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American Idol Top 5 Results Show - April 30, 2008 (Season 7)
By PopSavant | April 30, 2008 | Email This Post
Hello eveyrone, and welcome to the liveblog of the American Idol top 5 results show from April 30, 2008 - Neil Diamond week.
Rough night last night. Neil’s stuff should have been pretty accessible, but nobody really did a bang-up job of it. We’ll see who suffers the fallout. The big story of the night, of course, was Paula, talking even more out of her head than usual. She should stick to her usual meaningless “you’re a shining light!” type comments. We’ll see if they give her a chance to make up an explanation.
It’s 9pm, and the show is starting. Only five left… how will they stretch this to an hour? Ryan tells us that over 45 million votes came in last night… I don’t track it, but that sounds like some kind of record.
The top five launch into a Neil Diamond medley; Jason leads off, and you would think he was bad, but he’s immediately followed by David Archuleta who really stinks up the joint. But it doesn’t stop there; David Cook tries to attitude his way through rather than sing, Brooke is wishy washy, and Syesha is perhaps worst of all. They sound anemic. Maybe they don’t have time to adequately rehearse these, or maybe this odd blend of Idols just have voices based on sound waves that cancel each other out, but this performance was just a steaming dungheap, plain and simple.
Ooo! We have a Gina Glocksen sighting! Carly, I’m not cheating on you, I promise. (But Gina… call me?)
Yep. Here we go… Ryan apologizes for Paula’s confusion last night, referencing Internet rumors that he doesn’t specify, and says “She’s part of our family, and we love her. And I still think Simon wants to hook up with her.”
Ryan leads off the results by bringing Jason out, who admits he’s “a little” nervous… and sends him over to the Sofa of Safety. There’s no explanation for this one, America; Jason’s way past his expiration date.
David Archuleta is up next… and he’s also safe. Again, no possible explanation other than the cute-kid factor, he’s in over his head.
David Cook comes out after the commercial break… and he’s safe. This one makes since. He ought to be the eventual winner.
Syesha and Brooke are brought out together… Ryan talks to them meaninglessly for a few minutes; there’s still half an hour to kill, so neither of them is going anywhere just yet. But there are your bottom two.
Natasha Bedingfield performs Pocket Full Of Sunshine. Current Idols take note; her sound fills the room like none of yours does. Her voice isn’t quite on tonight, and the chorus is a bit redundant - I’m guessing the remix versions that are undoubtedly playing in clubs right now are where this songs sweet spot is, but I like the performance quite a bit. I’ll make a point to look for the remixes. After the performance, she goes and hangs out with the Idols for a bit, which is a nice touch. Ryan does his best to embarrass David Archuleta by suggesting that he take Natasha to the prom.
They follow Natasha with perhaps the worst network TV idea ever, the Idol viewer call in segment. This week is moderately interesting because one of the callers is the woman who gave Simon his first kiss, when he was 9pm. He looks like he’s still smitten.
Neil Diamond is up after a very brief Ford video segment, singing Amazing Grace (no, not that one, his own version.) The song is okay, but quite honestly didn’t seem like anything special. Neil’s voice, however, sounded quite good.
All right, 9:56, and Fox has sold as many commercials as they can for tonight. The two left: Brooke and Syesha… and Ryan quickly tells us that Brooke is the odd one out. She sobs audibly as the announcement is made, but probably shouldn’t be a surprise… she’s flirted with the bottom three before. Now, I viciously hate the whole mellow 1970’s rock thing, but I’ll miss Brooke. She’ll find a home someplace. She predictably has a bit of trouble getting through the song… and who can blame her?
All right. There you have it. Who’s left?
- Jason - he’s a cute guy, and not untalented, but he’s a one trick pony.
- David Archuleta - seems like a nice kid, but the next American Idol? I don’t see it.
- Syesha - immensely talented, but those talents seem better suited to Broadway than pop magic.
- David Cook - He’s not perfect, but he’s easily the best overall choice. The guy has the talent and savvy to be a hit machine.
See you next week!
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