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‘American Idol’ week four: Results
America blew it.
It was bound to happen — and sooner than later — but that doesn’t make it any better. Lacey Brown and her sweet voice were sent packing Wednesday night, the first casualties of the “now they’re all singing together” boys and girls Top 12 mash up.
Let me go on the record: I think the “judges save” option “Idol” tossed in a few years ago is cruel. For starters, there’s no chance the judges are going to use it on the first night, so that means that whoever gets voted off by America is set up to be rejected twice. And then there’s the fact that the judges are not even paying attention to the performance — the “Idol” cameras close in on them smirking and joking while a contestant is on stage singing for his or her life.
I do like that the exiting contestant gets the choice of which of their past performances they’d like to repeat, and I enjoyed hearing Lacey’s rendition of “The Story” again. But the judge’s save option is clearly just a tool for the producers to say, at some point, “Yeah, America, we hear you, but this contestant is ‘too pretty/popular/good for the show’ to let go, so no.”
Anyhow, America, enjoy watching/listening to goofy Tim Urban caterwaul through another embarrassing performance next week. You’ve earned it.
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By Anonymous
March 19, 2010 10:26 AM | Link to this
Dale, the website votefortheworst.com told its followers to vote for Urban. I guess it worked.