American Idol's Top Seven 11th Place Finishers

As seen last week, the first week of the American Idol has often been what I call “the choke round”, with solid contestants blowing it and losing. Welcome to the group, Lacey!

Week 2, however, has in general been one of returning balance. Maybe people see a good contestant lose to an obviously worse one and [...]

American Idol, 2010 – Episode 22 (Top Twelve): The Originals

Here are the original Rolling Stones versions of the songs performed on the Top Twelve show. Because of the quality of the songs, this makes for a good little mixtape. Enjoy.

Videos below the fold!

American Idol, 2010 – Episode 23 (3/17/10): Top Twelve Results

Greetings all, and welcome to the results show.

Last night’s show was surprisingly good, with only two performers indisputably laying eggs. That makes this part easy:

Who Should be in the Bottom Three

Tim Urban, for the sin of missing the point of a song with lyrics as unsubtle as “Under My Thumb.”
Katie Stevens was good last night, [...]

American Idol Power Rankings: 3/16/10

For the most part, last night didn’t so much shuffle things around as solidify trends. Siobhan is trending upward, Andrew is trending downward. However, three of the most derided candidates–Paige, Aaron, and Katie–put in surprisingly solid performances. Tim remains static as his utter cluelessness continues unabated.

We have a new number one, however–Crystal’s strategy of being [...]

Jason's American Idol Power Rankings – 3/16/10

Almost everyone stepped up their game for the top 12 last night, so maybe this season of Idol won’t turn out to be as absolutely terrible as I thought.  However, I question the judgment of a Rolling Stones night for a singing competition, when Mick Jagger himself has a “singing” voice that sounds as if [...]

Former Housemate Mike's American Idol Power Rankings - 3/16/10

The Top 12 has begun, and it was a really good show overall. Just a small change at the top, but you might be surprised at the changes below the top 5. “Choke Round” in full effect. Here’s the new rankings. Contestants’ previous ranking is in parenthesis after their name.

1. Siobhan Magnus (1) – In [...]

American Idol, 2010 – Episode 22 (3/16/10): Top Twelve

Alright, quit your bitching.

Yes, this means you. I think last week’s eliminations were bullshit, too, but I didn’t vote for Alex Lambert and I suspect you didn’t either. But what’s done is done. Time to move on.

And move on we shall. Tonight’s theme: Rolling Stones

Live DVR blog and spoilers below the fold. We’re also going [...]

Idolpundit Fantasy Idol!

Ok, we’ve officially gone off the deep end here at Idolpundit. Gordon and I, being big fantasy football fans, decided to do the first annual Idolpundit Fantasy Idol for the Top 12 that starts tonight. Gordon, Jason Austinite, and myself will be competing to the death for Idolpundit glory.

We each drafted four contestants and I [...]

The Shocking Top 12: Mike's Preliminary Power Rankings

What a shocking and upsetting elimination show. I somewhat understand Todrick and Katelyn, but Alex and Lilly? Unbelievable. I guess only high school girls and worshippers of the mediocre were voting this week.

Oh, well. I guess it’s time to move on. Going into the finals of American Idol, here’s the Preliminary Top 12 as I [...]

American Idol, 2010 – Episode 21 (3/11/10): Top Sixteen Results

OK, I don’t have a lot of time tonight, so I’m going to speed through this.

Who Should Go Home

Tim Urban has shown improvement, but there is just not enough there.
Aaron Kelly is underdeveloped.
Paige Miles has now had three chances to impress, and has only gotten worse.
Katie Stevens is in way over her head.

Who Will Go [...]