Not much upward movement in the pool these last several weeks, mostly because for the first time EVER (...in 3 seasons), not one person picked the eventual Idol winner. Something to keep in mind for next season: pick better!
So it shakes out thusly:
1st: Stephanie Oura $294
2nd: Andrew Byrne $84
3rd: Vance Hues $42
Congrats, y'all! I'll be contacting you about your prize money shortly.
Sorry for being so lax with the standings these last couple weeks, you guys. Hopefully you'll decide to come back for next season anyway.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Week 12: Performance Recap
Predictable but still sucky that they had to cut it from 9 songs down to 6 this week because they have no ability to rein in the critiques, timewise. When Kara doesn't get brought back for next season, this is the reason they'll give. They won't be wrong, exactly; it's just won't be the entire reason.
One song chosen by the judges, one chosen by the contestants this week. Not sure if anything can keep Kris around for next week, but I can hope.
Danny Gokey (+2 sang first)
"Dance Little Sister" (chosen by Paula)
"You Are So Beautiful"
Paula always has the most interesting song choices at this stage, even if they're not necessarily the best. The first performance was energetic and fun, the second was boring and emotionally needy. Both were screamy in a way that I don't think he'll be able to sustain throughout a summer tour, much less a career. But he wasn't awful.
Kris Allen
"Apologize" (chosen by Kara and Randy)
"Heartless"
First of all, Kara can kiss my ass with that "I didn't like the arrangement of that song I chose for you" bullshit. I thought only Randy Jackson would ever have the balls to call song choice on a song he chose. So with a poorly chosen song, Kris was unimpressive. "Heartless," however, was my absolute favorite performance of the night and I will be buying that shit from iTunes most definitely. Shrewd song choice, too -- from the break, he had a better than 50/50 shot at outsinging the original. If the stupid judges/audience would've shut the hell up for a second, Simon's praise might've had a chance to sink in. If he does go home tomorrow, I at least think he'll be able to put out a commercially viable record by, like, Friday. (Which is something I don't think I'd have said 5 weeks ago.)
Adam Lambert (+3 sang last)
"One" (chosen by Simon) (U2 +2)
"Cryin'"
I'll still say about Adam that he has a ridiculously powerful instrument, and from time to time he employs it in a way that I find compelling. He also seems like a hell of a sweet guy, and I would rather see what kind of album he puts out than Danny, Lil, Anoop, or pretty much anyone that went out before the judges used their save. That being said ... I really hated that performance of "One." The beginning sounded pretty, if possessed of that self-aware "emoting" that Adam does that tends to keep me at a distance. But once the acrobatics started, any semblance of melody went completely out the window, and he just lost the song entirely in a haze of crazy vocal tricks. He usually has a much tighter grip on his horses. "Cryin'" held together much better, I thought -- a fine entry from the early Aerosmith songbook.
Best of the night: Kris's "Heartless"
Worst of the night: Adam's "One"
Going home: Kris (and, eventually, Kara)
I wish would go home: Danny (and, ideally, Kara) (and Randy) (and Paula)
One song chosen by the judges, one chosen by the contestants this week. Not sure if anything can keep Kris around for next week, but I can hope.
Danny Gokey (+2 sang first)
"Dance Little Sister" (chosen by Paula)
"You Are So Beautiful"
Paula always has the most interesting song choices at this stage, even if they're not necessarily the best. The first performance was energetic and fun, the second was boring and emotionally needy. Both were screamy in a way that I don't think he'll be able to sustain throughout a summer tour, much less a career. But he wasn't awful.
Kris Allen
"Apologize" (chosen by Kara and Randy)
"Heartless"
First of all, Kara can kiss my ass with that "I didn't like the arrangement of that song I chose for you" bullshit. I thought only Randy Jackson would ever have the balls to call song choice on a song he chose. So with a poorly chosen song, Kris was unimpressive. "Heartless," however, was my absolute favorite performance of the night and I will be buying that shit from iTunes most definitely. Shrewd song choice, too -- from the break, he had a better than 50/50 shot at outsinging the original. If the stupid judges/audience would've shut the hell up for a second, Simon's praise might've had a chance to sink in. If he does go home tomorrow, I at least think he'll be able to put out a commercially viable record by, like, Friday. (Which is something I don't think I'd have said 5 weeks ago.)
Adam Lambert (+3 sang last)
"One" (chosen by Simon) (U2 +2)
"Cryin'"
I'll still say about Adam that he has a ridiculously powerful instrument, and from time to time he employs it in a way that I find compelling. He also seems like a hell of a sweet guy, and I would rather see what kind of album he puts out than Danny, Lil, Anoop, or pretty much anyone that went out before the judges used their save. That being said ... I really hated that performance of "One." The beginning sounded pretty, if possessed of that self-aware "emoting" that Adam does that tends to keep me at a distance. But once the acrobatics started, any semblance of melody went completely out the window, and he just lost the song entirely in a haze of crazy vocal tricks. He usually has a much tighter grip on his horses. "Cryin'" held together much better, I thought -- a fine entry from the early Aerosmith songbook.
Best of the night: Kris's "Heartless"
Worst of the night: Adam's "One"
Going home: Kris (and, eventually, Kara)
I wish would go home: Danny (and, ideally, Kara) (and Randy) (and Paula)
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Week 11 Points/Standings
Ryan was probably as explicit as he's ever been that we weren't getting a proper Bottom 3 this week, so no harm nor foul for Kris and Danny. So now, with no one picking Kris, and everyone at the top having picked Adam and Danny together, it's down to artist picks to decide the pool's outcome. COME ON, CELINE!
POINTS:
Adam +10 (+2 sang first; +3 sang last)
Kris +5
Danny +5
Allison +3 (sang last)
POINTS TO DATE
Stephanie -- 165
Andrew -- 161
Vance -- 159
Joe -- 158
David O. -- 151
Kristeen -- 151
Aaron -- 140
Dave B. -- 139
Melody -- 139
Robin -- 139
Brian Corridan -- 138
Courtney -- 137
Jeff -- 137
Liz -- 133
Tracie -- 133
Gabriel -- 131
Stephen -- 129
Mark B. -- 117
Emily -- 111
Megan -- 102
Chad -- 97
DeAnn -- 97
Denise -- 97
Marc H. -- 97
Kristi -- 95
Linda -- 95
Brian H. #1 -- 94
John R. -- 93
Brian Cool -- 91
Katie -- 91
Kim -- 83
Rick -- 78
Sarah -- 78
Anna Beth -- 74
Angela -- 74
Marnie -- 68
Kyle -- 65
Dylan -- 64
Brian H. #2 -- 59
Mary -- 52
John H. -- 50
Gretta -- 15
POINTS:
Adam +10 (+2 sang first; +3 sang last)
Kris +5
Danny +5
Allison +3 (sang last)
POINTS TO DATE
Stephanie -- 165
Andrew -- 161
Vance -- 159
Joe -- 158
David O. -- 151
Kristeen -- 151
Aaron -- 140
Dave B. -- 139
Melody -- 139
Robin -- 139
Brian Corridan -- 138
Courtney -- 137
Jeff -- 137
Liz -- 133
Tracie -- 133
Gabriel -- 131
Stephen -- 129
Mark B. -- 117
Emily -- 111
Megan -- 102
Chad -- 97
DeAnn -- 97
Denise -- 97
Marc H. -- 97
Kristi -- 95
Linda -- 95
Brian H. #1 -- 94
John R. -- 93
Brian Cool -- 91
Katie -- 91
Kim -- 83
Rick -- 78
Sarah -- 78
Anna Beth -- 74
Angela -- 74
Marnie -- 68
Kyle -- 65
Dylan -- 64
Brian H. #2 -- 59
Mary -- 52
John H. -- 50
Gretta -- 15
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Week 11 Performance Recap
Okay, so for YEARS I have been clammoring for a Duets Week on "Idol." I never thought it would happen because of how inherently unfair it would be to either a) saddle a good singer with a crappy one for a week, or b) saddle a crappy singer with another crappy singer and damn their chances entirely. But now that they're down to four singers, all of whom are reasonably talented, that's not really an issue, so look what we get! Happy Tuesday to me!
One of the reasons I've always wanted a duets week, beyond my hope for some "Leather and Lace" up in here, is the absolute uproar it would cause among fans, critics, conspiracy theorists, and all. Looking around the internet, I can see I was not wrong. I'll even join in: Why finally do duets during rock week, the least-duetty genre of them all? Ah well.
Adam Lambert (first +2)
"Whole Lotta Love"
Great vocal that did reasonable justice to the original (though how is Allison a "copycat" Janis and Adam now a copycat Robert Plant considering how faithfully they both delivered their performances?). Still looks like he's playing dress-up, which always takes me out of the performance, but I liked the sound of it.
Allison Iraheta
"Cry Baby"
At the time, I thought that Allison's lack of a real knockout performance here (it was good, just not great) was going to mean big trouble for her. After the hour was up, maybe not, but I still agreed with Randy (...I know) when he said that the song didn't give her enough room to blow people away. Also, like Simon, I thought Allison was considering the Queen "Somebody to Love." Unlike Simon, I am very glad she didn't pick that one, but the Jefferson Airplane "Somebody to Love"? That could've been fun.
Danny Gokey and Kris Allen
"Renegade"
They did manage to sound quite good singing together (with a big assist from the backup singers). But left to their own devices, Danny seemed strained and Kris was completely aimless and lost. He didn't sound bad, but he didn't know what to do with himself at all. Even in the critique he seemed like he was looking for a place to sit down.
Kris Allen
"Come Together" (Beatles +2)
I didn't think it sounded nearly as bad as everyone else did. I like that he didn't try to step too far out of what works for him. He was kind of fucked either way, because what he should have done was taken a super hard-edged song and made it into a smooth Kris coffeehouse number, but I think the judges (and/or Slash) would have KILLED him for it. I think he's going home, much to my extreme chagrin.
Danny Gokey
"Dream On"
I can't ... how do I even begin to describe the many layers of terror that was this performance. I watched half of it with my face behind a pillow, and that was BEFORE the Last Screech on the Left that killed the song dead. The early notes were strained, the attempted eye-fucking (which, combined with The Scream suggested that this was Danny doing his Adam impersonation), that embarrassing "do-do-do" ... it's too much. Somebody's gonna need to hold up a photo of ME in front of a TV camera next week because Danny Gokey just killed me dead.
Adam Lambert and Allison Iraheta (last, +3 for each)
"Slow Ride"
What I said, verbatim, once Ryan said the word "Foghat": "Oh God DAMN it, Lambert!" You know he chose that shit. Here's where, if I'm a crazy TWoP-posting conspiracy nut, I start spinning my wheels, because if I want to make Allison sing something that she can't possibly impress with, vocally (if Randy thought "Cry Baby" was repetitive?), wouldn't this be my sandbag of choice? Anyway, I don't believe that's the case (for one thing, Adam and Allison really seem to be close), and even if it was, it didn't work. The vocals weren't anything to write home about (again, the song doesn't really ask for much), but A & A were having so much damn FUN on the stage. Their combined stage presence was -- I'll say it -- a joy to behold. Yes. "A joy."
Predicted Bottom 3: Kris, Danny, Allison
Going home: Kris
One of the reasons I've always wanted a duets week, beyond my hope for some "Leather and Lace" up in here, is the absolute uproar it would cause among fans, critics, conspiracy theorists, and all. Looking around the internet, I can see I was not wrong. I'll even join in: Why finally do duets during rock week, the least-duetty genre of them all? Ah well.
Adam Lambert (first +2)
"Whole Lotta Love"
Great vocal that did reasonable justice to the original (though how is Allison a "copycat" Janis and Adam now a copycat Robert Plant considering how faithfully they both delivered their performances?). Still looks like he's playing dress-up, which always takes me out of the performance, but I liked the sound of it.
Allison Iraheta
"Cry Baby"
At the time, I thought that Allison's lack of a real knockout performance here (it was good, just not great) was going to mean big trouble for her. After the hour was up, maybe not, but I still agreed with Randy (...I know) when he said that the song didn't give her enough room to blow people away. Also, like Simon, I thought Allison was considering the Queen "Somebody to Love." Unlike Simon, I am very glad she didn't pick that one, but the Jefferson Airplane "Somebody to Love"? That could've been fun.
Danny Gokey and Kris Allen
"Renegade"
They did manage to sound quite good singing together (with a big assist from the backup singers). But left to their own devices, Danny seemed strained and Kris was completely aimless and lost. He didn't sound bad, but he didn't know what to do with himself at all. Even in the critique he seemed like he was looking for a place to sit down.
Kris Allen
"Come Together" (Beatles +2)
I didn't think it sounded nearly as bad as everyone else did. I like that he didn't try to step too far out of what works for him. He was kind of fucked either way, because what he should have done was taken a super hard-edged song and made it into a smooth Kris coffeehouse number, but I think the judges (and/or Slash) would have KILLED him for it. I think he's going home, much to my extreme chagrin.
Danny Gokey
"Dream On"
I can't ... how do I even begin to describe the many layers of terror that was this performance. I watched half of it with my face behind a pillow, and that was BEFORE the Last Screech on the Left that killed the song dead. The early notes were strained, the attempted eye-fucking (which, combined with The Scream suggested that this was Danny doing his Adam impersonation), that embarrassing "do-do-do" ... it's too much. Somebody's gonna need to hold up a photo of ME in front of a TV camera next week because Danny Gokey just killed me dead.
Adam Lambert and Allison Iraheta (last, +3 for each)
"Slow Ride"
What I said, verbatim, once Ryan said the word "Foghat": "Oh God DAMN it, Lambert!" You know he chose that shit. Here's where, if I'm a crazy TWoP-posting conspiracy nut, I start spinning my wheels, because if I want to make Allison sing something that she can't possibly impress with, vocally (if Randy thought "Cry Baby" was repetitive?), wouldn't this be my sandbag of choice? Anyway, I don't believe that's the case (for one thing, Adam and Allison really seem to be close), and even if it was, it didn't work. The vocals weren't anything to write home about (again, the song doesn't really ask for much), but A & A were having so much damn FUN on the stage. Their combined stage presence was -- I'll say it -- a joy to behold. Yes. "A joy."
Predicted Bottom 3: Kris, Danny, Allison
Going home: Kris
Week 11 Results/Points
Eeeep! Never posted last week's scores. Sorry, guys. Anyway, there were no artist points on Rat Pack Week, so that made things easier. Also, the King Solomon showed up a couple weeks late this time around, so while Adam was bottom two (-3 points), he made up for it by singing last (+3) and being the Solomon in the middle (+3).
Points this week:
Adam +8
Kris +5
Allison +5
Danny +5
Matt 0
POINTS TO DATE:
Stephanie -- 150
Andrew -- 146
Vance -- 144
Joe -- 143
David O. -- 134
Melody -- 134
Kristeen -- 134
Robin -- 134
Brian Corridan -- 133
Courtney -- 132
Dave B. -- 131
Jeff -- 129
Liz -- 128
Tracie -- 128
Aaron -- 125
Stephen -- 122
Gabriel -- 116
Emily -- 106
Mark B. -- 104
Megan -- 102
Brian H. #1 -- 94
John R. -- 93
Chad -- 92
Denise -- 92
Marc H. -- 92
Linda -- 90
DeAnn -- 87
Brian Cool -- 86
Katie -- 86
Kristi -- 85
Kim -- 78
Rick -- 78
Anna Beth -- 74
Sarah -- 73
Angela -- 69
Kyle -- 60
Dylan -- 59
Marnie -- 58
Brian H. #2 -- 56
Mary -- 52
John H. -- 47
Gretta -- 15
Points this week:
Adam +8
Kris +5
Allison +5
Danny +5
Matt 0
POINTS TO DATE:
Stephanie -- 150
Andrew -- 146
Vance -- 144
Joe -- 143
David O. -- 134
Melody -- 134
Kristeen -- 134
Robin -- 134
Brian Corridan -- 133
Courtney -- 132
Dave B. -- 131
Jeff -- 129
Liz -- 128
Tracie -- 128
Aaron -- 125
Stephen -- 122
Gabriel -- 116
Emily -- 106
Mark B. -- 104
Megan -- 102
Brian H. #1 -- 94
John R. -- 93
Chad -- 92
Denise -- 92
Marc H. -- 92
Linda -- 90
DeAnn -- 87
Brian Cool -- 86
Katie -- 86
Kristi -- 85
Kim -- 78
Rick -- 78
Anna Beth -- 74
Sarah -- 73
Angela -- 69
Kyle -- 60
Dylan -- 59
Marnie -- 58
Brian H. #2 -- 56
Mary -- 52
John H. -- 47
Gretta -- 15
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Week 10 Results/Points
Sorry for the lack of a performance recap, but it was kind of an underwhelming week, right? Disco wasn't a good fit for anyone, so pretty much no one adhered to the theme -- even Season 4's legendarily dubious "'70s Dance Music" theme produced more actual disco (Carrie's hilarious "MacArthur Park" comes gloriously to mind).
As for results night, a more predictable pair of eliminations than I was expecting, but happily so. I'll say this, too: My brief flirtation with giving credulity to Dial Idol is well and truly over, after five straight weeks of making me crazy worrying that Allison and Kris were last in the voting only to have them not even be in the Bottom 3 (they had Lil in FIRST this week). They had been pretty accurate in the last couple seasons, but for whatever reason, the wheels came off this year.
Also, this probably doesn't reflect too well on me, but I took WAY too much pleasure in watching how hard Anoop was taking his elimination. I realize I've spent the last month and a half interpreting Anoop's every action through the very negative prism in which he is a smarmy, frat-adjacent, unsuccessfully faux-humble wannabe who finds himself far cooler than he will ever be. But a) I think I'm on the money there (two separate weeks where he wore varsity jackets, people), and b) half the fun of watching this show is creating your own narrative anyway. But either way, I've grown to loathe him, so to see him look so pissed was delicious. Back to Chapel Hill indeed.
Points this week:
Kris, Matt, Danny, Adam: +5
Allison: +3 (Bottom 3)
Anoop: +3 (sang last)
Lil: +2 (sang first)
No artists points (I need to remember to pick Donna Summer next season; every year she is a sleeping giant). Because the theme was Disco, giving out Whitney points for "I'm Every Woman" is pretty indefensible. I'm sure I'll hear some dissent on that issue, but I'm fucked either way as far as that's concerned.
I actually don't have the spreadsheet in front of me, but I'm pretty sure only 3 poolies (Dave Bunting, David Ozanich, and Kristeen) still have all 3 contestants still alive. They're all a good bit behind the leaders, though, so now it's become a race to see if they can close the gap before their chances run out and the show whittles itself down to the inevitable Danny/Adam final. I'm kind of excited to see how it plays out.
POINTS TO DATE:
Stephanie -- 137
Andrew -- 133
Vance -- 131
Joe -- 130
Melody -- 129
Robin -- 129
Brian Corridan -- 128
Courtney -- 127
David O. -- 123
Liz -- 123
Tracie -- 123
Dave B. -- 121
Kristeen -- 121
Jeff -- 119
Stephen -- 117
Aaron -- 112
Gabriel -- 103
Megan -- 102
Emily -- 101
Brian H. #1 -- 94
John R. -- 93
Mark B. -- 91
Chad -- 87
Denise -- 87
Marc H. -- 87
Linda -- 85
Brian Cool -- 81
Katie -- 81
DeAnn -- 79
Rick -- 78
Kristi -- 77
Anna Beth -- 74
Kim -- 73
Sarah -- 68
Angela -- 64
Kyle -- 55
Dylan -- 54
Mary -- 52
Brian H. #2 -- 51
Marnie -- 50
John H. -- 42
Gretta -- 15
As for results night, a more predictable pair of eliminations than I was expecting, but happily so. I'll say this, too: My brief flirtation with giving credulity to Dial Idol is well and truly over, after five straight weeks of making me crazy worrying that Allison and Kris were last in the voting only to have them not even be in the Bottom 3 (they had Lil in FIRST this week). They had been pretty accurate in the last couple seasons, but for whatever reason, the wheels came off this year.
Also, this probably doesn't reflect too well on me, but I took WAY too much pleasure in watching how hard Anoop was taking his elimination. I realize I've spent the last month and a half interpreting Anoop's every action through the very negative prism in which he is a smarmy, frat-adjacent, unsuccessfully faux-humble wannabe who finds himself far cooler than he will ever be. But a) I think I'm on the money there (two separate weeks where he wore varsity jackets, people), and b) half the fun of watching this show is creating your own narrative anyway. But either way, I've grown to loathe him, so to see him look so pissed was delicious. Back to Chapel Hill indeed.
Points this week:
Kris, Matt, Danny, Adam: +5
Allison: +3 (Bottom 3)
Anoop: +3 (sang last)
Lil: +2 (sang first)
No artists points (I need to remember to pick Donna Summer next season; every year she is a sleeping giant). Because the theme was Disco, giving out Whitney points for "I'm Every Woman" is pretty indefensible. I'm sure I'll hear some dissent on that issue, but I'm fucked either way as far as that's concerned.
I actually don't have the spreadsheet in front of me, but I'm pretty sure only 3 poolies (Dave Bunting, David Ozanich, and Kristeen) still have all 3 contestants still alive. They're all a good bit behind the leaders, though, so now it's become a race to see if they can close the gap before their chances run out and the show whittles itself down to the inevitable Danny/Adam final. I'm kind of excited to see how it plays out.
POINTS TO DATE:
Stephanie -- 137
Andrew -- 133
Vance -- 131
Joe -- 130
Melody -- 129
Robin -- 129
Brian Corridan -- 128
Courtney -- 127
David O. -- 123
Liz -- 123
Tracie -- 123
Dave B. -- 121
Kristeen -- 121
Jeff -- 119
Stephen -- 117
Aaron -- 112
Gabriel -- 103
Megan -- 102
Emily -- 101
Brian H. #1 -- 94
John R. -- 93
Mark B. -- 91
Chad -- 87
Denise -- 87
Marc H. -- 87
Linda -- 85
Brian Cool -- 81
Katie -- 81
DeAnn -- 79
Rick -- 78
Kristi -- 77
Anna Beth -- 74
Kim -- 73
Sarah -- 68
Angela -- 64
Kyle -- 55
Dylan -- 54
Mary -- 52
Brian H. #2 -- 51
Marnie -- 50
John H. -- 42
Gretta -- 15
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Week 9 Results/Points
So I trust if you care at all about not being spoiled about tonight's elimination, you're already steering well clear of this blog, yes? Okay.
So the Judges' Save! After I left absolutely zero chance that the judges would ever save Matt, they...did. And in a really confusing manner, in which Simon was either overruled by the other three (which would mean the whole "unanimous" requirement for the Save had been jettisoned) or else he was trying to preserve his cool by pretending he didn't want to save Matt. Either way, the save has been used and is done for the season.
And while I don't think Matt's performance this week -- last night or tonight -- merited the save, I'm actually really glad they used it on him. The fact that he has no real chance of winning the whole show mitigates the impact of the Save on the ultimate outcome; certainly much more so than if Danny or Adam had been saved. And I still pretty much like Matt, so I'm cool.
As for points, I'm counting both Matt and Lil as Bottom Two, so they both get the -3.
THIS WEEK'S POINTS
Allison +7 (+2, sang first)
Lil +5 (+3 sang last; -3 Bottom Two)
Adam +5
Danny +5
Kris +5
Anoop +3 (-2 Bottom Three)
Matt +2 (-3 Bottom Two)
Bryan Adams +4 ("Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman"; "Everything I Do (I Do It For You)")
Lionel Ritchie +2 ("Endless Love")
THIS WEEK'S STANDINGS
Stephanie -- 125
Andrew -- 121
Vance -- 119
Brian Corridan -- 118
Joe -- 117
Melody -- 117
Robin -- 117
Courtney -- 115
Liz -- 111
Tracie -- 111
Dave B. -- 108
David O. -- 108
Jeff -- 108
Stephen -- 107
Kristeen -- 106
Aaron -- 102
Megan -- 95
Emily -- 93
Gabriel -- 93
Brian H. #1 -- 89
John R. -- 86
Mark B. -- 83
Chad -- 80
Marc H. -- 80
Denise -- 77
Linda -- 77
Brian Cool -- 74
Katie -- 74
Rick -- 73
Kristi -- 72
DeAnn -- 71
Anna Beth -- 69
Kim -- 68
Sarah -- 63
Angela -- 59
Kyle -- 50
Dylan -- 49
Brian H. #2 -- 48
Mary -- 47
Marnie -- 45
John H. -- 39
Gretta -- 15
So the Judges' Save! After I left absolutely zero chance that the judges would ever save Matt, they...did. And in a really confusing manner, in which Simon was either overruled by the other three (which would mean the whole "unanimous" requirement for the Save had been jettisoned) or else he was trying to preserve his cool by pretending he didn't want to save Matt. Either way, the save has been used and is done for the season.
And while I don't think Matt's performance this week -- last night or tonight -- merited the save, I'm actually really glad they used it on him. The fact that he has no real chance of winning the whole show mitigates the impact of the Save on the ultimate outcome; certainly much more so than if Danny or Adam had been saved. And I still pretty much like Matt, so I'm cool.
As for points, I'm counting both Matt and Lil as Bottom Two, so they both get the -3.
THIS WEEK'S POINTS
Allison +7 (+2, sang first)
Lil +5 (+3 sang last; -3 Bottom Two)
Adam +5
Danny +5
Kris +5
Anoop +3 (-2 Bottom Three)
Matt +2 (-3 Bottom Two)
Bryan Adams +4 ("Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman"; "Everything I Do (I Do It For You)")
Lionel Ritchie +2 ("Endless Love")
THIS WEEK'S STANDINGS
Stephanie -- 125
Andrew -- 121
Vance -- 119
Brian Corridan -- 118
Joe -- 117
Melody -- 117
Robin -- 117
Courtney -- 115
Liz -- 111
Tracie -- 111
Dave B. -- 108
David O. -- 108
Jeff -- 108
Stephen -- 107
Kristeen -- 106
Aaron -- 102
Megan -- 95
Emily -- 93
Gabriel -- 93
Brian H. #1 -- 89
John R. -- 86
Mark B. -- 83
Chad -- 80
Marc H. -- 80
Denise -- 77
Linda -- 77
Brian Cool -- 74
Katie -- 74
Rick -- 73
Kristi -- 72
DeAnn -- 71
Anna Beth -- 69
Kim -- 68
Sarah -- 63
Angela -- 59
Kyle -- 50
Dylan -- 49
Brian H. #2 -- 48
Mary -- 47
Marnie -- 45
John H. -- 39
Gretta -- 15
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