I’m guessing Bono and Mary J. Blige singing One.
Finally got around to it.
Hate hate hate hate hate Phil. Hate hate hate Chris. Although I’d totally do him. Every annoying little mannerism is stolen entirely from Justin Timberlake. It’s just icky. That little leftward chin swing thing makes me wanna smash my TV. And “nasal is a type of singing”? What kind of slapworthy bullshit is that? Still I’d totally do him.
After this week, I wouldn’t feel terrible if Jordin won over Melinda. And when is SHE gonna come out of the closet I wonder? If Jordin’s not a babydyke then there’s no such thing.
Melinda owned the night. Lakisha was great; the judges were on crack. Sanjaya was lamer than usual. Although . . .
Blake bored me, but he can stay.
(By the way, I’m sick of this bullshit about Lakisha never taking the mentors’ advice. Every time she’s trusted her instincts she was right to do so.)
Oh, and Simon was lying. The replay made it even clearer that he was rolling his eyes at Chris’s reference to VATech.
Oh, it convinced me he hadn’t heard what Chris said. Actually I didn’t know there had been any fuss about it because I never thought he was reacting to what Chris said about VA Tech, just what he said about nasally.
You know, I was perfectly all right with Simon’s reaction either way. He’s been very consistent about making it exceptionally clear that he hates, hate, hates it when the contestants “step out of character” in a way that will garner them pity votes (i.e., the Brandon’s dad’s birthday/I like puppies fiasco), and as far as he was concerned the show had done what it was “supposed to” by making the announcement pre-credits. If you watch Chris’ shout-out, it happens at a really weird spot- Simon had just finished trashing his performance, he was in process of giving a trash-talking back, and all of a sudden there was a detour into “Please think of my friends.” Yes, I’m aware that the timing was partially an artifact of trying to smoosh everything into an hour-long live show, and he probably realized it was then or never, but the switch was still awkward.
Therefore, it didn’t surprise me at all when Simon rolled his eyes, and I was a bit taken aback when there was such a huge backlash. But I do think Simon handled himself well on Wednesday’s show, and I bet he’s thanking the gods that they always have a camera/audio feed on the judges.
I think at least one of the big names next week will be Sir Paul. He was rumored to be part of the show this season anyway, plus there’s no way he could just sit back and watch his soon-to-be-ex win over the hearts of the American people. 
And Big & Rich performed at the previous night’s (or was it last week’s?) Dancing with the Stars. Their agent is working overtime.
(My sole exposure to these guys is their weekly performance of “Comin’ to Your Ci-tay” on ESPN’s College GameDay).
I believe Simon because I don’t think he’d lie about it; he just would have made no comment or he would have said “It was because Chris was so obviously trying to garner ‘he’s a good guy’ votes”. Simon wasn’t at all embarassed to say (I don’t have a cite but I’m sure one can be googled) that he thought Clay Aiken’s comments on working with autistic and other disabled children were more PR than heartfelt (I’ve no idea if they were or not- I know were it not for fame he’d be a Special Ed teacher [no Stephen Lynch reference intended] but I think he’s also fairly shrewd as an AI player so it may have just been drinking from the same latte to piss on two homeless people).
Never got lesbo* vibes from Jordin, though Melinda wouldnt’ surprise me. The main vibe I get (and I might be wrong) is that Lakisha’s a neurotic bitch.
*Yes, I do indeed speak fratboy.
It’s rightward. And it is utterly charming and endearing. I would have let him date my daughter.
I agree with bobkitty, even had Simon been rolling his eyes at Chris it would have been because Chris’s “shoutout” seemed to be a too obious ploy for votes and it would have had absolutely nothing to do with Simon’s sympathy or lack thereof for the victims of the V-Tech massacre. If one of the performers wants to say something, they should say it on Wednesday night, after the vote.
But I tend to buy Simon’s account because, even though he glanced that way for a second he didn’t appear to be listening to Chris or Ryan. I think he tunes Ryan out a lot.
For the record, I can’t stand that little head swing thing that Chris and many other boy band singers do. George Clooney has something like that that annoys the crap out of me. He tilts his head and looks down shyly and then looks up again with only his eyes. He’s done it for as long as I can remember and I swear I want to slap him everytime he does it.
Yes! His sensitive doc pose on er. His sensitive detective pose on Sisters.
Getting steeled for the outpouring of goodwill this week…
I, uh, I meant *stage *left. And I’m calling Family Services on you.
He always looks like he’s holding back a burp when he does that.
Agreed*, agreed, and agreed.
*The main vibe I get from Jordin is that despite her controlled performances and ability to convey some fairly mature themes in her interpretation, she strikes me as very young in a squeee!!!1!1!11! ohmygawd we’re the bestest friends forever!!! type of way. I don’t think she’s gotten around to “noticing” boys yet and her girlfriends are platonic BFF. She makes little heart shapes with her hands over her heart while Seacrest is giving the phone numbers, and I’m sure she signs her name with a heart with a smiley-face inside, over the “i”. OK, I’m not sure, but I’ll bet you a dollar she does.