Feelin' HOT HOT HOT

So okay, we've got Idol three times this week. OVERLOAD. At least next week, the real competition finally starts. These past three weeks have been exhausting. I'm still not over Norman Gentle. Anyway, results time! Randy's busted out his orange-tinted glasses for the occasion. The hell?

Time to recap these 12 contestants' journeys. Translation: filler to get them set for the group number. Hey! The song in the background of the screaming montage is that Cookster song I referenced last week, "A Daily AntheM", awesome! Love that song. Hey, did you guys know Scott was blind? Jeez, enough already show, we know!

Okay, this is awesome. I was wondering how they were going to do the group number with Scott, since he can't do choreography. Ladies and gentlemen, may I present to you the style of choreography originally invented by my sister, Katie Smith, known as "seat dancing." Seat dancing can take place in your desk chair, or more commonly, in your car. The Smith sisters have multiple songs we like to seat dance to, but our favorite is "Shake It" by Metro Station. Mad props to this gang for working the seat dance like a Smith sister.

Ahem, now that you guys all know how totally weird my sister and I are, let us move on. After the commercial break, Ryan's recapping last night for us. I could have taken care of that for him: atrocious, with the exception of like, Lil Rounds and maybe Felicia. Also AWT and Nathaniel just for sheer trainwreckocity. Ryan's going to the interview portion of this show and...OH MY GOD. Von's hair. Von is totally channeling Buster Poindexter right now, you guys. If you don't know who that is, first of all, what is wrong with you? And second of all, please refer to the title of this blog to figure out who he is. Dear God. I need a minute to get over the shock of that.

Anyway, everyone's jib jabbing about something, we had so much fun, we did our best, blah blah blah. Lil Rounds is up first. And she's through, deservedly so. We have GOT to talk about her look though. She has had some unfortunate hair, and someone should nicely let her know that full, patterned skirts are not a good look for her. Just sayin'. Love you Lil! Thanks for being an oasis in this desert of suck!

She sings her song again, awesomely, and then Ryan tells the rest of the first row to stand up, and that one of the five of them is safe. This row consists of Ariana, Taylor, AWT, Kendal and Scott, so is this suspensful at all? We'll find out that Scott is safe after the break. Oops, spoiler!

I have some issues with Scott. The first is his wardrobe. Seriously, just because the guy can't see himself is no reason for people to dress him like they do. That is just not cool. He is wearing like, an effing Members Only jacket or something over a horrible teal tee shirt. I hope they fix this next week. Also, I hope he uses the piano a lot. He's kind of how Brooke was...really uncomfortable unless she had her instrument. Incidentally, "Mandolin Rain" was performed originally by Bruce Hornsby, who is a really accomplished pianist as well as singer. So this song probably would have been way better had Scott been able to use a keyboard.

So now it's time to find out the fate of the back row. Nathaniel and Kristen are up first, and both are out. Boo. Nathaniel is hilarious and I think Kristen has a really good voice, so that sucks. Up next is Felicia and effing Von. They are both out too. Damn. I liked Felicia too. So we're down to Jorge and Ju'not. Well, this isn't suspensful either, but I guess they thought it would be because they both got praise last night. Jorge's through, and damn, it's only 8:40? What are they going to do for the next 20 minutes?

OOH, I'll tell you. We're finding out tonight which contestants are going to compete for a wild card. I forgot how they did this part. So we're going to whittle these 24 losers down to 8 who will perform tomorrow night. Are they going to pick the final three tomorrow too? It's only an hour show. Hopefully they jam all the performances into the first hour and pick the three in the last. So now we're going to find out who those lucky eight are.

The first person they pick is...Von. DAMMIT. Why won't he go away?!? Next is Jasmine, who I think deserves a second shot. Then Ricky Braddy (really?) and Megan Corkrey. Blah on both of those.

WHAT THE HELL. WHAT. THE. HELL. They pick Tatiana to come back. Jesus, if she AND Norman both get to come back, I will for real break up with this show. I know Brenna and I both threaten that all the time but I seriously will do it. I hope she blows it tomorrow and they pick another girl. DAMMIT, show.

I can't even enjoy the fact that Matt Giraud got picked because I'm still pissed about Tatiana. Way to go, Matt! Please don't blow it. They also pick Jesse Langseth, which I'm kind of surprised about. That was a sleeper pick. And the final spot goes to Anoop! YAY ANOOOOOP! His ass better be in the top 12.

That's it for tonight! Quick recap: the top 12 consists of Danny Gokey, Michael Sarver, Alexis, Allison, Kris Allen, Adam Lambert, Lil Rounds, Jorge and Scott. If my life were perfect, the final three to round them out tomorrow would be Anoop, Jasmine, because she's the least offensive out of the wild card girls, and Matt Giraud. But nothing's perfect, so tune in tomorrow to see what kind of shit Idol throws at the wall this time!