American Idol Season 9 Live Blog – Top 12
Well, year 2 of American Idol live blogging (for those who don’t know, this post gets updated after every performer so just hit refresh to see what else I have to say!)… Anyone who actually wants to pay attention can listen to all of my stupid ranting on the contestants and the judges… A lot of folks seem to tell me they enjoy it (though no one ever COMMENTS…hint hint…) But it’s the first night of the TRUE competition, the TOP 12! SOOOO I shall start the live blog tonight at 8! Hope all enjoys!
7:55PM WOO! I just learned that this week will be Rolling Stones week! Just what I want to hear! Songs that my PARENTS were young for. Nothing like sticking with the “contemporary” times the judges demand. If they tell Katie she is singing a song too old for her, or not young enough, I may have to buy a new tv after throwing mine out the window!
8:00 PM Why is it I always feel like the opener with Ryan is part of some perverse hazing ritual? Why can’t he just open the show. It’s NOT a drama. They sing. Someone loses. And where the hell did the new “announcer” come from? Did Ryan need to be announced so he refused to introduce the rest? I will blame this on his big ego… the only big thing the idiot (rich idiot) has… Oh and isn’t the WHOLE SHOW the countdown to the finale??
8:05 PM Did I mention my love for the Rolling Stones? And by love… I mean utter vomit educing reaction I get when I look at them or hear that big mouthed freak’s voice. Nevermind the dancing. If he won’t stop it by now, we are just screwed with it. Side note Ryan… the BEATLES are the most ICONIC band and will ALWAYS be.
8:07 PM Michael Lynche – “Miss You”
So, this guy’s voice is awesome, there is no doubt he’s going pretty damn far. The one thing I don’t like from ANYONE is the Michael Jackson “ball squeeze” high notes from a guy… I am not really sure what song this is, except I recognize the background from the chorus… are we in danger of being told he changed it too much? I think doing a bluesy version of a Stones song was his best bet. He IS one of the judges golden boys so I doubt they will be too harsh…
The judges…
Randy: please, you weren’t feelin’ it, then you slayed it. DECIDE WHICH AND TELL THAT ONE.
Ellen: Good job, genuine, I am going to really like you…
Kara: Chapter 8… (some folks will get it)
Simon: Corny dancing. I am not going to lie, not quite “cool” but I wouldn’t call it DESPERATE…however I wish he spoke more about the performance instead of just dancing. But how can you call ANYONE’s dancing bad when they are doing a ROLLING STONES SONG! (see my comments from above)
Ryan: You are showing your true psychotic nature…
8:16 PM Didi Benami – “Play With Fire”
So…Didi.. you make ME feel uncomfortable, I will listen to you sing but probably mute you during your awkward interviews. Fail.
I am wondering how many times they will refer to these songs as “Stones Classics.” Again, no clue on this song but I am ok with that. This may be one of the most BORING songs I have ever heard, I guess I should have gotten stoned before the Rolling Stones… seems like it would have made this better. Anyways. Great middle vocals but started and ended blah for me. She won’t go but won’t be hitting any confetti in a few months…
The judges…
Randy: You left no lasting input
Ellen: When nothing else, hit humor
Kara: I need an interpreter
Simon: Hmm, said the same thing about the start…Jeeez I am SO smart…
8:22 Casey James – “It’s All Over Now”
Ok, this is one of my least favorites. Keep your shirt on, close your mouth. Not feelin’ it at all… let’s see if SOMETHING will change my opinion… I see he starts the family sob story early.
Wow…let’s put this in perspective… my dog barked for the first 20 seconds of the performance. He screamed it. Loud. He caught up with the song, I guess… the guitar playing fantastic, other than that…I will not shed a tear for his departure which I assume will be sooner than later. That and hopefully a shampoo and haircut.
The judges…
Randy: You have bad taste
Ellen: Token lesbian joke, or…blonde joke (good job…) fantastic though? Ugh
Kara: Rockstar? Did ANY of them hear what I did?
Simon: Despite your semi-agreement with a bad performance, you even thought it was better than it was. Blah.
8:33 Lacey Brown – “Ruby Tuesday”
The only thing I like about Ruby Tuesday’s is the fresh croutons from the salad bar. I didn’t even know there was a song. No love lost. OOH…Her hair is ruby colored. How convenient! But she’s really shy? She has red hair, sings and is on a national television show. How shy can she be?
Oh I hear a “pitchy” in our future… And possibly “freakin’ boring as hell” but we will see on that one…
The judges…
Randy: DAWG…WHERE’S YOUR LINE?!?! PITCHY! PITCHY!!!
Ellen: You said freakin’ boring as hell in SUCH a nicer way…
Kara: Thanks for picking up the pitchy part… drop the story telling though. I am starting to hate you.
Simon: What are you talking about?
8:44 Andrew Garcia – “Gimme Shelter”
So I am so torn between Katie and Andrew. Katie’s voice is flawless and she’s a great performer. Andrew is creative but it is true.. he just hasn’t captured the amazingness he hit from his version of Paula Abdul’s ‘Straight Up’… I wish this would resurface in a longer version but let’s see how he does on Gimme Shelter… whatever song that is…
And to the performance… oh wait… Ryan wants to be funny. Oh HA HA Ryan. To everyone who calls out my bad sense of humor, please take note. Ok, really time for the song. I have no idea how “original” this will be since I have no idea on the original. His voice is really hitting it tonight. I really like his performance, he’s not being too dramatic on stage, but I don’t think that would ever be his thing so I am ok with that. He seems comfortable, and I think if there’s a criticism on his voice then they are just being bastards and inconsistent (not that I am judging…the judges…)
The judges…
Randy: Pitchy and wasn’t great? You Randy… are a full blown idiot.
Ellen: Best performance yet? YOU ARE ON.. I knew we would mesh
Kara: A song about Vietnam— HOW CAN WE CONNECT, HE WASN’T EVEN ALIVE!!!!!
Simon: Thank you for shooting that down… Kara is dumb, and didn’t do great. I am not sure what didn’t connect… Thanks for hoping he sticks around…
8:53: Katie Stevens – “Wild Horses”
Ok, my two fav’s back to back. I can be happy with this. Now… unless there are many different songs called Wild Horses, I actually know one, and can’t wait to hear my girl knock it out of the park… Katie…WILL be in the finals. With that being said. She definitely had pitch issues, yes… I admit it but she is a powerhouse, and I think she is “dressed appropriate” for her age singing a 38247298 year old song. Lets see what they have to say.
The judges…
Randy: Not surprised he mentioned the pitch, but kudos for actually hitting the strong performance
Ellen: NOOOOOO don’t go to the pitchy… but good comments…
Kara: How nice… “It’s never technically perfect with you” See you next Tuesday Kara
Simon: Great strong song choice… a little surprised, he never likes the arrangements, get over it. Judge HER.
9:01 HOW MANY FREAKIN COMMERCIAL BREAKS CAN THERE BE?!?!!? I thought it was like one break for every two performances. This is driving me insane. RABBLE!
9:05 Tim Urban – “Under My Thumb”
Ok Tim, all the tween girls saw your shirtless photos on Perez Hilton. Congrats on your 6 pack. (oh yeah and F-U for the same thing). I have yet to believe that you should even be where you are in this competition and am definitely on the bandwagon who believes your Abercrombie model look is what has gotten you this far, but at least he does have a fun personality to back it, I will give him that… I thought the last performance was EHH but wasn’t fully surprised he moved on. I am hoping he’s been practicing hardcore, his singing that is…
Are we sure this isn’t Who Shot the Sheriff??? I actually think that Tim did the smartest thing, he Jason Mraz’d this song, it complemented his voice which I will say is much stronger this time around, I am glad he listened to the advice I gave a couple minutes ago. (My next piece of advice… clip your girly fingernails. please.) This is one of his strongest performances in my book…
The judges…
Randy: What didn’t you get? You couldn’t hear?
Ellen: Sounded great, but on the beach laying back? Hell, I would LOVE to be there
Kara: WHY do you keep calling Ellen and Randy the GUYS, she’s a lesbian not a guy… thanks though for noting the personalization
Simon: Thank you for acknowledging that this is a boring song as it is. It didn’t work, maybe… I would NEVER download it, but for HIM I think it was good… I guess all in context…
Tim, I give you credit for actually saying you knew you couldn’t look or sound like the Rolling Stones. However to EVERYONE… STOP SAYING YOU JUST WANTED TO HAVE FUN… That is right up there with Pitchy, Dawg, Just didn’t work for me, and I don’t get it. (ironically all of randy’s… yet used soooooooo much…hmmm…)
9:15 Siobhan Magnus – “Paint it Black”
Siobhan…Take the nose ring out. I am begging you. I know everyone has different styles but it just looks gross and anyone who tells you it works for you is a big hairy liar. Even worse than the huge glasses. Even Sally Jesse would’t wear that crap. With that, she does have a very hardcore voice…
Oh Jesus. This is going to pain me. I already want it to stop, but I did just realize what this song actually is, however that is when the not BAD singing went BAD in my mind and she’s pulling major John Mayer singing face. BTW are those Doc Martin’s? Oh no, screaming. I officially hated this. Hated.
The judges…
Randy: That was hot? You’re officially an asshole. over it.
Ellen: She rises above? WTF… What was I watching???????
Kara: Flashbacks of Adam Lambert probably more because of his actual SCREAMING.
Simon: I have nothing to say to you. You have really failed me tonight. DON’T ENCOURAGE THE SCREAMING!!!!!!!
I am thinking she will be my Adam Lambert of the year, I hated him. I still hate him. People like him… I don’t understand those people but… Everyone’s allowed to have bad taste.
9:26 Lee Dewyze – “Beast of Burden”
I really like Lee. I don’t know why. He’s not my favorite, he isn’t an amazing prodigy and he’s not an overwhelming personality or topping the People’s Hottest person list, but I like him. Thankfully the paint color pop quiz didn’t ruin it. Ok, I don’t know if it’s my old age kicking in, but I can barely understand a word he’s saying. I love the sound of his voice, I love the style of the song, when he finally got a little louder, I thought it was AWESOME, the rest I think I would like if I had a clue on what he was singing about. It honestly sounded like he forgot the words for most of it and was humming. But that’s ok, I still loved it. Love his style. I would listen to a clip of the studio version to see my thoughts and would actually for the first time tonight consider buying it!
The judges…
Randy: Quality, thanks!
Ellen: Less than she expected, I get that… better delivery
Kara: Thanks for not being such a negative nelly as she looked like she would be in the middle of Ellen’s
Simon: Very safe song– WELL GIVE THEM BETTER OPTIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! At least you believe he has talent!
9:34 Paige Miles – “Honky Tonk Woman”
Man, for someone who almost voted herself off last week, it stinks that the Rolling Stones week is her FIRST week for the Top 12. Eek…Train wreck ahead?
Ok Paige. As most every week there’s someone who will suffer due to the genre and this is definitely your week to suffer, however your vocals kicked ass especially compared to last week. Another dumb song, Rolling Stones officially really stink in my mind, but I think she was very confident on stage, the notes she hit were great, and she seemed actually comfortable with the song despite being outside of what I imagine her comfort zone would be. I ACTUALLY felt like at the end she had a Christina Aguilera tone!
The judges…
Randy: You wanted more energy? Should she be doing the Ashlee Simpson dance?
Ellen: Nice comments, nothing to really effect
Kara: You are useless
Simon: Thanks for showing she did awesome considering laryngitis! My voice is like a frog right now and if I tried to sing, my F quality would be 10000x’s worse.
9:42 Aaron Kelly – “Angie”
Hey Angie, can you just respond to him asap so he can stop singing. I find his voice to be irritating. Pickle juice in the eye irritating (Shout out Ellen…). Dumb song, blah performance. Yawn…
The judges…
Randy: I would like to see what songs are on your iPod to think that was good
Ellen: Don’t stray from our connection.
Kara: How can you call this great and hold your criticisms up for the others. Dumb HO!
Simon: He sang the song within the limits of his vocals– true… TINY limits… not a big voice… TRUE.
NOT an American Idol. Besides, he hasn’t even hit puberty, his voice hasn’t changed (and if it did… eek… that’s sad)
9:53 Crystal Bowersox – You Don’t Always Get What You Want”
Last but not least Crystal. She’s been hitting it hard since the Alanis performance which I actually didn’t love… Isn’t THAT ironic… And again finally another song I know… Without even hearing the rest, my favorite performance of the night. This girl is ruling this competition. I would never have guessed it. This performance wouldn’t be on my iPod but I am smart enough to know that she had one rock solid performance. Judges… if you bitch, then you are doing it for your own selves.
The judges…
Randy: Couple of problems, such as????
Ellen: Needs more personality… hmm I can’t disagree but what about the vocals?!!?
Kara: I will ignore you for the rest of the season… you are really useless and I hate you.
Simon: He could feel she wasn’t “in it” which I don’t get, I thought she was just fine, and no f’in way was that nose ring ho-bag better than her tonight.
Ugh, this is going to be a Adam Lambert issue this year and I am NOT up for that crap again. What I don’t get is why some of the best performances only get the negatives picked out, but the ehh ones get praised? I don’t get it. Last year I was pretty on top of it with the judges except for the whole Lambert ISSUE… but it’s ok Kris Allen won. Therefore I won. I like winning.
Well anyways… I feel like Lacey is the one who should be headed home… I would pick Siobhan but apparently she was a musical genius. I guess it must be the ATT Uverse HD that showed just how bad she was. UGH. Here’s my 12-1 favorites
12. Siobhan
11. Lacey
10. Aaron
9. Casey
8. Didi
7. Tim
6. Paige
5. Katie
4. Michael
3. Andrew
2. Crystal
1. Lee
As always I will pop the Dial Idol predictions tomorrow AM…
WHAT…A surprise… Everything is in the too close to call category, but a surprise is that Lee came out with the most of anyone!
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