“I woke up yesterday morning and had the strangest feeling that I was going home,” Lacey Brown said to reporters during a Thursday (early Friday morning, Manila time) afternoon conference call, after the 24-year old was the first to be eliminated on this year’s round of 12 on American Idol.
Her prescience was par for the course for a lot of West Coast viewers of the results showed that aired locally here on Wednesday night. Followers of Ryan Seacrest’s Twitter page got the news early that she had been voted off, thanks to the logistics of filming a show live for the East coast, in a status update that read “…got tonight’s voted-off Idol Lacey Brown.” Perhaps as a direct result, that episode brought in the show’s lowest ratings in the key 18-49 age demographic, reports the Washington Post.
Should Lacey have been the first one to go? Not according to USA Today’s Idol Meter, which adopts a “pseudoscientific fast-track formula to gauge each singer’s momentum.” Despite after-results movement placing the ousted Brown at 0 (to contrast, Siobhan Magnus is at 75), the Meter has Tim Urban at -25. No doubt, that’s got to have Vote for the Worst in a good mood, considering how they’ve been furiously campaigning to have him to survive each week, so that he can torment audiences again with his faux-Jason Castro shtick.
But who is Lacey Brown? Brown, 24, currently works as a Christian venue director and values teacher to college-aged people.
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Here’s something I forgot about – the Judge’s Save. Up until the Top 5, a unanimous vote from the four judges will spare someone from elimination. Apparently it is once again in play this season, although I’m sure there are ton of people wishing it had been in play last week to save Alex Lambert. Just a little something to keep in mind every elimination night.
Let’s cut to the chase. First to be placed on the hot seat is Paige Miles, who if you remember, performed sick, but still turned in a decent number, hitting all the right notes, and generally being impressive. Her fanbase must be smaller than expected, as she’s in trouble tonight. Read the rest of this entry »
onight it seemed, was all about the stage. Big stage, glitzy stage, lots of lights on the stage, judges walking to their seats from the stage, judges criticizing the contestants’ use of the stage, and so on, and so on, but somewhere in there was a singing competition and a good dose of Rolling Stones. Now while I could probably count the number of contestants who had Rolling Stones tracks on their iPod before this week on one hand, I think overall a lot of people gave a good account of themselves tonight.
Who’s on their way out? Who’s here to stay? We have the tiers headlined by Rolling Stones singles, so we too are in theme!
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Good news for everyone who wants to skip ahead to the good stuff! According to reliable sources, the top 12 guys and gals have been leaked. I’ve placed the list of names under the cut so that those who don’t want American Idol season 9 spoilers can skip ahead. Here they are, arranged in no particular order. Some of them have MySpace, Facebook accounts, or interviews; simply click on their names to view it.
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I checked out the Boston round of American Idol auditions and I must say – I don’t actually miss Paula one bit. It’s weird because I thought her absence would be noticeable but I actually didn’t remember that she was gone until the show is almost over. Maybe I’ll start to feel it when the live show begins, but if I don’t notice her absence now I’ll probably end up forgetting about her completely once the auditions are over.
Victoria Beckham was the guest judge for the Boston auditions and her presence didn’t make much difference. She didn’t say anything very helpful, she was overshadowed by the others – typical Idol guest judge.
I liked a couple of contestants from this round. 18-yo Mike Davis sang a good rendition of Yesterday, which the judges liked. Simon thought he was confident without being obnoxious, and Kara likes that he’s emotional. Randy said no though, but Mike made it to Hollywood! Tyler Grady was among the more interesting yet talented contestants. He shattered both his wrists but it sure didn’t affect his singing – he sounds like a 70’s rock star. I also love his curly hair. Four yeses from the judges for him! Among the girls, think Ashey Rodriguez might make it far, though I’m personally not a fan. She’s the package deal – the look, the polished commercial sound, the wholesome personality. Ellen Degeneres even showcased her on her show today. I much preferred Leah Laurenti, whose overly religious parents never let her listen to music that wasn’t about God. You can tell that she’s very passionate about what she’s doing, and she has this gorgeous, jazzy voice. She got four yeses from the judges and is on her way to Hollywood!
Stay tuned for more Idol updates.
After nearly ten years of Simon Cowell’s biting commentary as a judge of American Idol, he’s going to be leaving the show after 2010 to launch another one on the same network. Just today, Simon signed a contract with Fox executives to leave American Idol and launch X Factor, another talent show that hails from the United Kingdom. The UK show is pretty much his baby, and his new contract with Fox will bring the series to the United States. Simon believes that X Factor will help him find someone with unusual talent, especially since the show has a lot of key differences from American Idol. For one thing, X-Factor has no age limits – kids as young as 14 and as old as 100 are free to audition. X-Factor will be hitting the US airwaves on 2011. And according to rumors, Simon feels a little bitter about not being a part owner of American Idol, which he developed with his former friend Simon Fuller.
I’m not sure I can imagine American Idol with Simon Cowell gone. Well, I kind of can, but I imagine it to be a rather dull and boring show; Simon’s comments added a lot of life to every episode, and I don’t think Randy Jackson’s antics will be enough to keep it interesting. It looks like the new judges Ellen Degeneres and Kara DioGuardi have to make an effort to keep American Idol exciting, but not too much effort – I hate it when the judges blab away about nothing important.
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American Idol contestant Jason Castro was the third serious musical artist crush I’ve ever had (the other two were Daniel Johns of Silverchair and Brian Molko of Placebo, in high school and college respectively) and last Saturday, he broke the hearts of all his adoring female fans when he announced his marriage on Twitter.
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