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

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

How do I find out who the drummer is?!

-- nickalicious, Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:03 AM (57 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

presumably Teddy Campbell, the same guy who rocked out on Elliott's Trouble

OK, so Chikezie was awesome, and so was Brooke.

There are some things that people do on the show that drive me nuts tho, and completely distract me from the performance. Chikezie was guilty of one tonight: slapping his ass while singing. Another is David Archuleta licking his lips constantly. I stop paying attention to the singing and start counting the times it happens. Is it just me?

I thought that hillbilly arrangement of "8 Days a Week" was totally impotent, especially within the context of what it was trying to do. It was a bootstomper without any actually stomping.

Kristy Lee Cook was so so bad...one of the worst finals performances ever?

That lead-in should have made David A shine but wow did he blow it. So many other people "brought it" tonight (with apologies to Randy), and he looked incredibly weak in comparison. Is that the performance of the favorite to win?

Overall though, this was one of the most enjoyable finals eps I've ever seen. The run from Chikezie to Brooke White was pretty great.

The great:

Carly Smithson (she looks better than she did earlier in the show (?), did she gain/lose weight/do something with her hair? Regardless, tonight was the first performance of hers I've enjoyed)
Chikezie Eze (the performance was verging on insane ut it was fun and entertaining and that's what it's all about)

The good:

Brooke White (she's the kind of person you'd see performing at a coffee shop...I really like her but she's not amazing)
Jason Castro
Ramiele Malubay (I actually really liked her performance)
David Cook

The bad:

Amanda Overmyer (over her)
David Hernandez
Michael Johns
Syesha Mercado

The so awful that it filled me with glee:

David Archuleta
Kristy Lee Cook

Predicted bottom three:

Syesha
Kristy
Danny
-dishonorable mention: Ramiele

I'm over Ramiele until she sings something other than a torchy ballad. Variety, girl!

Brooke's my personal favorite until someone else starts to blow me away for consecutive weeks. It's less about her personality than it is her actual singing voice, which I think is full and warm and cracks in all the right places.

Chikezie DID "bring it" tonight, and I'd like to see him keep turning songs upside down like that.

I seem to be the only person who HATED David Cook's "Eleanor Rigby" arrangement, and his totally Creed-ish performance of a song that's one of the most mannered in the whole Beatles repertoire.

Also, I'm surprised David, Kristy and Jason didn't claw all over each other to do "I've Just Seen A Face".

and lol @ Simon not knowing Carly's name

I'm not in love with David Cook either but I value him for messing with the arrangements (unlike Michael Johns) in a way that totally fits him (unlike Kristy/the Dannys/Syesha). His act might grow old fast or maybe he'll grow on me....I can't really tell yet.