American Idol Final 8, Results Show

Well, two out of three isn’t bad. With yesterday’s review I estimated that it would be Scott, Lil, and Kris in the bottom 3, but America surprised me by sending Anoop to the bottom. With Seacrest’s usual cruel shenanigans, he led Matt Giraud on and then mercilessly let him sit back down. With the few that were left, it was obvious that the bottom 3 would be rounded out with Lil and the new piano man, Scott MacIntyre.

I usually don’t care for results nights because it so painfully obvious that the producers are trying to stretch out the full hour. Perhaps I am alone in that, but tonight was no exception. Extended behind the scenes Ford commercial anyone? Although I must say that this was the first one of their commercials that I didn’t just fast forward though. I even had a big grin when Scott tried to get reassurance that they weren’t trying to put him in pink.

With a quick release of Lil, we were left with Anoop and Scott to sweat it out during the interlude. I will probably get a lot of comments about this, (like the guy who roasted me for not being a Lambert fan), but I never enjoy the group performances. My opinion is that all the contestants are trying to stand out, and therefore, they never blend in well together.

We also had an appearance from Flo Rida. Not my usual type of music, but not bad. Although, was I alone in only being able to understand about 5% of his lyrics. I didn’t care much for the Kesha features; great voice, but it didn’t seem to fit. (By the way, have you ever surfed on a Flow Rider? Too cool! I did last weekend, but I’ll have to save that for another review.) I guess I was lucky I didn’t understand the lyrics, as they are pretty suggestive (Bill Clinton’s theme song, perhaps). Frankie Avalon was a fun addition and I thought Kellie Pickler did a pretty good job, until she started wandering around the stage and it seemed like she struggled a little.

Finally we got back to Scott and Anoop. I was at least right in one thing, that Anoop did well enough to save himself from elimination and was sent back to the couch. Scott delivered an encore performance of Survivor's ''The Search Is Over,'' and arguably did better than the previous night, until he reached the falsetto portion, which once again proved not to be his forte. Simon tells Scott that only two of the judges are in favor of saving him, which ultimately prompts a final plea to the judges, that he would show them that he could be better.

I hate that they string people along so much. When we were first introduced to the Judges’ Save, we were told that the decision had to be unanimous. If the judges were split, then why were they pretending that they were deliberating on saving Scott? It seems cruel. Also, it seems to deprive the contestant of their dignity. Just lower the boom and let them get on with it. Scott had a great run, but I don’t think he could have lasted much longer. I do hope he is able to find an audience though, perhaps as the new Piano Man.