‘Idol’ fans: talk amongst yourselves
AMERICAN IDOL: Elise Testone (L) is eliminated on AMERICAN IDOL airing Thursday, April 26, (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. Also Pictured: Ryan Seacrest. CR: Michael Becker / FOX.
I’m off Monday and Tuesday. Feel free to use this space to talk about “Idol” stuff until I’m back Tuesday evening from the West Coast.
Deirdre will surely be your guide and your confidante on breaking news.
Although I completely botched my prediction last week, I did have Elise Testone on the bottom of my Power 6 last week. The week before, I had Colton Dixon at the top.
At this point, we know each singer’s strengths and weaknesses. Will someone do something as gutsy as Bo Bice did during the top 3 show and sing a capella on a song hardly anybody knew? Will someone screech their way out like Danny Gokey on that Aerosmith song?
My power 5
1. Phillip Phillips. Although he was just okay last week and picked a Dave Matthews Band song that only big Dave Matthews Band fans would have embraced, he remains the only contestant who has never been in the top three. Colton’s absence appears to have helped him. These two factors should help him get to the finals and a possible victory the way things are going. (last week – 1)
2. Jessica Sanchez. Despite her low vote count, now three weeks in the past, she has remained safe the past two weeks. Her fan base will likely not be so complacent again. I’m just not clear if Hollie leaves next, will that help Jessica? (last week 2)
3. Joshua Ledet. Last year, Jacob Lusk finished fifth. I did a poll on the live blog and the fans were split between him and Jacob. I generally prefer Joshua though his full throttle style doesn’t always move me. Still, he has only been in the bottom three once and he is beloved by the judges. (last week 4)
4. Skylar Laine. I am a big fan of hers but the fact she landed a second time in the bottom three last week indicates some weakness in support despite a good week. I’m a big country music fan and I appreciate her Reba-esque style. (last week 3)
5. Hollie Cavanagh. I think she also had a very good week last week and being in the pimp spot, I think, saved her. I’m not sure what she can do to get past the other four at this stage, since she’s been in the bottom three four times now. She has improved over the weeks and is singing with more emotion but she seems to have gotten as far as she could. (last week 5)
- Before I left, I did see Ryan Seacrest signed a deal with NBC which will. Though he will still host red carpet events, he will no host E! News daily, and stopped doing it when “Idol” started in January anyway. Besides doing work at the Olympics, as previously announced, he will be a special correspondent for the “Today” show and provide content for prime-time, too, though the network wasn’t too specific. Interestingly, this means he will now be active on Fox (”American Idol”), ABC (”Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Year’s Eve”) and NBC.
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192 comments Add your comment
Deirdre
May 1st, 2012
12:25 pm
How is patootie risque?
JTesla
May 1st, 2012
12:29 pm
In Victorian England maybe “patootie” was risque, but that was over 100 years ago.
Sam-A
May 1st, 2012
12:34 pm
It’s just a butt after all!
Deirdre
May 1st, 2012
12:43 pm
Isn’t patootie just a euphemism for azz?
Deirdre
May 1st, 2012
12:43 pm
New thread up, btw.
Deirdre
May 1st, 2012
12:44 pm
Hold it! There WAS a Carrie thread up but now’it’s disappeared.
Rodney Ho
May 1st, 2012
12:46 pm
Sorry to confuse you. I was scheduling it for a little later and accidentally posted it 12 hours earlier. So I just made it live in real time. I’m about to board the plane back to the ATL in a few mintues…
MyAzz
May 1st, 2012
12:53 pm
Carrie Underwood gave a live concert this AM on ABC. I’m surprised that missed the blog radar.
RxDawg
May 1st, 2012
12:57 pm
Almost forgot my Rx joke!
A nice, calm and respectable woman went into a pharmacy, looked the pharmacist straight in his eyes & said, “I would like to buy some cyanide.”
The pharmacist asked, “Why in the world do you need cyanide?”
The woman replied, “I need it to poison my husband.”
The pharmacist’s eyes got big and he exclaimed, “Lord, have mercy! I can’t give you cyanide to kill your husband! That’s against the law! My license! They’ll throw both of us in jail! All kinds of bad things will happen! No! You CANNOT have any cyanide!”
The woman reached into her purse and pulled out a picture of her husband in bed with the pharmacist’s wife.
The pharmacist looked at the picture and calmly replied, “Well, now, that’s different. You didn’t tell me you had a prescription.”
Mercedes S.
May 1st, 2012
1:05 pm
Now THAT’s what I call a joke!
Pitchy
May 1st, 2012
1:07 pm
I wanted to say for the Carrie Underwood concert on GMA this morning, but had to get the girls to school (my child and neighbor’s child). Go to same school so it didn’t make sense that we always leave together going to the same place. I called her up and asked if she want to take turnsm one week in one week out. Otherwise, I would have seen it.
Pitchy
May 1st, 2012
1:11 pm
wanted to stay…
Harriett
May 1st, 2012
1:20 pm
D, I have this station on all the time, and it so happens to be the one that broadcasts “On Air” with Ryan Seacrest. And, MP, there is a really nice message in the song. You probably wouldn’t appreciate it anyway, having said what you did.
Pitchy
May 1st, 2012
1:26 pm
Exactly, Harriett. That’s why I said he’s missing out on a lot.
G
May 1st, 2012
1:40 pm
@Deirdre’s 10:04 comment. Yeah, I guess if I was part of the Idol mainstream, I wouldn’t have much of a problem with anything. My problem is probably more with the system than the maistream. A good system can bring “balance” to a biased mainstream.
Rickster
May 1st, 2012
2:19 pm
MyPatootie’s joke reminds me of the old “Laugh-In” skit where Artie Johnson’s old man sits on the bench next to Ruth Buzzie’s “old lady” character.
He says “Do you believe in the hereafter?”
She replies “yes I do.”
As he starts to put the moves on her he says, “Care to guess what I’m here after?”
Jenny
May 1st, 2012
2:43 pm
Are we staying here or going over to the Carrie thread?
Pitchy
May 1st, 2012
2:47 pm
Rickster – it’s uncanny how you brought up Laugh-in and Artie and Ruth Buzzie. Just last week, I was in the hallway here at work fumbling with my purse. A coworker was laughing at me and I told her if she remember the show Laugh-in and Ruth Buzzie. Told her that’s how I feel I look whenever I carry this purse. That night, I threw it in the garbage. I felt so old every time I carried it. I look too good to carry such an awful purse (lolololol).
Jenny
May 1st, 2012
2:51 pm
I guess we’re staying here?
Pitchy, I am just now seeing the posts from this morning… I hope today is a better day! Good thoughts!
JTesla
May 1st, 2012
2:54 pm
I vote that we go, quicker to load since we don’t have to click on the page we want.
Jenny
May 1st, 2012
2:57 pm
And about the mainstream issue. Quote from G @9:55 a.m. – “Idol mainstream failed to vote Daughtry and Lambert as winners. That tells me a lot about the mainstream…” Well put. That’s what I’ve been getting at forever. The short-sightedness of the mainstream. Forever my biggest frustration with ANY of these shows.
And I also hate how the mainstream seems to blindly worship Angelina Jolie. I can’t stand her. All the adoptions and donated money in the world can’t change the fact that she intentionally set out to steal someone else’s husband…
But back to Idol’s case… G, I also agree with you that the system could balance a biased mainstream. But to do that, they’d have to give in and fix what’s broken.
After all, is anyone *really* impressed when Ryan yaps and babbles about “over 80 MILLION votes came in!!! The most we’ve EVER had!!!!!” I know I’m not…
Pitchy
May 1st, 2012
3:04 pm
Thanks Jenny. The afternoon is better. I haven’t cried in so long, so I had a nice long cry. I feel better! Been holding too much in for too long. I’m back at the helm of my ship.
MyPatootie
May 1st, 2012
3:12 pm
TO: “Blank”, “Deidre”, “Sam-A”, and “JTesla”, who were discussing my “name tag” earlier, and I was gone. Actually “PATOOTIE” is another name for a girlfriend or a sweetheart, usually female. Believe me, I checked it out before using it.
MyPatootie
May 1st, 2012
3:16 pm
Also to “Jenny”, sorry, was not ignoring you last week. I was “indisposed” when you posted a couple of posts to me, and I was impressed with your knowledge of country music, especially some of the older good ones. I didn’t see them until the following day as I had a lots going on.
Deirdre
May 1st, 2012
3:16 pm
You’re absolutely right MyPatootie…which tells you where our minds are!
Jenny
May 1st, 2012
3:17 pm
Pitchy, good to hear.
Did you ever get to see the rest of Private Practice? Don’t forget a new one tonight… I am glad they moved it to Tuesdays when there’s not so much other stuff to watch!
Jenny
May 1st, 2012
3:20 pm
Oh, thanks Patootie! No worries… I didn’t think you were ignoring me. I just figured it got lost among all the results discussion that night. So yep, I guess I am a part-time country fan, huh.
Sam-A
May 1st, 2012
3:23 pm
Twin sister Jenny: I can’t stand Angelina J either! Goes back to wearing the ampule of the creepy guy she was married to’s blood around her neck, and kissing her brother on the mouth onstage, et al. Didn’t help any that I really like and admire Jen Anniston! AJ can’t do enough of her publicity-stunt charity stuff to assuage my feelings about her.
MyPatootie
May 1st, 2012
3:27 pm
Rumor has it that an old beat-up World War II type airplane has crashed in Guatemala and it had about 50 people on it with no identification. The authorities think it was probably loaded with illegal immigrants headed to the USA, or Mexico so they could enter rather easily on foot. The quandary now is that they don’t know where to bury the survivors. Anyone got any suggestions for them? They say they want to do the right thing.
Pitchy
May 1st, 2012
3:32 pm
Jenny, no haven’t looked at PP, but looking forward to watching this evening. Thanks for letting me know about the brainless baby. But, why was it so big on the screen???
Jenny
May 1st, 2012
3:34 pm
Oh my gosh Sam, my thoughts EXACTLY! (Are we surprised?
)
I always thought she was creepy with the blood necklace and all that too. And I adore Jennifer Aniston. I once saw an interview with Angelina where she admitted she purposely set out to seduce Brad, and even tried to get pregnant while he was still married, to ensure that he’d leave Jen. Grrrrr!! Nope… no amount of publicity stunts can help her in my eyes.
Sam-A
May 1st, 2012
3:36 pm
Update on Patrick D’s rescue. Two teens crashed just outside his gates in Malibu. He heard the crash and ran out with a crow bar and fire extinguisher. The car was on its roof. With the crowbar he was able to get the kids out safely and call for ambulances. He also called the parents of both kids and told them what had happened and where they were being taken. The car was leaking fuel, but no fire. Good guy! Tom Cruise has done a few rescues, as has George Clooney.
Sam-A
May 1st, 2012
3:38 pm
I think pretty low thought of Mr. Pitt as well – just as slimy, though it’s more expected of a dude than a gal.
Jenny
May 1st, 2012
3:45 pm
Pitchy… I don’t know! It was an awfully fake-looking ultrasound, wasn’t it? But there was no reference made to the baby being so huge. Just that he’s developing without a brain and will die as soon as he’s born. And she mentioned it almost in passing… how she would think God was playing a sick joke on her but she couldn’t imagine a God that would let this happen.
The little girl whose sister stabbed her finally got to Amelia, though. She finally went in and talked to the parents, who wanted to donate all her organs so that something good would come out of the tragedy. Then Amelia went and told Jake that she wants the same thing for her baby’s life, and will he help her to be healthy so the baby can help others.
Sorry for the book. Watch the very beginning and they might recap. It was pretty intense, the scenes where she broke down about it.
Jenny
May 1st, 2012
3:51 pm
Sam, agreed. Though I think it’s worse that she intentionally went in to get what she wanted, with no regard. Yeah… She could adopt an entire underprivileged nation, and underneath she’d still be awful. Why do people LIKE her? It bugs me.
Jenny
May 1st, 2012
3:52 pm
Hmmmm…. Sam, my original word for “awful” above was d e s p i c a b l e – why does Pacman take offense to that?
Pitchy
May 1st, 2012
4:20 pm
Yes, it was a horrible ultrasound, Jenny! Just pathetic, worst prop in history!!!
Pitchy
May 1st, 2012
4:22 pm
Thank you for the recap.
Jenny
May 1st, 2012
4:26 pm
That’s what I’m thinking, Pitchy. Just a bad prop. Though usually they pay more attention to detail than that…
Maybe they were trying to make sure those without HD could tell that Addison was looking at the baby??? Though I don’t think we could’ve missed that giant baby even if watching on a two inch screen.
Jenny
May 1st, 2012
4:28 pm
And you are most welcome! (I didn’t capture it very well for you, though. The scenes were kind of horrifying.)
Deirdre
May 1st, 2012
4:42 pm
MyPatootie…why would they bury the survivors?
MyPatootie
May 1st, 2012
11:23 pm
OK, Deirdre, you’re too sharp for me, BUT you are the only one that caught it!