They didn’t say. They never really said that anyone was in the final 3. Ryan said they’re going to add this week’s votes to next week.
I had a thought earlier that they might do that because it’s charity night lovefest and all but with all the drama of the “it’s sooo shocking” I thought they were really going to send Jordin home. Yeah, I fell for it and I was already planning on something else to do with my Tuesday nights. I really hate all the damn games they play on elimination night.
That was pretty damn cruel to Jordin, unless they actually told them in advance that they were all safe.
Lame.
Well, hell. After what I’ve read here, I think I’ll tape it so I can skip over all the stuff I won’t want to see, which is probably a lot, watch Jericho and then mess around online until LOST.
From the way she was CRYING, it didn’t look like she knew in advance. Totally mean. :mad:
ETA not mad at you Wile E, obviously.
Do you think Jordin was selected on purpose to goad her fans into increased voting? “See, didn’t you feel bad Jordin almost went home, do you want that to REALLY happen? Better vote for her!”
What a load of shite. So AI can pretty much change up the rules anytime it likes then, eh? Maybe like when someone they don’t want to lose yet loses, so they kinda do a do-over next week?
I’d never noticed before, but damn… you’re right!
But they never said that any of them where in the bottom three, or who had the least amount of votes. It’s not as if they’re giving Jordin a “free ride” this week…
And I thought that American Idol had “wild cards” in the first couple of seasons…
And Ryan was careful to make it very clear that he would call the names in no particular order. For all we know, Phil wasn’t safe at all. I can’t imagine how he could be after his performance. And I don’t believe for a second that Jordin would be in the bottom three after all this time, not as long as Phil and Chris are still there.
Wow…I gotta say I’m shocked – shocked that no one here called that ending (myself included) early on.
As soon as Ryan said “…and we’ll have out most shocking elimination ever”, my wife turned to me and said “looks like they won’t be sending anyone home toinght”.
Makes total sense, though…there isn’t anyone on there now whose elimination could be looked at as a bigger shock than Chris Daughtry getting shafted last season, so keeping them all in play for another week was the only logical possibility.
Want to hear an inspirational song? Listen to a 12 year old absolutely destroy all of them.
And then she can bring the rRock, too.
I don’t pretend that isn’t true–I’ve said often enough that I don’t like that style of singing… yet it isn’t so bad when, say, Jordin does it. I honestly cannot tell Melinda’s performances apart one week from the next (except country week). She is mind numbingly boring to me.
Lame episode. Two of the few good points for me:
I actually enjoyed the cheesy “Stayin’ Alive” video quite a lot.
The Simpsons thing was cute.
Yeah, The Simpson’s thing was great. I liked Lisa/Paula yelling out “I like puppies!”, it really seemed like something Paula would do. Maybe she has and I just missed it.
For some reason the Africa footage was extremely disturbing to me. It wasn’t the poverty and the disease and the suffering so much as the poverty and the disease and the suffering providing photo ops for Ryan Seacrest, Madonna, Paula and whoever else they took there. I can totally imagine a kid dropping dead four feet away while Ryan yells at his hairdresser for cutting the stubble too close, Paula cradling a child dying of malaria while asking an interpreter "How do I say ‘where can I score some blow?’ in Malawi?’, Madonna cursing herself for not waiting til the cameras were rolling to adopt her new kid (and then kicking herself because “DAMN! That girl is cuter… put a bow in her hair and a Givenchy onesey, that’s a photo-op that sells itself… and I can call her Esther after me!” It just all seemed so frigging fake (except, strangely, for Simon and for Ellen).
I thought Jordin’s family was going to make Ryan apologize to Al Sharpton. They were PISSED. (Don’t blame them.) Does Sanjaya know that now he’s voted off he doesn’t have to keep coming back? And where were Clay, Ruben, Chris D., Fantasia (the African Homeland number from Color Purple would have been an ideal crossover) and the rest? I assumed the duet was going to be some combo of former Idol stars who haven’t appeared together before, had no idea it was going to be a lame ass dead for decades campy Vegas lounge singer and Elvis. Bad enough they digitally resurrectd Elvis, but they digitally resurrect him to sing one of his lamest songs!
I had always wondered how many funerals Matt Damon had been to, though, so that was worth watching. Fucking pisses me off that I said 11 for him and 7 for Tom Cruise cause I was this close to the free TV set in the Idol Gives Back Gives To You Contest Brought to You By Tide and Ford: Guess The Celebrity Funeral Attendance Sweepstakes. And just once I’d like to hear Melinda either say “suck it bitch” to Ryan or giggle and pee on the floor when Simon says something to her.
And the weirdest thing: Phil is beginning to grow on me. Never would have thought it. And I honestly would have kept Sanjaya just for the court jester value long after Chris, who I am trying to remember why they passed him through.
I agree. Bianca Ryan is a once-in-a-generation phenomenon. She is at the top of the top tier singers of all time. This was her first performance. Amazing.
I thought Ryan and Simon were both the worst possible choices to do the African tour thing. When Ryan was sitting with that kid whose parents were dead (and the kid was crying at the mention of them), Ryan is all “let it out, little man”. Fuck him for exploiting that kid’s grief. And Simon, though I know he’s a good guy, looked positively bored.
I suppose there are all kinds of ways to look at the episode’s charity angle. I don’t imagine Paula or Ryan fussed so much over piddly shit while they were there. That’s not what I would do, so I don’t know why I should project that onto them. From the viewpoint of a child who got food, medicine, or an education thanks to the show, there might be a less cynical take. AI can’t heal the whole world, but until I go to Africa myself and do as much as they did, I’m not going to knock what they’ve done.
I agree. The presentation isn’t nearly as important as the purpose. They raised over $30M. I’ll bet this becomes an annual event, and I’m all for it.