Whatta ride!

Holy cow, whatta night.When the spoilers came out, I suspected this was going to be a 2 thong night and I was right. I can't believe how quickly it went. Go figure Idol went overtime *AGAIN*. Someone needs to remind those judges that the stars of this show are SUPPOSED to be the kids competing and NOT them. We actually had two....yes 2 panty-flinging moments. What a surprise THAT was for sure. Let's just say that there's a distinct possibility the dark horse will sneak on by one of the favs into the finale next week due to just one amazing, totally unexpected performance.

I'm going to put both of their performances back to back, just to make it easier on myself. At this point, I haven't decided how I'm going to base my choice this week. Last week, for the first time in several weeks, the Maps were wrong. Then again, they never did say Allison had the lowest number of votes, they SAID that after a record setting 64 million votes, that Danny was safe and in the Top 3 and that they were saying goodbye to Allison. No where in that announcement did it say she was the lowest vote getter. Sometimes they do and sometimes they don't. This makes me suspect that the Maps were on the money again last week and Kris really should have been sent home. Ok, honestly after that shriek, Danny should have gone. Anyhow, we all know that the show's been plugging for an Adam/Danny finale so does Kris really even have a chance? Honestly, after that one performance of his, I do believe that he does have a chance and after the comments, I think Simon does too.

Danny was the first up this week. Usually, this would be the spot of death. However, this season has run pretty much against the usual. The beginning of the year, I said there was no way in hell we'd end up with a double caucasian male Finale this year because we had one last year. Surely we'd have a caucasian gal in the finale and they'd win. Fast forward to now and what do we have? A DEFINITE double caucasian male finale. This year, we've had people in the first singing position do really well and those in the last singing position (normally known as the "pimp" or "safe" spot) end up in the B3. Danny's first song was chosen by Paula. She chose for him Dance Little Sister by Terence Trent D'Arby. Although I agree with the artist choice, I'm not so certain this song really did him any favors. Maybe she chose it because it was one of the lesser known songs and if he really butchered it, no one would really know? I don't know. All it really did is show how limited his voice truly is. Why? Because Terence never had much range to begin with. Then there was the vocal duel with the sax, oh puh-leez. Ok, ok, so my GaSis thought it was good, personally I could have done without it. I also could have done without the dry heaves set to music. If you're going to do that, embrace the lack of rhythm and sing I Can't Dance by Genesis while you're at it (at least that would be truth in advertising). I do have to admit that this was an improvement over last week's ummmm torture session. Actually, if he just stood there and read the lyrics, THAT would have even been an improvement.

His second performance was a version of You're So Beautiful by Joe Cocker. Could you pick a more PREDICTABLE song?? Every. single. damned. week we've had the dead wife inspired picks. Well maybe not every week, but pretty doggone close! Yes, the artist was a perfect fit for his voice (some say Mr Cocker cant sing, some do, so either way my analysis is correct there), but I'm sure there are other songs of his that would have worked just as nicely without smacking of the "I'm singing this for my wife who passed away". Yes, we get it, you love her and miss her alot. Certainly she would NOT want you flying that flag all the time. I know I wouldn't want my hubby using my death like this. I'm willing to bet at least one of my usual readers (if not 2 or 3) would have been able to pick him out something suitable. In fact, I invite them to leave their suggestions below in the comments. I do not agree with the judges on their comments on this song at all. This was NOT a "master-class" performance, it was a far cry from it. Do I need to remind everyone of a certain past winner called Taylor Hicks ? Taylor's was far and away the most superior of the two... and NO, I WASN'T part of the Soul-Patrol or the Grey Charles stalkers. However, head to head, Danny pales in comparison easily. Danny's performances were the weakest of the night, in my opinion. The Chart has him listed in 3rd (27.1) and he rated a -13 on the Maps (6 wins and 19 losses). As much as I really want to call him as gone right here and now, we all saw what happened last week. Did you hear that noise after Danny's last set of reviews (stunning, amazing, master-class)? That was the Idol machine revving the bus to run over Kris.

Kris was second in the line up this week. His first song was picked by Randy and Kara and they chose Apologize by One Republic. Ok, this was a really good pick for his voice......however, I really hate the song. No offense but it got ~so~ over played when it first came out and if that wasn't bad...some damn movie used it in its trailers which were played ad nauseum the beginning of last year. I will admit though, that his version of the song was DEFINITELY better than this one. The only thing worse than that would have been Danny's song from last week. Kris outsang Danny's second song with this one and probably tied with Danny's first one. Kris definitely came out swinging tonight. No, he didn't exactly make it his own, but it was a very admirable attempt nonetheless.

His second song this week was Heartless by Kanye West. When I heard this choice, I thought... OH NO!!! So I listened to the original and simply cringed. I hoped that I was proven wrong....and shock of shocks...I was. Holy friggin cow! He took a song that I couldn't stand at all and made it into something extremely listenable. I actually LIKED the song!! It was definitely better than Kanye's and it was even better than The Fray's cover. Up to this point (remember Adam sang one song before we got to this performance of Kris's), I hadn't had a panty-flinging moment and NOW I HAD ONE!! *fwip* There went the purple panties with the silver sparkles on them. I couldn't help myself. It seems that I wasn't the only one that had "a moment" with this song. Simon actually SAID

" ...I had literally had written you out of this competition. That, however, has all changed after that performance."

Yeah, if Simon had a thong handy I think he woulda flung it.... This performance actually drove my GaSis to go vote, even if it was only for the last half hour. I keep telling her she needs to watch this stuff live. If he gets booted off, y'all have my permission to blame her. He Charted in 2nd place (27.99, .89 infront of Danny....it's a close race) and rated a 2 on the Maps (14 wins and 12 losses). At least he's on the positive side of the rating. Like I said, it's going to be a tight race for second. You'll see in my sidebar who I've picked to go on the Results night. With the exception of last week and the week Scott was booted, I've been pretty accurate since I started playing the Fantasy TV for American Idol on Buddy TV (184th out of over 1000 players only because I started late). I even had Matt picked to go on the week he was saved (no points because he didn't actually get sent home! Bummer!). His second song ran rings around BOTH of Danny's songs. If he goes home this week, it'll be a total disappointment. I think Simon was wrong, Kris definitely HAS the chops to take on Adam and possibly even win this if the conditions are just right. Did you hear THAT noise after his reviews (Simon's comment)? It was said bus slipping gears and swerving off course a bit.

Adam was in the pimp spot this week. YAY! Simon's pick for Adam was One by U2. Ok, it wasn't a bad choice. I do think Simon could have picked a better song. It was, disappointingly, not a panty-flinging worthy performance for me but it was still a high average showing. I think that if he'd done what he had been doing all season and chosen an arrangement that already existed that suited his voice instead of what we got, then it would have been beyond aweome. I'm thinking along the lines of Shinedown's version which was stripped right down. It would have been a moment for everyone.

His second song was Cryin by Aerosmith. Hell to the yeah. Show Danny how Aerosmith is SUPPOSED to be done. Excuse me as I go listen to this one again...*laffz*. Yeah, I had a SECOND panty-flinging performance!!! *squealz in that fan-girly fashion I have* *fwip* there goes the leather-look metallic studded panties. *fwap* and there goes the matching bra! The ONLY issue I had with his performance is that the back-up singer needed to remember that he was BACK-UP...not lead...not a duet....so BACK THE HELL UP. There were points where he was out singing Adam and I didn't think that was even possible. I ~loved~ the fact that he gave props to his competition. How very wonderful to see that. He Charted in 1st place (29.55... only 2.45 between first and last according to DI this week folks!) and rated a 14 on the Maps (24 wins and 10 losses). I really don't forsee him going anywhere this week. Not especially with Simon's pimping and numbers like that. Although, I did have problems while voting for him and Kris this week. Yep, you saw that right, I actually voted for the last half hour. I managed to get 32 votes in for Adam and 7 in for Kris. I think Idol ended up breaking their records again this week. Why? Because of the messages that were coming up. You expect the busy signals and to a lesser extent the "all circuits are busy now" messages. In addition to that, I also got " Due to the telephone company having trouble, you're call could not be completed at this time". Dang.

Who goes home this week? If you're name aint Adam Lambert, you're in danger. Yeah, it could go either way. If the world is in anyway right this week, then Danny's gone for sure. Last week's performance is gonna catch up to him, he got friggin lucky to make it to this week. I won't be overly surprised to see them toss Kris under the bus. It'll all depend on how well Simon really liked the Kanye number. We all know that the people running the show really have last say. If they think a Kris/Adam Finale will be better for ratings, they'll keep him. If not, then he's gone.