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Syesha’s Departure a Slam-Dunk

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I’ve been wrong all season about who will stay and who will leave American Idol, so I’ll just climb out on a limb and flat out state that Syesha Mercado will get the axe this week.

I was thinking that I had gleaned the intentions of America’s voters last week. Syesha has been a weekly low vote getter and now she’s isolated in the final four, where there are three high vote getters. (Very scientifically precise terminology, I know.) She should have no problem being eliminated this week no matter how well she does on the stage.

This week is Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame week, which means the producers couldn’t find a “guest mentor” who was cheap enough or who wanted to promote a new album. So, there will be performances tomorrow night by a couple of fill-in acts: former Idol Bo Bice and Maroon 5. Otherwise, contestants will get to choose songs from the most overplayed famous songs in the history of rock ‘n’ roll.

The Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame is in Cleveland, which means that we’ll probably get to see some “scenery” from The Mistake by the Lake. Big whoop!

This should be David Cook‘s night, being the premier rocker in the bunch. Look for another weak performance by Jason Castro. Those have come to be the norm for college dorm sing-along boy. David Archuleta, who can do no wrong by the pre-nubiles, will sing a couple of songs that will sound like every other song he has sung, and he’ll forget to obey Lord Lloyd-Weber about keeping his eyes open, yet he’ll get the most votes. Bringing up the rear (and it’s a mighty fine one), Syesha will sing her guts out but to no avail—her fan contingent is just too small, the demographic being males over 25, of which I think I’m the only one left. Alas, she’s gone before the first note is sung.

Sadly, Jason, who should have been gone weeks ago, threatens to become the Sanjaya of this year’s competition, and we’ll have to put up with him for yet another week. Then it will be down to the final two, which I hope will be Archuleta and Cook. But stranger things have happened. The folks who gave you Taylor Hicks might conspire to put Jason in the final.

Let’s hope it doesn’t come to that.

Comments

  8. The Redhead says

    Turkey, I don’t know about you, but if there’s one band of the 80s that I hate, it’s Duran Duran. I liked one song of theirs–Girls on Film–after that, it all sounded depressing and virually atonal.

    David Cook is doing a good job with this, after all, he’s in his rock and roll element.

  9. The Redhead says

    Yeah, he speeded it up and rocked it–better than the original!

  12. The Redhead says

    I disagree with Randy. I liked it a lot.

    Yeah, Simon says!

  18. The Redhead says

    Okay, I see that we all pretty much agree. That guitarist was rockin’ though.

    I hesitate to predict who will go home tonight. I read your blog but I’m not so sure…I’ve been wrong on every show this season.

  23. The Redhead says

    And just like Tina, she’s gonna start out slow and then “get rough.”

  25. The Redhead says

    Nice dance moves! She doesn’t have Turner’s energy but she’s doing a good job!

  28. The Redhead says

    She’s also a cutie. She should have shortened the dress though.

  30. The Redhead says

    Just like last time, Simon’s putting the hocus pocus on Syesha.

  34. The Redhead says

    Speaking of Paula, I’m pasting a portion of of this piece with “Nashville Star’ judge John Rich. He was pissed at Abdul, pissed at the whole show. This is a hilarious quote from him:

    “’American Idol’ infuriates me as an artist,” Rich, of the multiplatinum country duo Big & Rich, said at an NBC press event in Pasadena, California. “They’re being fake about it. When you can’t make a cognizant comment about someone’s performance and you’re commenting on something that happened the day before, why don’t you just walk up onstage and slap them right across the face while you’re at it? As an artist, I would just flip them the bird and walk off the stage. … She wasn’t even paying attention to what was going on.”

    HAHA!

  38. The Redhead says

    He’s gonna do the Bob Marley version. Fits the dreads. But I’m not diggin’ this.

  46. The Redhead says

    Randy didn’t dig it. Wow, I’ve never heard Randy be this negative!

    And Paula? She didn’t really dig it either.

    I don’t like that song either. Hated the Clapton version.

    Simon lays it down.

    Jason, dude, go have some ganja.

  51. The Redhead says

    This is a safe choice for Boring David. I wish he’d take a chance and rock.

  52. The Redhead says

    This is thrilling the little girls.

    And I predict the judges will dig it.

  54. The Redhead says

    I predict Simon will not be as high on it as the other judges though.

  60. The Redhead says

    And how did you really feel Randy? 🙂

    WAS he communicating with his eyes? I thought they were closed.

    Simon speaks the truth.

  64. The Redhead says

    I notice that the judges don’t have to hold their comments until after the performers have sung twice tonight. Too much confusion for dear Paula!

  68. The Redhead says

    I wanna hear some rock and roll! I’m tired of this slow songs.

    And I just have to say again, Clapton’s version of I Shot the Sheriff is one of the lamest “rock” tunes ever recorded. Clapton slept his way through it. He was great with Cream but ever since, the most overrated guitarist EVER. What a snoozefest. Technically there but no passion. I don’t get why so many think he’s God.

  76. The Redhead says

    I don’t get Artificially Sweetened, Turkey. Could you enlighten me?

  78. The Redhead says

    I did not like his version and disagree with everybody here.

  85. The Redhead says

    I thought he Ashton dug Demi.

    I think your girlfriend is authentically sweet!

  90. The Redhead says

    If she is voted off and Jason stays, there is no justice.

    Her version is not doing much for me though. She’s holding some of those notes too long and it’s not necessary.

  95. The Redhead says

    Right on, Randy! We are on the same page.

    Come on, Paula. Breathe in some reality. Pul-leeze.

    Simon says but I don’t think so.

  97. The Redhead says

    Well, she turned a great song into an opportunity to show off her acrobatic abilities vocally. I don’t doubt that she’s genuine in her emotion but she doesn’t get it. She doesn’t get that the drama is in the lyics and heartfelt emotion, not in vocally showing off what you can do.

  99. The Nittany Turkey says

    Now, we’re going to do Mr. Tambourine Man. He’s going to do it through the nose like Bobby Zimmerman, and forget the words, too.

    GOODBYE JASON!!!!

  100. The Redhead says

    He sounds like Arlo Guthrie doing Dylan. He just forgot the lyrics! Uh-oh.

    If he can’t remember “jingle jangle morning” he’s in trouble.

    Turkey, Jason is going home tomorrow!

  102. The Redhead says

    Bye bye Jason. As Paula said, “it is what it is.”

    So long!

  115. The Redhead says

    Dull David is back.

    Uh-oh. The girls are going to be swooning.

  117. The Nittany Turkey says

    Oh, for fuck’s sake. Love Me Tender.

    How the hell is he not going to evoke memories of Elvis and die in comparison? It’ll be like a poor Pat Boone version.

  119. The Redhead says

    Yeah, that particular lyric is a favorite of mine, too. I think the took it from the bible.

  122. The Redhead says

    Yeah, he’s not singing this with Presley’s tenderness or subtle passion.

    Thumbs down.

  131. The Redhead says

    Yeah, but remember when he became “born again?” He pissed audiences off as he preached to them from the stage.

  133. The Redhead says

    Talk about “artifically sweetened!” That’s David A.

    🙂

  136. The Redhead says

    I’m hoping Jason gets the boot tomorrow…but I’m probably wrong based on what’s happened so far this season.

    I’ll be here, Turkey!

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