America, you had the opportunity to boot Jacob. He was standing right there! But nooo, it's Stefano.
Of course, Stefano Langone's departure from American Idol has been long in coming. The genial contestant is always in the Bottom 3 with Haley Reinhart and Jacob Lusk. But, last night, I thought he did enough to earn one more week. He's not a gifted vocalist but he has a good attitude and charm, two attributes sorely lacking in Jacob who isn't above preaching at an audience.
Scotty was also lucky and can thank his young fans for overlooking his mediocre performance of an even lamer John Anderson country corn song, Swingin'.
Some other idle observations: If these amateur contestants must sing live on the Idol stage shouldn't overpaid pop stars who are there to shill their new music have to do the same? I'm talking to you Katy Perry. I wish E.T. would have phoned Katy Perry home after her performance.
The reappearance of Season 7 winner David Cook, who came back to sing his utterly forgettable, generic new rock song, reminds us of the overall rut and mediocrity that took ahold of American Idol in seasons 7-9. Cook wouldn't have even made inroads into the Top 10 this season against this year's crop.
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Haley is the best even though she's consistantly in the bottom three. My predictions for the coming shows are Jacob out this week, Scotty out the following week, and then America finally wakes up; and Lauren out the following!
Posted by: Ronald Hartzler | April 24, 2011 at 10:00 AM
IMO Jacob deserved the boot more than Stefano, but Jacob's turn is next.
Posted by: Alexia | April 25, 2011 at 07:41 AM