“American Idol:” Two Out Of Four
America got it half right last night with their “American Idol” elimination choices. They got the guys right, but Alexandrea and Alaina are the ones I would have kept. Kady and Kristy were worse than those two, but not by much. As Randy said, you can have a good voice, but at this point in the competition, if you pick the wrong song and have a bad performance, you can get the boot anytime.
They did it in the classic, front row/back row manner. First dumping Jason Yaeger, then the ladies and then Robbie Carrico.
Jason Yaeger was definitely living on borrowed time. Even though he was much better than last week, he’s got a lounge act aspect to him that just ain’t gonna generate teeny bopper votes.
Poor Alaina, she wasn’t that bad, just very prom queen. And for a minute there I really thought she was going to stick to her refusal not to do a sing out, but she got it together enough to give us one more rendition of “Hopelessly Devoted To You.” And how sad was it when David Archuleta started crying during Alexandrea’s sing out? I guess they’ve bonded since they’ve been in Hollywood.
Robbie Carrico? Just too forgettable. And then there were sixteen.