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Top 4 Rock Week - Karaoke Gokey Hits the Worst Note in Idol History
Final 5: Post-Game Analysis
Final 5 Results: Post Game Analysis
This was your basic bog-standard Idol Results show. Bad car commercial, bad group sing (Duke Ellington is NOT happy.) Not one but three pointless guest performances. And a foregone conclusion booting.
And with even fewer people to dramatically draw out, place on couches or send to the "right side of the stage" there's even more dead space to fill with "behind-the-scenes" videos, and more judge nattering and self-congratulating. This hour was punishing.
I will run down the very few interesting moments in my Random Thoughts Style --
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Final Five -- Glambert Shines, And Other People Sing
"Rat Pack" night threatened to put me to sleep and keep me there if not for the awesomeness of Adam and his wildly entertaining, 100 miles over the top performance of "Feeling Good."
Jamie Foxx as an inexplicable vocal coach was helpful and amusing and he was willing to put up with Gokey's garlic and sardine breath. Also, the show has a manageable 5 singers and is only an hour long. So yay for the small things.
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Kris Allen -- "The Way You Look Tonight"
Top 5 - Rat Pack Week Makes Kara Crave Diction
Rat Pack week is giving me very little material to work with. The performances were mind numbingly slow, as if I wasn’t expecting pure boredom from this cast already. But the judges had it all wrong, which was pretty hilarious. The performances that Simon complimented were more often than not pure shit, while the ones that he insulted were well sung. I did, however, enjoy the fact that the show was mentored by a guy whose current hit song is overrun by autotune and is a joke to people who can actually sing. I also laughed about the fact that the show cannot seem to come in on time even though there were only 5 performances to get through in an hour. The show STILL ran over by 2 minutes. Please, fire Bruce Gowers. The man is a boil on the face of good television. So how did they do?
Final 7... Again: Post-Game Analysis
Finally an eventful results show, not only because we eliminated two dead-weight singers, but also because... No, that's really the only reason, chucking a couple anchors overboard. If the Producers really want to improve Idol for next season they should eliminate 10-20 singers every week. I'd watch.
Lil is unceremoniously dumped after no drama at all. That was cold-blooded. Now with our beloved knife-fighter Lil gone I feel... Sorry, what was I talking about again? Anyhow, Lil sings her disco song again and she's terrible, again. Â
Final 7: Disco Duds
Maybe someone can explain this to me... Why do the Idol Producers bother with these stupid genres if nobody is ever forced to sing a song IN that style of music. For example, the theme this week was Disco music, and although all 7 Idols picked disco songs by disco artists none of them sang it in a disco style. Well, except for our precious Lil who still doesn't get this show. Anyways, my point is if the Idols are forced to sing a song from a particular genre, half the fun is watching them stink while singing in that particular genre. Ever since Daughtry showed the Idols how to buck the system these gleefully stupid Idol theme weeks haven't been the same.
Top 7 Again on Disco Night - "You’ve gotta get yourself out of Idol land for a while and put yourself in the real world"
Since when does disco night mean ballad night? The contestants are given an uptempo theme and they still figure out a way to make me fall asleep. At least a few of the contestants didn’t pussy out and actually performed disco songs with a disco feel. But Randy’s constant claims tonight that this is the best top 7 ever fell on deaf ears. Even Scott MacIntyre can see that Randy’s a liar and Scott’s not even on the show anymore.
Final 7: Post Game Analysis
They wasted their save on Mac Tonight?!?!?
"A sneak at Matt Giraud in his future occupation."
Simon: "The first piece of bad news... two people go home next week. Second piece of bad news... Next week is Disco Week."
Have two more awesome lines been spoken on American Idol? I wish they could send two people home every week. And as for Disco, is there a more maligned genre of music that will destroy any shred left of these Idols' dignity and integrity?
I say... Bring on Disco Night.
Man, when we choose a VFTW pick, they always make sure to deliver. During rock week, Danny Gokey made a mockery of the show by believing his own hype so much that he thought he could rock out. I still can’t stop laughing while thinking of how horrible Danny was this week. Rock week must have been a thank you to VFTW for sitting through the last few weeks of boredom. Thank you, Idol. Thank you very much.