:smack: That’s what I get for typing too fast.
What’s “GFY” Dio?
This is really karaoke.
Go Fuck Yourself. 
Oh, dear. Just let tonight be over.
Oof, Ramiele. Where is her voice?
And off-key! Rameile is in the bottom 3 tomorrow.
Ok, so she’s not sucking nearly as hard this week. I’m still not at all sure Ramalamadingdong deserves to be in the top 10, but she’s cute.
Remoulade was way off key. She’s still adorable, though.
I love Rammie, even if she was meh tonight.
“Really mediocre”? I’d like to see Simon right a better song. What a fucking pinhead. I think he only knows the Beatles #1s album.
Shades of mediocrity tonight, though I slightly prefer “Michelle” and “I’ve Just Seen a Face.”
Kristy must go. By vote or by machine gun, I don’t care which.
Ramiele? Was awful. Awful! Bad karaoke.
MrValley couldn’t stop saying how bad her clothes were.
I like Chickezie even better on the replay. My favorite tonight.
I know! These girls need to learn how to dress themselves.
The G stands for “go,” the Y stands for “yourself.”
I thought David Cook was pretty good. Not fantastic, but he and Chikeze were about the only two people tonight who actually breathed some life into those songs. Everyone else just muddled along. I’ve honestly forgotten most of the other performances already. Amanda impressed me last week, but this week she sucked. Michael Johns has exactly one style - grab the mike with both hands, look like you’re taking a dump, and bellow out the song. That got old a long time ago.
I didn’t much like Jason Castro’s version tonight, mainly because he didn’t come close to selling the song. He was just walking around grinning at the girls while some notes came out. And his biggest strength is that he puts his heart into the music and it shows. Tonight it didn’t.
Same goes for Brooke. Actually, it’s interesting because the two most moving performers in the final 11 failed in exactly the same way - they forgot about the song itself. Brooke at least was trying to evoke the feeling of the song - she just failed at it. She was trying to come across as a flower child dancing in a sunny field, basically. But she doesn’t have the moves for it. She should stay behind the piano and be the new Carly Simon (without the edge, regrettably).
David Archuleta bores me. He’s the new Rick Astley - the young kid with the big booming voice, served up for little real purpose. Even if he sings a song very well, there’s just no point to it. He doesn’t bring anything new to music we haven’t heard a zillion times. I’d rather listen to Harry Connick, Jr.
I liked Chikeze. I like everything about him. I like that he’s willing to take big risks. I like that his arrangements have a real authentic feel to them - they’re honest-to-god covers of songs, rather than just being a karaoke performance of the song with some runs tacked on to impress the judges. He’s really starting to stand out from the pack.
Right now, if I were picking three overall frontrunners, I’d say David Cook, Chikeze, and Brooke. Carly Smithson, Jason Castro and Archuleta are in the next tier. Ramiel, Kristy, Michael, Amanda, and Sayesha can go home any time.
I really thought Syesha had it there for a few minutes. Then she completely ruined it with the GLORY NOTE. Wow that was awful.
This is when I gave up and stopped watching last year. I’m still on board this season for two people: Brooke and Jason. Sadly, they both kind of sucked tonight, but still. 
Last week was Ramilade’s turn to ruin one of my favorites, and this week it feel on Kristy. What a hot mess. Couldn’t she have done “Act Naturally?” That would have been more her style and an actually somewhat clever statement about her experience. Of course, she would have had to have heard of the Beatles to pick a more obscure song I guess. 
I think Ramilade borrowed one clothing item from each of her BFFs and assembled them into an outfit. Yikes.
Edit: Whoops I almost forgot. Chikizie. We already have a Taylor Hicks, and he’s one more than we need to begin with. Last week was awesome, but that lightning aint going to strike twice. Move on to something else, fella.
The only other season of Idol I have watched this closely was season five, and I have started to see this season’s contestants matching up with that season’s top 12. My nominees are (in order of expulsion in Season 5):
**The Melissa **(who?) is… David H (doomed by bad song choice)
The Kevin Covais is… Ramelie (beloved only by kids & grandmas)
The Lisa Tucker is… Syesha (talented but dull & ‘actressy’)
The Mandisa is… Kristy Lee Cook (musically ignorant)
The Bucky Covington is… Amanda (great in a limited range)
The Ace Young is… Michael Johns (good looks, OK voice)
The top six could go two ways:
The Kellie Pickler is… David C. (limited genre; devoted fan base)
The Paris Bennett is… Jason C. (abso-tively freakin’ adorable)
The Chris Daughtry is… Carly (the shocking elimination!)
The Elliott is… Chikezie (awkward, weird and all heart)
The Katherine McPhee is… Brooke (talented but kinda souless)
The Taylor Hicks is… David A (the stealth pro)
or, dare we imagine?
The Kellie Pickler is… Jason C. (devoted fan base; small-town charm)
The Paris Bennett is… David A. (freakishly talented; eliminated too early)
The Chris Daughtry is… David C. (cribs all his good arrangements)
The Elliott is… Brooke (best voice, weird stage presence)
The Katherine McPhee is… Carly (ultra-polished; weird fashion choices)
… and The Taylor Hicks goes to…
Chikezie Eze! :eek: Well, heck, did any of us think Taylor would win back in the top 11?
I suspect I might have done better in the Idol Prediction Game had I worked this out earlier.
ETA: Damn, Slacker beat me to the Taylor = Chikezie comparison. That’s what I get for noodling on my post for too long…
So I just got in from work and am in the middle of watching this on tape (yeah, I know; very 20th century of me) and I have to ask: Did anyone else notice the earpiece David A. was wearing in his right ear? WTF? I’ve never noticed anyone on the show with something like that before. Anyone have an explanation what that was for?
OK, Paula just mentioned in talking to Michael J that they are all working with monitors in their ears. I guess I just didn’t notice it until I saw David A.