American Idol Elimination for April 30

 

by Deb Porter-Jones

Tonight’s elimination show may prove to be as surprising as every other elimination show in the last few weeks. The show begins with a tribute medley to the music of last night’s mentor, singer-songwriter Neil Diamond. The medley was exceptionally cheesy and karaoke, to borrow a phrase from Simon, but it’s really appropriate here! Really bad medley; Jason Castro appeared to be reading the words from a teleprompter and everyone just looked uncomfortable with the dance steps and the words. Really cheesy performance; I can only hope the Idol Tour won’t be as bad.

Anyway, on to the eliminations. We discover early on that Jason Castro and David Archuleta are safe. Wonder of all wonders – not about Archuleta; rather that Castro has made it through another week. Like I said last week, none of the eliminations have made sense to me since Amanda Overmyer, but who am I?

Next we hear that David Cook is safe which brings us down to Syesha Mercado and Brooke White. I’ll say it again, if Brooke doesn’t go home, I can’t watch this show another season.
British pop star Natasha Beddingfield then performs “Take Me Away”. After her performance, she plants a kiss on David Archuleta’s cheek and Simon asks if she can accompany him to the prom! It was really cute and David’s reaction was hysterical. Then, we’re treated to a performance by Neil Diamond, which brings us to the final elimination decision.

And we’re told that Brooke is going home. I love her personality; I love her honesty and talent. She’s quite obviously a really sweet girl. But the reality is she’s been out of her league for quite some time. She gives a tear-filled last performance of Neil Diamond’s “I Am, I Said”. Brooke will be missed

AMERICAN IDOL ELIMINATION SHOW 3-19-08

by Deb Porter-Jones

Tonight’s elimination show starts out showing the Idol kids preparing to film a commercial. It’s amazing how Idol never fails to pimp out these poor kids for marketing purposes. This time, the kids were shown filming a commercial for some type of Ford vehicle.

Kellie Pickler, the dumb blonde from last season, performed a track from her sophomore album. She has proven to be the same sweet, clueless airhead girl that she always was “but with a better job.”

Carly Smithson was first to be inducted into the bottom three and Kristie Lee Cook and Amanda Overmyer eventually joined her. Whoever’s sent home will not be part of the Idol Tour.

It made sense to me that Kristie Lee Cook was in the bottom three. It kinda made sense that Carly Smithson was also in the bottom three. But it made no sense that Amanda Overmyer was there. It made even less sense that Amanda was the one going home.

From day one, Amanda’s been the rocker chick who had to try to change her style to accommodate the different genres of music they make these kids perform. But, strangely enough, I knew she wouldn’t last long. Her style and stage presence, to me, was so different from everyone else. She consistently performed with a measure of confidence and professionalism that the others just don’t have it. She’s like the female Elvis! Her performances were always very interesting and fun to watch. And her rocker style was so different from the others. Regardless, she should be fine. I think there are people who would pay to see her perform and buy her records. Amanda, you will be missed.