12 to 11 results American Idol 2010

March 17, 2010

Mar 17

It’s St. Patrick’s Day and according to Ryan Seacrest, the luck of the Irish would only be with 11 people this evening. This year they’ll be doing the judge’s save again. One time and one time only, the judges can save someone who gets voted off. The decision to save must be unanimous. If even one judge says no then it ain’t gonna happen. The save goes away when it gets down to the top 5. After that the fate of each American Idol is totally in the hands of the voters.

David Cook, the winner of American Idol season 7, performed the Rolling Stone’s song “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”. He can definitely rock it and he did the Stones proud. David is working on a new album and he’s really excited about it. He was invited to participate in Idol Gives Back and he’s going to Africa for the event. David was the winner of the Castro/Noriega season, beating out the judge’s favorite, David Archuleta. I was voting for Cook that season. Brooke White was my second fave that year.

The results started rolling in with Paige Miles as the first in the bottom 3. Lee Dewyze was pronounced safe. Simon nodded as if pleased. Siobhan Magnus was pronounced safe. Ellen made the comparison to Adam Lambert as she’d done before.

After comparing Aaron Kelly’s hairdo of the previous night to Ellen’s, he was declared safe. He and Siobhan hugged. Andrew Garcia somehow made it through to safety while Tim Urban went sent to the second seat in the bottom 3. What a bummer! That put me at two wrong for my predictions.

Results were put on hold for Australian singer Orianthi to take the stage with her song “According To You”. Apparently she was slated to be the guitarist for Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” concerts.

The results continued with Didi Benami, who shared that she follows her intuition when picking songs. Her intuition led her to the safe seat along with Crystal Bowersox.

Katie Stevens was up next. Ryan talked about Kara’s prediction from early on that Katie could be the ultimate winner but now, Kara wasn’t sounding quite as enthused. Kara sees her as a pop R&B singer while Simon sees her doing country. It wasn’t clear whether Simon was serious or joking. Either way, she was declared safe.

Michael Lynche was sent to safety after telling us, “I’m here for the people. I love the people!” I think the people love him back.

Casey James was sent to safety leaving Lacey Brown to round out the bottom 3.

Lacey, Tim and Paige were the bottom 3 for the week. The first one sent back to safety was Tim, who had a look of utter shock as before. Nobody could ever accuse Tim of thinking he had it in the bag!

Lacey and Paige were left hanging while Ke$ha, who they called a “breakout star”, sang her song “Blah Blah Blah”. Definitely not my cup of tea. ‘Nuff said.

Ryan finally announced the name of the Idol who didn’t have the luck of the Irish this day. Paige went to safety while Lacey got the bad news. She sang “The Story” in the hopes of being saved but no big surprise, the judges didn’t use their one save. I don’t think anyone would expect them to use it up so early in the game.

I know that somewhere there is a place for Lacey. You don’t have to win to make it big as past Idols have proven. If I were going to put Lacey somewhere, it would be surrounded by children. I see her entertaining children in some way. I’m sure that’s not how she sees herself but I think she’d really be good at it. Perhaps a singer/storyteller?