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LIVE BLOGGING: American Idol Top 8 (4/7/09)
Published on: April 7, 2009 – 7:00 pm by Jillian Madison 
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Another week, another episode of American Idol! Tonight, the top 8 performers will be singing songs from the year they were born. I’m Jillian Madison and I’ll be serving up tonight’s live-blogging goodness. Now let’s do this!
8:02: They’re showing baby pictures. Man, Kara DioGuardi was an ugly baby. Ryan Seacrest was even uglier. Ryan’s picture flashed up on screen, and Paula asked him if he “liked carrots when he was little.” Oh Paula, so clever! Wait, is she saying Ryan had buck teeth, or he looked orange? Oddly enough, either one works here.
8:05: Danny Gokey is up first, because he’s the oldest. He’s singing some strange version of Stand By Me from 1980. He’s sporting a new pair of clear glasses and he looks chubbier than he did last week. Maybe he’s retaining water. Wait, since when is Stand By Me a DISCO song?! The arrangement is God-awful. Not feeling it at all. Rating: 4/10.
8:15: Kris Allen, born in 1985, is next up singing “All She Wants To Do Is Dance.” Oh, shocking, he’s throwing down more facial gymnastics. He’s got his guitar and he’s surrounded by a bunch of 13 year old girls pretending to be into his low energy performance. Man, there were so many great songs in 1985, and he chose this one? Big mistake. The judges hated it! Rating: 3/10.
8:21: Lil’ Rounds, born in 1984, is now singing “What’s Love Got To Do With It.” I love this song, but Lil’s performance just an average karaoke rendition of one of the most classic songs of all time. The whole thing felt clone-ish, down to Tina Turner’s footwork as she walked across the stage. Disappointing, and the judges railed her for it. Rating: 4/10.
8:30: Anoop completely shattered his frat boy image by screaming, “WHOO! TAR HEELS!” during his pre-song interview with Ryan Seacrest (sarcasm, people). Born in 1986, he is singing True Colors by Cyndi Lauper. And somewhere in America, a J Crew mannequin is looking a little less stylish without its green and white striped cardigan. This performance REEKS of adult contemporary “I’m getting dental work done” but the judges praised him anyway. They must be drunk. Rating: 4/10.
8:40: Scott Macintyre was born in 1985, and he’s singing “The Search Is Over” by Survivor. Oh my dear Lord, this is SHOCKINGLY BAD. Definitely one of his worst performances ever (and for the record, I can’t stand the noise that comes out of his mouth whenever he holds a note). This is getting worse every second. Why is he on this show? And why are the judges kissing his ass? Kara said it was too “over ambitious for him.” Say what you mean, Kara: “He sounds like a dying cat whenever he opens his mouth.” Rating: 2/10.
8:46: Allison Iraheta was born in 1992 (holy shit), and is singing “I Can’t Make You Love Me” by Bonnie Raitt. And you know what? It’s by far the best performance of the night. She chose the right song, and she sang it well and with emotion. My cynical, sarcastic ass doesn’t have much to say, other than A) it’s too bad her personality sucks, and B) she looks like she borrowed her skirt from one of the dead zombies in Michael Jackson’s Thriller video. Rating: 7/10.
8:54: Matt Giraud was born in 1985. He’s singing “Part Time Lover” by Stevie Wonder. IT IS AWFUL. TO STRESS HOW AWFUL IT IS, I’M WRITING IN ALL CAPS. This is a fast, upbeat song and yet he slowed it down to the point of it being painful to listen to. Even worse, he’s adding runs every 3 seconds. I think this is one of his worst performances. When will people stop singing Stevie Wonder on this show? No one can pull it off. Stevie is the man. And this is just pathetic. Rating: 2/10.
At least Matt had a fedora on today, so we didn’t have to see that awful mole:
9:02: Annoying Adam GLambert was bon in 1982, and is singing “Mad World” (the song they played every 4 seconds in Donnie Darko). I’m so bored. Oh, wait, he just started screaching. Now I’m just nauseous. This performance DEFINES self indulgent. It’s boring, and sounds like something you’d hear off-off-off Broadway. It’s now 9:06, and they are rushing him off the stage because the show went long. What a pity it would be if he lost votes because of that (evil snickering). Rating: 2/10.
So there you have it! Leave your thoughts in the comments, and we’ll bring you the results tomorrow night as soon as they go down.
Kris– i cant take his lip gymnastics. he moves his lips in all sorts of weird ways.
he totally has a slight john mayer stage presence…cocky.
NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO LIL ROUNDS.
Gokey makes me sick. he was more boring than watching my sister paint her nails.
Why baby pictures tonight? really stupid gimmick. and why is lil rounds picture like –of 5 years ago?
Why is Seacrest picking his nails constantly on camera. NAStttttt.
OMG, her name is ACTUALLY ‘LIL
Crap! I think L. Rounds is letting me down. TOOOOO BIG OF A SONG FOR HERRRRR.
I was hoping for a BIG finish not a predictable one. Booo.
is Lil losing weight? does she have a tape worm or is it Jenny Craig?
is the blind kid still on the show. I cant wait to see his baby pic.
i think simon just made Lil cry.
do you think anoop’s parents ever said the words: anoop did a poopy doop?
vote anoop off, he is such a snot. he backhandedly apologized to Kara. He lost my respect last week and even more so this week.
I hated Anoops performance. And he was a terribly ugly baby. So there!
EXCUSE ME!
*lol
The song choice for Scott was not good.
I agree with Simon, the guitar and Scott not meshing tonight.
He feels very awkward without an instrument.
I dont think he is an AMERICAN idol at all.
Allison reminds me of P!nk
LMAO @ scott’s glory notes. I swear his mouth just stays open in that same all the way position as the crap spills out. He has no clue how to emote.
Allison has the best voice this year. I hope she gets far despite her wardrobe.
adam is one of those annoying performance art kids in school that have to musicalize every damn thing. attention whore types… that end up singing their order at mcdonald’s and you just want to punch ‘em for being irritating as all damn hell.
I am sorry no matter how much people think this guy is a genius. I still think he has no talent, no matter if they stood up for him.
You gave Adam a 2/10! He deserves a 10/10! For his performance AND his looks ; )
Anonymous apparently doesn’t know how this site works. And what looks? He’s a disgusting, self-indulgent pig.
HE’S HOT! WOOT WOOT! He’s an angel. Let the hater comments begin ; )
anonymous is either clay aiken or rosie o’donnell
“do you think anoop’s parents ever said the words: anoop did a poopy doop?”
OMG I can totally hear his mom saying this in an Indian Accent- holy cow, ROFL!
My husband and i decided that Scott needs to serve some cheese and fruit on those fangs of his. We could make a kabob
For some reason, i believe that this seasons winner is either going to be a blind man who can’t carry a tune or a punk-rock girl who dresses like she is blind.
Now let’s be fair here Jazzy, they BOTH dress like they’re blind
I agree, Yentzi. Same timbres to her voice. It comes from years of smoking, alcohol and drug abuse. And Allison is what – 16? Her parents must be so proud! She’s already into cutting herself. Trust me, by the time she’s 18, she’ll make Karen Carpenter look like a well-balanced woman!
I actually think Kris is pretty damned cute when he’s not singing, but of all the songs from 1985, why in the hell did he pick that one? His performance was so freaking cheesy, too. I felt like I was watching Keith from the Partridge Family, like I was having a bad acid flashback.
Lil Rounds sucks, can’t sing for crap, and needs to go home, NOW. There were better singers than her that didn’t even make it into the top 24. Uggg, and her speaking voice drives me insane. She seems nice enough, but she should go back to church singing or whatever she does.
Anoop blows, and he’s too freaking cocky, buh-bye.
Matt Giraud, sometimes isn’t too bad, if you don’t have to look at him.
I’m just not going to say anything about Scott, aside from he reminds me of William Katt, the guy from that old show “Greatest American Hero”.
Allison is pretty good, I guess, but I think what I can’t stand is watching a little 16 year old singing like she’s been through more pain and suffering than me.
Once again, the judges kissed Danny Douchey on his chunky white ass. His song wasn’t that bad, but it wasn’t that good, either. He’s just so freaking smug, I can’t stand it.
I live right across the street from a fire station. Every 5 minutes a fire truck leaves with it’s sirens blaring. I’ve gotten used to that awful high pitched noise. I’ll never get used to Glamberts shrill and skrieking “singing” voice. You know that if the judges would have had time, they would have gotten down on their knees and French kissed his flaming, freckled gay ass. That song sucked and he sucks, and for the life of me, I DON’T GET what the big freaking deal about this mo is.
As much as I dislike Danny Douchey, I have a feeling it’s going to be him and Glambert in the final 2. I’ll vote 1,000 times for Douchey if I have to, because he’s the much much lesser of the 2 evils.
This show has turned into a freaking crapfest, and it’s just as bad or worse then the year that Taylor Dicks won. American Idol my ass.
Yep that personal chef in the mansion is really fattening up Gokey. I laughed when I saw Matt G’s hat covering up his forehead. I knew EXACTLY why he wore it.
This was the best week of Idol ever. Because my DVR cut off craterface’s song.
FUCK DANNY POKEY FAT GOKEY! He’s a complete pig asshole!!! He should be voted out of the show man! And so is LIL ROUNDS my ass!!! I really hope matt enters the final2 coz he’s just awsome!!! and so Allison Iraheta…
GOODBYE GOKEY!!! please vote him off the show!
David Cook, you know he won’t be voted off, he’s been the judges ass kissing favorite douchebag since this crapapalooza started, along with Adam Crambit. And the judges still have that thing this year that they can freaking veto America’s vote and let someone stay another week. I really have a feeling not so Li’l Roundbutt will be packing up her XXXL underpants and heading home tonight, and I doubt the judges will use that veto to keep anyone but Danny or Adam.
I think its absolutely hilarious that allison’s mom thought there was something wrong with her because she talked too much.
For all of you who frequent this webpage, I feel sorry for you. Hell i fell sorry for myself because i stumbled upon this pile of shit for a website.
while I agree that Scott and Anoop totally suck ass. Lil was good at one point she lost her touch, Matt and Danny are both good singers with good stage presence, who cares that Danny is a little chunky. Chris does do weird things with his lips, but he too is a decent singer. Allison has the best voice I have EVER heard out of a 16 yr old. As for Adam, he is AWESOME, at least he has some originality, who cares that his face has some imperfections.
Now for all of you morons who frequent this page, if you all hate the show so bad why do you take the time to watch it and then write about it? No one forces you to do either. You all should ask yourselves, next week when the show comes on, “Do I have the courage to get up in front of MILLIONS of people and do this?” those people on the show do have the courage and they shouldnt be made fun of. The people on the show now (with the exception of Anoop) deserve to be on the show.
Chris Daughtry and David Cook rule!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Is it just me, or is the only thing Matt is capable of is grabbing his crotch? I guess that’s the “in” thing right now. And btw, you have a twin growing out of your forehead.
Do you think Matt likes cream cheese tacos?
Does Gokey have down syndrome?
Can anybody actually hear Kris Allen’s guitar?
I guess Scott finally got kicked off because his sympathy votes for having a dead wife oh wait I mean for being blind finally ran out.
you guys hate idol but you watch it?
IDIOTS!
Screeching is spelled with two E’s. There’s no ‘a’ in it.
He’s actually quite a talented screecher when it’s spelled correctly.