American Idol - Season 8 - Top 36 - Week 3 - Wild Card

So the 8 contestants the judges brought back sing tonight. Let's get to it already!


Jesse Langseth - “Tell Me Something Good” by Rufus and Chaka Khan - VIDEO

Weird performance. I like her voice but this was... yeah, weird.


Matt Giraud - “Who’s Loving You” by the Jackson 5 - VIDEO

AWESOME! I absolutely adore him singing the blues like that. It showed he was comfortable with that song. LOVE LOVE LOVE.


Megan Joy Corkrey - “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree” by KT Tunstall - VIDEO

Good song choice for her voice. Too bad she doesn't go in her higher voice a bit more, because it sounds good. That last note? OUCH! Simon has such a hardon for her... Blech.


Von Smith - “Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word” by Elton John - VIDEO

Seemed like his performance was cut short... The beginning was so shaky... The ending was getting better, but I think he overthought this one and it'll be costly.


Jasmine Murray - “Reflection” by Christine Aguilera - VIDEO

Boring and indulgent. Not liking this. She has moments her voice sounds beautiful, other moments it sounds thin and flat. Meh.


Ricky Braddy - “Superstition” by Stevie Wonder - VIDEO

The music is really loud and kinda drowning his voice at times, I think this was a good choice for him and he did it really well. He's putting everything into it, and hopefully it'll pay off for him.


Tatiana Del Toro - “Saving All My Love For You” by Whitney Houston - VIDEO

Lower range is not great, but damn she can belt with the best of them. Damn drama queen. I almost, ALMOST kinda wanna see her go through so she can argue with Simon and make him go crazy. *L*


Anoop Desai - “My Prerogative” by Bobby Brown - VIDEO

Alright, the beginning was rather sexy! He seemed so very confident tonight. I hope he can find other songs similar to this to really show off what he can do. I enjoyed this performance.


My predictions - Anoop, Matt, Megan


And now, our results!!!

Jasmine is up first - and she's IN!!!!
Ricky is next - but he's OUT.
Megan and Tatiana are up together - Megan is IN, Tatiana is OUT

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Jesse at center stage, and she's OUT.
Von Smith is up, and he is told by Paula that he is OUT.
So of course, it's Matt and Anoop left for the end. Matt is IN!!!!! WOO HOO!!!! Everyone thought that meant Anoop was out... But no, he's IN! We have a Top 13!

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American Idol - Season 8 - Top 36 - Week 3 - Results

WOO HOO!!!!! A Daily AntheM from David Cook is being used for the montage at the beginning. YEAH!!!!!

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The 12 contestants sing "Hot and Cold". I'm glad they are using more current songs for the group sings, but they are still corny and cheesy to the max!!!!

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And here we go with the results...

Lil - IN (is that really any surprise?) And she sings her song again, "Be Without You" - good job!

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Ariana - OUT
Taylor - OUT
Alex - OUT
Kendall - OUT
Scott - IN Scott sings again, and he did a great job again with "Mandolin Rain"

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Nathaniel - OUT
Kristen - OUT

On to

Felicia - OUT
Von - OUT

Ju'not - OUT
Jorge - IN A little surprising, but good for him. He will sing "Don't Let The Sun go Down On Me" later.

Now onto the wildcard thing.... We will know tonight who is coming back for the wild card show tomorrow night.

8 people will come back for tomorrow's show and sing again.

Randy picks Von Smith
Kara picks Jasmine Murray
Paula picks someone from the first round - Ricky Brady
Simon picks Megan Joy Corkrey (not surprising, Simon has a hard on for her...)

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After the break, Randy picks Tatiana (OMFG - not really surprising tho, as she's such a drama queen she makes for good tv - and she can sing, even if she's fucking annoying!)
Kara picks Matt Giraud! YEAH!
Paula picks Jesse Langseth
Simon picks Anoop Desai (no surprises there)

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Jorge sings us out with "Don't Let The Sun go Down On Me".

Seacrest out!

Of that group, I'm thinking Anoop, Matt and Jesse will make it...

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American Idol - Season 8 - Top 36 - Week 1 - VIDEOS

This year, we'll see 3 groups of 12 contestants for the first three weeks. This week's group is:

Alexis Grace
Anne Marie Boskovich
Anoop Desai
Brent Keith
Casey Carlson
Danny Gokey
Jackie Tohn
Michael Sarver
Ricky Braddy
Stephen Fowler
Stevie Wright
Tatiana Del Toro

3 of these people will be in the Top 12, as the The Top Female, Top Male and Top vote getter of each group will advance to the next round.

This week, the contestants choose a Top 10 song from the Billboard Hot 100 from any year.So we start with:


Jackie Tohn - A Little Less Conversation (Elvis Presley) VIDEO

I think she did good opening up the season! I love her voice, but this slowed down version didn't really allowed her to let it shine. Her best part was the bridge just before the "come on come on", followed by the come on come on. I also though her performance was a bit manic... All in all, a good start of the season. 6/10


Ricky Braddy - A Song For You (Donny Hathaway) VIDEO

Not bad, but a ballad in the #2 spot won't help him get through. The format is not helping him either - poor guy has had no face time at all during the auditions and Hollywood week. His vocals tonight were good, especially once he got into his higher register. I also liked the way he interpreted it. I liked it until the very end... I did not like the end at all. 8/10


Alexis Grace - Never Loved a Man (Aretha Franklin) VIDEO

I love the way she looks tonight. GREAT song for her voice, for her look, for the sexy little thing she wants to established. Lots of blues and soul in her voice. Loving it! 9/10


Brent Keith - Hicktown - (Jason Aldean) VIDEO

Cutie who will suffer from the lack of exposure during Hollywood week. I didn't know he was kind rock, kinda country. Good song, nice singing, good voice, nice performance. But kinda middle of the pack I think. 7/10


Stevie Wright - You Belong to Me -(Taylor Swift) VIDEO

The lower parts were painful.... Actually, her whole vocal performance was shaky as hell. No power, no oumph, nothing. I liked her song choice, but that song really didn't show off her voice AT ALL. 4/10


Anoop Desai - Angel Of Mine (Monica) VIDEO

What an old fashion song choice! Solid vocals, but boring song and boring performance! 7/10


Casey Carlson - Every Little Thing She Does is Magic (The Police) VIDEO

Facial expressions are weird and turning me off! Vocals only are not bad... But she doesn't have a powerful enough voice to pull this off. It really sounded karaoke. 5/10


Michael Sarver - I Don't Want To Be (Gavin DeGraw) VIDEO

I don't know what to think of this! His vocals were ok, his performance was ok, and I like the sentiment behind doing this song. But it didn't show off his beautiful vocals! He did surprised me with the performance. I didn't think he would be able to do it, but he did. 6/10


Anne Marie Boskovich - Natural Woman (Aretha Franklin) VIDEO

Pitchy in the higher notes. Good ending. I just don't like that song.... I felt like her voice was a bit too thin for this song. 5/10


Stephen Fowler - Rock With You (Michael Jackson) VIDEO

The arrangement was so freaking CHEESY!!! It felt also very pitchy. The only good thing is that he looked comfortable on the stage. Bad, bad, bad. 4/10


Tatiana Del Toro - Saving All My Love For You (Whitney Houston) VIDEO

Putting aside that she is fucking annoying, that was the best performance so far. 8.5/10


Danny Gokey - Hero (Mariah Carey) VIDEO

He was bare none the best. He gave me shivers. I was disappointed he did not rearranged the song, but he made the best of it. I LOVED his growly notes and the falsetto... 9.5/10


I HATE this format. This heavily favours those who had lots of screen time during auditions and Hollywood Week. And of course, it's a huge disadvantage for those who didn't. It's already a popularity contest when it should be a talent contest, at least in these earlier rounds!

I think Danny and Alexis are in for sure. Third person probably will be Anoop, although I'm really hoping it'll be Michael Sarver.

I guess we'll see tomorrow!

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