American Idol - Season 8
Three Finalists Chosen and Wild Cards announced.

Not only are we finding out the three finalists that are making it we are also going to find out who makes it into tomorrow nights wildcard show! Three wild card contestants are making it through to the finals.

In case you don't remember my rankings from last night I predicted that Jorge Nuñez, Lil Rounds, Scott MacIntyre would make the finals with Kendall Beard and Felicia Barton just missing out. Ju'Not also a possibility. You can check out the complete list here.

Wow, the groups performance of Katy Perry's "Hot and Cold" pretty much summed up last night, mediocre and underwhelming.

Ryan calls Lil to stand up first. Not surprisingly she gets word that she is a finalist. Not surprising that all the people who have performed last on their shows have made it through to the finals. I told you that it is a spot the producers pick to put the strong contestants. Or at least the contestants the producers want to make it through.

Ryan then asks Arianna, Taylor, Alex, Kendall and Scott to stand up. Ryan announces that only one is making it through to the finals and then cuts to commercial to build the suspense.

It only sucks because I was hoping Kendall might somehow make it through but in this group it will most likely Scott. That kills the suspense for me a little. They are pushing him hard but to be honest the blind stare freaks me out a little bit.

Arianna is the first to find out she has been eliminated. Taylor is next and she too is eliminated. Alex might have had the worst performance last night. He is of course told he is not a finalist.

Ryan then has Kendall and Scott stand up. At least they had Kendall stand up with Scott to at least build up a little drama.
Again, without much of a surprise Scott is told that he indeed a finalist.

You know he isn't really a good looking guy. He is definitely awkward on the stage because, you know, he is blind! I don't see how he can really perform on the stage. If he gets behind a piano it might be a better performance.

Another downside is that he seems a bit adult contemporary to me and not really a teen pop singer, which is what I thought this contest was trying to find. I see the people who buy his album also picking up a Michael McDonald album at the same time.

Might just be me I guess.

Nathaniel and Kristen are asked to stand up. They are both dead in the water without a doubt. Middle of the show after two have made it through? You know you are dead, there is too much show left to go. Of course, they are told they did not make it.

Felicia and Von are also asked to stand. Felicia was a last minute addition and she actually performed well last night. She was a nice little surprise but they both were eliminated.

Jorge and Ju'Not are asked to stand up. Only one spot left between these two. Ryan, fakes a throw to the commercial. He then announces Jorge as the third finalist.

I believe I just hit three for three this week. Not bad. I think I was 7 for 9 over all.

However the night is not over. There are still wild card spots to hand out. Eight of the contestants will be back to sing again tomorrow night in the wild card show.

The wild card spot contestants

Von Smith
Jasmine Murray
Ricky Braddy
Megan Joy Corkrey
Tatiana Nicole Del Toro
Matt Giraud
Jesse Langseth
Anoop Desai

I am glad that Anoop Desai is getting another chance this week. I am similarly glad that Megan Corkrey is getting another shot. She is cute and had a really good performance. Jasmine is also not a surprise, she did very well and is a cute enough girl.

I have NO IDEA why they brought Tatiana back. She is annoying and not really a good singer. This is very odd to me.

My Wild Card Rankings

Going into tomorrow night here is how I would rank their chances. This is of course before seeing their performances so that might change a lot.

1. Megan Joy Corkrey
2. Anoop Desai
3. Jasmine Murray
4. Matt Giraud
5. Ricky Braddy
6. Von Smith
7. Jesse Langseth
8. Tatiana Nicole Del Toro

Labels: American Idol, Music, Television

- posted by Doug @ 11:03:00 PM