The top 11 performed in American Idol Season 10 Episode 20. Tonight one more will go home, bringing us down to the top 10 contestants, who will go on to the tour.
The judges offered up criticism last night for the sake of merely offering up some criticism, except for Steven, who thinks everything is beautiful and basically just says “I agree with Randy.” Stefano closes his eyes while he sings, so they made him distractingly try to keep his eyes forced open, unsuccessfully. Two words: toothpicks. Pia’s awesome singing fell on deaf ears because they want her to move. Perhaps next week she can take some African dancing lessons and they will be happy, or they’ll bash her for pushing the envelope too far and not knowing who she is.
Regardless, everybody did well. So with that in mind, we pretty much have to go with what we know. Based on the last few weeks, it would be a safe bet that Haley and Naima will be heading to the bottom three again.
Lauren Alaina, Pia Toscano, and Scotty McCreery are up first. Of the three, Lauren’s the only one in any real danger, no matter how much Seacrest wants to Punk them. They are all safe.
Paul McDonald and James Durbin are next. As much as I’d like to think Paul will end up in the bottom three, he won’t, and obviously neither will James.
Jacob Lusk, Thia Megia, and Stefano Langone are next. Jacob’s obviously safe. I could see either of the other two being in slight danger. Thia and Stefano are both in the bottom three. I guess this is what happens when you follow the bad advice to focus on keeping your eyes open or sing an up tempo song that doesn’t do anything for you.
Haley Reinhart, Naima Adedapo, and Casey Abrams are the last trio. I don’t get Casey, but he should be safe. That would leave one of the other two lucky to be alive and not in the bottom three for a change. Naima is safe. Casey is in the bottom three.
So the bottom three are Stefano, Casey, and Thia. What the? I’d have seen any of them as merely having an outside chance of getting the bottom, let alone one of them going home. America’s keeping me on my toes here. Thia is safe. That puts Casey in danger. I knew he screwed himself over with that Nirvana song but didn’t think it was quite this bad. That said, he’s a good candidate for the judges’ save. He has indeed been saved. As a result, everybody remaining will go on tour.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of American Idol Season 10 Episode 22, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on Fox.