The first results show went into the books last night. Some surprises, some not so much. My results show columns will just be a quick one pager about who went out, why they went out, and what I think of it.
I have never really liked the format of the hour long results show, just because it’s very irritating. An hour to do basically something that should take five minutes, but whatever… ratings right?
The Girls
My predictions last night. I did this based on assuming they would split people into three groups of four; top, middle, and bottom. They didn’t do this, instead eliminating the least number of votes and then the second least number, with no indication of who was the bottom four. Regardless, I predicted the two that would be sent home were Melinda Lira and Janay Castine.
I was half right.
Melinda Lira: Girls reading who plan to tryout for American Idol someday. STOP TRYING TO DO CELINE DION. Nine out of ten of you can’t, and sound silly trying. This goes for Whitney Houston, too. Melinda sounded awful, looked terrified, and had an all around awful performance. I’m not surprised at this one at all.
Sarah Mather: I said yesterday that there were four very good performances, four mediocre, and four awful. Sarah wasn’t awful. I will grant the judges that the song selection really did not show off her talent, but it was by FAR not the second worst performance of the night. I honestly can’t believe less people voted for this girl than Janay Castine, who was god-awfully terrible. America made an awful mistake with sending this girl home this early, and I think even the judges were a bit surprised.
This leaves us with two extra girls who were awful and Rubberface Gordon, whom I have enough emails of hate to write it’s own column. Ranging from threats of suicide if she wins all the way to desire to break a cinderblock on her face.
The Guys
Like I said before, far worse overall performances on the guys’ side. I think, if all 24 were being voted on in one glut, you would have seen 3 guys and 1 girl get punted. They did the same format for eliminations. My predictions for elimination were Nikko Smith and Jared Yates, with Joseph Murena and Judd Harris on the fringe.
Again, half right.
Jared Yates: The least number of votes on the night, and it’s not really that surprising. Have you ever gone out drinking at a college bar? If you have, take a look around at all the guys. You’ll notice one thing. They all look exactly the same. They all have dark, gelled hair (maybe with highlights, for extra metrosexuality), no facial hair, wearing either a sweater or a collared shirt, and probably a leather jacket. Jared Yates is that guy. There is nothing special about him at all. Of all of the people, he was the least memorable. Totally not surprised here.
Judd Harris: I actually almost picked Judd Harris for the same reason I picked Jared above. Judd Harris is also that guy. He is any guy you would see in a bar on a Saturday night. I didn’t pick him, because I thought his song choice Travelin Band would stick him in enough people’s heads. He also looks like a bad Lance Bass impersonator.
No surprises on the guy’s end, really.
Looking Forward
Still too early to tell. Out of this crop, I think it’s obviously a girl’s show to lose. The guys have really shown nothing thus far.
Catch you next week.
