Aired 4/29/09
Bunny: All the usual introductory foofoo, the Ford music video is set to “Energy.” It's okay.
Group number is “It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing).” They're singing live again. They do a good job, but I'm reminded why I'm not a big jazz fan. No offense to jazz aficionados, but it's just hard to follow sometimes.
A film clip shows them making cakes for Danny's and Allison's birthdays. They trash the mansion, or at least the kitchen, with a batter/flour fight, particularly between the aforementioned contestants. What a mess. I wonder if the $6,000 bill Ryan presents to Danny from a maid service is the real charge or inflated for comic purposes. I would have cleaned the whole mansion for that.
Which contestant above will head home tonight? Up to judgment first is Matt Giraud. He is sent to stage right. Next is Danny Gokey, who is sent to the opposite side.
Where will Allison Iraheta go? The answer is next to Danny. Now for Kris Allen. He is put with Matt. So will Adam Lambert be asked to join one of the two groups?
Yes, he WILL be put on the spot. He doesn't want to choose, but he finally says that based on last night, he thinks he should be with Allison and Danny. Welllllll, people, he shouldn't. He is shockingly in the bottom 3 with Kris and Matt. Allison and Danny are agape, like everyone else.
After the break, Natalie Cole takes the stage with a song from her “Still Unforgettable” album, “Something's Gotta Give.” She's looking and sounding good, except for kind of a weird ending to the song. Anyway.
Another break, and then Taylor Hicks performs “Seven Mile Breakdown” with an electric guitar and his ever-present harmonica, which gets pitched into the bot pit when he's done with it. I wonder if the person it hit saw it coming. I like his haircut. The song is not my style, but he is energetic and seems happy.
The three guys are called back to center stage so one can be declared safe. It is Kris! Uh-oh, not only is Adam in the B3 for the first time, but he got (almost certainly) the second-lowest number of votes. I think if Adam went home at this point, it would be the biggest shock elimination in Idol history. (I mean, not in MY mind, but I'm pretty sure most people would call it that.) I'm sure Matt is already planning his return to Kalamazoo.
Now for another performance, this one from Jamie Foxx, Mr. Mentor Man, with his hit “Blame It.” I would have liked to hear HIM sing a Rat Pack standard, not this auto-tuned mess. C'mon! Number-one songs ain't what they used to be. He is very, very complimentary of the top 5 and wants America to “support these cats” after the show is over.
Prognosticats: Huh? Is there tuna?
Bunny: No, and quit shredding my leg. So who's it gonna be? Say goodbye, Matt. Not a whole lotta suspense there.
So Matt Giraud joins RJ Helton, Trenyce, George Huff, Scott Savol, Paris Bennett, Chris Richardson, and Brooke White from Seasons 1 through 7, respectively, as a 5th-place finisher.
SCORES
Bunny: 1/1
Right about Matt Giraud
(Bunny's Bomb: 1/1)
Burke: 1/1
Right about Matt Giraud
(Burke's Turkey: 0/1)
Prognosticats: 0/1
Wrong about Danny Gokey
(Hairball: 1/1)
Bunny: Next week the theme is rock. It will no doubt involve screaming AND guitars, not necessarily screaming guitars. Join us then!
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Adam in the bottom two? Why am I not surprised………HE’S GAY!
I’ve been saying this for the past three months and am starting to sound like a broken record…….AMERIKA IS NOT READY FOR A GAY IDOL.
Fortunately for Adam, the owner of “Vote For The Worst” is gay and just might pick him next week. However, getting VFTW is not a sure vote-getter: Look at poor Matt, this week’s VFTW pick and still was eliminated in short order.