American Idol - Top 7 - Group Dance!

As promised...the group dance from last nights resuts show. As long as they are lip syncing they should do this EVERY week!

Thanks to MJSBIGBLOG for sharing her video!

American Idol - Top 7 - Results - 2 Idols Going Home

Hmmm...maybe AI will let us embed tonights videos as well? That would be fantastic...but I'm not going to hold my breath...

David Archuleta is the returning Idol tonight. Whether his performance is taped or live I am not sure? So many of them have been taped...I guess we will see.

On with the show!

45 million votes...WOW.

The Idols do their group song, but this time they are DANCING and were choreographed by Paula. Yo have to see this. I will track down the video...

Ford Video...

Results:
Lil Rounds is in THE BOTTOM 3
Lil Rounds is OUT!

More Results:
Kris is SAFE
Adam is SAFE
Danny is SAFE
Anoop is IN THE BOTTOM 3?
Allison is IN THE BOTTOM 2 (obviously Ryan misspoke)
Matt is SAFE

David Archuleta up next!

Nice job by Archuleta...good to see him back!

Here we go:
Anoop is OUT!
Phew!
Although I would have rather had it be Matt...

Lil Rounds - "I'm Every Woman" - VIDEO

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American Idol - Top 7 (AGAIN) - It's DISCO!

Time to dance..!?

First up:
Lil Rounds - "I'm Every Woman" by Chaka Khan
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- more of the same from the judges. I have to agree with Simon in that she will have a real hard time surviving this week with two eliminations. But, who knows...we still have a lot of train wrecks waiting to happen!

Kris Allen - "She Works Hard for the Money" by Donna Summer
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- judges all loved it. So, did I, and I have not always been a big Kris fan. Great arrangement and take on the song.

Danny Gokey - "September" by Earth, Wind and Fire
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- mostly positive responses from the judges ;Simon not fond of the "performance" aspect, but agreed with the judges on everything else.

Allison Iraheta - "Hot Stuff" by Donna Summer
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- judges loved it. The girl can SANG!

Adam Lambert - "If I Can't Have You" by The Bee Gees
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- major judges pimping. I think the judges are afraid because they don't have the save anymore...it will be obvious by the end who they want us to send home.

Matt Giraud - "Stayin Alive" by The Bee Gees
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- mediocre reviews

Anoop Desai - "Dim All the Lights" by Donna Summer
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- OK. well Simon wants Anoop gone. All of th other judges liked it. This really feels wrong. I don't think Anoop was worse than Matt.

The two leaving definately will be between Lil, Matt and Anoop.

American Idol - Top 7 - Songs of the Cinema - Performances

Let's see how good the spoilers were! Because the show went 8 minutes over last week we will only be hearing from two judges tonight after each performance. The judges will be taking turns...how cute!

Yep! What I am going to do is copy the spoilers into this post and then I will add some comments!

Allison Iraheta - “Don’t Want to Miss a Thing - Aerosmith - from the movie "Armageddon"
Paula - I have been touting Adam's great vocals all season long, but you really have the same qualities. Really really great vocals.
Simon - I don't think I've ever heard a girl sing that song and sing it well. I think you are the only hope the girls have and we could very well see you in the finals.
Me - Not my favorite Allison performance, but I still LOVE her!

Anoop Desai - “Everything I Do” by Bryan Adams - from the movie "Robin Hood"
Randy - Wow - listen you have definitely found your zone; really really good job; congrats!
Kara - You've really found your place and I think it was your best performance so far.
Me - I agree wit Kara that this was Anoops best performance to date. I think on top of "roughing it up" as Quentin suggested, it seemed he was singing in a little higher key? Maybe a better fit for him?

Adam Lambert - “Born to be Wild” by Steppenwolf - from the movie "Born to be Wild"
Paula - Fortune rewards the brave?
Simon - Vocally incredible; a little bit like the rocky horror musical; I liked it but last week was more original; more current
Me - This is actually the first time that I have really enjoyed Adams "instrument". OK...he might be growing on me a little...

Matt Giraud - “Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman” by Bryan Adams - from the movie "Don Juan"
Randy - A rough patch in the bridge; wasn't one of your best performances for me.
Kara - I appreciate you took a rock song and tried to add some soul to it; but in doing so you lost some of the melody.
Me - I thought it was pretty good. Randy and Kara are always listening to the performances as "studio" performances where Simon and Paula see it as it is - a "live" peroformance. These contestants all seem so much better tonight. Quentin has done a really nice job of giving these contestants "little things" that make them a whole lot better.

Danny Gokey - “Endless Love” by Diana Ross - from the movie "Endless Love"
Paula - In the beginning I was concerned you started this in too low of a key because you know we love the timbre in your voice; but midway through you pulled it off. beautiful beautiful rendition
Simon - I can't fault the way you sang the song; I was disappointed you used the harp and you didn't change it up more. But I can see that this song was emotional for you and I congratulate you for that.
Me - I like Danny better with glases and also sort of agree with Simon.

Kris Allen - “Falling Slowly” Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova - from the movie "Once"
Randy - it never quite caught on for me; pitchy from note one
Kara - difficult to pick an obscure song; but for me it was one of your best moments.
Me - I almost fell asleep during the song. Not feeling Kris tonight...

** Only six minutes left to finish the commercial break, have Lil perform, and do the recaps!***

Lil Rounds - “The Rose” by Bette Midler - from the movie "The Rose"
Paula - You could not have sung a more beautiful lyric; the rest didn't make much sense
Simon - Lil I think that you are getting this completely wrong; you had some nice moments; I am getting frustrated
Me - I actually thought it was Lil's best peroformance. I thought she finally changed a song up a bit. I can understand she might have a way to go (according to Simon); but I thought for the first time she listened to what the judges have said

Officially 3 minutes over

American Idol - Top 8 - Songs From the Year They Were Born

Here we go!

Up first...

Danny Gokey - Born April 24, 1980 - "Stand By Me"
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Kris Allen - Born ? 1985 - "All She Wants To Do Is Dance"
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Lil Rounds - Born October 20, 1984 - "What's Love Got To Do With It"
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Anoop Desai - Born December 20, 1986 - "True Colors"
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Scott MacIntyre - Born June 22, 1985 - "The Search is Over"
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Allison Iraheta - Born April 27, 1992 - I Can't Make You Love Me"
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Matt Giraud - Born May 11, 1985 - "Part Time Lover"
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AND for those unfortunate enough to have missed the live show - here is the final performance that your DVR completely missed due to the show running a good 5 minutes OVER...

Adam Lambert - Born January 29, 1982 - "Mad World"
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American Idol - Top 9 - Performances - Popular iTunes Downloads

Anoop Desai - "Caught Up" by Usher
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Megan Joy - "Turn Your Lights Down Low" by Bob Marley/Lauryn Hill
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Danny Gokey - "What Hurts the Most" by Rascal Flatts
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Allison Iraheta - "Don't Speak" by No Doubt
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Scott MacIntyre - "Just The Way You Are" by Billy Joel
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Matt Giraud - "You Found Me" by The Fray
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Lil Rounds - "I Surrender" by Celine Dion
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Adam Lambert - "Play That Funky Music" by Wild Cherry
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Kris Allen - "Ain't No Sunshine" by Bill Withers
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American Idol - Top 10 - Performances - It's MOTOWN!

Almost time to start!

First up...

Matt Giraud sings "Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye.
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Kris Allen sings "How Sweet It Is" by Marvin Gaye.
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Scott MacIntyre sings "You Can't Hurry Love" by Diana Ross and the Supremes.
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Megan Joy sings "For Once In My Life" by Stevie Wonder.
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Anoop Desai sings "Oh Baby Baby" by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles.
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Michael Sarver sings "Ain't To Proud To Beg" by The Temptations.
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Lil Rounds sings "Heatwave" by Martha and the Vandellas.
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Adam Lambert sings "Tracks of My Tears" by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles.
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Danny Gokey sings "Get Ready" by the Temptations.
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Allison Iraheta sings "Papa Was a Rolling Stone" by the Temptations.
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Some great perofrmances tonight! I'll try and scrounge up some videos for ya!

American Idol - Group 3 - Results!

LIVE Results blogging...coming up!

Idol's perform Katy Perry's "Hot and Cold"

Ryan chats with the contestants...

Lil Rounds is IN THE TOP 12!

She performs her song from last night

Ryan asks the following to stand:
Arianne Afsar, Taylor Vaifanua, Kendall Beard, Alex Wagner Trugman, Scott McIntyre

One of these contestants is in the TOP 12. We will find out after the break...

Arianna is OUT
Taylor is OUT
Alex is OUT

Kendall and Scott...
Scott is in THE TOP 12!
Kendall is OUT

Scott performs his song from last night...

Hmmm...well who will be the final addition to the TOP 12 from this group?

The top row remains and they are left to right,

Nathaniel Marshall, Kristen McNamara, Junot Joyner, Jorge Nunez, Von Smith, Felicia Barton

Nathanial and Kristen up first
Both are OUT

Felicia and Von up next
Both are OUT

Junot and Jorge are up
Jorge is in THE TOP 12!
Junot is OUT
Jorge is asked to wait and he will sing later...probably to close the show.

We are minutes away from announcing the Wild Card Contestants...after the break...

Randy picks Von Smith (huh?)
Kara picks Jasmine Murray
Paula picks Ricky Braddy
Simon picks Megan Corkrey

Commercial break...

Randy picks Tatiana Del Toro (huh?)
Kara picks Matt Giraud
Paula picks Jesse Langseth
Simon picks Anoop Desai

Jorge sings us out and gets cutoff of course.

WELL...what do you think?

American Idol - Lil Rounds - "Be Without You"