Hop On the Blake Parade
Adios Lakisha. Did we call it, or what?
We know, we also made some comment about how none of the Idol contestants chose any good BeeGees songs this week, but we stand corrected. KiKi did "Staying Alive," but we totally forgot about it because it was just that meh. Obviously the rest of the country agreed with us, and she was sent home last night.
We'll give a quick sum-up of last night's show:
Some weird shit was going on in the beginning. Simon clapped like a dolphin, Paula rubbed her chest, Ryan made some bizarre, cryptic comments. It was all very strange. The Final Four did a 50-minute (slight exaggeration) medley of Barry Gibb songs, complete with awfully awkward choreography that consisted pretty much of the four of them alternately walking in a straight line or standing in place. This was particularly alarming, because the show has a resident star choreographer (Paula has worked with everyone from the Laker Girls to Janet Jackson--come on!), yet the group sing choreography is clearly done by some prop boy, or something.
There was another awful Ford commercial, Pink kicked some ass in a really unflattering dress, but still. A too-long recap of Tuesday's show. Blake was called out about twenty times as the one who sucked the most this week, Barry Gibb performed (we fast-forwarded). And finally, the time had come to send someone packing.
The contestants all made out with one another, and Jordin was safe. Super-close-up shots of everyone, and Melinda was safe. Ryan blamed everything on the producers and sent us to a commercial, leaving Blakeypoo and LaKisha to think hard about what they've done. Simon predicted LaKisha would be sent home, she started talking to herself and pretending to be okay with everything. Blake wore a terrible shirt, and then he was safe.
We couldn't help ourselves, and just burst into bawling tears during KiKi's adios montage, and then she ripped it harder than she has since she sang the J-Hud song from Dreamgirls, rubbing it in all our faces that she really could have an incredible career ahead of her, as she went out appropriately singing, "Staying Alive."
So there you have it, Seattle. You've made it to the semi-finals of American Idol. Holy crap. We never woulda guessed it possible. The Blaker Girls have a little hope to hold onto, and when he gets kicked off next week, we'll still have surrogate tried-out-here-and-that-counts Seattlite Jordin Sparks representing. Go us!
Speaking of Go us!, Get Blaked out tomorrow (from KCPQ's Web site):
After a morning filled with live radio interviews, Lewis will perform a mini-concert free to the public at Westlake Mall Park at 12:15pm. From there, it's on to Blake's hometown of Bothell for a city-wide celebration beginning with a parade at 4 p.m. on Main Street . The Blake Lewis Idol hometown visit will conclude when he performs the national anthem before the Seattle Mariners home game vs. the New York Yankees at 7:05 p.m.
For those of you absolutely crazy Idol fanatics, Sanjaya's home!
