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American Idol: Live Results Show #2
by Liz Finn-Arnold, posted Mar 1st 2007 11:15PM
(S06E16) Ryan sums up the last two nights by saying "The girls ripped it up and the boys threw it down," and tells us that once again they received almost 32 million total votes. Let's just skip all the other stuff and get to it. AJ TABALDO is going home! I'm shocked. I really didn't see that coming. I would place AJ above Phil, Brandon, Jared, and definitely Sanjaya. He gave a good performance Tuesday night and received praise from all of the judges. He has a great personality to match a great voice. Yet, AJ's journey ends tonight...and Sanjaya (adorable, yet flawed) lives to sing another song.
Oh yeah, ALAINA, NICK, and LESLIE are also going home, but I'm not surprised at all. I pretty much expected that. Did I mention that I'm still in shock over AJ getting the boot?
While I'm disappointed that one of my favorites is going home, I realize that this shock is what makes American Idol so exciting and unpredictable. Unfortunately, it's also what makes Idol so frustrating. I want America to vote for MY choices. Or I want to believe that I KNOW who America will vote for (even though I have no clue).
It seems that no matter how hard we try, we can't really predict how our fellow Americans will vote. The AOL online poll got it half right, and half wrong (Sanjaya and Antonella are safe). Meanwhile, Alaina and AJ looked safe over at dialidol.com, but obviously weren't.
Randy, Simon, and Paula think maybe America got it wrong tonight. Do you agree? Or are you glad that AJ, Nick, Alaina, and Leslie are going home?
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Other highlights: - Kellie Pickler shows up to sing "I Wonder," and talk about her upcoming tour with Brad Paisley. She doesn't sound nearly as ditzy as she did last year (despite the spider sushi comment). She says she spent money on new shoes, and Ryan wonders (as we all do) if there's something else she's bought lately - like maybe, er, I don't know, implants? Her voice is better than I remember, but the performance is stiff. And her hairstyle is too "old" for such a pretty, young girl.
- The contestants perform "Joy to the World" as a group, and my favorite part is when AJ sings the line "You know I love the ladies." There's been lots of speculation about AJ, and many doubt he's straight, so I find it interesting that he sings this part of the song.
- Alaina is such an emotional mess after her rejection that she can't sing her final song. I've never seen this happen before on Idol. It definitely didn't improve my final impression of her singing.
- Sundance cries a lot tonight. Really, they show him at least half a dozen times and he's always wiping tears from his eyes.
- Paula tries to give Alaina parting advice, but I think Alaina drops her microphone and the sound drops out completely so we can't hear what Paula is saying. It's not a big loss, I'm sure.
- Last week's American Idol Challenge winner is in the audience to prove that the contest is real. This week's question is ridiculously easy again. Nobody tells us what we really want to know, which is how much money they made on last week's Idol Challenge phone calls.
- Leslie and AJ both sang "Feeling Good" and both got booted. I thought it was an interesting song, but apparently it didn't sit well with America. I would cut it from the playlist for next year.
- We get the usual compilation good-bye video set to Daughtry's "Home" and darn if I don't feel a little emotional. I just become a big, mushy softy during this part of the show (sorta like Sundance, without the actual tears). I even feel bad for the contestants I wanted to leave.
- Leslie wins me over during her final few minutes, when she ad libs the end of her song, saying something like, "Why did I decide to scat? Americans don't care for Jazz."
For more Idol thoughts on last night's show, check out People.com.
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