Quentin Tarantino thinks he knows who is going to leave. Of course he does. We all have an idea of who is going to leave. But are we right? Only 55 minutes of filler stands between America and the answer.
We start off with the Ford commercial, which features Idols on magazine covers singing “Freeze Frame.” Then we move into the group sing of Michael Sembello’s “Maniac.” Where’s Jennifer Beals when you need her? Adam and Danny get to sing from the big American Idol towers. Matt did a twirl — we’re featuring Matt a lot in this episode. A lot. Hmmm… Personally, I would’ve rather seen Groundskeeper Willie. I think I will.
Oh, and Vote For the Worst is reporting that next week’s theme is Disco. How awesome is that? How is Gokey going to do an uplifting Disco song? How incredibly awesome will Adam be? I can’t wait.
The show’s still on. The Idols got to go see 17 Again. Yawn. Apparently some girls in the audience think Zac Efron is ‘dreamy.’ Whatever.
Ryan starts off by torturing Allison. She’s safe. Ryan’s next victim is Adam Lambert. He’s also safe. Anoop gets the Seacrest treatment next. The camera cuts to Randy & he’s straight-up yawning. Awesome. Anoop is in the bottom three again this week.
We get a retrospective of Jennifer Hudson’s career to date and she sings a song from her album. It’s ok, but it’s not as good as I remember her being on the show. It’s crazy that she was eliminated from the Top 7.
Ryan decides to have a chat with Anoop on the stools before moving on to more business. Ryan gets Kris and Lil to stand up. Kris finally gets feedback from Simon, who tells Kris he’s brilliant. Kris gets the couch of safety and Lil gets the Stools of Despair. Lil should also rethink the chartreuse shirt. It’s a great color for her skin tone, but DANG does it highlight her assets.
Finally, we’re down to Matt and Danny. Randy feels like he has to relate that Danny ‘worked it out, and did his thing.’ Thank you for that bit of clarity, Randy. Yeah, we all knew it was coming — Matt is in the bottom three. Kara & Paula reiterate that America got the bottom 3 right. Ryan spares Anoop right off the bat, leaving us with Lil and Matt. I think Lil should go, but I wouldn’t be surprised either way.
But before we find out the fate of our bottom two contestants, first we have to listen to Miley Cyrus. It’s like when your mom said you have to eat your peas before you get dessert. We have to hear air shoot through Miley’s nose before we finally get the satisfaction of seeing someone go home. We also get to see her sparkly mic stand and watch her thrash her head around like a ‘rocker.’ Miley Cyrus is neither a good performer or rocker. Discuss. The judges clap like they actually watched her perform. Yeah, right.
The tech people apparently miss Ryan saying ‘we’ll be back.’ It’s awkwardly awesome.
Let’s get to it — Lil is the safe one, Matt is going home. That’s a bummer. Matt’s a decent singer. Kara & Paula are dancing and singing along, so not discussing to save him or not. Matt decides getting closer to the judges will help save him. But then he blows a note, and the look on his face tells us that he thinks its all over. It probably is. The audience is chanting Save – Save – Save, which is kind of fun. Simon asks how often he’s been in the bottom two and says that he doesn’t think he’ll win the competition. That said, Matt gets the coveted save. The other contestants get in a big group hug, which the judges join in on later. It’s actually kind of sweet.
They actually used it. They used the save. It’s American Idol history night. Mark it down on your calendars, kids. Next week: Disco, and two contestants go home. Awesome.
