Drama, drama, drama! :rolleyes:
I feel cheated because results shows usually mean at least one group number and that’s my favorite part!
Eh, I was willing to give slutty Michelle Pfieffer another chance, but no real loss and Melinda was a justified choice too.
Woot. Mikhylah is safe.
(Please don’t throw things at me, I like her for some reason I can’t even explain to myself)l
So what yer saying is that I wasted my time? 
Dio, I’m with you! I like her! I read the other Dopers’ perceptions of her and I’m confused about the Mikalah hate! The only thing I don’t like is her mole, but I don’t like facial moles, just a weird quirk I have.
What was with that last farewell performance? I know she’s upset about being the other girl out, but she had one hand in her pocket and looked like someone just kicked her puppy. She seemed too pouty, IMO, but I didn’t like her last night either, so who’s surprised?
Ha…that was weird. That’s ok with me, I didn’t like that cheese ball rendition of that CCR song he did anyway. I thought it was JPL-ish. I won’t miss the guy.
“Travelin’ Band” is not a “novelty song,” by the way. WTF are the judges talking about?
They’ve got to find another way to do the elimination show. The format is just stupid.
Not surprised by any of the girls who were eliminated. Can’t say anything about the guys since I missed that show.
Wow. Did this results show seem far more brutal than necessary, or was it just me? Harsh indeed.
/Ms Cyros
Who was the second guy to be kicked off? I know Melinda, Sarah, and Jared were all kicked off. I couldn’t watch the episode tonight because my roommate has a West Wing addiction.
I don’t watch the wednesday night show because it’s opposite Lost. Can anyone just give the names of who got booted so I don’t have to hunt them down?
I didn’t like her either. I bet this is the first time she ever didn’t get what she wanted just by pouting. And she whined about Simon telling her she sucked last night. If you want to be on this show you can’t get your widdle feewings hurt every time Simon says something mean to you. Is ther anybody he hasn’t insulted on this show?
There was a thread a while back about celebrities you find physically repellant for no apparent reason. For some reason Constantine is on this list for me (which is odd as I saw him in Rent [very close seats even] and he didn’t have that effect- I guess it’s his mugging.)
And of course Ryan Seacrest is on it as well. He’s basically this generation’s John Davidson and seems to be proud of it.
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The four kicked off were Melinda, Jared, Sarah and Judd
Nope, not just you.
Ryan better apply for a Dairy Worker’s union card if he’s gonna keep milking it that much. :rolleyes:
Then I think they just vote one person off each week–it can be a boy or girl–until you have your AMERICAN IDOL! I think. This season is different.
DtC: Thanks!
Hmm, apparently Constantine was the Roger I saw on the non-Equity tour of *Rent * in DC in 2003. His performance did not stick with me.
They used to have “semifinals,” where the contestants would sing in four groups of eight with the top 2 moving on each week, plus a wild card round (the wc round is too complicated to go into) producing 4 more contestants, making up “the finals” of 12 singers. This year they switched to the boy/girl format and called it “the finals” and “the final 12” instead of “the semifinals” and “the finals.”
The string-it-out and fuck-with-their-minds stuff is dumb, but it’s part of the show. I usually know what they’re up too. I did not miss, for example, that Ryan didn’t say “you are safe,” to those five men, he just said, “relax for a minute.” What was dumb was waiting until you knew the other 6 were safe before calling out Judd. He should have milked it a bit with Anwar and the other guy, maybe asking each one if he thought he made it, then said “Actually it’s Judd! Ha ha! Fooled ya!”
Incidentally, I think they moved to the group hugs and crocodile tears to quickly. These guys don’t even know each other yet. The girls shouldn’t have to look all concerned and stunned as other people get kicked off. Not yet, anyway. They’re doing the “finalsy” stuff too quick, and it feels forced instead of merely fake.
Wee haw that was the best part of the whole series for me. 
For anyone who missed or whatever I wrote up a quick recap for me American Idol blog.
The thing that struck me the most was how aware Melinda was that the producers never really gave her a chance. She was 100% right that not being featured much (if at all) in the early shows cost her. No one had a chance to like her for anything except the one performance. She could have done a lot better last night and probably still wouldn’t have gotten any further. Kind of a bummer really. Especially since she was up there with the person who EVERYONE knew was the absolute worst performer of the bunch.
Ah well, on to next week. 
Personally, I think Judd got shafted, but that’s just me.
At least the other eliminations were right, imo.
I agree, but please don’t say “shafted.” You’ll give Ryan more ideas for hilarious gay jokes for next week.
He did get screwed though (whoops now I’m doing it). He was way better than a few of those guys. Thems the breaks I suppose. He certainly took it well. I think that was one of the better “sing us out” performances we’ve seen.
I’m rooting for Mikahla, too! Maybe it’s because I teach kids her age–I can’t help but like her because she reminds me of some of my students.