curlio.com: First 4 contestants ousted from American Idol

At least it was not a bad start for the season vote wise. Almost 32 million votes were cast. After the small talk where the judges told Ryan Seacrest that it was the girls game to lose, Ryan announced the names of the stars that got booked to appear on the show this season.

They were; Diana Ross, Jon Bon Jovi, Jennifer Lopez, Gwen Stefani, Tony Bennett, Martina McBride, Lulu and Peter from Herman's Hermits and Barry Gibb. After the recap and before any announcements of who would be going home they were doing a group performance. During the group performance it looked like they cut a part of the performance because it skipped and it felt like the part where several contestants had their own line to sing got completely cut out.

it was a decent performance of Tears for Fears' song "Sowing the seeds of love". Ryan had a small talk with the guy group, nick said he wasn't nervous but petrified. Ryan also talked to Chris Sligh, where Sligh said he was a bit nervous because of the banter with Simon, as he doesn't know how America took his banter with Simon and he is afraid it got taken as disrespect.

Sligh addressed the viewers and said;"America, I love Simon!". While Ryan started talking, I heard Simon's voice on the background telling either Paula or Randy "I like this guy!

". The first line of guys got to hear their fate, and they went down the line, Brendon Rogers, Jason Sundance Head, Chris Richardson, Nick Pedro, Blake Lewis heard they were safe, the last person standing, Paul Kim got to hear it was the end of the road for him. Randy told him to keep on rocking and to find songs that excel him, and that it all comes down to the song.

Paula told Paul that he has enough to make it and that he got a nice voice a great range and tone and that he'll be great in the studio. But that in the competition he just tried too hard and that he picked the wrong song. This all got followed by the "goodbye" performance of Paul, which was a bad crappy performance, which made his performance on Tuesday look good.

After the commercial break, Ryan talked to the girls and Lakisha said she was still nervous. The first line of girls heard their fate, Jordin Sparks, Stephanie Edwards, Sabrina Sloan, Leslie Hunt and Melinda Doolittle hear they are safe. The only person left standing was Antonella Barba, and she expected to be sent home, however a surprise is thrown as Ryan tells her than she is safe too.

After that Amy is asked to come to the middle and she's immediately told that she's going home. Simon told her that she didn't stand out amongst 12 people and that, that was her problem. The performance from her that followed the announcement that she was going home also showed why she was going home as it was full of pitch problems.

Now it was time for the guest performance, after a small talk with Ryan where Fantasia announced that she was going to star in the Broadway show "The Color Purple" produced by Quincy Jones, who was also in the audience. Ryan asks Quincy if Fantasia will bring it, Quincy says certainly and wants to start talking about the Broadway show, but gets quickly interupted by Ryan saying that Fantasia will start on Broadway on April 10th. Fantasia then performs the song "I'm Here" from the Broadway production.

It was a good performkance, however if she would have done that performance while she was a contestant on the show, they would have told her that she screamed too much. Now of course she got a standing ovation from the judges. The rest of the girls were up to hear their future, this meant that Haley Scarnato, Lakisha Jones, Gina Glocksen and Alaina Alexander were going through to next week and that Nicole Tranquillo hit the end of the road.

With her goodbye-performance it was clear why she didn't get enough votes, she was off key and pitchy all over in the performance. The last of the guys heard their fate next, Chris Sligh, Phil Stacy, Jared Cotter, A.J.

Tabaldo heard they were safe, the last two guys standing were Sanjaya Malakar and Rudy Cardenas, Ryan said that one of them would be going home, and that the other one was one of the guys in the top 4. To no surprise to me, Sanjaya was the one staying for at least another week and Rudy was sent home. Ryan asked the judges what Rudy could do in the rest of his career.

Simon replies that he can't turn an OK singer into a great singer. Ryan said that he clearly asked the wrong judge and asks Randy for his opinion. Randy said to find out what Rudy does the best.

Paula said that Rudy's pitch is perfect and that he has a great voice and that she loves his falsetto. Unlike the goodbye performance of the other 3 contestants, Rudy's performance is an improvement compared to Tuesday. Cant complain that Sanjaya is still around, but his performance didnt merit a spot in the top 4.

No surprise Paul Kim is out. He lacked emotion in the original. Really surprised Antonella is around or Leslie Or Alaina.

They were worse than Amy. Im glad Sanjaya's still in..

.hes sooo good but he did bad in his performance really glad Antonella's still in..

.but she also had a weak performance SOOOOO glad blake is still in!!

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SOOOOOO MAD leslie is still in!!!

! not surprised about Stephanie, melinda, jordin sparks, and LaKisha..

.ALL sooo good!!

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"Diana Ross, Job Bon Jovi, Jennifer Lopez, Gwen Stefani, Toni Bennet, Martina McBride, Lulu and Peter from Herman's Hermits and Barry Gibb" Oh my! That's quite a list. I wonder what they'll be doing.

.. Diana Ross - Motown?

Harmonizing groups of the 60's (like the Supremes, Temptations, etc)? Jon Bon Jovi - Music of the 80's? Rock night?

I can't imagine that Bon Jovi's collection of music is sufficient to have a "Bon Jovi" night like they had a "Queen" night last year, but maybe...

J.Lo - Since she just signed this week, there's no telling what she'll show up on, probably "currently on a Billboard chart" night. Gwen Stefani - I have no idea.

Anyone? Tony Bennett - No Barry Manilow this year, so someone has to represent the crooners of the 50's and 60's and/or Big Band music. Martina McBride - Country night.

They've had one each of the past two years. Lulu and Peter from Herman's Hermits - more 60's? Hmmmm.

Should be fun! Curlio?.

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Grrrrrrrrrrrrr. Humbug to you! Results shows are mine for now!

Forgive me, omnipotent Webmaster! I was answering your delightful Queen on another thread and forgot..

. Your worldly opinion is obviously of great value to us as well! And as an aside, you'd better watch out or you may find yourself suddenly with the power to edit all posts (including news articles) In case anyone is wondering, I've been pointing out typos again.

..at least this time I did it privately.

Hey, Contemporary Christian music fans, do you like Michael W Smith? Check out what he had to say about Jordin: I can't say that I am a huge contemporary Christian music fan, but I have seen Michael W. Smith in concert four times - twice many years ago when he toured with Amy Grant (before her divorce/scandal/remarriage), and twice since we've lived here.

Ironically, I was thinking about him when I was writing the bit about "how has Melinda stayed in the background this long?". The last two times that we've seen him, Michael has had two of his background singers take center stage and sing lead for one song.

Melinda sings in the same style from what we have seen out of his background singers. I am very okay with the results last night. Pretty acurate I would say.

I would not be suprised if the Indian hair boy and Antonilla make the top twelve. They love controversty that we all know stimulates buzz about the show, or maybe the demographics will fall that way. I think Shenova would be a great addition to your site.

She is a strong voice, though a bit "bambi-phobic"! I say that with the sass of a feisty brother. Will If it winds up the 6 best female and male singers from this week would you pay good money and stand in line to see them.

I wouldn't now, but maybe I will become more attached? I only have a small part of my music dinner plate I am willling to give over to "diva-ville salad"! i actually think that nicole is a good singer and should have stayed awhile.

yes, it really was comepletely the "wrong vibe" as randy said though after watching it back a few times i think she really did have one of the better vocal ranges. so, how much of it was because she had an attitude during the follow up interview? maybe it is more interesting to figure out who is going to get the free 'chicken little' ride this year.

i vote tits and arse every time...

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, antonella. throw in some grrl on grrl action ala what's running around the internet and i am ready to take bets on it. any takers?

In case anyone is wondering, I've been pointing out typos again...

at least this time I did it privately. Actually, I got my start when I suggested that Curlio should recap Reality Episode of Rock Star INXS! Next thing I knew Dusty mailed me asking me to do that instead!

And that was that! I am not sure if typos are the reason why Curlio said that!