Who's going home tonight? You all had a lot of predictions based on last night's episode, but the general consensus was that it will be Lil.
After a whole lotta filler, we shall see for sure.
Starting with the weekly Ford commercial they are forced to do, this one to "Freeze Frame." Then, group sing: They sing "Maniac." OK ... results, please?
Allison Iraheta is safe. So is Adam Lambert. Anoop Desai, however, is in the bottom three.
Everyone else gets to wait while Jennifer Hudson performs. There is a long segment about her history since Idol, including, of course, winning the Grammy and the Oscar. (This includes no mention of her recent tragedy -- her mother, brother and nephew were murdered last year.) In the interview before the performance, she says this is her first time performing on the show since she was eliminated, so it's like "coming full circle." She might have been eliminated prematurely, but she's done all right, don't you think?
Ryan does a quick interview with Anoop, who is pretty clearly frustrated. Anoop says he didn't expect to be there, and he got good feedback yesterday. Paula says she is a little surprised to see him there, and Simon, asked if he deserves to be there, says, simply, "Yes."
Kris Allen and Lil Rounds are asked to stand. Simon interrupts to say that he didn't get a chance to talk last night, "But Kris, you were brilliant." True. Lil talks to Ryan about how she is somewhat frustrated because when she sings the work of an artist who she should be like, they think she sounds too much like them, and when she tries to stretch, they don't like that, either. I understand where she is coming from, but at the same time, I think if her performances had been better the past couple of weeks, they wouldn't have picked on her as much. Anyway, there's the ole switcheroo, but Kris is safe, and Lil is in the bottom three.
So that leaves Matt Giraud and Danny Gokey. No surprise, Danny is safe, and Matt is in the bottom three.
If you've lost track, that means we've got a bottom three of Matt, Lil and Anoop. Matt and Lil are no surprise, but I am not that shocked about Anoop either. Who did he think would be there -- there is hardly anyone else left! Anyway, immediately, Anoop is told that he is safe. He still looks pretty peeved. He's going to have to rein that in a little to avoid putting off voters.
Then Miley Cyrus performs. OMG, Hannah Montana! Or whatever the appropriate reaction is supposed to be. I would rather just see who is getting eliminated, mmmkay?
Ryan asks Simon whether they would consider using the save this week. Simon says they would on one of them, and it would probably be a surprise to that person. "So it's Lil?" Ryan asks. Of course, he doesn't answer. And of course, they would only consider it. I still think it's not happening.
"After the nationwide vote of over 36 million," Lil is safe, and Matt is out. So now Matt has to "sing for his life." He sings; the crowd chants "save."
Simon says he wasn't as good as last night, and he doesn't think Matt has any chance of winning. But, for some reason he then tells him it's good news.
So Matt is safe. That means two people are going home next week, and, Simon says, next week is disco week.
Ugh, really?
So that was ... anticlimactic, all things considered. Wasn't that supposed to be super-dramatic? What do you think about them using the save on Matt?
In other news, miracle: They finished on time!
