American Idol Results - The Top 12 Elimination

by John Patrone
March 17, 2010

More details later, but our East Coast spies report that Tim Urban, Paige Miles and Lacey Brown were in the Bottom 3.  Lacey was then eliminated.  The judges' save, however, made an unannounced (and to me, unwelcome) return, but was not used to save Lacey.

Yeah, that was worth it.

Ugh.

American Idol Live Report: The Top 12 Sing Songs of the Rolling Stones

by Chip Letzgus

March 16, 2010

Reporting to you live—from Television City in Hollywood—this is “American Idol”!

Despite the superficial resemblance—the drinking, the descent into madness, the sequins—there are so many ways that I am not like Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire. Among them: When it comes to getting tickets to see “American Idol,” I have never had to depend on the kindness of strangers. For that I have been blessed with friends—who may be strange, yes, but no stranger than me—including John Mihelich, who last Thursday night called to let me know that he had gotten an admission voucher for two for tonight’s broadcast and was, as luck would have it, dateless.

I have to admit I was a little leery, having spent four hours on Beverly Boulevard two years ago carrying a sign reading “SYESHA SHINES LIKE A DIAMOND” only to be turned away like so much riffraff at the door. An admission voucher doesn’t get you in the studio; it just keeps you in line until the CBS pages determine whether or not they need seat-fillers. But I haven’t seen John in several years, so I figured if nothing else we could spend the afternoon chatting before being rejected like a couple of incompatible  kidneys. I never allowed myself to imagine that we might actually get past the velvet rope and into the Cathedral of Kara . . .

But we did!

American Idol Results - The Top 12 Are Chosen

by John Patrone
March 10, 2010


So, we have our Top 12.  Let's hope they all improve really fast or else we are headed for another Jordan Sparks year (and without a Blake Lewis to make things interesting).


Here they are:


Didi Benami
Crystal Bowersox
Lacey Brown
Lee Dewyze
Andrew Garcia
Casey James
Aaron Kelly
Michael Lynche
Siobhan Magnus
Paige Miles
Katie Stevens
Tim Urban


Performances on the big stage start Tuesday and will feature the music of the Rolling Stones.  Chip Letzgus, TOTT's own 'Idol Mind', will be at CBS Television City to see it all live!  Look for his special, on-the-scene roundup of the performances late Tuesday night.

Chip's Idol Mind: The Top 16 (Men)

March 10, 2010
By Chip Letzgus


Greetings, fans and followers of “The Kara DioGuardi Show”— 
Here’s tonight’s recap:

Ryan Seacrest asked Kara why she was constantly snuggling up to Simon Cowell, and Kara coyly retorted that it was Simon who was always leaning against her. Later, she told Casey James that she was almost back to having a crush on him but wasn’t quite there yet. Then she had an emotional breakdown because she has never had a child, which required her to bury her tear-stained face in Simon’s armpit for comfort.

In between, some guys sang some songs.

Chip's Idol Mind: The Top 16 (Women)

March 9, 2010
By Chip Letzgus


Greetings, Idophiles!

Well, finally.

Last week, Ladies’ Night on American Idol was largely a sad and tortured affair, an assemblage of mostly mediocre performances that the judges seemed to resent having to endure.

This week? Well, the judges were still spouting their inanities about “bad song choice” and “it’s too big for you” and “I don’t know what kind of artist you are” and whatnot, but the contestants were in much better shape. In fact, there were no less than six above-average performances out of eight singers—that’s certainly a first for this season. Since the eight contestants were shoehorned into a 60-minute time slot, it made for a thoroughly enjoyable hour of musical entertainment.

Well, almost.