamy. Made me fall in love with country music again...at least if he's singing it. And Anoop's version of You Were Always on My Mind? Loved it! Downloaded it so I can play it out! LOL
Posted by: daisy | March 19, 2009 11:43 PM
Alexis was good I admit, but Michael is far from karoke and he did not get the redneck votes, dial idol has Danny getting those. His fans voted for him. And he actually has not been cocky, he just finally spoke up how he felt for the first time. He is not horrible either, horrible was Adam with his sick rendition of Ring of Fire. It should have been Adam, Megan or Scott, not Michael!
Posted by: Gail | March 20, 2009 2:32 PM
What I couldn't understand was that the judges criticised Lil Rounds for not being true to herself but when Adam did exactly that Simon thought it was awful. I loved it, it was the only performance I remembered.
Adam or Danny to win.
Posted by: Sarah Spencer | March 21, 2009 2:10 PM
Adam never claimed to be Buckley. If anything, he has a better range and vocal abilities. In any case, its pointless to compare them considering one is on a talent show (at the very least) and the other is a singer/songwriter
Posted by: Stephanie | March 22, 2009 9:24 PM