Who needs writers, anyway? It's the OFFICIAL AMERICAN IDOL 7 THREAD

oh man this chick singing queen sucks so bad

hahaha this other girl rules for refusing to smile when simon said she was fantastic

Way to throw Syesha off a bridge there at the end, judges. Not that I mind, she and Kady were probably toast anyway.

They were all obviously on Paula's pills tonight, and the affects really kicked in when they were heaping praise on Amanda's Joan Jett song (that girl is awful).

I thought it was an awesome choice for her, but she didn't deliver with the vocals. She sounded sort of tired.

Her voice gets shakey because she's stomping around the stage so hard, and then she goes off key.

I hate her and her stupid face.

hahaha this other girl rules for refusing to smile when simon said she was fantastic

Really? She also didn't smile when Randy and Paula complimented her, or when Ryan was talking to her afterwards...it made her seem really unpleasant. I wonder if something was wrong.

What I don't get is why does everyone consider Simon's opinion to the most important? If I was a singer I'd rather get feedback from someone like Randy who's actually worked with and produced songs for several big artists/famous songs. What the fuck has Simon done? Oh right, he manages Il Divo.

I loved it a couple weeks ago when Simon admitted without any shame that he'd never heard Heart's "Magic Man". Does Heart not get airplay on UK radio? Furthermore, he's been in the US for about eight years now. Has he never ever turned on a classic rock station?

I've never heard of Heart before I started watching AI. I don't think they're known at all in Europe.

I'm breaking my internet fast just to say that this show officially sucks. I only like one contestant, David Archuleta. Ramiele is decent. I'm not watching anymore. Fucking A.

Gah so close to being rid of Kristy.

Ew, Kristy over Asia'h? And I thought Danny would have definitely gone through!

Is next week Beatles week?

Even though Idol is trying to obscure the iTunes rankings of the contestants' songs in relation to each other, they still show if they're on the iTunes top songs list, and Jason Castro's version of Hallelujah is at #94.

jesus, how long until paula's taken to the looney bin? i'm seriously starting to worry about her mental health.

I actually think this is the strongest top 12 there's been since I've started watching the show (season 3), though I think they've all been pretty close to the same quality.

tonight is on some serious pep rally stuff

My mom is in love with Jason Castro. I meanwhile only merely favor him above all other of the boys - except D Archuleta.

I was surprised that Simon is a fan of the Jeff Buckley version!

Paula's rambling after Jason's performance from last week was INCREDIBLE.

Wow - Chikezie with the performance of the year so far.

damnit, i'm watching

Has Seacrest always been a major cokehead and I'm just now noticing it, or is this a new development?

and Chikezie!!!!!!!

not a cokehead

I think he was genuinely excited.

SCREW UP, DAVID COOK, SCREW UP

David Cook personally sucked, he had the benefit of an incredible arrangement and DRUMMER.

I really don't get him. at all. Does he have a good voice? Am I crazy? Oh, and I still despise Carly. Celine Dion sucked the first time around.

How do I find out who the drummer is?!

Man - Brooke White is at least the most passionate about music person on this show, and I think she's great.

Chikezie was pretty awesome. I thought Carly, David Cook, and Jason's performances were really disappointing. I continue to enjoy Lullaby and Brooke, even though it seems like I should find them really boring.

I missed Chikezie! haha Lullaby

Beatles night is always the best though isn't it.

Yeah, I mean I thought Carly and Jason sucked, but at least they sucked while singing really good songs. I'd rather hear that then somebody sucking doing terrible songs.

As far as I know this is the first Beatles night, right?

"Pizza bistro."

Yikes, David Hernandez has to be in serious trouble after that, right? I mean, they can't really eliminate Chikezie after this week right? I'm thinking about throwing him some votes, even though normally I never vote.

They do Beatles night every year!

Judges are RONG: Dolly Parton-esque "8 Days a Week" was AWESOME. I have typed it; it is LAW.

uh, no they don't do Beatles night every years seeing as they didn't have rights to it before this year

Are you sure?

btw I am drunk

Wait it was a McCartney night wasn't it?

wow, David A bombing

I agree that the "8 days a week" arrangement was awesome, but I thought the vocals were pretty subpar.

I feel like Gargamel when it comes to David Aucheletta, I want to kill him and the rest of the smurfs in his village.

Holy shit! Chikezie killing it in remind-us-what-number clip! Can't wait to see.

Worst of the night was David Hernandez. Best was Chikezie and Brooke. Predicted going home: Kristy.

Michael Lee Johns was also notably horrible

Yeah, he was, and he's one of my favorites AND that's one of my favorite songs AND I sort of predicted it's what he was going to do when they went into the commercial break.

btw wtf is MOMENT OF TRUTH!?!!!!!!

Oh and so I guess Chikezie has gone to one name!

Chikizzle