…and a delectable butt it is! Kristy Lee Cook, the American Idol wannabe who I’ve been giving the boot for the past three weeks saved her ass with a decent performance of Lee Greenwood’s Proud to Be an American. So, her tall blondness is safe for yet another week. But who goes?
It won’t be Michael Johns, the Australian Atlantan, who pulls out Queen when he needs to save his own ass, and he did, and he did.
It sure as hell won’t be David Cook, whose unique performance of Billie Jean left no one wanting to hear that freak who made a hit out of its original version 2o-some years ago and it left the judges cooing and raving about Cook’s genius.
It definitely won’t be David Archuleta—just because he has 100% of the 9-17 year-old demographic sewn up and he can sometimes sing, too.
It probably won’t be Brooke White, who did Every Breath You Take and sounded pretty good.
I don’t think it should be Chikezie just because Randy thinks he did an 80s soul song in an 80s manner. His voice is a wonderful and powerful instrument. He sang an old song with feeling.
Not Syesha Mercado, either. She of the pretty smile delivered a serviceable Whitney-style performance of If I Were Your Woman. I don’t like listening to all the Whitney Houston clones out there, but the performance will save her for another week.
Dum-de-dum-dum. Here’s your Bottom Three:
Would Carly Smithson please step down on stage. Carly, you sang Total Eclipse of the Heart. Judges thought it was the wrong song for you and it missed the mark. This Turkey thinks that it is hard to shake the mental image of Bonnie Tyler’s original performance while watching Carly do her sort of workmanlike rendition. She’s a legend in her own mind, but she’s…moving on to the next round. You are safe, Carly.
Ramiele Malubay, little girl with big voice, you sang Alone. You were the lead-off hitter and you weren’t feeling well. The judges thought you sucked. The Turkey thinks you should move on to next week with that powerful voice of yours.
Jason Castro, you sang Fragile. Judges thought it was dull. This Turkey thinks that you are a nice kid, but you are too shy and lacking in personality to be a star. Furthermore, it was a fragile performance of Fragile. Jason, it’s the end of the road for you, guy, but you’ll be joining us for our Idol Tour.
America has voted and… (find out tonight).
Leo Durocher said it, Jason: Nice guys finish last. On this particular occasion, we’ll probably be saying goodbye to this nice guy. You’re a good kid and we’ll miss your weird hairdo, but you’re outta here!
The Nittany Turkey says
So, the results show is half over and I’m totally wrong already. Chikezie and Syesha are the first two in the Bottom Three. I suspect that Jason will be the third, but I was wrong before so I’ll shut up!
The Nittany Turkey says
Well, Jason and Kristy are safe, so it’s down to Chikesha.
The Nittany Turkey says
And it’s CHIKEZIE…damnit, I wanted to hear some more of him.
The Redhead says
Thanks for the update, Turkey. I DO NOT get that at all. The guy is so much more talented than several of the other singers. Very odd.
The reason Kristy made it for another week was her song choice, period. Voters were afraid that giving her the boot would reflect poorly on their love of country. Americans: Dumb but proud.
See you next week!
The Nittany Turkey says
Shitcan the Anti-American crap, Redhead. I resent being called a stupid American.
I’m thinking that the audience demographic is lily white and they could care less about Syesha and Chikezie. That doesn’t make them racists, by the way. That just means they prefer their own. Nothing wrong with that.
Meanwhile, Kristy didn’t do as bad a job as you think. Kristy sang the song well, whether you like that particular song or not. Furthermore, she’s good looking. There are many reasons why the audience would have voted for her, aside from whatever your personal criteria might be.
The Redhead says
Turkey, I point you to your comments during Kristy’s performance of the song. Let’s see, was it something like, ICCCKKKKK???
I stand corrected: (Some) Americans: Dumb but proud.
I also stand by my beliefs as to why Kristy was kept on board for at least one more week. I don’t expect her to be around much longer though unless she next sings God Bless America.
The Nittany Turkey says
That Ewwwwwwwww was for her performance, not for her ass. She could enhance her chances by featuring the latter next week. But no, it doesn’t require a genius to see Kristy’s limitations. She cannot last more than another week or two.