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"AI 10 Top 4 Results ECST"
Posted by Snidget on 05-12-11 at 07:07 PM
Keep all discussion of the filler and the results here until the West Coast sees if we lose the Growler, the Crier, the Other Crier, or The Alumni of the Pied Piper School of Mic Holding.

I'll be on a call for class, so see y'all later.

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"RE: AI 10 Top 4 Results ECST"
Posted by vince3 on 05-12-11 at 08:00 PM
This one was up first, so we're using this one...
"RE: AI 10 Top 4 Results ECST"
Posted by Snidget on 05-12-11 at 08:53 PM
Sorry I got it posted while you were getting yours ready. Synchronicity or some such.
"BIG Intro!"
Posted by vince3 on 05-12-11 at 08:01 PM
Who'll be a Hometown Hero, and who will just be going home?


THIS IS AMERICAN IDOL!

"Judges Entrance"
Posted by vince3 on 05-12-11 at 08:03 PM
They apparently run into Ryan as they try to head out to the seats...

72 million votes, highest Top 4 total EVER...


Enrique Englseas, Lady Gaga, Jordin Sparks, Steven Tyler video part of the Mega-Filler tonight...

"Seventy-two million votes."
Posted by Estee on 05-12-11 at 08:03 PM
Haley is somewhere beyond screwed.

Roughly eighty of those were mine.

"RE: Seventy-two million votes."
Posted by cahaya on 05-12-11 at 08:36 PM
It's not a question of whether is of how many times.
"RE: Seventy-two million votes."
Posted by BriarRosie on 05-12-11 at 08:53 PM
Looks like our votes counted.

::thud::

"Recappage"
Posted by vince3 on 05-12-11 at 08:04 PM
LAST EDITED ON 05-12-11 AT 08:07 PM (EST)

Round 1 songs first....

Then Round 2...


Guys get to duet after Recappage is complete... they start in the crowd...

"Top duo"
Posted by cahaya on 05-12-11 at 08:11 PM
Good chance we're looking at the top two in the first duet. No bad, really. You'd think their voices wouldn't mesh at all with Scotty's deep country and James howling rock, but they met somewhere in between. Not a superb performance, but entertaining nonetheless.
"RE: Top duo"
Posted by zazzy on 05-12-11 at 08:26 PM
James won Country Idol in California.

Interesting to me is that James and Haley show Scotty and Lauren they can sing country as well as Scotty and Lauren can.

"Start A Band."
Posted by Estee on 05-12-11 at 08:08 PM
No, they shouldn't.
"Frau definition of hell."
Posted by Estee on 05-12-11 at 08:10 PM
Two white guys, each holding one guitar.

How can they ever choose?!?

"RE: Frau definition of hell."
Posted by vince3 on 05-12-11 at 08:11 PM
Simple, which genre do they prefer: Country or Rock?
"RE: Frau definition of hell."
Posted by cahaya on 05-12-11 at 08:13 PM
It's either the standard wooden acoustic or the psychedelic black-and-white solid-body with what looked like a coon tail hanging on it. Translate that then to body parts.
"Ladies Duet"
Posted by vince3 on 05-12-11 at 08:15 PM
San Diego, Pittsburgh, Houston are announced as Audition cities for Season 11...

James went for a kiss with someone and they headbutted...


Gunpowder and Lead (I wonder how appropriate that title is...)

"RE: Ladies Duet"
Posted by Estee on 05-12-11 at 08:18 PM
The forecast for a Lauren exit includes a 20% chance of clock tower.
"RE: Ladies Duet"
Posted by cahaya on 05-12-11 at 08:18 PM
For a brief moment, I pictured them within a boxing ring and going voice to voice. But, after the first stanza, I realized why this is AI and not that other show.

Awful performance, vocally. I'm not sure they ever got a single note to match.

"Wardrobe discrepancy. "
Posted by Estee on 05-12-11 at 08:16 PM
Lauren comes out wearing the perfect outfit. The assembly she should have been in all along. Something that actually works with and for her, donned at last.

Haley comes out and promptly starts looking for the bed.

"RE: Wardrobe discrepancy. "
Posted by zazzy on 05-12-11 at 08:44 PM
Lauren has been working on dropping some lbs over the season. I'd peg it at 10-15 lbs. Her booty is still there but not as big as it was in the beginning.

"Windows 7 Pimpage"
Posted by vince3 on 05-12-11 at 08:17 PM
Using the tech for video conferencing with loved ones back home this week...
"Who's Safe Part 1"
Posted by vince3 on 05-12-11 at 08:20 PM
This time the Stools of Doom are for the Top 3:

Stool #1 is for.... LAUREN!


Gold stools tonight...

"RE: Who's Safe Part 1"
Posted by cahaya on 05-12-11 at 08:21 PM
Well, there's goes what suspense there was in the first 20 minutes. Miss Hot Pants has to be sweatin' it now. The question is which guy joins her?
"RE: Who's Safe Part 1"
Posted by vince3 on 05-12-11 at 08:24 PM
I'm thinking James
"RE: Who's Safe Part 1"
Posted by cahaya on 05-12-11 at 08:37 PM
Yup.
"RE: Who's Safe Part 1"
Posted by frodis on 05-12-11 at 08:43 PM
They have never made James sweat it out, have they? He's always been early to middle of the "declared safe" list, hasn't he?
"RE: Who's Safe Part 1"
Posted by Estee on 05-12-11 at 08:47 PM
He's the only one who hasn't been center stage yet. Scotty had his fakeout when Casey went home and Lauren went through her crying jag next to Jacob. Just based on prior experience, it's his turn.
"Night over."
Posted by Estee on 05-12-11 at 08:22 PM
The only suspense remaining is whether Ryan will eventually say 'not necessarily the bottom two' or 'random order' or any other words indicating the final pair on stage isn't the actual vote sequence. Given Lauren's insta-pass, some mention of this wouldn't surprise me. But Haley's out -- and I'm betting that if I glanced one site over, the Worsters know it.
"RE: Night over."
Posted by cahaya on 05-12-11 at 08:29 PM
Simul-posting exactly the same thing, although this was obvious. Yeah, it looks like it's all about the top 3, not the bottom 2.
"Going Gaga"
Posted by vince3 on 05-12-11 at 08:25 PM
And it's a video of You and I, the song that Haley sung a week ago, right?
"Fear & terror in Los Angeles."
Posted by Estee on 05-12-11 at 08:28 PM
Apparently the mere concept of letting Gaga go live was enough to scare the network into a fully recorded performance.
"RE: Fear & terror in Los Angeles."
Posted by cahaya on 05-12-11 at 08:32 PM
And check the shoes in at the door, thank you.
"RE: Fear & terror in Los Angeles."
Posted by Maroonclown on 05-12-11 at 08:57 PM
For the first time I was charmed by Gaga. She showed her true talent. She does not need all that crap that she surrounds herself with. Well, maybe in the beginning but not now.
"RE: Fear & terror in Los Angeles."
Posted by mindy23 on 05-12-11 at 11:08 PM
As much as I enjoyed the song she sang, I was embarrased by her outfit and the fact she basically opened her entire 'self' for the audience. Soft porn? Yea, in my opinion!

She's talented, she doesn't need that garabage of a performance to distract from anything else she is doing. No one is voting, least of all 15 year old boys!

"Enrique Iglesias "
Posted by vince3 on 05-12-11 at 08:29 PM
Dirty Dancer, and I Like It
"RE: Enrique Iglesias "
Posted by zazzy on 05-12-11 at 08:33 PM
Scotty, take notes on how to hold a mic!

"RE: Enrique Iglesias "
Posted by cahaya on 05-12-11 at 08:35 PM
Indeed. Enrique, in turn, probably got his notes from dad Julio.

Enrique is definitely more up-to-date (and not bad, although I'm not a fan of his), but I think Julio has the better chops.

"Lady Gaga"
Posted by zazzy on 05-12-11 at 08:31 PM
I thought they were going to put that American Idol logo over her crotch!
"Ford Music Video"
Posted by vince3 on 05-12-11 at 08:37 PM
Fun with lights this week...
"Jordin Sparks"
Posted by vince3 on 05-12-11 at 08:38 PM
I Am Woman
"RE: Jordin Sparks"
Posted by Estee on 05-12-11 at 08:41 PM
I really enjoyed her professional work until two minutes ago. And I thought 'out on the floor' was the most mind-numbing tone-free repetition of the season? Guess what, Jacob: it hurts, it hurts, it hurts.
"RE: Jordin Sparks"
Posted by cahaya on 05-12-11 at 08:43 PM
Is this the same Jordin Sparks?

Yikes, somebody taught her some moves.

And we almost had a wardrobe malfunction on top of that.

"RE: Jordin Sparks"
Posted by zazzy on 05-12-11 at 08:46 PM
Yep. "She's only 16" is all grown up and has also lost some weight recently. I think that was the point of the intro vid clips, so you could see how she's grown to be a woman.

And I agree, it was toneless. I ff'd much of it; I was a bit behind on the show and that allowed me to catch up.

"Steven Tyler Video"
Posted by vince3 on 05-12-11 at 08:48 PM
It Feels So Good...


(No, it doesn't...)

"RE: Steven Tyler Video"
Posted by cahaya on 05-12-11 at 08:52 PM
To him, it does!
"RE: Steven Tyler Video"
Posted by Maroonclown on 05-12-11 at 08:54 PM
OH. MY. GAWD.

Having seen Aerosmith a number of times and being hot for Stevie for friggin' years, I can honestly say I would hit that in a second, and in front of hubby, because who the hell could blame me?

Lawdy lawd.

"There's no accounting for taste."
Posted by Estee on 05-12-11 at 08:59 PM
Until now. Double-entry bookkeeping, please.
"AutoTune performs."
Posted by Estee on 05-12-11 at 08:49 PM
In a hat.
"Who's Safe Part 2"
Posted by vince3 on 05-12-11 at 08:51 PM
Stool #2 is for: HAYLEY!!!!!!!!!!! SHE'S SAFE!!!!


It's down to James and Scott for the last stool!

"RE: Who's Safe Part 2"
Posted by BriarRosie on 05-12-11 at 08:52 PM
Holy CRAP! My votes mattered???!!??!!?

I thought Haley was a goner!

"RE: Who's Safe Part 2"
Posted by Maroonclown on 05-12-11 at 08:55 PM
I was hoping Lauren was toast.
"RE: Who's Safe Part 2"
Posted by BriarRosie on 05-12-11 at 08:57 PM
Yeah, I should have thrown some votes to James.

Crap, I wanted Lauren gone.

"RE: Who's Safe Part 2"
Posted by Estee on 05-12-11 at 08:55 PM
And then there was a sound as if a thousand pounds of glitter screamed out in agony...

I don't know what happened, but I'm not arguing with it.

"RE: Who's Safe Part 2"
Posted by frodis on 05-12-11 at 08:52 PM
Woah.

"RE: Who's Safe Part 2"
Posted by zazzy on 05-12-11 at 08:53 PM
LAST EDITED ON 05-12-11 AT 08:54 PM (EST)

Now we know why they announced Lauren first.

So last night was about the anti-pimp, I suppose? Rile up her fan base? She is like Syesha, working her way to the F4.

"RE: Who's Safe Part 2"
Posted by frodis on 05-12-11 at 08:56 PM
I speculated about that in the rankings thread, that the hammering Haley took just fired up her voters.

I'm happy for her. She has really grown.

And I had forgotten all about Syesha.

"RE: Who's Safe Part 2"
Posted by cahaya on 05-12-11 at 08:53 PM
Color me surprised!
"Rolling In....."
Posted by Snidget on 05-12-11 at 08:52 PM
Just got off the call

HALEY'S SAFE!!!!!!

Uh Oh...two girls in the top three.....my funoffice pool bets are trashed this week. oh well.

"RE: Rolling In....."
Posted by cahaya on 05-12-11 at 08:54 PM
I'm guessing goose-eggs almost across the board in that office pool, and I even hedged my bets.
"VFTW Victory!"
Posted by Estee on 05-12-11 at 08:52 PM
!#@$ !@#%% !!!!!

"RE: VFTW Victory!"
Posted by cahaya on 05-12-11 at 08:56 PM
I think Estee's mood meter went from about -1 to 101!

Like you, I thought it was fait accompli.

"RE: VFTW Victory!"
Posted by BriarRosie on 05-12-11 at 08:56 PM
Well, you know the world's scheduled to end May 21st.

Just sayin'...

"RE: VFTW Victory!"
Posted by cahaya on 05-12-11 at 08:59 PM
Ah, that has to be it. Good catch.
"RE: VFTW Victory!"
Posted by BriarRosie on 05-12-11 at 09:07 PM
The alternate date for the world to end is in December 2012. So we'll see.
"RE: VFTW Victory!"
Posted by dragonflies on 05-13-11 at 01:53 PM
December 21st to be exact. Right after my DS turns 18. He pointed that out to me quite emphatically
"Red Light of DOOM!!!"
Posted by vince3 on 05-12-11 at 08:56 PM
The person who's still got a shot is: SCOTTY!


James is toast!

"RE: Red Light of DOOM!!!"
Posted by Snidget on 05-12-11 at 08:58 PM
J. Lo is shocked and crying.
"RE: Red Light of DOOM!!!"
Posted by cahaya on 05-12-11 at 08:58 PM
Color me surprised again!

Aw, man. There goes the guy who I'd want to see in the top 2. Oh, well. He's got a career ahead of him.

"Daugtried!"
Posted by Estee on 05-12-11 at 08:59 PM
I can sum the results up in three words:

It's Randy's fault.

"RE: Daugtried!"
Posted by BriarRosie on 05-12-11 at 09:05 PM
Stop that. You stepped on my brain waves and it hurt.
"RE: Daugtried!"
Posted by Estee on 05-12-11 at 09:13 PM
Well, stop lying on the floor next to my feet, then.
"RE: Red Light of DOOM!!!"
Posted by BriarRosie on 05-12-11 at 09:01 PM
And at this point, I hope he becomes another Daughtry in terms of succeeding after a sucker punch.
"RE: Red Light of DOOM!!!"
Posted by Maroonclown on 05-12-11 at 09:02 PM
Sorry, don't mean to cut in here, but when is Scotty legal?
"RE: Red Light of DOOM!!!"
Posted by Snidget on 05-12-11 at 09:04 PM
Oct 9, I think.
"RE: Red Light of DOOM!!!"
Posted by glazem1 on 05-12-11 at 09:03 PM
Just goes to prove that middle America s*cks and so do the little pissy c*ck s*cking teeny boppers who voted for Scotty and Lauren.
Scotty and Lauren both s*cked last night.
I'm gonna send an email or post on the AI site that they s*ck, the show s*cks (now that the only two that truly deserved it, James and Pia are gone) and tell Nigel to go f*ck himself and I will never watch AI again, or for that matter SYTYCD.
F them all!
"RE: Red Light of DOOM!!!"
Posted by BriarRosie on 05-12-11 at 09:05 PM
But how do you REALLY feel?
"RE: Red Light of DOOM!!!"
Posted by Estee on 05-12-11 at 09:07 PM
You might want to send one to Star while you're at it: I'm pretty sure their timing cost James a few votes. Maybe a few hundred thousand.

"RE: Red Light of DOOM!!!"
Posted by cahaya on 05-12-11 at 09:09 PM
Right. And go pay ex-stepdad a visit and give him a piece of your mind.
"RE: Red Light of DOOM!!!"
Posted by zazzy on 05-12-11 at 09:09 PM
Yes, I got a sick feeling and thought I smelled bus fumes when I saw that article. That's stooping really low to oust James.
"RE: Red Light of DOOM!!!"
Posted by cahaya on 05-12-11 at 09:07 PM
Settle down, my friend. The guy I hoped would win went out tonight. But that ain't gonna stop him. And in the bigger scheme of things, this is AI after all.

Now, if you lost a bundle betting on James on one of those online bookie sites, then you've got another thing coming.

"RE: Red Light of DOOM!!!"
Posted by Belle Book on 05-12-11 at 09:06 PM
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not James! NOT JAMES! Why can't it have been Scotty?

Several words: Country. And teen girls. Also, maybe voter complacency on the part of James's fans.

NOW who do I root for?! I don't know.

Belle Book

"RE: Red Light of DOOM!!!"
Posted by cahaya on 05-12-11 at 10:33 PM
LAST EDITED ON 05-12-11 AT 11:07 PM (EST)

NOW who do I root for?! I don't know.

Alas, me either. I really dig this guy. There's an excellent classic rock band in California (the White Album Ensemble) he's scheduled to sing with this Saturday. I'm looking forward to this video coming out, perhaps something like this.

As for the others... just out of a bit of spite, I'll probably crank up the snark meter another notch or three in the coming weeks.

"RE: Red Light of DOOM!!!"
Posted by zazzy on 05-12-11 at 09:06 PM
I. am crushed. for James.

On the bright side, I just gained some time back because the show is a whole lot less interesting for me at this point.

Hope Aerosmith plays the finale results night and James gets to sing with them.

Trying to remember if he gets to do the media tour this week or if he gets screwed out of that. Maybe it's the third placer who has their media tour postponed.

J Lo told us last night that they, the judges, wanted Lauren in the finale with the confetti falling around her. Maybe she'll get her wish.

Don't think anyone chose Lauren in the office pool, though, lol.

OK. I'm crushed, too.

I wanted a Pia -James finale. The beauty and the beast, lol.

"RE: Red Light of DOOM!!!"
Posted by grit on 05-12-11 at 09:42 PM
It's funny that you say you gained some time back now. When they announced that Lauren was safe, I figured Haley was going home. At that point, I decided that if she did go home, there wasn't anything left to hold my interest and keep watching the show. I thought maybe my TV schedule was going to get easier.

And I think that Steven Tyler may have been thinking the way I was. He looked pretty upset when Seacrest announced that Lauren was their first finalist. I think he was also afraid that Haley was leaving.

"RE: Red Light of DOOM!!!"
Posted by csnumber23 on 05-12-11 at 10:16 PM
Wow! I must say I am shocked! I was wondering why they would send Lauren to safety first, no drama left as everyone thought it was her or Haley. Ryan never said shocking results or anything either.
"RE: AI 10 Top 4 Results ECST"
Posted by selah on 05-12-11 at 09:07 PM
long time member and lurker here.. James demise is not a surprise to me, it was a foregone conclusion yesterday when Ryan said that this was the week that Daughtry went home. I can only hope that James is offered a recording contract and does very well. One can see the writing on the wall.. Hayley will go next week and Lauren will win the final..

I really hate this show.

"RE: AI 10 Top 4 Results ECST"
Posted by cahaya on 05-12-11 at 09:13 PM
I can only hope that James is offered a recording contract and does very well.

Well, welcome back, longtime lurker and rare poster.

I think your hope is a pretty safe bet.

"Next week..."
Posted by Estee on 05-12-11 at 09:10 PM
I think Haley's best strategy (if the judge pick lets her) is to go full-scale rocker and hope Lauren & Scotty split the country votes. Ideally, if the divide goes deep enough, she could get herself to F2 that way. After that... she has some small chance to beat Lauren. I don't think there's any way she can defeat Scotty in a vote-off.

She can potentially advance if everything breaks just right. Win... that's harder.

"RE: Next week..."
Posted by byoffer on 05-12-11 at 09:18 PM
Although I was pulling for James, after tonight I am hoping the country vote gets split and Haley makes the finale. I do quite like her range and growl. Go Haley!!
"GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREAT!"
Posted by KeithFan on 05-12-11 at 10:30 PM
The growler gets a pass and the guy who cant sing in tune is gone! I haven't been this happy since, well, since Jacob went home.

Now she just needs to Reinhart her way into the finals!

"RE: AI 10 Top 4 Results ECST"
Posted by Tummy on 05-13-11 at 09:07 AM
Last night was a repeat of Lambert vs Chriswho?. Scotty sang about how he talks to God, of course he beat out James. The only way Scotty could have gotten more votes is to sing Toby Keith's Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue.


Floating my cares away with Agman - 2011

"RE: AI 10 Top 4 Results ECST"
Posted by KeithFan on 05-13-11 at 09:27 AM
Now that you said it, he'll pull that one out for the top 3.

"RE: AI 10 Top 4 Results ECST"
Posted by Estee on 05-13-11 at 09:48 AM
As noted elsewhere, the worst part of a Lauren vs. Scotty finale is going to be two relentless hours of No, I Love Jesus And America More.
"RE: AI 10 Top 4 Results ECST"
Posted by zazzy on 05-13-11 at 03:11 PM
I was thinking God Bless the USA. That's a general crowd pleaser.

I hope James thinks about writing some patriotic rock song that becomes hugely popular so future AI finalists aren't confined to country classics for vote pandering. ;)

(Maybe James should have had an acapella moment with the National Anthem or My Country Tis of Thee or America the Beautiful. In any event, an acapella moment would have helped.)