Idol Chatter - Elimination #3

Another Wednesday night and another elimination of a once promising Idol. After tonight's elimination, our Top 10 will be set and the remaining Idols can cancel any plans they may have had this summer because they will be hitting the road on a concert tour in a city near you.

With the Idols sitting on the elimination couch, Ryan told us that over 31 million votes were cast last night--and for one unlucky Idol, that won't be enough. He also teased the night's entertainment: Brad Paisley and an extra special duet delivered by Randy Travis and Season 4 American Idol Carrie Underwood.

OMG--for the group number tonight the Idols are singing Travis Tritt's "T-R-O-U-B-L-E". When are the Idol producers going to start reading my posts and heed my advice and get rid of these ridiculous group songs? I'm not sure what I detest more: the group sing-along or the elimination night Ford music video. I guess it doesn't really matter because the folks at Idol are listening to me. WHATEVER, 19!

Elimination time: Up first, Danny. Ryan ran through the normal judges comments recap and announced that Danny will be going on tour this summer. Lil Rounds was next and got the same treatment including an invitation to join Danny (and eight others) on the tour bus. Anoop Dogg was the third Idol to learn his fate...and that was to sit his behind down on the couch and celebrate the fact that he is singing with his peeps.

When Ryan asked Allison and Michael to stand up, the tour bus suddenly seemed so far away because both of them were escorted to the bottom three stools at the other end of the stage.

With two-thirds of the bottom three filled out, Ryan sent us to commercial. When we returned, Brad Paisley graced the stage with his band. Brad is a good singer, but his song choice was a real snoozer--if Simon would have been allowed to pass judgement on him, I'm pretty sure Brad would have found himself filling in the last third of the bottom three.

But alas, that's not the case, so we must turn our attention back to the remaining Idols on the couch to see who is hitting the road and who is going home.

Scott MacIntyre was the next member of the Top 10 and was joined by Megan Joy, Matt Giraud, and Kris Allen. So that left Alexis (or Allison as she was called by Randy the Dawg) and Adam--one was in the bottom three and the other was in the Top 10. And the unlucky one was Alexis who made her way to center stage to meet Michael and Allison. Ryan told the group that Allison was safe and sent her back to the couch and, by extension, onto the tour bus.

Before learning who is going home and who is joining the other nine members of the Top 10, Ryan brought out Carrie Underwood and Randy Travis to sing a song together. As they walked on stage, my eye immediately went to the mess that was in Carrie's hair as well as the Frankenstein stitching on Randy Travis' sporty country-western style jacket.

But the magic really began when Carrie sang the first line of "I Told You So" with Randy strumming a guitar while they sat on stools on the stage. As was the case last week, the remaining Idols could learn a thing or two from this former Idol winner. Randy seemed to be struggling with his voice--maybe he picked up some of the flu bug that Megan Joy suffered from last night.

With all of the extracurricular activities over, it was time to find out who lacked the votes to join the Top 10. With Michael and Alexis looking on, Ryan asked Simon if the judges would consider using their save tonight--to which Simon said "yes" if need be.

When Ryan announced the voting results, Michael Sarver was....SAFE!!! Meaning if Alexis is to warrant the judges save that Simon essentially promised, it would all depend on how Alexis did with this final performance of "Jolene". As the judges huddled right in front of her, Alexis struggled with the song and made it rather easy for them to say "no".

Your Top 10 touring Idols are: Danny, Lil Rounds, Scott MacIntyre, Kris Allen, Allison, Michael Sarver, Matt Giraud, Megan Joy, Anoop "Dogg" Desai, and Adam.

Programing note: We will have to wait until next Wednesday to get our Idol on as President Barack Obama owns the airwaves on Tuesday. On Wednesday, the Top 10 Idols will select songs from a catalog made up of 50 years of Motown.

It promises to be a very exciting night provided the remaining Idols make good song selections.

Tune in on Wednesday and see how it all unfolds--or wait to read about it later. Either way,...

I will continue watching TV so you don't have to...

Peace!