Results night, Motown legend + Ruuuben edition
March 26th, 2009
36 million votes, which means I have already lost my first bonus point question on predictify.
Tonight we will get a Stevie medley and a Smokey/Joss duet.
Obligatory recap ensues. With crayons. (Or as Ryan says, “crowns.”)
Medley! Medley! And while I love the effort, I want real singing. That was way over-produced, and not only was it lip-synced, but I’m pretty sure pre-recorded (did you see the way they cut to Adam near the end?) Why? WHY? Can’t we just kick it old school like this medley? Or maybe this one?
After the break, the Ford Commercial to Pocket Full of Sunshine. It was pretty blah this week. But next, and not so blah, is Ruuuuuuben, singing his new single.
Now, on to the killings:
Adam is up first, and is most certainly safe. Matt is up next, and he is in the bottom three. WTF? I guess the Dead-man’s spot will really do it to you. Kris is up next, and gets faked out by Ryan, but is safe.
Lil and Michael both stand up together. Lil, despite choosing to sing the unlucky Heatwave, is safe, which sends Sarver to the bottom 3.
After the break, a (surprisingly) live performance by Joss Stone and Smokey Robinson. It was pretty good, but not exciting. I am guessing by the order they are sitting on the couches that it will come down to Allison and Megan, sending Megan across the stage. We’ll see if I am right.
Wrong. Allison goes first, and is safe. Then Ryan switches to the other end with Anoop, who is safe. Danny Gokey (Gokey Dokey!) is up next, who is safe, as well. This leaves Megan and Scott. And Scott is sent to center stage. Megan is safe.
And as soon as he is sent center stage, he is sent back to the couches, because he is still safe. After the break, we get Stevie Wonder singing some sort of medley. I hope Ken Warwick has enough faith in him to not pre-record his performance.
Stevie Wonder sings his medley, and the antics by both Kara and the kids were hilarious. Danny and Anoop’s enthusiastic dancing. I’m not sure that Allison knew any of the songs. But the best part was Megan’s pseudo narcoleptic moves at the end. It was like she fell asleep and was startled back to reality, and the camera caught the best facial expression. That’s so Megan!
And finally, the results. The person with the lowest votes tonight is Sarver.
OUT TONIGHT! Michael Sarver
He sings his swan song, and the judges to not choose to save him, even though they had so much fun dancing that they couldn’t make a decision. These judges’ antics are too much for me.
Michael seems happy. At last he will get to spend some time with the kids before he returns to LA in May.
Well, this was inevidable for me. Thoughts?
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5 Comments Add your own
1. Michelle | March 26th, 2009 at 10:35 PM
Click on my name to hear Adam give a brilliant performance of “Come to Me, Bend to Me” from “Brigadoon.”
The performance is from Houston’s Theatre Under the Stars in 2004 – so Adam was about 22 years old.
I now have a new appreciation for his talent… IF he would sing more like this!
2. Ian | March 26th, 2009 at 11:56 PM
Michael seems like a nice guy, but it was his time to go. I hope for his family’s sake that he never has to return to his dangerous oil rig job.
It’s terrible what they’ve done to the group sings this year. They used to be fun. Now they’re just boring. “Hot N’ Cold” back in the Semis was actually good though.
I recently counted down the best group sings ever over on my blog. That Elvis medley made the list easily. Check it out if you’re interested.
3. ryanflip | March 27th, 2009 at 1:07 AM
While I feel Michael was bad this week and last week, and am not surprised he’s gone, It continues to annoy me that Scott is still in the competition. His vocals sound like an ‘America’s Got Talent’ reject. That performance was one of the worst I’ve seen in all the years I’ve been watching this show, it puts Shanjaya to shame.
Does anyone else think he’s not as “blind” as he’s playing up to be? He keeps acting like he can’t see a thing, when in actuality, hes “visually impaired” and can actually see, if not well. I dunno, just annoys me.
4. Miljan | March 27th, 2009 at 9:42 AM
Umh… I think he sees veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery little. And although it annoys me that it seems people keep him around only because he’s blind – such a remark isn’t nice.
I am sorry for Michael – first, I REALLY like him, and second, he was WAY better than both Megan and Scott (both of them are getting very very boring). It reminds me of Castro last year who kept staying safe while being terrible.
But nonetheless, I’d put Michael out in two weeks, after Scott and Megan, so it’s not that big a deal – he’s in the top 10.
And there was no question whether the Medley “performance” was prerecorded – it was cut like a “music video” and it was obvious that the studio is empty. Blah.
5. coffee | March 28th, 2009 at 1:25 AM
Smoke Robinson has a staring problem…
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