AI 9 4-21-10 And now there are six

The results show or should we say “Idol Gives Back” milking every possible way to gain money show was two hours and twenty minutes long just to say good bye to one Idol contestant.

I will not dish the purpose of “Idol Gives Back” but it was a show full of celebrities who make more money than GOD does asking people who have no money to donate. Enough said.

I will though comment about the performances and comic portions of the show.

The top 12 Idol contestant medley sucked big time and why or why did everyone have to be in white – BORING!

The Jonah Hill and Russell Brand portions were not funny, were so unnecessary, and could have shaved much time off the running program. Cutting these bits from the show meant sparing America from having to see and hear “Laughing Hyena” aka Tatiana Del Toro and Octomom! Ronald was just shaking his head.

George Lopez’s skit on judging the judges had some good moments but over all just fell flat.

I adore Wanda Sykes but the material she used was from one of her stand-up concerts so the jokes were old to me and therefore not funny!

The Ford commercial was laughable especially considering the choice of song “We’ve got a Big Mess on Our Hands”. This pretty much sums up season nine!

The Black Eye Peas number was horrible and so off-key I wanted to go screaming from the room. Alicia Keyes sang two songs and both of those were horribly off-key and she definitely was having issues with breath control as well. Just put me out of my misery now.

Jeff Beck and Joss Stone’s performance of “I Put a Spell on You” was fantastic.

Mary J. Blige, Orianthi, Travis Barker, Randy Jackson and a few more I did not recognize did a good cover of “Stairway to Heaven”.

Elton John was in rare form with “Your Song”.

Annie Lennox though won the night giving the most emotional, heartfelt, moving performance with style and grace. I love her. Her performance was via tape from London due to the travel issues from Europe.

I was correct in my prediction of the bottom three of Tim, Casey, and Aaron. Aaron was the first to be sent back to the comfortable sofas with Casey joining him. Tim’s journey came to an end, which was long overdue.

Given the show was running so long poor Tim did not have to sing but had to stand there and watch his “funeral tape” per Wanda Sykes.

Next week Shania Twain will be the mentor and the contestants will be choosing from her songbook. This should be very funny. My only recommendations to the contestants is do not choose “That Don’t Impress Me Much” because you are just asking to go home!

Until next week…