Wednesday, March 11, 2009

The Twist Revealed

9:00 Dramatic intro on the stairs…And notice Ryan asked “Which two people got the lowest number of votes”? Not, who did you send home, America…

9:01 Nearly 33 million votes last night…Hey, I voted for four different people myself—the most I’ve ever voted for…Ryan intros judges…

9:02 Time to reveal the twist…Ryan shows the shocking eliminations from years past…It’s the judges save…Up until the top five, the judges can save one contestant just once and it must be unanimous. Once they use the save, they can’t use it again. The week they use it, no one will go home, but the next week, two will go…Ryan asks Simon about it and he says if someone deserves another chance, they’ll get another chance…

9:04 Look at the Idol house…It’s REALLY swank…

9:05 Here it comes. The cheesy Jackson medley…Lil and Alexis…Danny and Michael…Danny’s wearing yellow glasses…The song is “I Want You Back” by the way…“ABC”…Someone mentioned to me that they thought the Idols were lip synching these group numbers, and watching this, I think it’s a strong possibility. Either that or Jasmine was just lost…That was it? Two songs…What happened to “Thriller,” or “Bad”? That wasn’t even that cheesy!...Break…

And I hate to point out to Ryan that even with this new rule, Daughtry and Tamyra would have been eliminated because they were both voted off after the top five…