Sorry for the lack of recap today; I didn't get to see the episode until late last night, and by then I needed sleep more than I needed to go through my complicated feelings about why I don't hate Adam Lambert but I can't remotely get into him at all.
Basically, in order of preference: Allison rocked it yet AGAIN and gave the only performance I wanted to go back and listen to afterwards. Her command of the stage is astounding, and she manages to be likeable without cloying. And there is no way this girl is pulling off anything calculated, so it's gotta be genuine. Love, love, love. Matt was second-best, looking polished; then Kris and Adam, each one gaming the competition exactly right given their constituencies. They both have a firm grasp on what their appeal is and the kind of artist they each want to be. I prefer Kris, but they're both the exact same kind of artificial.
Anoop and Lil were inconsistent but not awful. Danny was annoying but not bad. Scott was ... Scott, and still looking slightly Ned Ryerson in the face. Sarver was officially past the point of being relevant. And Megan was a mess, as usual.
As for the RESULTS, Ryan was kind and announced a Bottom 3 (Scott, Michael, Matt) and a Bottom 2 (Michael Matt). Matt's poor showing, among other things, is yet further proof that singing at the beginning of a two-hour show is a damn difficult obstacle to overcome. Anyway, points this week:
Allison: +8 (+3 for singing first)
Matt: +4 (+2 sang first; -3 Bottom Two)
Scott: +3 (-2 Bottom 3)
Everyone else but Michael: +5
Stevie Wonder: +4 ("For Once in My Life," plus performance tonight)
Standings to come tonight/tomorrow. Feel free to talk up the week in the comments.
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The fact that Scott is still in this competition makes me cringe. He should have gone home. So should Megan Joy; she was awful, and I maintain that it's not her voice, but rather that she should be just a recording artist and not a performer. That Matt was in the bottom two speaks to the general idiocy / laziness of the audience.
Hypothetical question: how many points would someone accumulate this week if they picked the Supremes? They covered, like, half the songs performed this week.
True, but only "You Can't Hurry Love" would be considered a Supremes song. They never really had a definitive version of any of the others.
We have reached the most boring part of the season, where all the people who are not disastrously bad but who are not remotely good enough to win go home in an apparently random order. It's even MORE boring because you know that if there's a fluke and the vote goes against one of the front-runners, they'll just get "saved" by the judges. In other words, they've removed the possibility of the only thing that ever makes this part of the season interesting. Let's just get Megan and Scott gone so we can get on with our lives already.
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