David H. Says Goodbye on Idol Top 12 Results

News Type: Opinion — Wed Mar 12, 2008 11:12 PM EDT

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Was David H. the right person to send home?

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So long David H.

Welcome to the Horton Hears a Who version of American Idol, also known as 55 minutes of fluff for a five-minute decision. And amongst all the brouhaha, we learned the results from the Top 12 performances.

The highlight of the evening, or so we are lead to believe, is the appearance of Jim Carrey in the audience complete with his own Horton outfit. If fact, his presence was such a focal point, we were blessed with shots of him in the audience a half dozen times or more in the first 10 minutes.

Then we got the montage of the Top 12 at the Horton premiere where we got to see even more Jim Carey and a shot or two of Steve Carell.

But that's not what we really want to know. We want to know is how 29 million people voted. We want to know who gets sent home tonight.

Ryan draws out the process by pulling out the bottom three contenders – Syesha Mercado, Kristy Lee Cook and David Hernandez. Each got to perform their song from last night one more time.

Honestly, I was surprised to see Syesha among this group. Last night wasn't her best performance, but I think several others did worse than her – namely Ramiele Malubay and David Archuleta (if we are going on last night's performance alone).

And either Kristy Lee's country version of "8 Days a Week" is growing on me (a sure sign I've watched too much Idol) or she slowed it down and made it sound better tonight.

But both girls are alive for another week and America says good-bye to David Hernandez. Hernandez had a really good performance during '80s week, but has been pretty forgettable onstage otherwise. Since last night's train wreck pretty much sealed Hernandez's fate, I was not shocked by this decision.

The evening was rounded out with:

A performance by Katharine McPhee and David Foster.

The Ford Top 12 Video "The Distance."

Viewer calls.

A medley performance by the Top 12 from the Lennon/McCartney library.

Announcement of next week's theme – more Lennon/McCartney.

A new going home song by Ruben Studdard.

And my vote for best fluff – The Ford Top 12 video. I think these videos are fun.

And the biggest waste of time – viewer calls. Can you say someone ran out of ideas? Anyone else see Simon roll his eyes during these calls? Don't chastise him too much, I was doing the same.

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vacelts

So America, did the right person get sent home? What did you think of all the filler? Was any of it worth watching?

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1 vote

#1 - Wed Mar 12, 2008 11:15 PM EDT

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evilgenius

Honestly, I was surprised to see Syesha among this group. Last night wasn't her best performance, but I think several others did worse than her – namely Ramiele Malubay and David Archuleta (if we are going on last night's performance alone).

No, I definitely think Syesha was worse this week than Ramiele. I don't really like either one of them so I'm not picking favorites. But both need to stop singing ballads! It gets soooooo boooooring.

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2 votes

#1.1 - Thu Mar 13, 2008 9:55 AM EDT

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evilgenius

What did you think of all the filler? Was any of it worth watching?

I use a DVR to record the show and I get to fast forward through most of the filler stuff and all of the commercials! Yes I agree that the phone in questions were IQ point killers. Especially that nutbag that has auditioned 6 times and asked what he could do the next time. WTF! I wonder if Jim Cary is going to take a closer look at contract clauses next time he does a Fox movie?

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2 votes

#1.2 - Thu Mar 13, 2008 9:59 AM EDT

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vacelts

Especially that nutbag that has auditioned 6 times and asked what he could do the next time.

Apparently, they aren't screening the calls first.

I wonder if Jim Cary is going to take a closer look at contract clauses next time he does a Fox movie?

LOL

No, I definitely think Syesha was worse this week than Ramiele.

Ramiele has never really impressed me. Syesha has, although I agree she needs to try something other than ballads.

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2 votes

#1.3 - Thu Mar 13, 2008 2:34 PM EDT

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Scott (Scoop) Butki

I've been reading the Television Without Pity recaps of the shows, after a friend told me this one was particularly good. Check this out. It's from recapper Jacob:

Ryan shows us the Top 12, in case we forgot why we're here. I see that makeovers are still coming, because David Cook and Amanda both still look like that. Ryan gives us the rundown on the Beatles, specifically John and Paul, to the point that I don't think anybody is going to say the word "Beatles" all night, which is just so Idol it's ridiculous. Every time anybody says "Liverpool," drink. I think that before this show started, somebody said "Liverpool" in front of Ryan and the judges many times, because check this out. Ryan: Earlier I used the word "enduring." How come? Randy: "These boys put it down, dude. These songs are...all true copyrights, meaning that they will last forever." Jacob: The...@!$%# does that mean? Rewind it, please. Paula: Well these songs are full of melody and I you sang the song straight it pays great tribute but for those who are going to take the risk it better be worth the reward and I think some of them can change it up. Simon: I don't want to be here, and I hate Ryan Seacrest. Ryan: I kind of like being abused by Simon Cowell. I don't have feelings anymore. Syesha Mercado goes on and on about nothing, nothing, nothing at all, and will be singing "Got To Get You Into My Life" in the hopes that she will spontaneously generate a personality out of nowhere. Like how in olden times they thought if you put like a sweater and some wheat or other grain in a barrel and left it, that's the recipe for how you make mice. And that's pretty much what she does: toss a crazy brass section and some terrible off notes and a pretty total lack of charisma in the barrel, and then just walks away from it and hopes that one day there will be mice. Randy asks if that boring @!$%# was Earth Wind & Fire, and it was. So now she needs to apologize to two true copyrights. Paula: "You're very very good singer and it was it started off pitch I am confused but midway through you found your zone and then it's like there's Syesha." Too true. Simon, weirdly, totally freaking loved it, but thinks she looked nervous and sucked less this week

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2 votes

#2 - Tue Mar 18, 2008 9:52 AM EDT

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vacelts

Hilarious

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2 votes

#2.1 - Wed Mar 19, 2008 12:00 AM EDT

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Scott (Scoop) Butki

Here's some more then:

. "She's A Woman" starts off with a seriously bluegrass intro, with a fiddle and everything, and he slaps his knee in time to the music and then gets up and...well, damn. Good on Chikezie. He's wearing an argyle sweater and completely, totally rocking out. This is so freaking awesome! He's doing the whole Amanda thing better than Amanda has done, with weird noises and crazy loud gospel sounds, and a screech at the end that could drive you mad. You've just got to see this! It's so amazing! That is one of the best things I've ever seen on this show and I don't even know what words to use.

And this

Ramiele Malubay's job at home involves smelling like soy sauce. She'll be singing "In My Life" because she misses Danny Noriega and because she thinks that when people are eliminated from this show, they are murdered, so this is like "We Are The World" for her murdered friends like Danny Noriega. And like, it's super boring in the exact same way that she's doing things lately, but mostly I think it's funny that she has decided "I cry on Results Night" can just be her whole personality. Like on '90s Week she'll sing "Runaway Train." "Because they are never coming back," she'll say, and then weep softly.

And this

Sometimes I think that Randy has a little bowler hat under the table with scraps of paper and he just picks out four during each song and arranges them on the table and then reads them off: PITCHY FALSE DAWG PITCHY.

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1 vote

#2.2 - Fri Mar 21, 2008 10:23 PM EDT

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