Last night the finalists all sang a song that was a hit the year they were born. Tonight the show was opened with the song that was #1 on the Billboard HOT 100 the date that Simon was born. Frankie Avalon spent five weeks at the top of the charts with Venus in 1959 and he was there live on the American Idol stage to reveal to the world Simon's real age. The finalists then performed a song that was a top 5 smash from 2002, the year that American Idol started. That's when Australian artist Kylie Minogue came back to the American charts after a 14 year absence with Can't Get You Out Of My Head.
Adam Lambert was the first to hear that he is safe. Kris Allen is also safe while Anoop Desai is the first to be in the bottom three.
The #1 song for all of 2008 was Low by Flo Rida. Now we are only a few months into 2009 and Flo Rida is already the top contender for the biggest hit of this year as his latest smash Right Round is dominating sales and airplay. He brought the party to the American Idol stage as he performed it live complete with energetic dancers, streamers and confetti.
Danny Gokey and Matt Giraud are safe while Scott MacIntyre had to go join Anoop. With only the two remaining girls left turns out that Allison Iraheta is not in the bottom three while Lil Rounds has to go there for the first time.
Kellie Pickler competed in the Season Five Miss American Idol competition and has done a great job capitalizing on the success of the Supreme Miss American Idol, Season Four winner, Carrie Underwood. Kellie really has made the most of her opportunity releasing some very fun country songs and appearing at many high profile events. While she didn't win any awards like Carrie, Kellie also performed at the Academy of Country Music Awards. The same song, actually, that she sang tonight, but this time it was better because Taylor Swift was no where to be found this time around.
Thankfully, Lil was sent back to safety leaving just Scott and Anoop as the lowest vote getters of the week. Unfortunately, the sweet and charming Scott MacIntyre was left standing alone and needing to sing The Search Is Over one more time in the hopes that the judges would save him. It was very clear that serious consideration was given to saving him, but the final decision was to not use it.
I only got one of my predictions correct this time around. Anoop is clearly the weakest link in the competition and he barely squeaked by to come back next week. The loss of Scott MacIntyre changes the show completely. Few of the other finalists demonstrate his genuine love and passion for making music. And he did it every week with a rare and genuine sincerity and vulnerability. The show must go on next week, but the emotional heart and soul isn't going to be there. :(
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