"American Idol:" Tatiana is the odd man out
In the latest twist to try to liven up "American Idol" this season, the judges Thursday decided to pick four wild card finalists, making the quest for the Top 12 into a field of 13. That meant pulling a fast one on Anoop Desai, who thought he had just missed out. I thought the poor guy was going to faint.
I was surprised that drama queen Tatiana Del Toro (here having another "look at me, look at me" moment with host Ryan Seacrest) didn't drop in a heap. She's out, partly due to her own insistence on again singing the same Whitney Houston song, "Saving All My Love For You," when it didn't get her into the Top 12 the first time. That's either sheer hubris or delusion.
I don't even know why they brought her back as a wild card contestant. She's in tears more than crybaby Jason "The Jerk Bachelor" Mesnick. She is all flutters and chatter and forever on the brink of a collapse. The judges probably woke up and realized: "We cannot have this woman sucking all the air out of the show every week. It's just not fair to the other contestants."
The other three lucky wild card picks are Jasmine Murray, Megan Joy Corkrey and Matt Giraud. Here's your entire list of the 13 finalists.
Finally, the games begin for real next week.
Comments:
well, not that I'm watching anymore, but at least they did the right thing and got rid of that girl. She was marginally good, at best, and there's no way I would want some emotional nut job on my label if I was the producer.
Posted by: Chris at March 6, 2009 9:53 AM
Not to mention that the top 13 will be the ones that go on tour; I'm sure that Tatiana wouldn't survive the summer; either the other contestants or the production people would dump her whiny butt on the side of the road somewhere in the midwest!
Posted by: Michelle at March 6, 2009 10:13 AM
Did anyone see the trailer/commercial for Glee during Idol last night!?!
Clovis East alum, Chris Colfer, is in it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEL0LnNLeKU
Posted by: Kyle Lowe at March 6, 2009 10:17 AM
I wonder if anyone's singing really got them back into the competition. The judges already knew they wanted Megan and Anoop back. Well, Jasmine probably earned her way in with that big voice. Matt bores me, he's SO forgettable. Megan can't sing well enough to stay in, even as Kara and Simon convince her how 'contemporary' she is.
As for Tatiana, I think she DOES belong in the business. Know who wants her there? Lindsay Lohan, Brittney Spears, and Amy Winehouse. Anything to take the rehab/crazypants titles away from them.
Felicia! I've got it!! Jason from the Bachelor should be forced to date Tatiana! Not on TV, tho...but together they can whine and cry and eventually Thelma and Louise themselves off a cliff for the good of all humanity.
Posted by: Stephen at March 6, 2009 10:33 AM
Am I the only one that thinks that Megan's little (shimmy)dance is just weird???
Posted by: Michelle at March 6, 2009 11:03 AM
@Stephen: I can't go for the finality of the Thelma and Louis scenario, but I could go for the two weepers being locked in the Octu-Mom's house.
Posted by: felicia matlosz at March 6, 2009 2:00 PM
I'm so bored this season. Except for Anoooooop, everyone else seems so... the same. I hope it picks up - especially since the first week of the finals is Michael Jackson night (or so the rumor goes)! We'll see.
Posted by: zara at March 6, 2009 5:48 PM
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