Now that last night's business is finally settled (blog-wise), it's time to turn our attention to the a Thursday night staple: Elimination Night and all that comes with an evening of voting results.
On tonight's show we are promised a visit from a former Idol and a current pop star sure to make a scene on the Idol stage. But before inviting those "has beens" to the stage, it was time for another Idol group sing. Tonight's first entry was Train's "Hey Soul Sister" which was performed by Jacob, Lauren, Haley, and Stefano who did a nice job singing, but the choreography left quite a bit to be desired.
After a commercial break and a look at this week's Ford commercial, we were back to the couches where the four Idols and Ryan sat while the remaining three Idols (James, Casey, and Scotty) belted out their version of Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" and did it quite well--event Scotty who probably never heard that there song played on his country radio!...oh, I'm just joking! Don't get all you know what on me!
OK, group sings over and time for some voting results. First up, Casey and Jacob who were NOT asked to move to center stage, but learned their fate standing in the couch area. After Ryan finished recapping last night's events, Ryan asked Casey to sit down and Jacob to make the long walk across the stage to the B3 stools.
Upon returning from a break, we were treated to a performance by Season 7 Idol, David Cook who hasn't lost a bit of the growl that helped him win the Battle of the David's three short seasons ago. David was on the show performing his new single, "The Last Goodbye" for all of the fans who voted for him during his season as well as those of us who enjoyed his clever interpretations of well-known hits such as Lionel Richie's "Hello"--remember that one? Good stuff. The real highlight of David's time on stage was his introducing his mother who was in the audience to Steven Tyler--not awkward! But who cares...it was a once in a lifetime opportunity for an obvious Aerosmith groupie.
Former Idol shenanigans out of the way and now it's time to find out who is going to join Jacob on the stools.
Ryan instructed Lauren, James, and Stefano to join him on stage where he went through the same elimination night drill and then sent Stefano to the stools and Lauren and James to the safety of the couches where a very relieved Lauren gently pushed James.
The final two Idols, Scotty and Haley took their place on center stage and went through the same old process. After hearing about last night and a little chatting, Ryan announced that Scotty was safe ("Wow!"--Ryan's word) and it was Haley who was the third member of the B3. But before she could get comfortable on the last available stool, Ryan sent her to the couches leaving Jacob and Stefano to sweat it out while Katy Perry did her thing.
Katy hit the stage to sing "ET" off her new album. While an alien-dressed Katy entertained the audience, Kanye West provided some supporting rap. I wasn't over the moon for the song, but it's always fun to seek Mrs. Brand perform and Kanye is usually good for something unexpected--although tonight he was on his best behavior.
With all of the elimination night stuff over, it is finally time to learn who is going home. Will it be Jacob and his emotional singing style or will Stefano finally run out of lives? With the lights dimmed and all talk ceased, Ryan announced that Stefano is FINALLY GOING HOME! Can you believe it?! The audience was stone cold silent and Jennifer looked VERY upset because her boy-toy's run on Idol is over.
And just like that we are down to a six-pack of Idol wannabes. Tune in next week when the Idols perform one more time for your votes. Until then, I will continue watching TV so you don't have to...
Charlie
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