Queen of All Trades

Currently Listening To: Glee Cast - Fat Bottomed Girls

So we're down to six contestants, and what better way to start the show than with a medley of Queen's hits?

Oh yes, it's Queen night on the American Idol stage and guess what? It rocked!

Seriously, I can't find fault with anyone of them (okay, maybe just one) but unfortunately, someone still has to go and this week it might be the end of the road for one of my favourite contestants ever. Anyway, this week the contestants sang two songs again, one song from Queen and another song of their own choice.

Round 1:


Phillip - Fat Bottomed Girls
Shit that was so out of tune. Fat Bottomed Girls was pretty awful, in my opinion. I don't know what to say about it except...I WISH YOU HAD STOPPED SINGING AFTER THE FIRST SENTENCE PHILTIMES TWO!

Haley - Save Me
The beginning was pretty good, her voice sounded strong and there was some potential for something special but then she kinda lost her way towards the end? The title of the song is ominous though. Save Me? From the bottom 3 perhaps?

Jessica - Bohemian Rhapsody
Bohemian Rhapsody was good, but not good enough for the top six. There was something off about her voice for that song, she wasn't quite as powerful as usual. Not too good a performance Jess, we need more from you!

Elise - I Want It All
I think the theme gave Elise a great opportunity to climb right back up to the top 3. Although she sang that song well, I don't think it was quite the right song for her. On top of that, there's just something about her personality that turns me off. I don't know if it's her sulky faces, or her slightly condescending way of talking, I just don't fancy her as much as I did before...

Joshua - Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Oh the Queen song was brilliant! It was fun, and it wasn't one of his gospel ballads. Very impressive, Joshua. I don't know about you, but if the Top 5 is four women against one man (Joshua), he probably deserves to win. Don't know if he'll actually win though...that might just be a challenge.

Skylar - The Show Must Go On
Well, that was very well sung! The Show Must Go On, I mean. Very powerful vocals by Miss Skylar Laine. Love her voice,  Good job girl I'm behind you 100%.

Round 2:


Phillip - The Stone by Dave Matthews
Okay so that wasn't so bad. I actually liked the song, and I'd probably listen to the studio version again and again but erm, yeah. Not for American Idol. Time to go home Phillip, you're the weakest vocalist left and this is a singing competition after all. The other 5 sang circles around this dude.

Skylar - Tattoos on this Town by Jason Aldean
Girl is a firecracker indeed. She's just so comfortable on the stage, and it shows. Not so sure about the song choice though, and she sounded a bit nasally at times, but overall still very good. Please pick better songs girl, I'd love to see you win this thing *waves Team Skylar banner*

Hollie - The Climb by Miley Cyrus
That was pretty good, a lot better than the previous weeks. Good job, she might actually have a chance of surviving with that song choice, otherwise she'd probably be gone...

Elise - Bold As Love by Jimi Hendrix
Yeah, right back into the Top 3. That was the best she had sounded in weeks. I actually liked it. Unfortunately, the unknown song choice might put her in jeopardy. Steven was right, it does matter actually. Yeah she knocked it out of the park, but that doesn't mean she'll be getting a lot of votes.

Jessica - Dance With My Father by Luther Vandross
I loved it. Much better than the first song, and yet I love the original Bohemian Rhapsody. Maybe that's the reason why I wasn't too fond of her rendition. Honestly, I love Jessica and I think she's incredibly talented, but few of the other contestants overshadowed her tonight with the first theme. Not a good thing when it's so close to the finale. Please pleeeeease vote for Jessica! *waves Team Jessica banner*

Joshua - Ready For Love by India Arie
His first few notes gave me goosies. Scratch that, the whole song gave me goosies! For real yo! He was just that good. That was absolutely incredible, totally worthy of that standing ovation. The only standing ovation I approve of. I'm as speechless as Randy was, Joshua was just plain old WOW. Very difficult to accomplish with this bunch of contestants. GOOD JOB MY BOY! *waves Team Joshua banner enthusiastically.

Overall:
1. Joshua
2. Jessica
3. Elise
4. Skylar
5. Hollie
6. Phillip (It's time to go home buddy)

Best Top 6 ever, seriously. Love them all, Phillip too even though he kinda sucked with Fat Bottomed Girls this week.

Who should go home? Phillip

Who might go home instead? Jessica =(

Tough Cuts

Currently Listening To: Phillip Phillips - Give a Little More

Welcome to another edition of American Idol, where the 7 remaining contestants fight- I mean, sing to their deaths. Okay maybe not literally, just the death of their dreams and ambitions. With last week's -almost- elimination and the save used by the judges, the top 7 contestants had to sing two songs each this week, and how well did they fare? Very well actually. Extremely well. Honestly, I think all of them more or less deserves to be in the Top 5, but five of them will eventually have to leave, no matter what.

Based mostly on tonight's performances, and with a slight consideration of their previous performances, I guess the bottom two should be:

Elise Testone and Colton Dixon

Not to say they weren't good anything, it's just that the other five contestants were way better than them. Elise sang Alicia Keys' No One and Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye. The first song was definitely better than the second, I don't even have an opinion for that one. It was just...dull and bland throughout. Vocally she wasn't half bad but with those 2 boring song choices, it's time for her to go.

As for Colton...well, honestly I think he has a lot of potential but with the 'rock' version of Lady Gaga's Bad Romance and the strange arrangement for Earth, Wind and Fire's September...to be fair, Bad Romance was interesting and quite well sung, but his poor lower register really doesn't do him any favours for that song, and also his second song choice. It's a shame, his Love the Way You Lie performance from last week was pretty awesome.

And now, to rank the remaining 5:

Hollie - Rolling in the Deep (Adele)/Son of a Preacher Man (Dusty Springfield)

If Colton stays in the competition then Hollie should go. I'll admit, she was a lot better compared to the previous weeks but her performances still lacks...soul somehow. Rolling in the Deep was quite good, Preacher Man not so much. Seriously. I'm only putting her in 5th place because of Rolling in the Deep and the improvement from last week. Otherwise, I would have placed her right at the bottom.

Phillip - U Got It Bad (Usher)/ In the Midnight Hour (Wilson Pickett)
His second song saved his sorry ass for me this week. That Usher song...wow. It didn't sound anything like Usher, and definitely not in a good way. It was the usual Phillip style alt-rock kind of song, and it didn't work for me. Now, his second performance was interesting because he actually sounded different for once. That one worked for me, and that is why he's in fourth place this week. (If he hadn't sang that he would have been in sixth place)

Jessica - Fallin' (Alicia Keys)/ Try a Little Tenderness (Otis Redding)
I'm not sure if Jessica did enough to garner more votes this week. Sure, she sang two beautiful songs beautifully, but I don't know. I feel her more than I feel Hollie, but something is missing. I don't know what it is - it's definitely causing her votes (or maybe it's because she ain't sausage =_=. Anyway, Fallin' was a good song choice for her, and oh my god the second song, vocally she was stunning. Not enough WOW factor though. She really needs to have a WOW performance, and yet it is hard to WOW audiences when you're consistently good every week. Please vote for Jessica America! She deserves to be in the Top 3 at least.

Skylar - Born This Way (Lady Gaga)/ I Heard It Through the Grapevine (Marvin Gaye)
I believe this girl has it in her to win the whole thing. Seriously. She's a vocal powerhouse, and she's country. Perfect for American audiences. I really liked both of her songs, I think she sang them extremely well. Very unusual arrangement for Born This Way, it actually suited the melody well. I Heard It Through the Grapevine was excellent also. Good job Skylar. I'm behind you 100%!


Joshua - I Believe (Fantasia Barrino)/ A Change is Gonna Come (Sam Cooke)
I couldn't decide between Skylar and Joshua, but after careful consideration of all their performances, I think Joshua sang it better, emotionally and vocally. I Believe was very solid, and A Change is Gonna Come was absolutely fabulous! Better than Adam Lambert's version of the song. He simply outclassed all of them with those 2 performances. It doesn't mean he'll be safe though, I don't think his fanbase is very big so....PLEASE VOTE FOR JOSHUA Y'ALL! He needs your votes and he deserves to be in the finals!

Vote wisely America.

P.S: Not sure if they'll be sending 2 contestants home tomorrow, so I'm just gonna go with one.

Who should go home: Elise Testone


Who will go home: I'm gonna make a random guess here and say....Hollie?

Edit - Results:

And Colton leaves the competition...hmmm not entirely shocked. It's the song choices buddy, and he admitted it. Oh well.

And We're Almost Done...or Are We?

Currently Listening To: Adele - Rumour Has It

So it's another good week for our American Idol Season 11 contestants, which goes to show how good this year's kids are. And yes I say kids because they're all younger than me with the exception of Elise.

It's still really hard for me to rank the contestants, at any rate it's pretty much the same as last week.

Hollie - Perfect by Pink To me, Hollie was once again the weakest performer of the night. Vocally she wasn't that off, just a few pitchy moments here and there. And like Heejun, she has a problem with enunciation. She also has this nasally tone, and when she tries too hard it reaaaaaally doesn't sound good. So...yeah. I'm sorry Hollie, you're just not progressing much.

Phillip - Give a Little More by Maroon 5 You know what, J.Lo was spot on with her comments. Sure he didn't sound awful, but like Hollie, there wasn't any improvement. It's a good thing that he's excellent with song choices. Phil is definitely the weakest vocalist left in the competition, and at some point he really needs to go. I still like the guy, I just don't think he deserves to last longer than the other competitors.


Elise - You and I by Lady Gaga Well. Haley sang it a lot better, so I don't think that was such a wise song choice for Elise. Once again, she wasn't quite in tune, and it didn't sound very um, smooth. Didn't like her performance much, it's just that she sounded slightly better than Phillip and Hollie.

Joshua - Runaway Baby by Bruno Mars Now that was an interesting performance by Joshua. Different than his usual song choices, and also from the other song choices of the night. At least it proves that he can sing more than ballads?

Colton - Love the Way You Lie by Skylar Gray For once I actually liked his performance in spite of his whiny tone. That's a good thing though, it's the perfect time to peak on idol and I think he did just that. Excellent song choice for his voice, and some excellent singing to go with it.

Skylar - Didn’t You Know How Much I Love You by Kellie Pickler Skylar went first, and I can still remember her performance. Shows how good she is eh? She sang the song beautifully, and I think she was pretty much pitch perfect, as mentioned by J.Lo (at least I think it's J.LO? Or was it Steven?)

Jessica - Stuttering by Jazmine Sullivan I've never heard that song before, but Jessica made me love it. In my opinion, it was an excellent song choice and as usual she sang it perfectly. Go Jessica! And with that out of the way...

Who should be going home...Hollie

Who will be going home? SERIOUSLY I DON'T KNOW. All the best to all of them.

EDIT - Results:

Believe or not the lowest vote-getter was Jessica. I'm not sure if I truly believe that though, the way they 'saved' her was a bit too fishy. But any rate, she's still in the competition and that's a good thing. Keep it up Jess, don't let them get you down!

80's Night

Currently Listening To: MBLAQ - Mona Lisa

I haven't been this excited about an 80s theme since...forever? But anyway, 80s music is the theme this week on Idol and I must say, once again the contestants did not disappoint. Not that much anyway. It's still difficult to put someone at the bottom, and this week I have no choice but to place...

Hollie at the bottom of the pack. She sang What a Feeling from Flashdance, I really have no idea what to say...I had such high hopes for her. Sure she didn't sound bad but that song choice, coupled with some pitch problems...I don't know about Hollie any more. She said she was gonna 'have fun' with the song - instead she turned into something dull and not fun. She's falling fast, and if she continues to be clueless about it, she'll be gone before we know it (like maybe this week!). A waste of talent.

Elise didn't sound too good either, that song choice (I Want To Know What Love Is) was just...weak. It didn't suit her voice, so it made the whole thing too restless and pretty unimpressive. Not a good week for Elise, after last week's vibrant performance.

Unfortunately I didn't quite like Phillip's song choice this week either. The song itself was okay, the big problem was that he didn't do anything fun with it. Like I said last week, I don't really mind that he sounds the same each week, but for that to work he absolutely has to nail every single performance. He didn't quite nail it this week so...yeah. Not impressed.

Deandre took a few steps forward this time, and sounded pretty solid after 3 bum weeks. No falsetto from start to finish, which is a good thing, and his song choice was quite okay. A big improvement indeed, and that might actually save him from the gallows this week.

Moving on. Colton, as usual, delivers a bland but somewhat convincing performance. Time After Time was a good choice for him as it fits him perfectly. I just can't get used to his whine though, it didn't sound too prominent this week but it still haunts me. Not my cup of tea, but good enough.

I'm also really happy that Skylar chose to sing a ballad this week. It's a good way for her to show off her big voice, and her decision definitely paid off. Great vocals, she looked gorgeous, the dress she was wearing was gorgeous - a perfect package. And to top it off, the song didn't make her sound too country. Or is it the other way round?

I would have placed Skylar second this week, if not for Jessica's excellent duet with Joshua, who takes the 2nd and 1st place respectively this week. Their duet together was absolutely brilliant! Their voices actually blended well and that's a really good thing cause they're both vocal powerhouses and either one of them might have overpowered the other.

Jessica's solo song choice was a bit strange in my opinion, Whitney Houston's How Will I Know, but at least she sang it well. Solid vocals (as usual), a little a bit awkward on stage though. Girl needs to learn to work the stage more for uptempo songs, and to loosen up a bit more.

That leaves us with Joshua, who definitely gave the best vocal performance of the night. Good job Joshua, and good job on the duet as well.

Speaking of duets, Elise and Phillip's was not too bad either. Can't say much about the remaining 2, didn't do much for any of them. Except maybe Deandre, he sounded pretty good on his duet with Hollie. And as for Hollie...sigh. I give up on her.

A Whole Lotta Talent

Currently Listening To: Jun K. - Alive

I don't even know how to start this week's review because...there wasn't a single bad performance today and it's incredibly difficult for me to come to terms with the fact that one of them will be leaving the competition tomorrow.

Unfortunately, no matter what someone WILL have to go tomorrow and I think that someone should be...

Deandre - Sometimes I Cry by Eric Benet
Honestly, I'm a big fan of Deandre. I love his voice, I love his falsetto but unfortunately one can't sing in falsetto all the time because it just won't do, not with this year's talent pool. Deandre sang exceptionally well but the song choice was a bit...disconnected from the audience. And he didn't quite connect with it either. I don't think teenagers would be inclined to vote for an Eric Benet song, no matter how well it was sung.

Hollie - Jesus Take the Wheel by Carrie Underwood
Another one who didn't inspire me with her song choice. I mean come on, you're singing Jesus Take the Wheel, a song that's suppose to be inspiring AND it is also a former Idol winner's song so...what are you suppose to do with it? Knock it out of the park! Hollie didn't do that. And she went off pitch a few times. If Deandre is staying then I think she should be going home.

Colton - Everything by Lifehouse
There was nothing wrong with his performance, it's just that...it lacked something. Something really big. And on top of that, I don't quite like the tone of his voice. It's kind of whiny, and it gets on my nerves. I definitely won't be listening to any of his studio recordings, thanks to the tone of his voice.

Skylar - Gunpowder and Lead by Miranda Lambert
Hmmmm a difficult performance to place. It wasn't half bad, Skylar delivered the song with a lot of spirit, but the vocals could have been better. She nearly went out of breath a couple of times, and was a bit screechy too. Nevertheless, still a solid performance. Still very consistent. Might be a little forgettable though...

Heejun - A Song For You by Donnie Hathaway
AI's resident balladeer is back. He really loves ballads doesn't he? Vocally it was much better than last week, and better than quite a few of the other contestants too. Too bad about his diction though, he really REALLY needs to work on his pronunciation (or maybe he should just sing one of 2AM's ballads ROFL). Other than that, it was a pretty solid performance in my opinion. Does he deserve to stay over Hollie and Skylar? I really don't know. Maybe, but I like all of them equally so...it's difficult...

Joshua - Without You by Mariah Carey
Before this, if you had told me that a guy could sing Mariah so well, I would have laughed my head off. Joshua...wow. I definitely wasn't laughing when I was watching his performance. Very, very impressive vocals! He was almost perfect, if not for what I thought was a dull song choice for a a great night like this.

Phillip - Still Rainin' by Johnny Lang
I loved his performance, seriously. Just perfect for him. In fact, every single song that he has chosen so far really complemented the tone of his voice. I like the tone of his voice as much as I like Heejun's. His biggest problem is that his song choices are all pretty much the same, and the way he delivers his performances is more or less the same too. Now I don't mind that too much (since that's the reason why I like him) but the audience might not think the same way. Maybe, just maybe. But why bother when he'll be safe anyway? He's a dude and he's cute!

Jessica - Sweet Dreams by Beyonce
I loved the song arrangement. Very nicely done, Jessica. Vocally perfect, only losing to Elise in terms of spunk I suppose? She sang beautifully, the harp worked extremely well with the arrangement and it gave the whole song an oriental-ish feel. Loved it loved it loved it!

Elise - Whole Lotta Love by Led Zeppelin
I still prefer Adam's version of it, but Elise was wonderful as well! Excellent song choice, and a great way to end the show. With a very loud BANG. Everyone else chose what I would call, 'safe' songs but Elise...well Elise chose to rock the stage. And she did. A much better rocker than Colton and Phillip put together.

I really don't know who deserves to go home this week! All of them were relatively good, including the bottom trio of Deandre, Hollie and Colton. Not a single bad performance! They were all above average, and you know what that's what this show is all about! Makes it slightly more difficult for voters though.

Who should go home this week: Deandre

Who will be going home this week: Heejun/Deandre/Hollie

Some food for thought: Colton should totally sing Laura Marling. Heejun should definitely do some 2AM ballads. Phil should take a leaf out of Heejun's book and sing any old ballad. And Hollie? Please just stay away from them big old ballads.

EDIT - Results:

Sigh Heejun is out of the competition. Even though I think it's fair enough for him to leave at this stage, I will still miss him. All the best Heejun, have fun on the tour.

And Another Week

Currently Listening To: Neyo - One in a Million

Ah yes it's Billy Joel week, and how did our fair contestants fare? Not too bad I suppose, save for a few of them especially....

Deandre - Only the Good Die Young
Oh boy. What can I say. Mark Salling sang it better? That was quite a disastrous performance, to be honest. I mean it didn't sound bad, but the song did not suit him and there was no life in his delivery. Sigh Deandre, please pick better songs if you survive or else you'll be going home and I will not be sad at all.

Heejun - My Life
It may not have been a great performance, but I'm with J.Lo and Randy for this one. Disagreeing with Steven completely. It was entertaining, and he actually sounded pretty good despite of his prancing around. Or should I say in spite of? My opinion anyway. Dude really does have a nice tone. Even when he's out of tune he sounds...pleasant. He would have sounded pretty awesome if he had just stood and sang the song. And Steven didn't look that pissed off, what's with the whole Steven vs Heejun threads in idolforums? I think the fans are the ones who should lighten up.

Hollie - Honesty
Ouch, she went out of tune a few times so...she wasn't as good as usual. Not so great but still...better than some of the others? And Tommy...what in the world is your definition of dressing young? Like a business woman? What's up with her outfit? She looked even older than last week! *facepalm*

Erika - New York State of Mind
Nice vocals, unfortunately I don't think she has much of a fanbase. Lovely song choice too. And the makeover Tommy Hilfiger gave her? Very interesting. From a blonde to a...Glambert lookalike? Hmmm...

Joshua - She's Got a Way
I guess his voice probably saved him because the song was pretty dull. And quite unknown. Don't know what to say about it except that it was nowhere as good as last week's performance.

Skylar - Shameless
I think she's easily the most consistent contestant this season, and slightly underrated. Although she never stands out (thanks to girls like Hollie and Jessica), she does deliver solid vocals - every single week without fail, and you know what? That's a good thing. Kinda like Scotty last year. So far she has yet to make any bad song choices, and that's working in her favour too. Also, she is so mature for an 18 year old O.o impressive. I don't even like country music and yet I'm rooting for Skylar! Go Skylar!

Colton - Piano Man
I didn't quite get the hype about his performance. Yeah he was good and he sang with a lot of conviction, but it wasn't completely perfect. A little shaky in the beginning, got better as he progressed though. Enough with the hair Colton, individuality or not, it looks pretty bad.

Phillip - Movin' Out
Ooooh I loved that! It was exactly what I wanted from him so yeah, I'm a happy Phillip fan this week! Very awesome song choice, and he looked cuter than usual LOL. Kudos to him for proving Tommy wrong about the colour grey. He looked extra hot in grey on grey, and I'd vote for him anytime if I could.

Jessica - Everybody Has a Dream
Technically perfect, a little empty on the delivery. I felt like she wasn't completely connected with the song, but she did sing it extremely well. Second place for me tonight due to Elise's powerful and emotional delivery.

Elise - Vienna
Another female I'm fully supporting! That makes 4 - Hollie, Jessica, Skylar and of course, Elise. Elise was so awesome tonight, just like she was last week and two weeks ago. Excellent song choice, and she sang it well, plus it was unlike anything else that was sung this week. And thank you Randy for giving credit when credit is due.If she's in the bottom 3 again this week, I will be throwing something at the TV for sure.

One word to sum up this week's performances - strange. Heejun's performance, VOCALLY, wasn't all that bad but he's getting a lot of flack for his sense of humour. Jessica sounds great, but is getting a little boring. Deandre...is falling apart. Erika is somehow extremely forgettable no matter how good she sounds, which is sad by the way. And Elise? I don't know, I really hope she'll be getting enough votes this week cos it sure seems like she ain't that popular. Come on Elise fans, please vote more. I'm counting on you!

Who should go home this week? Deandre

Who will be going home this week Sadly, I think it's gonna be Erika.

EDIT: Results

And I'm right, Erika gone. Sigh I know she's a good singer but if she can't get enough votes almost every week...well. Sorry about that Erika.

P.S: OMG I didn't know Only the Good Die Young's about sex ROFL. That makes Deandre's performance even worse...

Top 12 - wait no, Top 11 performs

Currently Listening To: Florence + the Machine - Never Let Me Go

Yeah you read the title correctly, only 11 contestants performed today. Why? Well it's a long story, more about that later. Let's go through the 11 performances first, starting with...

Shannon - One Sweet Day
What's with Shannon and big songs? This girl tries way too hard and fails every single time. Granted, she hit more notes this week but it was still boring and mostly a waste of time. WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE DID A GOOD JOB JUDGES?? Did they have ear plugs on during her performance or something? Also, SHE DOES NOT LOOK 16! They should have asked her to come back next year or something.

Heejun - Right Here Waiting
Eugh not only was that not good, it was actually painfully dull and uninspiring. It didn't sound 'pitchy' to me but definitely he did not sound good with that song. Bad song choice, if he wasn't so popular I'd think he'd be in deep trouble.

Deandre - Endless Love (SERIOUSLY? DUDE'S ONLY 17 YO! GEEZUS)
Oh man another bad song choice. I mean, come on who the hell chooses Endless Love for a 17-year-old kid?? Poor thing, thanks to the song selection, he might be in danger. Why did they choose it for him? #&$%&

Jessica - Turn the Beat Around
Pia Toscano syndrome? She didn't sing it that badly but the performance wasn't as good as her ballads. Stupid song selections, why didn't they provide better songs for the contestants?? Didn't suit her voice at all, don't know if she'll be safe.

Phillip - Hard to Handle
Now that was an interesting one, at least that gave the show a pretty good start cos the performances that came after that were snoozefests. The song suited him and he sang - no, growled it well enough. A good week for Phillip.

Erika - Heaven
Hmmm okay that was a tough one. Even though she sounded good, there was just something about it that sounded...robotic. And she tried to do a little too much with the song.

Colton - Broken Heart
I'm not really a big Colton fan, but that was really nice. I liked the song choice, and I liked the way he sang it. I hate his hairstyle though, he looked like a skunk or something. Not a very good look there Colton.

Skylar - Love Sneaking Up On You
Week after week she delivers energetic and enthusiastic performances. Is that a good thing? Definitely yes! I don't usually like them country girls but Skylar's an exception. Her voice is powerful enough and girl is the only one with great stage presence. And kudos to sticking to your own song choice!

Elise - Let's Stay Together
I'm glad they saved her last week, otherwise we would have missed this awesome performance by Elise. Good job girl, you've risen to the challenge well. Please continue to choose songs that are suitable and then rock it on stage.

Hollie - The Power of Love
That was an excellent song choice, Hollie is what Shannon wishes she could be - a vocal powerhouse. Hollie is definitely Jessica's strongest competitor in the vocals department, and this week she was infinitely better than Jessica so...if there's only a place for one of them, I'm not sure if I'll be voting for Jess, honestly.

Joshua - When a Man Loves a Woman
Wow that was impressive! Very nicely done, great vocals and he blew the crowd away I believe. Excellent job Joshua, here's hoping the voters will you remember now.

So back to the missing contestant in the list - Jermaine. Well, he was kicked off the show because he has 4 active warrants out for his arrest. And why the hell did they record a video of them breaking the news to him and then show it on the live show? Very insensitive.

Don't know if they'll be eliminating anyone tomorrow but if yes, I hope it'll be Shannon

EDIT - Results:
Shannon's gone! It's about time. Given more experience she would have done better, but since she's 16, there are still other opportunities for her.

The First Goodbye

Currently Listening To: 2PM - Ultra Lover

First results show of Season 11, and the result wasn't really unexpected. As for the show itself, I'm impressed, the group performance was not lipsynced and yet the contestants did a good job on it! Very nice.

Lauren Alaina performed a very forgettable song (was that her single?) while Mary J. Blige was awesome.

The bottom 3 girls and guys were:

Elise
Erica
Shannon

Jermaine
Jeremy
Joshua (WHAT?)

Like I said, not entirely unexpected. The bottom girl was Elise while the guy was Jeremy, and the judges sent Jeremy home. I don't think either of them deserved it (come on America get rid of Shannon and Jermaine!), but I'd rather have Elise in the Top 12 than Jeremy so yeah...goodbye Jeremy.

I wonder what's the theme for next week...?