Keep all discussion of Simon's assault on the frau voting block on this thread until the West Coast finishes voting their fingers off for a WGWG.
Josh wins. G'night.
Even before the performance show-now with duets!
Josh would win this if the stage was powered by the Candlestick Park transformers.
Idol would not interrupt a supposedly-dramatic opening cell with random yelling.I choose to believe Josh. There is no second place prize. And this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Because the show is going to be cancelled Thursday.
or whatever.I'm so not into this tonight. Live from LA, the finallys. And so over the dramatic opera music.
Wouldn't have made it except for their mentors. Way to make the contestants feel special before they perform.
What does Nicole have on her head? Paula's ready for some light bondage with Simon after the show, hopefully after and not during.
Chris in a hat, Josh the same as ever, Melanie in a dress she can't walk in.
Massive support in studio and home towns. And we have hometown crowd shots. Egad Melanie's from a mega church.
LAST EDITED ON 12-21-11 AT 09:11 PM (EST)And so over the dramatic opera music.
You were ever under it?
Remember when we had hope for this show? 'cause I don't. I don't even know why I said 'we'. Or 'hope'.
Oh, and Nicole has her hair in a Swoop Snookie.
Melanie goes to a very big church...You kind of have to admire the way Josh has managed to dodge the Hair and Wardrobe people all season. If only a few others had done the same.
I'm trying to decide if he's been dodging it, or the wardrobe, etc., flees from him no matter how much the backstage peeps try to wrangle it onto him.
soap and water fairly regularly too.
with a sample size of one.
The stats analysis that made Faux News grate!
#No Points for Second. *gag*Supposedly they drew lots for spots. Yeahright.
Uninvited - Alanis Morissette
At least the NBA has the decency to film its rigging process.It's hard for me to judge Josh here for one reason: Alanis started by singing rings around him, then turned them into a full sphere and imprisoned him within her voice. It was so much fun listening to her that he didn't have to be there -- and effectively wasn't. I don't feel she was trying to overpower or drown him out: I think he got awed off the stage.
The woodsy background is giving me the horror film heebeejeebees.Josh, come back, don't follow Alanis.
LA. That was surreal, a natural pairing, my favorite album, seemed right at home. Long night started at the top.
Paula. Best way to open the show. Alanis always remarkable. Singing with Rock royalty, you held you own and kept your integrity.
Simon. Gotta judge this. Alanis amazing, looks cute. A little bit intimidated at the beginning, as the song got into gear I heard the old Josh back. Got a second song, but this was an 8 out of 10.
Nicole. Intimidated, call it whatever, when an artist can acknowledge the other people on the stage, how giving you are as an artist.
Was LA drinking from Nicole's cup?
Reid knows he has to work with the winner: he's been svcking up to Josh for a few episodes now.Nicole's stupidity of phrasing is starting to reach the point where mere mortal drugs cannot explain it. I think she's been mainlining Paula's dandruff.
Yesterday marked 8th month sober, so says LA.Complicated - Avril Lavigne
He's just letting her sing, hardly a duet at all, oh he has his rap solo.Nicole. Christopher, a little shaky in the take off, but you came out on top. By the end your energy and the light around you is so flipping infectious, you are vulnerable and you make it your own.
Paula. Isn't about note for note, but energy that connects with the audience that is relevant. What a current relevant performance. babbling, I love you.
Simon. All the artists will be nervous, when it kicked in and you introduced the rap was your joy to be here and that could be a record.
LA. You looked really at home, cut from the same cloth, complimented each other. Would be a number one hit.
If I was Avril, I would sue Reid into the ground for implying she'd been on drugs within the last year.I can judge this one easily: it was the single worst performance Chris has unleashed all year. He basically spent most of the number demonstrating why Astro never sang, and then finished it by turning into him. He's also a horrible duet partner: Josh faded out and let Alanis work, but Chris dragged Avril into the gutter with him. She seemed so thrown by what she was trying to work with that she lost herself in attempting to elevate him -- which never worked. The Worsters may be happy with this, but I'm not. It was bad -- but not entertainingly so.
Paula has lost it. 'You can't sing! But people love that!'
I Believe I Can Fly - R. KellyWhy we had to vote off the underage girls before the finally
LA. That is one of the most important songs written in the last 50 years. If I am to be honest, you were a little overshadowed, I don't know if it was in your key. It was great, but I expect more.Nicole. Did the best she could in his key, got to shine on her adlibs. She put 1000% into that performance. Simon, when I said that song gave you wings, she soared on it.
Paula. Singing a song that will go down in history. The conviction that you had, your conviction has made us believe in you.
Simon. Don't listen to grumpy and dumpy. Respect to the person you are singing with. Incredible duet, didn't look like someone in a competition, like an established star.
That is one of the most important songs written in the last 50 years.Bull@!#$!!!!
Paula. Singing a song that will go down in history.
Oh, is that what we're calling court transcripts now?
So I wasn't the only one hoping security would tackle him before he reached her? Oh, who am I kidding -- this show would never pay for security when the live assault would make for better ratings...Well, we've firmly established the theme for Round One: Everybody Svcks. Melanie entered the overshadow zone and never came out, ever, although in her case it might have been from hopes that her duet partner couldn't find her in there. I've never seen this weak of a go-round from a singing contest finale. Guess what, Simon? This is the closest race in Who Stank Most in your show's history! And Chris still ran away with it!
1. (As it started) Not this @#$%ing song again.2. (About a verse in.) They wouldn't!
3. (A few seconds later.) They did.
4. (Immediately after.) You're on your own.
Pimpage for MJ Cirque De Soleil show.
You are right.They don't care about you.
Not even enough to make sure we can hear you above the cacophony.
I like the new armor, but I think the movie would work better with some of Tony's favorite heavy metal.
The Worsters would be having the time of their collective lives if more than ten of them could be bothered to watch.
Just a regular guy from Ohio.At last
Playing the guitar.
I wish I was in the audience.This is what went through my head the instant he hit what, in some distant alternate universe, would have been the opening note: Hear the legends of the Kung Fu Pander! Ultimate Frau-Dialing Technique! His svck-up is over nine thousand! And compared to every other night of his show life, so is his svcking! Simon gave him six million to throw this and it's still not going to work!
While my musical taste gently weeps...
I can get through another two songs of this. (How many weeks off do we get before Steven starts vocally molesting people?)
Idol premieres Jan 18.
I think I need to get my six-weeks chip first.
Nobody is ever any good to you. Almost all of your comments are negative, I don't get it. Why even watch?
LAST EDITED ON 12-21-11 AT 11:55 PM (EST)1. Because once in a very great while, someone breaks out and announces a career. It's worth waiting for -- barely.
2. In the case of this show, we're about six major flubs away from entering So Bad It's Good territory. There's already a hardcore group watching it just to see how high the fatality count goes.
3. I'm in a pool where I have to guess exactly what Paula and Nicole are on. Two more successfully identified drugs in the mix and I win eighty bucks!
And #4: Excepting the paid professionals and a few of Melanie's last notes, tonight was an Electrolux commercial. And all the audience and judges have to say about it is 'Naked emperors are in this year!'
Paula came very close to saying that a few times. I think she needed more codeine.
Haha, very good points!
LA. I'm proud you look so at home up there. I envisioned you just like that. Such a rock store. Made it your own. That is what stardom is all about.Paula. One of the most authentic kind hearted people. You own that stage, great job.
Simon. Gotta hand it to you, the $5 million dollar song, took that risk with the guitar. All about you and what we liked about you in the first place. Very close call tonight.
Nicole. From day one you've just shown just by being you being you delivered honored music loves you America believe the flipping magic, worked his whole life for this.
took that risk with the guitarTell KeithFan we just found Lie #4.
Oh dear reading the twitter comments.Young Homie
He should have done a slowed down guitar version.Nicole. We all have a purpose, you are serving your purpose with that song. Thank you for that gift.
Paula. You are magic. If anyone had a doubt you make eveyrone fall in love with you.
Simon. That was your $5 million song. I remember when we sat many months ago and made the deal. You stuck to your deal, a brilliant performer, a true gentleman and a really nice guy.
LA. You poured all of yourself into that song. Love what you just did. Proud.
Paula changing vote vote vote over Simon and LA.
Or is every single one of them below where they were in their original auditions?Imagine the Worster happiness. They've been claiming he turns every song he does into Young Homie and for his finale? He didn't even have to go that far.
*sigh*
Paula called him consummate. I wouldn't even give you consommé.
Really made a difference for her life, oh yikes
Beyonce - Listen
LA That was a 50 million dollar performance.Nicole. You showed up, the first person that made me cry. You made me feel that I wasn't alone and you empowered me.
Paula. Take it in, stellar performance. Thank you beautiful.
Simon. I am so proud of what you just did. Brought this show to America, that some of the greatest singers here, you proved it. You will never be teased again. I think you, to me, should be the winner.
OH, those liars.No, Nicole, everything has made you cry, which is amazing considering there's no emotion behind any of it. Yes, Paula, let her cherish the moment because it's one of the last she'll have before the frau take it away. And no, Simon, you're teasing her right now with false hope, and you'll never apologize for it.
She sang. But it doesn't matter.
In conclusion, I hate everyone and everything. G'night.
I should have stuck to that an hour and a half ago.
I don't know what you watched but to me that was an outstanding performance and she should win.
LAST EDITED ON 12-22-11 AT 00:10 AM (EST)Tonight, 'she sang' was high praise, especially since she's just about the only one who did. (Again, we should probably take the pros out of this.) It was the solo performance of the night. If we based the vote on what happened over those ninety minutes and had voters who could actually judge based on singing and cast accordingly, she would win. However, this is a singing competition like the presidential primaries are a comparison of policies among intellectual giants: in theory only. And I suspect tomorrow's practice is going to be ugly.
I can live with a Josh win, and the record label might get some cash out of him. Someone will sign Melanie: I'm just hoping Simon backs up words with cash and doesn't contract-screw her. Chris could potentially vanish faster than match-touched flash powder and leave just as much behind.
Vote for Melanie as much as you want/can. I admire the effort. But all indications have you outnumbered.
For what it's worth, I hope I'm wrong.
I agree with everything you just said! I am voting for Melanie, trying to help. I too have no problem with a Josh win but if Chris Rene wins, the show will go down in flames for sure.
and no matter what I think Melanie will have a singing career. The other 2? Taylor Hicksified.