Hello, Goodbye

Is it just me, or do you, too, get sick to your stomach during the group songs at the beginning of every Idol results show?? They just reek of cheesiness. Not that Idol has the reputation for being the coolest kid in school....in fact, to some, Idol is the weird band geek that sits in the back of class picking his nose and begging the teacher for extra homework. Me, I think Idol is akin to that kid that didnt really belong to any one clique, but rather floated from group to group, making friends with everyone, never really putting herself into just one box. I know, I know, I should write after-school specials.

Oh, and Sanjaya was in the audience. If anyone cares. (How could anyone care when he was competing with fellow audience member and Horton-costume-clad Jim Carrey?)

Anyway, along to the point: results night. *cue the dramatic music* It was the typical dimly-lit, over-dramatic, heartpound-sound results show that we are all so used to. (Plus horrible videos/advertisements for vehicles and other crap nobody cares about). Seacrest tortured the contestants with overdrawn pauses and commercial breaks, but in the end it came down to Syesha, Kristy (shocker!), and David Hernandez.

Now here's something different: in the past, the bottom three contestants all stood on stage together and Seacrest announced (eventually) which of them would be going home. At that time a goodbye montage video of said contestant was aired, and then they were asked to perform one last time (typically, whatever song they performed the night before -- which has always seemed mean to me. I mean, cmon, America just voted this person out of the competition based on that very song....why make us listen to it again, and why make them perform a song we all know no one liked?? Its cruel and unual punishment. Then again, the show was created by Englishmen, and they used to publicly cut the heads off criminals as a form of punishment...so I guess the contestants are getting off easy!). Anyway, this year apparently things have changed. Syesha was put into the bottom three and then Seacrest asked her to sing. Same routine for Kristy and David (meaning we had to listen to the country-rific -- thats country and horrific combined -- "Eight Days A Week" again. I am amazed that I was able to keep my dinner down. *shudders in flashback-driven fear*)

Another new thing: Seacrest took live calls from fans with questions. Now this could be an interesting addition. You never know what you're gonna get when you take live calls. I'm secretly waiting for a Buffalo Bill stalker-type weirdo to call and profess his undying love for Seacrest and ask him what color panties he's wearing, resulting in an awkward on-air moment for all. Yes!!

On a more relevant note, Kat McPhee made a cameo singing George Harrison's beautiful and beloved "Something" with David Foster in tow as pianist du jour. It was nice, but I still can't get The Beatles out of my head when I hear it; of course, Kat could sing a letter from the Zodiac killer and make it sound amazing. She did do this little blues riff right at the very end that was killer. (Can we still vote for her???)

But it was all a distraction from the real high-drama moment of the show, namely, who would be the one to go home?? Right off the bat, Seacrest sent Syesha back to safety (which was appropriate). And then the big shocker.....it wasn't Kristy that was sent packin', but David! C'mon, America, you guys can do better than that. David's performance wasn't great, but he's got better vocal chops than Kristy. And her performance was, well, do I even have to get into again?!! But of course she's a pretty blonde, so what did I expect? (Did any of you catch her total look of shock when Seacrest announced that it was David going home and not her?? Classic.)

So there you have it. Bye-bye, David Hernandez. Next week will be another Beatles night (I'm making a face like I just ate a lemon or, uh, something else really really nasty....facial expressions dont so much translate over the Internet....) and I couldn't be dreading it more. Contestant -- your mission, if you choose to accept it: sing "Strawberry Fields" next week. Get the weird ending out of your head and focus on the fact that the song is amazing....great melody, and the chance to do something really really cool. Do it!! I promise not to bash you on this here site, even if you suck. I'll be impressed purely by the fact that you tried. So there you have it. I'll be watching!

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