It was pretty obvious who was staying and who was going, I think. I was upset that Minnie Mouse and Wildenstein’s Daughter where in different rooms. I didn’t know which would be worse-- hearing that voice for another week or looking at that kisser with the big mouth for another week.
P.S. Paula is mean!
I was pretty disappointed. I kept waiting for the episode to pick up, wanted to hear some singing. With about ten minutes left in the episode, I realized it was all drama, and no fun.
And yeah, it was all quite obvious which rooms were staying and going. They edited the “stay” rooms with the best performances of the room, and the “go” rooms with the worst of those groups.
As far as I remember, we were just introduced to her this show, but I am quite glad to see Aaa’sshia’aaa’a the chipmunk with a 'tude go.
I’m rooting for Constantine to stay around for a while, just because I always get a chuckle thinking of a Tenacious D song “Friendship” every time I see him on the screen. “Last week, Constantine quit the band. Now we’re back together.” 
I hate to say that POTAB (Planet of the Apes Boy) really does have a nice voice.
What was with that guy at the end, the one with the cornrows who was cut? He kept going on and on about how he worked hard and it’s not fair. Um, have you seen the show, guy? There’s one winner. There are lots of people who work hard but get cut. Jeez.
And there was a girl in a red shirt complaining that getting surgery to lose weight wasn’t enough. Well, of course it’s not enough. You kind of have to be able to sing.
People just don’t want to take any responsibility anymore.
I would have loved to see what Aa’shia’s mom had to say upon learning that her daughter’s going home.
Here I am. I was giving my five-year old a bath. Thanks for starting the thread, Good Egg.
I agree they really telegraphed the “yes rooms” and the “no rooms.” It seems like the difference in talent was more stark than recent years and come on- we know that Anthony Federov isn’t going aywhere and neither is Carrie Underwood.
Also, just by the way the judges act when they enter the room you can tell what they’re going to do. If they talk about what an accomplishment it was to get this far, you know they’re toast. If they talk about how hard the decsion was, they’re through.
I think the above mentions Anthony and Carrie are the early frontrunners, I’m predicting they’ll both be in the final four.
Scott Savol is an underdog. He still looks as brutish as ever but still sings incongrously like an angel. He looks like the kind of guy that always has a one-hitter in his pocket and sneaks behind the dumpster to blaze up. On the other hand, something makes me want to root for him.
I like Anwar quite a bit but they didn’t really show him much tonight.
I also like Mikhala (sp?) but if TWOP is any indication, I’m in the minority on that. I like her guts and her energy.
I think they’ve given us too much background on Constantine for him not to be in final 24. His “rocker” cred has been destroyed on the internet, though. Not only was in Rent, he played Hedwig. There are pictures of him in drag. I sort of like him for some reason.
The one guy who had a giant hissy fit after his room got sent home? Sucks.
Was he the one that did the call and reponse thing? That guy was good!
Does anyone have a pony yet? I’m favorably inclined towards that kid from New Orleans with the locks. I think his name was David.
I’m just glad that Anthony Federov got through. There’s too many people for me to be able to keep track of them all at this point. Although it seems like they just keep showing the same ones over and over again and never making much mention of the others.
The people that don’t get through just need to deal with it. I think they feel like if they complain enough someone will believe that there was some sort of injustice and maybe they’ll get a few seconds on Extra.
Oh I’ve got a bunch of favorites. The little Spanish guy, the guy who did Mustang Sally. I can’t help it. I love clueless farmgirl.
The guy that doesn’t look like Planet of the Apes. It’s Full Metal Jacket. Vincent D’ whatever played the fat guy who fragged the Mail Call guy. Scary! But when he sings. . . sigh.
No, the one who, last week in the threesome round, got the ire of both of his singing mates by not being a team player. One of them said on the air that he might be “special.” He certainly looks completely NOT like anything that you could possibly market. Large, dogfaced, but surprisingly strong when he opens his mouth.
Scott Sabol is the Full Metal Jacket guy’s name.
Yup, that’s him. Just found it on the Idol message boards myself (what an adventure to dare to tread there!). And I called him POTAB because that’s what the guy who didn’t like him in the threesome episode called him. Just so happens I used to know a kid with the same insulting nickname, so it stuck.
I remember his original audition when he talked about he his father told him he’d never amount to anything.
He may have issues.
Savol, I’m pretty sure.
Savol, yes. My bad.
Who would I be if I weren’t nitpicky AwSnap?
I’m not quite so enchanted with the aforementioned Scott anymore. I’m really into Anwar and Nadia now. I like Carrie Underwood when she sings not-country.
I don’t really like Anthony Federov. He seems very Clay to me. Big voice, over-enunciates, extreme dynamics, thin, sticky-up hair, glasses. Except he doesn’t possess that sweet nerdy Southern charm that Clay had.
I like him too. I’ve only heard him sing once – I must have missed a show somewhere.
It’s kinda funny – they say they’re looking for someone original, but then they show three or four singers who are interchangeable. And they’re still in the running.
Hubby and I are ready for a song without any ooooooh-ing or wa-wa-ing. Why can’t people sing good songs the way they were written? Don’t songwriters have good reasons for matching lyrics and music the way they do?
I must be getting old. Wait. I am old. 
It was pretty easy to guess which rooms were through tonight, even though they threw a couple of stinkers in that first group to throw us off the trail.
Overall? Way too much backstory - not enough singing. Although I will commend the show for managing to make it 60 minutes without mentioning Clay Jr’s trachea.
Booooooooooooring!
Not enough singing and no deliciously squirmy they-can’t-be-that-bad-yet-they-are moments from the first auditions, these middle episodes suck. And what’s with the big chair drama on preview? Oooh, a chair! Alone on a stage! With a spotlight!
yawn
Sing already!
I thought some of the singers tonight were pretty terrible. Especially the guy who got all riled up when he was booted out. Did anyone see Paula try to stifle a laugh while listening to him? Same goes for chipmunk girl, I was sort of amazed some of these people got so far.
I’m late with this, but it seems like they narrowly avoided having another John Stevens on their hands by eliminating Bree. I suspect she could have had a small but loyal fanbase that may have kept her on at the expense of the more Idol-appropriate singers. Eliminating Bree before the viewers had any say was a smart move.
Perhaps the ones who don’t make the next round, instead of being sent home, are electrocuted.
It is, after all, a ratings sweeps month. 
Well, it’s a little different this year. Once the group finally gets pared down to 12 “girls” and 12 “boys” (notice how they say that instead of “women” and “men”), then they perform and we start voting. I think tonight’s the final time that they get judged before the judges, and then after that we take over.