I would have voted for the saxaphone player. She was hot...in soooo many ways.
About James' performance. I don't get heavy metal..I know nothing about it..don't like it..but it seems to me that his performance was, well..almost a "duet"...I gather the guy is very well known..doesn't that change the parameters/rules significantly?..it could influence the voters..heck..Haley could have Stevie Wonder play keyboard for her next week.
J Lo's comment was significant..she didn't like Haley's performance..obviously she felt it was the worse of the evening..but she was loathe to say so...because she didn't want to see one of the two remaining females voted off..so obviously AI realizes it has a problem..
It was unusual and I see where you are coming from, but I don't think it will sway the voting too much. The person in the pimp spot has never gone home- ever. Zach Wylde fans are generally not AI fans. Most AI fans probably thought he was an extra on Sons of Anarchy. Some Zach Wydle fans might have tuned in to see him, but I doubt they voted.
I don't really see it as that different from all the extra back-up singers, the sax player, Lee's bagpiper last season, last week someone (Jacob, I think?) had almost a duet with another singer. So, I don't think it will have a tremendous impact on voting.
Ken, maybe they should do what. “ so you think you can dance “ does. They vote for favorite guy, and favorite girl. So for the first several weeks, one guy and one girl go home each week. When it gets down to favorite dancer, then at the end they can prefer anyone, but for the first part of the season you can’t just vote one gnder off. Idol has a lot of female fans and I think that’s why.
The sax player, I strongly believe is from Clearwater, FL and took music at a Pinellas High School and also at the music store at the Kapok Tree site. My brother knew her when he lived here. She sings and plays every instrument there is if it was indeed Mindi Abair. You can google her.