After having given us the requisite scare last week, the 100,000 9-14 year-olds who vote in this American Idol thing cast 45 million votes (while somehow forgetting to vote for Adam Lambert) managed to get it right, dumping Matt and leaving us with Adam, Allison, Danny, and Kris.
Everybody’s front runner, Lambert, actually wound up in the bottom two. It’s getting down to the time when the best of the bunch could actually be eliminated by a stroke of voting stupidity, much as Jennifer Hudson and Chris Daughtry were dumped in their respective seasons.
I suppose it doesn’t really matter to me whether Adam leaves the competition early. He’s achieved the visibility he needs to move on and do well in the music business. In fact, if he were to go, it might restore some of my lost interest. The actual competition once again would be meaningful, instead of being a foregone conclusion. But that probably won’t happen, so I probably won’t dwell on it. Maybe. Perhaps.
Matt was the weakest of the pretenders, and he deserved to go. I don’t know why the judges wasted their ridiculous “save” on him. They would have been in a big jam last week were Adam indeed eliminated and they had no capability for saving him. In an earlier post, I told you that judicious use of the judges’ save would be an important strategic consideration. It appears to this Mouse that they used it prematurely.
This week is rock & roll week. Unfortunately, it’s still got a two hour slot, which probably means that we’ll be subjected to two songs from each semi-finalist, most of the aggregation of which will be lame. Nevertheless, it’s rock, so all should do well, and the show might even wind up being entertaining.
It goes without saying that contestants will need to choose the right songs in order to best showcase their individual talent. The so-called judges will be all full of stupid advice centering around “at this stage in the competition…” — except for Paula, that is. She’ll be all full of love for the contestants and full of vapid utterances for the contestants, whom she’ll call “Honey.” I can hardly wait.
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The Redhead has arrived. Bring on the fun!
A new genre, a new mentor, and a new shot at becoming a star. The Mouse is in the house!
Good evening, Runnin’ Red!
Hello, there, Sir Mouse!
Sounds like it will be interesting tonight–duets.
Six songs. Slash. What more can you ask for?
Well, never mind.
Glad you don’t want an answer.
Wow–Slash looks like he’s doing steroids.
Adam is singing Zeppelin–man, this I gotta see.
It’s heavy metal Elvis!
He can do it, given his typical hysterics.
The band is on, so it will work.
I gotta tell ya, Sir Mouse. I don’t like this.
Adam looks too much like a poser–really ridiculous.
I have a feeling that he’s singing this to his boyfriend.
So, yo. Randy loves him.
A rock god? Kara is delusional.
Whoa, Karra is flippin’ out for Adam!!!
Adam Honey…you’re a whole lotta perfect.
==Paula
Well, the kiddos do have a tall order to follow, especially now that Simon has said so. Maybe one of them will blow us away.
So, they’re all in “aggreance” — Adam did well (for a fucking poser).
Yes, indeed. Adam set the bar for the rest of them.
Allison should do well–rock is her genre.
Oooh, yeah, Allison doin Joplin.
Joplin seems a tad obvious but she’s chosen a good tune of hers.
She needed to drink a pint of bourbon before doing this.
I’m not sure if she did it on purpose, but she dropped the first few bars from the song and started right into the first verse. Whatever.
She’s doing well at this.
She looks like a high school girl trying to do Joplin. Wait! She IS a high school girl trying to do Joplin.
Southern Comfort (was Joplin’s drink).
What’s a “babeh”?
White Rabbit would have been cool.
Randy is keepin it real.
A little Grace Slick.
Jesus, Paula…give it up!
Paula is just a tad overstating things as usual.
Allison does have a great set of pipes.
Awwww, so she was considering Jefferson Airplane!
Awwwwwww… my heart bleeds for her. Next victim!
Allison is nervous that she’s in trouble.
Kitchen break.
Danny is more likely to nail his song than Kris is.
Yeah, I agree. Kris is not a rocker.
Man, I hated this song.
Styx sucked (IMHO).
This is not Kris’s thing at all.
Are we done yet? Danny was OK.
Nice job, Danny.
I agree with Randy about the harmonies.
I agree with Paula about the hormones.
I think Danny could take it to the final two if he makes smart choices.
Kris looks like he doesn’t want to be there.
Haha!
Hmmm, I didn’t pick up on that. Too busy eating my bagel.
Kris goes home tomorrow.
I’m sure this a better choice than Revolution but it’s just not making it. He shouldn’t have picked a Beatles song that was so well-known.
Yo. Aight, so. For me, like.
Unless Danny flubs big time or there is an Allison backlash, I agree, Kris is going home this week.
Kris goin’ home.
Paula…you’re so fulla shit.
Simon says it was rather like eating ice for lunch—it will leave nothing to remember it by.
What an analogy, “eating ice for lunch.” Well, I thought it was a bit more lukewarm than that, tepid.
Bye bye, Kris.
That’s about right.
I don’t think simon was referring to the temperature.
Yikes, why did Danny pick Dream On? What a cliche. Ick.
Adam could totally do that song though.
You won’t like Danny doing his Stephen Tyler imitation because you don’t like Stephen Tyler. You do seem to have trouble being objective when you start out being polarized.
Yeah, but the “cold” of the ice in that analogy comes through more powerfully than the “emptiness” of the ice.
IMHO.
Adam would only excel at the screaming part at the end.
Although I do like the “emptiness of the ice.” Good stuff.
So, does the “eating … for lunch” part refer to singing, too?
Oh, I don’t know if I agree about that. I can be objective about the way a song is performed, whether or not I like the song.
Once you don’t like someone, you tend to be less than objective. However, Danny starts with a tabula rasa, I suppose.
Haha! Danny looks so dorky with those glasses and that hang dog look.
This sucks!!! I hate Aerosmith!! I hate Danny!!!! OMG!!!
j/k
I think this is better than Kris’s performance but it’s not what I hoped it would be. Danny is lacking his usual high energy and focus.
til your dreamin come treeeeew
j/k
??????
He did the Stephen Tyler screaming thing well, but that’s all he did well.
j/k = just kidding
Wow–Paula is showing it off tonight!
Paula the cheerleader.
That’s one of Stephen Tyler’s old t-shirts Paula is wearing.
Oh, that was cruel, Simon.
“j/k” = just kidding. I like it!
FTW, Mouse!
j/k is old chat room lingo
Those were the daze.
They have matching hair now.
Adam uses energy better than Allison. She relaxes inside her voice too much–it takes more than a good singing voice to put something across.
Her voice is deeper than his.
Paired up they look good.
This was a good way to close out the show.
That was fun.
This will help her win votes and should keep on her the show for another week.
Simon agrees with me!
In the battle of the duets, Allison and Adam nailed it. Simon agrees with me. He knows what side his bread is buttered on.
Kris bites the dust tomorrow.
You’ve got the con tomorrow night. I’ll be on the road.
Good night and good luck!
Wow–Paula performs tomorrow night! Get ready, Sir Mouse!
That’s right, you won’t be here.
I’ll do the play-by-play. Will miss you!
Happy trails, Sir Mouse! See you soon.
It’s Wednesday night and that means Elimination Round!
Runnin’ Red is in the House!
I’ll do my best to fill Sir Mouse’s shoes (do mice wear shoes?) tonight. Let’s see what’s on tap.
Yeah, over 64-million votes were registered last night says Ryan.
Here are the Top Four.
And here come de judges.
Paula is all sparkles tonight.
Simon–the mean, I mean the MAN, in black.
Hi Ho! Randy Jackson is performing.
Heheheh, little joke (very little) from Ryan.
Paula is performing for the very first time on AI!
Whoo Hooo!
An extremely weird Ford ad.
And now Slash and the Fab Four doing Alice Cooper’s School’s Out (my personal anthem when I was in high school).
Danny is rocking this. Adam seems lukewarm on it. Bring Alice out here–he knows drama (queen).
Slash is playing a wicked guitar romp.
School’s Out for Summer, babeeeee……
Now Adam is doing the Freddie Mercury thing.
Hey Adam–wrong drag queen!
Ryan is chattin’ up Slash.
(Actually, Ryan and Adam are meeting for martinis after the show. Winkwink.)
No Doubt on the show tonight.
And a lot of uncertainty, too!
🙂
Now we’re discussing who should be here and shouldn’t with the judges.
Simon tells Kris: “We don’t want humble anymore.”
Adam says he liked his (Adam’s) outfit the other night.
Danny says he laughed at the playback of his performance. Last note of “Dream On.” “I made a name for myself.” You did?
Allison: “Simon was asking for it (as to why she talked back to him).”
Here’s Paula Abdul to perform now.
I’m so excited!
A Laker Girl!
A choregrapher!
A pop singer!
A top selling recording artist.
Song: I’m Just Hear for the Music.
Let’s watch.
She’s got that electrontica sound going when she sings (on tape).
She’s got a pack of male dancers around her and she’s pushing their faces into and out of various places.
Uh oh. The track is skipping.
I’m Just Here for the Music.
(I’m aware of my poor spelling above, Sir Mouse. Please don’t hate me.)
Back to the show.
She’s gone. Inhalers await backstage.
Madonna may be able to continue live performance for a while longer but I don’t see it in Paula’s future.
We are back.
Ryan is talking with Paula about “gracing the stage.”
Now we go to the real performers–Gwen and No Doubt.
“I’m just a girl…” Gwen is rocking and sounds great.
Wow–I just caught a look at the drummer’s hair. Spiked is an understatement.
I’m greatly afeared.
Gwen is running all over the stage. She is in good shape and is obviously singing live.
Now she’s doing pushups. Yeah, she’s in good shape.
She’s got the gals in the audience singing along now.
She’s just took a running jump into the audience. A pretty shakey landing. I was a bit nervous there for a moment.
She’s still singing but is breathing a bit harder now. I guess so after that workout!
Still, she’s got nothing on Jagger.
Hey Gwen–your green bra strap is showing!
Now, we’re talking with Ryan. New album soon, tour, blah blah blah.
Tour kicks off in Vegas next week. Overwhelming response.
Yadayada.
You’ll notice we’ve not had any eliminations yet. No “bottom two.” The clock is ticking. Let’s move it along, please!
Okay, they had to wait for Paula to take a shower. She’s back at the table now.
Ryan: A lot at stake this week…
Now we watch a film about former idol winners and wanna-bees as they arrive in their hometowns.
Parades, mobs, crying children…
and that’s just for the road crew!
Okay, here are the Top Four.
The crowd roars.
The lights dim.
Ryan runs down the various judicial opinions of the various contenders.
“Ice for lunch” Kris looks nervous.
After the vote, Kris is safe.
Okay……we’re shaking things up a little. Sir Mouse and I did not predict this outcome.
Let us discuss as we head to a commercial break, shall we?
Hmmmm, well, now that voters have saved Kris, the most obvious loser of the week, anything could pretty much happen. If I were voting, I would eject Danny at this point. But that may be too obvious.
Still, I will wager that Danny is gone. Kris has the good looks the girls like and I did not factor that in last night. Danny has no such looks.
Bye bye, Danny boy.
Side note:
Allison looked shocked when Kris got the save. I would imagine she is now a tad nervous. Don’t worry, kid. You’ve got another week at least.
We are now blasting back to Season 5 and Chris Daughtry who found out he was going home, a nonwinner. Remember the outrage?
Whatever happened to the winner, Katherine McPhee, I wonder?
I believe that was my first year of “idoling” with the Turkey. Of course, this is my first year with the Mouse 🙂
Okay, Daughtry is performing with his band. A very lackluster song and performance. You’ve heard this tune a hundred times under various titles.
Yawn.
Okay, Ryan is presenting the former Idol with a plat album.
Whoo hooooo!
Let’s keep it movin’.
I’ve been looking at the various seasons of AI. My first with the Turkey was Season Six.
Happy Anniversary, Turkey!
Let’s get this show on the road!
Finally!
Okay, let’s get ready to bid Danny farewell.
Ryan will first name the second person who is in the Top 3:
Adam.
Adam is safe.
Huge sigh of relief here.
Ahhhhhh….
Dannydannydannydannydanny–
is safe!
Well, it’s another case of justifce not served.
It’s really pathetic that she goes home instead of Kris or Danny.
Buck up, Red (s)–
that’s sucky showbiz.
Another case of “justice” not served, too!
She’s taking it like a pro. You can see that she’s sad but she is handling it well.
That’s right, Allison–hold that red head up high!
Don’t cry, cry, baby.
That’s what Karia is doing. Aw, Allison has gone over to Keera and is hugging her.
I’m gettin all verklempt.
Well, I think we’re going to see Adam take this now. I just can’t believe that Kris or Danny can win this.
Then again, this same iddie kiddies voted Allison–a real singer–off the show.
It’ a tough business, Sir Mouse.
Well, Sir Mouse, it is time for me to make my exit (stage left, of course). Hope all is well and that you return safely!
See you soon!
Hello there!
Thought I’d share the latest “Simon Sez:”
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30690732/