After all that begging, I sit here, typing through the tears (OK, maybe that's a bit melodramatic), hoping for a miracle to save Jason Castro. Except maybe I don't want him to be saved. After last night's unwarranted beating by the judges, maybe he deserves to be done with this show and the horrible people who run it; the brutality will be even worse if he survives this week, and the public will hate him for not being voted off after his roughest night to date. CONTINUED »
American Idol's Neil Diamond night was just as disastrous as I feared, and it's safe to assume everyone not named David is in danger of getting axed tonight. Everybody was off their game, including sobriety princess Paula Abdul. Once each contestant had performed their first songs of the evening, Ryan asked the judges to offer their comments; naturally, Paula began giving Jason Castro her critique of both his songs, one of which had yet to be sung. Her excuse: "This is hard."
So what happened? Conspiracy theorists are crying foul, saying the show is fixed and she had written the critiques beforehand, but we're talking about Paula Abdul here. It's quite possible that she just mixed the wrong meds.
Tonight's American Idol is all about Neil Diamond, because what better way to recover from the disaster that was last week's Andrew Lloyd Webber theme than to give us more train wreck material?
The magical TMZ moles have uncovered this week's song list, and we're just hoping Jason Castro can use his two (count em, two) songs to squeak by another elimination.
If you missed last night's American Idol elimination, this little video nicely sums up the hour-long episode in a mere five minutes. Amazing how that works out — it's almost as if the majority of last night's show was a waste of time. If you don't want to know the result, don't press play and don't keep reading. CONTINUED »
Naomi Judd, who judged American Idol contestant David Archuleta during his Star Search days, on his dad's rumored control issues:
I want to give a shout out to his dad. Leave [David] alone. His dad is like the worst stage dad.
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So last night was the Mariah Carey hour on American Idol, and it was just as much the train wreck as we expected. The girls failed to deliver, David Archuleta refused to go away and Mariah gave lots of awkward half-smiles as she offered the contestants advice.
We couldn't pick one favorite performance from the evening, so we'll let you decide between our top two picks. CONTINUED »
The magical TMZ moles have discovered who's singing what tonight on American Idol. (The theme is songs from the year each contestant is born.)
If this list is true, we can tell you right now who will be in the bottom three.
This melts our cold heart just a teensy weensy bit: David Archuleta, the boy wonder who has all but been crowned the winner of American Idol, is suffering from a case of Dina Lohan: He has a stage dad.
The singer may be feeling the pressure from his 'stage father' Jeff Archuleta, who reportedly yelled at David during a recording session Monday. Sources say Dad wasn't happy with his son's singing — and even brought him to tears.
Rumor also has it that Jeff was banned from the set of Star Search when David, at the ripe age of 12, competed on the show. Supposedly Jeff harassed a girl who was competing against precious David.
Our heart goes out to the kid, but we totally called this. We're torn: Do we resent him for the mess his parents have made of his life or do we use that as an excuse to cheer him on?
… We're sticking with the dreads.
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We're probably going to receive death threats from 13-year-olds around the country after saying this, but David Archuleta is painfully annoying. Sure, he's adorable. And he has a great voice. The problem is he reminds us of a child star who has been groomed for the American Idol stage since he was in the womb, what with his cheesy hand gestures and "aw, shucks" attitude. And then last night he had to go and butcher a Beatles song, forgetting the words multiple times and awkwardly fidgeting around like he was at a middle school dance.
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