American Idol 2012--Live Thread

americanidol.com ^ | January 18, 2012

[stylecouncilor]

I just watched Sundays Mad Men. Why was Pete Campbell trolling the high school? Did I miss something?

[daisyscarlett]

I just watched Sundays Mad Men. Why was Pete Campbell trolling the high school?

LOL..he was taking a night class in driver's ed..

Your baby girl is adorable.

[Chunga]

Jessica Sanchez nailed both songs. Again, she was the performer of the night. America might not get it, yet again.

My predictions:

Skylar is safe. Deservedly so.
Philip Phillips is safe. The worst singer of the bunch. It doesn't matter.

Hollie Cavanagh is probably safe. Based on last night's performance, she ought to be. She barely varied from the Adele version (which I've transcribed note-for-note for a top-flight dance band) and she didn't need to. It wasn't stylistically adventurous, but it was powerfully and beautifully performed.

Colton Dixon is probably safe. He's a very good singer but his song choice last night was pedestrian and his interpretation of "September" was sophomoric. It reeked of too-cool-for-schoolism. But he's a cute white boy, and cute white boys usually don't get voted off this early in the season.

Jessica Sanchez should be safe, and could well be based on her cover of the Alicia Keyes song, which blew Keyes' record out of the water. It was stunning, and should give anyone desiring to lump her into a Whitney/Mariah bag major pause. The girl can sing anything, and I feel every ounce of the emotion she pours into every song. If you don't, it's probably a cultural thing. That isn't meant to be disrespectful of any culture.

Joshua Ledet is a toss-up. I think he killed the Sam Cooke song, and he didn't have much time to develop it from its opening calmness to its powerhouse conclusion. That song really requires both verses before the bridge or the effect of the bridge is diminished. But he pulled it off and wound up with one of the great Idol performances of all time, once again. He may be sent packing, but fans of what he does know it can't be done better.

Elise Testone should not be sent home, but I think there's a huge chance she'll wind up in the bottom three again. She sings well but I'm not a fan of her singing. She does not soar. Even Phillips soars from time to time, in his quirky, I'm-not-a-real-singer kind of way. Elise attempts to wrench gravity out of vocal calisthenics. Very tough for an alto to pull off.

So: I think Jessica, Joshua, Elise and possibly Colton (as an outside shot) are in trouble tonight. It's a shame that any of them has to go. I hope Sanchez and Ledet can stick around a little longer because I think their performances are unique and individualistic and they show tremendous poise beyond their years. I like Skylar a lot too and think she has no chance of being voted off this week.

[Nea Wood]

Word has it Taylor Hicks and Elliott Yamin will be in the audience tonight.

[retrokitten]

You didn’t miss anything. I guess he never got his license since he always lived in the city and now that they live in the burbs he needs it. I was thoroughly creeped out by his hitting on the high school girl and, really, just about everything he did in this episode. Especially since Trudy was kind of awesome. Usually she’s such a freakin’ dork.

What about Lane and Joan! I didn’t see that coming at all! I guess he was feeling brave after the fight.

[silent_jonny]

Randy should stop talking. His chastising the audience for not voting for Jessica is NOT going to help her.

Keep talking, Randy!

[silent_jonny]

LOL!

[silent_jonny]

Perhaps I am taken a bit more with Skylar because she is the only one of all of them, that truly seems as if she is having a blast every single time she is on stage...and it isnt “forced”...she is just a happy talented gal, and enjoying every moment.

That! I agree 100%.

[Netizen]

Hi SJ!!

[stylecouncilor]

Thank you! :)

[silent_jonny]

Hello, Lady :)

[stylecouncilor]

LOL! I guess punching Pete Campbell does that to a guy. I like how Don is trying hard to stay faithful to Megan-wonder how long that will last.

[MagUSNRET]

Howdy :-) Glad to be among FRiends again this evening!! I am waiting with baited breath, to see what drama unfolds from the judges table tonight LOL ;-)

[silent_jonny]

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[Cudjo]

evening jonny

nice refreshing place to be after seeing Harry Reid saying that senior citizes just love love junk mail.

[silent_jonny]

She's 15 and 36 pounds. I think you'll be okay. :-D

LOL!!

I noticed they didn't have the wind machine on during her performance. She'd be dangling from the ceiling.

[stylecouncilor]

LOL! It would be funny if Jessica went home tonight.

[twin2]

Hi SJ. I’m kind of sick tonight so here but may not post much.

[peggybac]

Hi Jonny, hi everyone!

[silent_jonny]

Thanks, Jonny, for this wonderful thread. I love escaping to it.

You're welcome :) Personally, I'd like to escape to Lake Tahoe, LOL

[Cudjo]

would love to see the judges melt down if Jessica goes home

[peggybac]

From DialIdol.com - sorry, don’t know how to copy and paste it correctly.

Joshua Ledet

1-4

- -
Jessica Sanchez

1-6
(B3)

- -
Phillip Phillips

1-6
(B3)

- -
Hollie Cavanagh

1-7
(B3)

- -
Elise Testone

2-7
(B3)

- -
Skylar Laine

2-7
(B3)

- -
Colton Dixon

[patriotspride]

Evening Jonny .

Missed last night but did a quick Dvr catchup along with a read of the always informative entertaining thread.

On with the show to see who goes...

[Fishtalk]

Evening SJ.

As always, thank you for doing this thread.

Looking forward to tonight....we shall see.

[retrokitten]

I am guessing episode 6 or 7. One thing I do find interesting with Don and Megan is that since she’s so much younger then him she’s bringing around her hippy artsy friends. They sort of brought it up a little with Peggy’s Trotsky boyfriend (who I actually really love and think those two are adorable together), but with Megan being there it’s bringing the whole 60’s counterculture thing more front and center.

[stylecouncilor]

[MagUSNRET]

Hot DAMN! I love Martha and the Vandellas...PLEASE do not let them screw up this opening!!

[retrokitten]

LOL!!!

[Fishtalk]

What do those numbers mean?

[silent_jonny]

Buona sera, Didi :)

This group song is a mess.

[Netizen]

LOL good graphic

[retrokitten]

Then don’t watch this musical number.

[MagUSNRET]

I agree....and for a bit it seemed like the precious jessica did not have her mic on...(that may be a good thing too)...ALl this just proves yet again mags Rule 1...White kids CAN’T do MOTOWN :-) THANK ME!

[silent_jonny]

Aw :) She looks great.

[patriotspride]

What do those numbers mean?

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Appears to be odds of their being bottom 3

X chance out of x it will happen.

[Shelayne]

Good Thursday evening, Mr. Jonny!

I have my bowl of Cap’n Crunch with Crunchberries and am ready for snark patrol.

OK, where is the mute? Just say *NO* to the cheesy group numbers. Oy.

[MagUSNRET]

I ate my ration of Milk Duds before the show started....so this better be good! ;-)

[stylecouncilor]

:)

[peggybac]

check out dialidol.com

[silent_jonny]

Hi, Daisy! I haven’t seen you since the “old days” LOL. Hope you are doing well.

[Netizen]

I noticed they didn't have the wind machine on during her performance. She'd be dangling from the ceiling.

Or blown her right off the stage!

[Shelayne]

(twisting my mustache) Mwahahahahahahaha!

[Mark was here]

Good evening everyone.

[twin2]

I should have skipped the video too

[silent_jonny]

Joshua and Hollie are summoned.

Joshua is safe.

Hollie is not.

Hollie Cavanagh

[silent_jonny]

Why was Pete Campbell trolling the high school? Did I miss something?

LOL--I missed the first couple of minutes so I was kind of lost too. I'd rather walk than take a drivers' ed class with a bunch of teenagers.

[retrokitten]

Well you should know that the musical act of the night is LMFAO. You'll want to avert your eyes and mute the TV.

[silent_jonny]

What about Lane and Joan! I didn’t see that coming at all!

When I was watching it, I thought it's nice Lane and Joan have this friendship--then Lane was on her like a jellyfish, LOL!

[Mark was here]

I thought they would never mention Taylor again.

[twin2]

That spinning piano is making me nauseous