Hollywood week got started in American Idol Season 10 Episode 8. 168 contestants survived the first two days. Tonight we continue with the group performances.
The day 1 contestants, thinking they were so smart, began forming groups immediately after getting through, picked their songs, and started practicing. Seeing this, the producers decide to mix things up. The groups must be a mixture of day 1 and day 2 contestants. I have an idea. Don’t tell them what songs they’re going to sing in groups. Then you won’t have to worry.
Tiffany Rios still has a big head. Nobody wants her in their group. Apparently not realizing what he’s getting himself into and unable to locate a group, Scott McCreery makes the mistake of asking her to be in his group, but he sees all he needs to realize she’s crazy. Somehow, Tiffany manages to grab someone from another group to form one of her own.
Jordan Dorsey takes charge of his group, both insulting them and also refusing to let anyone join until he comes across Shane Golden.
As for the still unestablished groups, they’re left wasting precious time due to the silly mixed day nonsense.
Scotty McCreery finally stumbles upon a group including Jacee Badeaux.
At 11PM, group formation chaos comes to a close. Since Tiffany and her partner can’t find anyone to subject themselves to her, the producers “let it slide” and let them be a twosome because they created this mess to begin with by not doing something so simple as anticipating people may form groups early if you give them the opportunity to do so.
James Durbin is unimpressed by the presence of stage moms that are with some of this season’s younger contestants.
Rob Bolin and Chelsee Oaks formed a group with Nick Fink and Jacqueline Dunford. Then Nick got eliminated, so Jackie plays third wheel to two exes who don’t get along all that well.
Ashley Sullivan returns to the drama. Having cried throughout the season, Ashley’s about ready to have a breakdown. She’s done. Sorry, guys in her group.
Scotty’s staying in his group, but now with another day 2 person, they decide to axe Jacee (or at least Clint Gamboa does). With 1AM approaching, he’s going to have to go elsewhere.
Jordan Dorsey is thinking of leaving his group. I say let him. He’s been a controlling ass anyway. Lauren confronts him and finally gets him to make a decision, and he agrees to leave.
After hours go by, Ashley has finally made a decision to stay. This is going to get old.
Jacee has been wandering around for a while but finally stumbles across a group without a day 2 person just before 3:00. He doesn’t know the song they’re singing, so he’d better get busy learning.
The first group of the day is a trio from New York whose names Seacrest attempts to pronounce: Pia Toscano, Alessandra Guercio, and Brielle von Hugel. Steven says they slammed it. Randy calls them all amazing, and they all made it through.
Jordan Dorsey’s new group is up next. He joins Robbie Rosen and some other people on stage. Jennifer calls it good. They will all go through. Just what we needed, for Jordan to get even more arrogant.
Jordan’s old group follows him. This group includes Adrian Michael and Lauren Turner. They, too, are all through.
Tiffany Rios and Jessica Yantz are the lone duo of the day. Randy stops them before they cause him any more pain. It’s the end of the line for them.
Kevin Campos’ group is about to start performing. Too bad he’s still sleeping. After he wakes up, he joins Jovany Barreto, Jorge Gabriel, and Karen Rodriguez for some singing. Whatever happens, Kevin’s going to have to take this more seriously. Jovany and Karen are advancing, which by Steven’s math is three people.
Then a group of nameless girls gets up to sing to Steven Tyler. They’re a hit with the audience, if only I knew who they were. Lauren is the only one who moves on.
A fivesome of Nashville auditioners has come together, including Colton Dixon and Matt Dillard. Colton is the only one to survive.
Shannon Livewell, Briana Tyson, Janelle Arthur, Alyson Jados, Caitlin Koch, and Paris Tassin get themselves into a bad day montage. Emily Anne Reed, Adrienne Beasley, Courtney Penry, and Aaron Gutierrez have also been eliminated.
Keeira Lyn Ford, Ashley Sullivan, and Ashton Jones are up next. Their group is through to the next round, and Randy says they are the best harmonized group so far.
James Durbin, Emma Henry, Danny Pate, Caleb Johnson, and John Jordan are the first up to sing Somebody to Love. Strong voices but bad harmonies. Caleb and James will be staying.
The next group to sing this song is the youngest group, with moms in tow: Keonna Evans, Jalen Harris, Sarina-Joi Crowe, Felix Ramsay, and Deandre Brackensick. Steven Tyler says this is as good as it gets. Everybody is through to the next round.
Steven Clawson (reading his hand), Corey Levoy, and Hollie Cavanagh have a poor performance, but taking into account their prior performances, Corey and Hollie go through. Corey asks why.
Two groups decide to perform without music, as if that’s really a big handicap considering that’s how they got here to begin with. First up are Dan Noguchi, Lara Johnston, Julie Zorrilla, Melissa Lucas, and Casey Abrams. Julie and Casey advance.
Da’quela (you can’t just stick an apostrophe in a name) Payne, Matthew Nuss, Naima Adedapo, and Jacob Lusk have a much better performance. All move to the next round.
Caleb Hawley, Devyn Rush, Chris Medina, and Carson Higgins are up next. All but Devyn make it.
Denise Jackson, Stevie Cain, Natalie Hanson, Brett Loewenstern, and Jacee Badeaux perform next. Jacee sounds okay but is lost. Nonetheless, the group is advancing.
Jacee’s original group goes next. Scotty McCreery apologizes for not sticking up for him. His group also consists of Monique de los Santos, Frances Coontz, and Clint Jun Gamboa. Although they probably didn’t win any fans for getting rid of Jacee, their performance shows that it may well have been the right decision, and they move to the next round.
The final group of the night is Rob Bolin, Chelsee Oaks, and Jacqueline Dunford in a threesome that the ladies want to dominate, while Rob has no interest in actually being a performer. Rob is a complete disaster. The other two are, well, better than that, good enough to continue while Rob goes home.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of American Idol Season 10 Episode 10, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on Fox.