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‘American Idol’ 2010: Top 7 results
Really? Tim Urban finally got sent packing?
Wow. ‘Idol’ really did give back!
On a night filled with musical performances by Black Eyed Peas, Sir Elton John, Carrie Underwood and this year’s top 12 contestants (welcome back, Didi Benami and Lacey Brown!) the biggest surprise was the show’s follow-through on its promise to eliminate one contestant. During the last outing of the charity event, all hopefuls were deemed “safe.”
Teflon Tim looked kind of relieved that the weeks of harsh criticism and scarecrow grinning were over. He enjoyed a rebound of sorts over the last few weeks, so he can hold his head high and go back to Duncanville, Texas proud of sticking around way longer than anybody could have predicted. After all, urban wasn’t originally in the Top 24. He slipped in at the last minute when fellow contestant Chris Golightly was disqualified.
The show also featured fairly humorous routines from comics George Lopez and Wanda Sykes: Lopez turned the tables on the judges, critiquing their catch phrases and often repetitive advice; Sykes mocked the cruelty of forcing any given week’s losing contestant to sing after his or her ejection (because the show ran long and, presumably, since we’d just sat through a ton of performances from people who can actually sing, we were spared Urban’s musical exit).
Less successful, comedically, were the interminable and patently unfunny running bits featuring Jonah Hill and Russell Brand. Host Ryan Seacrest engaged in awards-show-awkward segments with the comic actors who were attempting to staff a call-bank with celebrities (their top-tier finds were legendary “Idol” psycho Tatiana del Toro and a Woody Allen impersonator).
More than 415 million was raised during last night’s broadcast, according to “Idol” judge Simon Cowell. If you’re interested in adding to that total, click here for the charity’s website.
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By Dale Roe
April 22, 2010 10:32 PM | Link to this
Hi, SBAS. Honestly, I checked out on Sir Elton's career long before he became a Sir. Somewhere around the time of "Philadelphia Freedom" his voice changed and took on that deeper, Vegas-y quality. I was not impressed.
By spartacus blood and sand
April 22, 2010 4:22 PM | Link to this
What did you make of elton johns performance? I didn't think it was all that if im entirely honest.
By gdub
April 22, 2010 12:44 PM | Link to this
It's Christmas in April...thank you, baby Jesus!