So it was movie song night on American Idol and not one contestant sang anything from Disney.  Wouldn't you love to see how Adam interpreted Bibbity-Bobbity-Boo?  What about Allison rocking out Someday My Prince will Come. 

Maybe the thought only entertains me. 

So, to avoid running long and pissing off every viewer who sets their DVRs, they decided to only have two judges comment on each performance.  Ryan said, "Simon, wouldn't you call this an historic night?"

Gotta love Simon.  "No, I wouldn't.  Last week the girls talked too much."

They know they have to stay on schedule, so they waste precious minutes running a video tribute to Quentin Tarantino?  Who's big idea was it to schedule a movie director who is not a singer, songwriter or producer as this week's mentor?

Anybody else see Miami Steve Van Zandt in the audience looking about as comfortable as a tax dodger in an audit?  Yo, Steve, shouldn't you be rehearsing for the upcoming Springsteen/E Street Band tour?  I have tickets in two weeks and you better be on the top of your game, man!

Anybody think that Randy is stealing from Anoop's wardrobe rack?

On to tonight's performances.

Allison, you make so happy because you're so damn good.  You always make me so sad because I did not pick you as one of the two finalists in the AI Pool.  Oh well.  It's not about me, is it?  You go, girl!

Anoop - Everything you did, you did really right, at least vocally.  Someone, please, coach him on his wardrobe!

Adam, you are the contestant that every fan with multiple personality disorder can really get behind.  (Think of the votes if all of their personalities have phones and computers!)  You're a little non-bleached Billy Idol, a little Simon LeBon (Duran Duran), a dollop of Steve Perry (The real guy, not the Phillipino phoney), a hunk of burning Elvis and a big sweep of the lead singer from Rush.  Keep performing like this and you are definitely Born to be Idol!

Matt, call lost and found and see if anyone turned in your missing notes.  Tell me have you ever really, really ever listened to the original version of that song?

Danny, are your glasses like Samson's hair?  Take them off and you lose your true power?  I know that Endless Love struck a deep emotional place in your heart, but you flat out blew too many notes.  I can't decide if Danny's really getting more boring, or if Adam just makes him seem that way.

Kris, I have no idea what that song was and forgot it completely three seconds after you finished.  Kara thought it was one of your best.  One of your best what, I have to ask.  After showing early promise, Kris is now about as interesting as Wonder bread soaked in milk.

Lil.  Oh, Lil.  You just can't get it right and defiance does not help your case.  You butchered The Rose worse than a blind man with a dull cleaver.  The next sound you hear will be me saying goodbye to the bonus points I would have earned if you'd at least lasted to the finals.  Better pray that Matt or Kris has a less active fan base or you could go home tonight.

All in all, there were some good performances and the rest were just okay.  For Simon, the best performance he's seen in weeks was the 47 year old woman who blew them all away on Britain's Got Talent last Saturday night with a soaring, crystal clear, amazing rendition of I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables.

Click here to watch it on YouTube.

 

Yeah, I couldn't figure our the Quentin Tarintino thing either. What, no one else wanted to do it? They could bring back David Foster. He's done movies, and at leats he KNOWS MUSIC. I agree that Adam always shows everyone up. He never hits a wrong note, even when he's doing the screaming thing it's still in tune. I do like Alyson, but I didn't like her song this week. Thought it was too low for her. Danny, I like. Can't help it. Actually, my favorite of the night was Kris. Thought he did really well on that song. Lil, I didn't like at all, either. Kinda sad because she has such a great voice, but like a lot of them she can't seem to find her groove once the competition really starts. I think the "advice" and the criticism she's been getting has really thrown her off.