American Idol Top 7

Judges could not save anymore. And since they saved Matt Giraud last week, Wednesday night was double elimination on American idol. Two out of the seven remaining finalists had to leave the ¨Idol¨ stage Wednesday night after viewers cast fewer votes for their Disco week performances. So now, it is top 5 on American Idol season 8.

The first one to be eliminated was Lil Rounds, who has been in the bottom rungs several times. But, American Idol host Ryan treated her with sympathy, probably because she had raised everybody´s expectations in the beginning of American Idol season 8, and had willingly accepted judges´ criticism. “We need someone like you in this competition,” he said of her drive, then called her “one of the most courageous contestants,” said Ryan to Rounds.

Simon Cowell had correctly predicted that Lil Rounds ”I’m Every Woman,¨ performance on American Idol April 21 would be the end of her career on the show. Other judges were quite harsh with Rounds. The singer said, addressing her husband and three children, ”I’m coming home.”

Anoop Desai, who performed “Dim All the Lights” on Tuesday night American Idol show, was sent home along with Lil Rounds. Dissatisfaction showed clearly on the judges´ faces, and in their words. Cowell told him, “It was a horrible version of that song,” and added “that was your worst performance by a mile.” However, some of the other judges disagreed with his statement. Desai said ”I’m still really disappointed.¨

Apart from Anoop Desai and Lil Rounds, Allison Iraheta finished in the bottom three. It is disappointing that Iraheta, instead of Matt Giraud, ended up with such low scores. She is a powerful singer, and her Tuesday night´s performance was a much more confident one than Giraud´s. Iraheta is now the only female singer to remain on American idol. The other finalists to make it to American idol season 8 top 5 are Adam Lambert, Danny Gokey, and Kris Allen.

Matt Giraud

It was the vote out night at American Idol. And instead of sending one home, one of the top 7 contestants were saved. The viewers decided that Matt Giraud was not meritorious enough for the show and gave him lowest number of votes. But American Idol sparked another surprise by giving him a second chance by the four “Idol” judges on Wednesday night.

The “good news” was announced by Simon Cowell. He hesitantly declared that the 23 year old piano player was saved by the voting power of the 4 judges. As Cowell, Paula Abdul, Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi gave Giraud the good news, the American Idol finalist stood up to perform Bryan Adams’ 1995 hit, “Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman“. The viewers would see him for another week now.

Although this was a grand news for Matt Giraud, but Cowell also warned that, “two people will be going home next week“. When this new rule was brought into the show, it was already announced then that this new twist will not only change the show but also make it a lot difficult. The new rule allowed the judges to use their save a contestant, who have been voted out by the audience, by using their veto power. But the judges can use this power only once and as long as there are five or more contestants. The judges had to use their veto power by coming week.

One of the primary highlight of American Idol’s last episode was the return of former AI contestant turned Oscar winner actor Jennifer Hudson. Although miss Hudson did not win the American Idol title, yet she went on to prove her talent as one of the most successful contestants to come out of the FOX reality series.

Jennifer Hudson, Miley Cyrus and Quentin Tarantino

The theme of American Idol’s next week’s episode would be “Idols at the Movies“. The episode will feature Miley Cyrus, Jennifer Hudson, and Quentin Tarantino on the show as the 7 top finalists sing along “songs of the cinema“.

It would be great watching the trip lend a support to their favorite contestants. Miley has already said that she is very fond of Allison Iraheta and has been texting her. This will surely earn Iraheta more votes from all Miley fans. Miley will be perform the very popular song “The Climb“.

The fans are eagerly waiting to see Jennifer Hudson’ on the American Idol show after the singer went through a lot of turmoil in 2008. She’ll be singing her latest hit single, “If This Isn’t Love“.

Director Quentin Tarantino has been a part of American Idol in the last season as a guest judge. And this year he is back again as a celebrity mentor. Folks just wait to watch Quentin and and out favorite Adam Lambert interact. Keep your fingers crossed as we don’t yet know what song Adam will pick.

Quentin is the best choice for this episode where the top 7 contestants will be performing songs from Movies. He knows music as much as he knows film. Most of his films encompass iconic moments in that are linked to pop songs. It now seems that the man who made John Travolta and David Carradine look cool will now give an edge to Anoop Desai.

Kris Allen

Kris Allen had been one of the most popular contestants of the American Idol season 8. The theme of the last performance night’s episode was throwback to the year the contestants were born in which Allen tranced his female fans with his own style of All She Wants to do is Dance.

Allen was dressed in a very fashionable gray blazer. He rocked the stage with his guitar mesmerized the audience. But luck did not really favor this talented singer. Judges were not really impressed with his performance. Kara found the real essence of the song missing with Allen’s modern and young rendition.

Although Allen is a top favorite contestant of the American Idol this year yet he needs to improve on his singing skill said Paula. Simon, as always was very harsh in his comments. He called Allen boring, although he said the singer is hot, and also mentioned that “it was a stupid, stupid song choice“. Randy rather confused the other judges and the audience by saying that he found Allen completely lost in his performance and avoided commenting anything about the song.

In spite of such comments from the judges end  Kris Allen escaped the elimination this week. The audience seems to like you a lot Allen. After this last performance he seems to be  one of the most talented and likable contestants of American Idol this year. I wont be surprised at all he reaches the top two position and takes home the title of American Idol season 8.

The episode this week wasn’t much impressive when the contestants had to perform songs from the year they were born. The contestants gave an average performance except  Matt Giraud, Adam Lambert and  Allison Iraheta, who managed to sway raving appreciation from the judges. Danny Gokey,  Anoop Desai,  Lil Rounds and Scott McIntyre just gave about okay performances.

AI Top 8

American Idol season 8 has been an exciting mix of bizzare themes and some fantastic performances. The contestants added color and glitz with their unique individualities-Adam Lambert´s iconic style, Megan Corkrey´s beautiful tattoo and Danny Gokey´s signature good-boy ´spec´-tacular look. Through a series of eliminations rounds that saw the contestants compete fiercely, the Top 8 have been selected. Now, who will be the idol? Any guesses…

Last week´s American Idol placed Megan Joy Corkrey, Alison Iraheta and Anoop Desai in the bottom three. One had to go, and anyone who had seen Megan perform knew who. Yes, it was Megan who just couldn´t have stayed. Her vocals were pathetic, and her tunes all messed up. Sure she has physical beauty, but she could have reached another level only if there was some beauty in her voice.

Already in grave danger once, Anoop too will have to go. He is enthusiastic on stage and has a huge fan following. But, neither is he competent, nor consistent in his vocals. After a superb ´Always on My Mind´, his ´Caught Up´ was simply horrible. Anoop may improve. But, the ´Ídol´ tag seems a little too difficult for him to achieve.

Where will Matt Giraud and Scott Mackintyre be in the subsequent American Idol shows? Both these singers have proven their talent. On iTune Downloads night, Scott´s delivery of ´Just the Way You Are´ surpassed his previous performances. Matt´s performance, however, was a blunder. He didn´t do well at all with ´You Found Me.´ Will Matt, like before, be able to cover up the mess with a top-notch performance? or will he sink deeper in his self-created blunder? The title is nowhere near for either of these two singers. As for the duration of their on-stage existence, it depends on their vocal deliverance AI Top 8in the coming weeks, the judges´ opinion, and most importantly, the voters.

Danny Gokey was quite flat with the Flatts. ´What Hurts the Most´ sounded thunderous. Also, it lacked originality. The judges were sympathetic. But, this one performance cannot steal Danny´s dynamic presence on the ´Idol´ stage, and his huge fan following. He sure is a strong contender, and will easily go up to the top 5. But Danny and ´Idol´? That is too much to ask for.

Allison´s vocal performance has been consistently good over the weeks. Yet, she was in the bottom three for two consecutive weeks. Bad vocals? Wrong song choice? or a poor fan base? It is the third, becasue there is no other reason why she should fall among the three worst performers. Her appearance was, no doubt, whacky. But, she sings very well. Last week, she was awesome with ¨Don´t Speak.¨ The 16-year-old Allison is one of the strongest female contestants and definitely deserves to end up in the top 3. The only danger she faces is a weak fan base.

With her wonderful voice, Lil Rounds is another very strong contestant. She is an excellent singer. But, she too, like some of the contestants, chose the wrong song (´I Surrender´) in the American Idol Top 9 show. In addition, Lil lacks the ability to produce a song right from her soul. That makes Lil Rounds absent from her own performances. But she will surely make it to the top 5 of this season.

Kris Allen was gorgeous last week with his rendition of ´Ain´t No Sunshine.´ He improves every week, and his astonishing coming to limelight from behind the scenes has led him to the top 3 already. That awesome voice, and that pretty charm have made the boy one of the most-loved Idol of season 8. If anyone can beat the reigning star of American Idol, its Kris Allen.

On the top, till now, is the vocally versatile Adam Lambert. Amidst all that ´He is gay’ controversy, Adam has managed to keep his no.1 position intact for all the right reasons. His dynamically creative voice go well with his funky style, something that has become iconic. He has both a massive fan base as well as unmatched talent. With each powerhouse performance (´Ring of Fire´, ´Tracks of My Tears´, ´Play That Funky Music´), Adam has made it clear that he holds the first place in American Idol Season 8 contest.

So, the American Idol title this season will go to….Adam Lambert. Or will it be Kris Allen? Those who have been following the show know that Adam is the champ. But, they also know that Kris is an equally strong contender. Adam fans have something to worry about. Those who love Kris, keep your fingers crossed.

Jennifer Hudson

Jennifer Hudson, who rose to fame in 2004 as one of the finalists on the FOX reality television series American Idol season 3, is reported to be back in the show again. Hudson, will be performing in a forthcoming episode of American Idol season 8.

Hudson is a Grammy and Oscar winning singer and actress. She is now all set to hit the American Idol stage. Hudson will be performing in front of the studio audience on Wednesday. It has been reported by AP that the news is confirmed but the source wants to remain unnamed. “A person close to the show who did not want his or her name used because the person was not authorized to speak to reporters“, was published by the media house.

Hudson’s performance will boost the TRP of the show a source from FOX mentioned. American Idol has secured the top two positions again in this weeks TV ratings.

Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood And Randy Travis

The theme for American Idol this week was the good old country music. Contestants performed music from the Grand Ole Opry, when most of the contestants brought alive some of the genres best songs.

American Idol season 8 also allowed its viewers to get a glimpse of some of the genres best musicians.Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood And Randy Travis performed in American Idol season 8’s result show.

Brad Paisley, who is a Grand Ole Opry member and a very popular country singer began the night’s performance. For the first time in television  Brad performed his new song “Then”. Brad’s new album, American Saturday Night, will be available in stores from June 30th.

Carrie Underwood, one of the most successful stars of American Idol and Grand Ole Opry’s newest female inductee gave a rocking performance on the American Idol stage. Carrie performed a duet with Randy Travis, a country legend. Travis was also this week’s mentor in American Idol. The duo performed  I Told You So for the first time live on TV.

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American Idol and Dancing with the Stars

American Idol season 8 has topped the weekly ratings yet another time leaving behind Dancing With the Stars marginally. The 2nd week of March’s rating was declared on 15th and it was Fox’s blockbuster that secured the 1st and the 2nd spots. American Idol season 8 was viewed by 25.8 million people on  Tuesday when the participants performed and 25.5 million for the Wednesday results episode.

In most other episodes there is a vivid difference between the competition and results shows. But it was the performances Kanye West and American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson on Wednesday night that attracted many to get glued to their television sets.

Dancing With the Stars gave in a close competition to the Fox’s on of the most popular reality TV show with a very hefty 22.8 million viewers. American Idol will not finally have some serious competition. Fox might be just thrilled with the thought of surpassing Dancing With the Stars in the weekly television ratings. The 8th season of Dancing With the Stars has a record viewer of  nearly 23 million since May 2006.

the rest of the shows to conclude the television ratings were business. CBS’s CSI was at number 4 and  Desperate Housewives, another production of ABC was at number 5.

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Adam Lambert

Adam Lambert positively slaughtered this country classic “Ring of Fire” most critic have stated. The American Idol season 8 performer, picked up the immortal Johnny Cash number in his 2nd week’s performance. There were reasons enough to pay a salute to the Grand Ole Opry, world’s longest running radio show.

Adam Lambert went down in a blaze of fire with his improvisations. Its great indeed to mold a song but Lambert’s Middle Eastern feel to this version of the song was too much to gulp down smoothly. “There are probably a lot of people throwing their TV set out the window right now”, said Simon so sarcastically. Randy Travis was struck silent by Lambert’s performance.

Although Lambert’s performance wasn’t much appreciated but his vocal quality sounded acceptable. Thats perhaps his strongest point. No one can take his voice and tonal quality away from him. But he might just land into a trouble this week due to his wrong selection of song. Country music is not the genre for the singer.  But those who remember Lambert’s last week’s performance will surely vote for him.

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American Idol Judges

It wasn’t really a pleasant surprise as the American Idol judges sent  Jorge Nunez and Jasmine Murray home. Matt Giraud and Megan Corkery were most expected to leave. The most interesting addition of this season’s American Idol is the power that allows the judges to save one person one time.

From now on, every elimination will add more suspense to the show. The singer who has been voted out will face the judges panel with a hope. We can assure you that Simon Cowell will not show any undeserved mercy. Like the participants we can also hope that the judges will save the right person.

Adam Lambert and  Michael Sarver are getting maximum love from the panel. But many feels they hardly deserve it.

This new twist in the American Idol will take away a little power from the viewers. And that seems to be a good news for the performers. Until the final five are announced the judges will have the power to save  one person from elimination once during the season. But the judges can only save a contestant once. If the viewers continues to dislike him/her, the participant will have to go the next week.

A lot of AI fans might not take it in good spirit, but this will definitely improve the quality of the show.The show is perhaps trying to elevate its level from popularity to singing contest. This year the American Idol is  packed with singers with exceptional personal stories like widower Danny Gokey, blind Scott MacIntyre and tornado victim Lil Rounds. This new method will now help and chose singers based on their talent and not on sympathy.