So we get a two hour results show. Groan. I wish they wouldn’t drag it out so much.
As they discussed the wild card picks, they didn’t actually give a number so I still wasn’t sure how many of those there would be. They just said that after they name the top 5 boys and top 5 girls, the judges will decide who of the remaining 14 they want to sing for those wild card slots. So I guess maybe they actually need two hours.
First in the top ten … Scotty … and Robbie went back to the stools. Next up were Clint, Jovany, and Jordan. All were low scorers in my opinion. All three went back to the stools, not making it into the top five boys. Now to the girls. Pia and Lauren A. were brought forward. And Lauren is in the top ten … and so is Pia. (So far I’m three for three.) Next up were Ta-Tynisa and Julie. Both of them scored only threes from me. And both of them went back to the stools.
At this point we were 46 minutes into the show and only have three of the top ten. Talk about dragging it out. They could have definitely done this in one hour.
Kendra, Ashthon, and Karen were called forward at 51 minutes into the night. Ashthon was sent back to the stools as was Kendra. Karen is in the top ten. Next came Jacob, Casey, and Tim. Jacob is in the top ten and so is Casey. Tim went back to the stools. And next came Naima, Thia, and Lauren T. Naima was sent back to the stools and so was Lauren T. Thia is in the top ten. Next up were Brett and Paul. Paul is in the top ten. (So far I’ve picked seven of the eight top ten.) The last two girls were Haley and Rachel. And it’s Haley who made it into the top ten. And finally they brought the last two guys, Stefano and James. And was there any doubt at all that James would be the top ten? No.
At 8:10 MST, we finally had all ten of America’s choices (Casey, Haley, Jacob, James, Karen, Lauren A., Paul, Pia, Scotty, and Thia):
Well, my math was wrong. They will choose three wild cards which means we will lose just one each week from here on out. And they won’t have all fourteen who didn’t make the cut perform. Just three girls and three boys. And the winners from the six are Ashthon, Naima, and Stefano.
The benefit of cutting so many so fast is that we won’t be having three shows a week for a month. So I’ll see you next Wednesday for the performances of the top 13.
~robin, aka Judge #4
Well, that was much easier than fast -forwarding through 3 hours. Several of my favorites are in here!!
LOL! Glad to be of help, Sarah.
We’re still not through with it here on the West Coast. I sure wonder if that karaoke guy didn’t make it by audience vote because of what he did ousting that kid. America doesn’t forget stuff like that. I think it’s going to be a strong year. Did you see that Chris Medina (the one with the paraplegic fiancee) has written and sung a song? It’s on Vevo and I bought it on iTunes. I hope he sells a bajillion because he really should have been though to the next level. Now he can make the money without the Idol cut hopefully.
You could be right about the karaoke guy. But I don't think his performance was very good on Tuesday either, so that didn't help. I didn't know about Chris. I'll have to check it out.
I like the gals better this year and can see a few of them going the distance.. that is if the preteen girls don’t swamp the phone banks. 🙂
Bob, I think the only year that my favorite didn't change from the early shows to the end was Season 4 which was Carrie Underwood. She had my vote from the first show. So I'm still open to be convinced who I'll be voting for in the finale.