'American Idol' - '1 of 11 Eliminated' Recap

There wasn't a chance in hell Paige, or anybody was getting saved last night. That would have meant two eliminations next week, leaving 9 people for the tour. Paige's 'different' song was the one she had ready for her sing or die spot. Lacey had a different song last week as well.

When Paige sang at the end, she didn't do the Phil Collins song. They always sing the song they did the previous night, so how did she know to do a different song? Did she know she was going home ahead of time and they allowed her a different choice?

I think the judges ALWAYS contradict themselves.

Miley Cyrus was the most ridiculous "mentor" they've ever employed. Most of those Idol kids can sing and perform circles around her, and the only reason she's where she is instead of them is because she has a famous Dad in the music biz who carved a road for her. I kinda wish Crystal had said, "All due respect, kiddo... I'll do it my way, thank you very much." and walked away. Of course, that would be Idol suicide, because nobody likes an arrogant Idol, but I would have loved it. :)

Paige should have gone home the week that Alex Lambert got booted. Andrew also is bad and I don't know who is voting for him. But as I always say it doesn't matter what order these bad singers go home, they aren't going to win. The winner will come down to 2 or 3 of these singers.

The results show itself is just ridiculously long. It should not be an hour. 30 minutes is plenty of time, otherwise we get those awkward moments in the beginning with Ryan, the awkward mini interviews with the contestants when they find out if they are in the Bottom 3, and the awkwardness of Ryan asking the judges questions. So in essence, it's way awkward. The group performance is laughable, they are not even trying to pretend to be really singing live, having 2 musical performances is ridiculous and asking each contestant random stuff in the beginning can be reduced. It used to be 30 minutes awhile back but in recent years it has moved to this water-downed results show.

Oh, and yes it was good that Paige went home. She deserved to, and Tim or Andrew deserve to go next. I understand that people keep saying that Tim has a teen or tween following, but he's been in the Bottom 3 two times in a row, so the votes aren't really there for him it seems. If Andrew goes that's fine too. Both of their voices are just not up to snuff. A guy is definetly going home next week, I don't doubt that one.

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Thank god for DVR. I was mercifully spared the group number, Miley, and whoever the two were towards the end, not to mention Ryans blah, blah, blah. Of course Paige was the one to go, but I think Simon could have been a little bit more tactful. Why make her sing at all then? I was surprised Andrew wasn't in the bottom three, but he'll be out soon enough.

Paige wasn't good the last 2 weeks but to say that she wasn't on Tim Urban level is going a little overboard. Tim last 2 performance have been awful also. The slide he did was corny and he is just a averge singer. I think Paige have more potential to be a better singer than Tim and wished she would have stayed.

Instead of Paige or Tim I would have voted off Miley Cyrus. The vocals on that performance was bad. The song probably would have sounded better if someone else would have sing it. If Miley was on American Idol should would not make it to the top 24. I still am confused on why A.I. made her a mentor. Instead of Miley, Idol should have brought back Kelly Clarkson, Ruben, Carrie, or Fantasia to be mentor. I would rather see them mentor a contestant than Miley.

I'm thinking that the judges really missed the mark this year. First of all the talent level of these people is really not that good i'm sure there were many better singers in Hollywood who were much better than this group. One that come to mind is Angela Martin she had the voice the look the whole package i'm thinking she must have some baggage that the producers didn't want to deal with.
The judges have these kids totally confused and to tell you the truth the judges look totally confused. they have been contridicting themselves constantly. Ellen offers nothing anf randy has become Mr.pitchy Kara is creepy with the cougar stuff i'm glad she toned that down the suits must have told her to back off and Simon looks like he hates the show.

I thought Paige gave the worst vocal of Tuesdays show, and so I wasn't suprised or unhappy that she was voted off. I think she has a great voice though, she just couldn't find the songs that would have shown it off. I'm excited to see which soul/R&B song Crystal chooses next week, it will really put her to the test I think.

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I agree that Paige was the obvious choice to go home. Her performance was just awful and she was getting worse instead of better. Also thought Tims' knee slide was kind of cool. He has the potential to be a good singer with a little more experience, but, as you said, the judges seem like they are going to slam him regardless.
As for Miley, she was a terrible choice to be a mentor. When she was talking to the Idols, she came across as too full of herself and more than a little dense. I doubt if any of the contestants paid much attention to what she had to say, as minimal as that was. That being said, I was surprised at how good her vocals were on her performance, though she detracted from that somewhat with her over emoting antics, slinging her hair around, making faces and such.
The duet with Joe and Demi was a waste. A terrible, syrupy song that was performed poorly. We muted it soon after it began.
With the exceptions of Crystal, Siobahn, Mike and Aaron, this was a bad week , performance wise. Andrew seems to be speaking his songs more than singing them, and I cant believe that he wasnt at least in the bottom three. If Paige hadnt been so dreadful, I would have voted to send him home.
Has anyone else noticed that Randy seems to have decided to actually start judging peoples performances this year instead of just spouting slang and calling everything pitchy? Its a good chance and makes him relavant as a judge for a change.