Idol Live with Nicole! Top 12!!

Top 12 tonight and the theme is "Songs From The Year You Were Born". This has been a rough theme in past seasons, so hopefully tonight is better. People that really need to step it up tonight : Karen, Stefano, and Hailey. I just looked and saw what year they were all born in and only 2 were born in the same year and the rest were all born AFTER me. Goodness I'm getting old!!

For the intro, Steven Tyler sings for a second and then Jennifer lets us all know that the contestants songs will be available for download after the show tonight, with all profits being donated to the relief efforts in Japan. Also during the results show tomorrow, you will be able to text with donations. Hopefully they can raise a lot of money!!

Naima Adedapo-"Whats Love Got To Do With It" by Tina Turner. Naima was born in 1984 (October, therefore she is younger than me also). She says it is hard being away from her kids, who are 3 and 1 years old. Starts off pretty good in the beginning. Sounds a little flat, but not too bad. Second half is better than the first half (in my opinion). I appreciate that there was no weird reggae rap thrown in the middle this week. Steven loved it, called it beautiful. Jennifer says she seems to be consistently pitchy, she is worried about her. Randy agrees with Jennifer, says the vocals were kind of a mess. Hmmm guess it wasn't as good as I thought. It did sound flat though.

Paul McDonald- "I Guess That's Why They Call it The Blues" by Elton John. What year did "Forever Young" by Rod Stewart come out?? For some reason I can totally see Paul singing that. Paul was also born in 1984. Same as me :). He sure was a cute little kid. Okay I am going to say this most likely every week, but Paul has the weirdest tone to his voice, but not in a bad way. His "dancing" cracks me up too. Poor Paul was hoarse during his rehearsal and he sounds hoarse tonight too. Yes very hoarse, so he's not as good as he normally is. Poor guy just looks like he is trying to get through it as quick as he can. He still has those nice white teeth though! Yea not great, but I won't hold it against him too much. Jennifer said she could see that he knew he was struggling , but he has so much soul and star quality that he overcame it. Randy isn't giving him a pass because he is sick. He says he had pitch issues, but he likes that he tries to make everything he sings his own. Steven agrees with Randy. He says he defines a "cool dude in a loose mood" though. He likes his distinctive voice though. I think the fact that Paul was sick will actually GAIN him votes, so he should still be safe.

Thia Megia- "Colors of The Wind" by Vanessa Williams. Okay seriously this girl was born in 1995! I feel so old when I watch this show now. WTF! :). Cute little baby and I am SO glad they didn't subtitle her family! We then get to hear itty bitty 6 year old Thia singing a song she wrote HERSELF when she was only 6! Impressive! Starts off nicely. She kinda looks like Pocahontas with her long dark hair too. She does a pretty decent job with the whole song. Kinda slow, but I guess that's because of the song choice. This girl could totally be a Disney star if this Idol thing doesn't work out. Randy says the vocals were okay, but he felt like he was at a pageant somewhere. Tells her to take some chances next time, it was too safe and boring tonight. Steven asks if that's who she thinks she is and she said it was the best song out of the choices she had, especially with what is going on in the world today. Jennifer says she needs to break out of the safety zone, but her bravado needs working on. Hmm she may be in trouble tomorrow night.

James Durbin- "I'll Be There For You" by Bon Jovi. During James Coke sit down, Ryan apologizes to Kate Hudson for her nose bleed seats and she covers her eyes with bags of Cheetos. Seriously. Apparently James, Stefano, Casey, and Paul have formed their own little band. James was born in 1989. There's video of him singing his ABC's while trying to get out of his crib when he was maybe 2 years old. Okay just a little side note, I TOTALLY used to sing this song in my backyard while standing on my Little Tikes picnic table when I was 4 or 5 years old. Nice choice James! Starts off great! James is becoming one of my faves. The tail is back! Chorus is my favorite part (partly because that's the part of the song I would always sing :)). He does his infamous Adam Lambert scream, but it actually fits in the song so its good. Nice ending too! Great stage presence by James, he moves all around. Steven says he has leftover sandwiches under his bed older than him. He also tells him to not get too "poppy" on him. WTF is wrong with Bon Jovi?? Jennifer says she was singing along with him and she gets  so much joy every time he sings. Randy says he always figures out how to make it his own. He also says he figured out how to do the high note, but not overdo it. Agreed! Wow Ryan looks really short next to him! Steven says he will perform with James (I think if he makes it to the finale). He will be SAFE!

Hailey Reinhart- "I'm Your Baby Tonight" by Whitney Houston. She was born in 1990. Goodness they keep getting younger! Her parents are both in a band (together). This girl must've forgotten that its not smart to do Whitney on this show. Let's see if she can pull it off. Yea I'm not liking the beginning at all. The middle is a little better with her little "growling" thing she does. Yea this was not the best choice for her at all. I think she loses her place towards the end when it gets really fast. I didn't quite understand it much. Yea she might be in trouble again. Jennifer says she looks beautiful. Says she seems unsure with her movements though. Ryan then tries to wipe the lipstick that she has on her chin off. Awww how nice Ryan. Randy says he is a little confused by her variety of song choices. Says the vocals were ok, it wasn't a great performance. He's confused by her. Steven says it was sweet and tough, but he wants to hear more blues from her.

Stefano Langone- "If You Don't Know Me By Now" by Simply Red. He was born in 1989. His family was very musical also. Stefano turned down "great" choices by New Kids on The Block, Milli Vanilli, and finally settled on this song. Smart move I think. Okay I think this is going to be my favorite performance by him from these last few weeks. Great beginning, great middle, and great ending. The good thing about Stefano is he always sings with such emotion. Jennifer seems to be loving it too. I might just have to download this song myself. Loved it! Randy says it was the best of the night so far. Agree! Says he SLAYED it. Steven says he had beautiful phrasing. It was over the top beautiful. Jennifer says it was a perfect song for him. LOVED him!!! He better be SAFE tomorrow!

Pia Toscano- "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" by Whitney Houston. She was born in 1988. Video of Pia singing some Whitney Houston when she was little. These kids had great voices even when they were toddlers! Okay I am liking her vocals, but not liking the fast music they have to go with it. Apparently this is the dance remix. Like her Whitney better than Hailey's. She is probably my favorite girl. Great vocals throughout the whole song. Not pitchy at all. She hit all the high notes too. Loved it. Steven says she took the song and nailed it in her own way. Jennifer liked the up tempo remix. Says it was perfect for her. Randy says every week she brings amazing vocals and says she is trying to win it. Calls out all the other contestants to get in it to win it too. She will be SAFE!

Scotty McCreery- "Can I Trust You With My Heart" by Travis Tritt. He was born in 1993. OMG he was the cutest chubby baby! He says he doesn't want to change his country roots which is good because he does country pretty darn good. Okay so his vocals are of course good because this is what he does good. However, he needs to start picking more up-tempo songs and moving around the stage more. Hopefully next week he does, because I can guarantee he will be back next week. Great job by him tonight though. He knows what he can do and he does it good. Jennifer tells him to keep growing. Randy names drops Travis Tritt and tells him to sing songs with more range because he can do it. Steven tells him to keep knowing who he is and he will go places. Agreed! He will be SAFE!

Karen Rodriguez- "Love Will Lead You Back" by Taylor Dayne. Karen's sister wanted her to do the show so she could get closer to Ryan since he knows Nick Jonas. Cute! Karen was also born in 1989. Seriously these people are young! Karen's hair looks a little like Marge Simpson tonight. Why is it so high?! She needs to bring it tonight or else she will be in danger I believe. She has a nice tone to her voice, but she doesn't sing very powerfully. She is bringing a little more power tonight though. She seems like she is putting more emotion into it. Ohh she's bringing the espanol again. Just one bar of it though so that was a little unnecessary if you ask me. Randy says it started rough, but she was on it by the first chorus. He still isn't jumping up and down though. Steven loves when she breaks in to her "ethnic what it is ness". Seriously that's what he said. Jennifer said a lot of stuff, but ended with perform it from your heart (I think). She will be in DANGER I think.

Casey Abrams- "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana. Casey was born in 1991. Casey got a lot of flack about his parents being older when he was younger. As if he can do anything about that. His parents are pretty funny though. He says he's going to be like his parents and not have a kid until he is like 60. LoL! Wow Judas Priest and Nirvana on American Idol in one season. Who woulda thunk. Starts off nice with the guitar. His facial expressions are a bit scary tonight. Wow this is a different Casey than we have seen in the past. Little different for me. Not bad, and I am sure he will get good reviews, just not my favorite. Way to be different though. He does get a standing ovation. Steven says he is so good and crazy and talented. Jennifer says it got a little screamy, screechy and Kurt Cobain never got screechy like that. Randy plays himself up as a musician and producer and everything else he does and then name drops a bunch of bands so we know that he knows who people are. He then tells Casey he loves that he puts art first and that hes fearless even though it wasn't his best performance. He will Be SAFE!

Lauren Alaina- "I'm The Only One" by Melissa Ethridge. She was born in 1994. Lauren is also sick with the flu. See what happens when you make them all live in one house Idol producers!! One gets sick and they all get sick! Her parents look very young! She starts off real low, but picks up as the song goes on. This girl has great stage presence too. Better than last week, but still not my favorite of hers. It is pretty good though. Second half is better than the first. Jennifer says she gave it the country flavor. Very, very good job. Randy says it was very nice and tells her to have a cold every week. Steven agrees with Randy. Calls her a shining star. She then fake coughs all over Ryan, although since she is really sick I think she still spread her germs on him. Goodness what would they do if Ryan missed a show?! She will be SAFE!

Jacob Lusk- "Alone" by Heart. He was born in 1987. This guy cracks me up in his interviews. Great personality! Wow last week he gets the choir and this week he gets the pimp spot. They seem to really like him. I've heard this song many many times on Idol, but never by a male (I believe?). Okay I don't think I like his voice and this song. Beginning isn't that great to me. Of course he busts it out after the first verse though. It does get better after the first verse too. He is trying a little too hard because I do believe he cracked toward the end. Okay he got a standing ovation too. It wasn't my fave of the night, but I did like him better this week than last. Randy says it was a very very nice performance. Says he got a little sharp at one point, but found it again after a couple bars. Says he is in it to win it. Steven said gospel had a baby and they named it Jacob Lusk. Jennifer said he is amazing to watch and we got a competition.

Faves of the night: Stefano, Pia, James, Scotty

MY bottom three: Hailey, Naima, Karen

Performing on tomorrow's results show are Lee Dewyze and Black Eyed Peas!

Weekly Song Wednesday!!

I'm loving another song, so I had to bring back "Weekly Song Wednesdays" this week. So I first heard The Script when I heard their song "Breakeven" and I LOVED it. Next came "The Man Who Can't Be Moved", which I also loved and they once again have another hit out "For The First Time", which of course is stuck in my head quite frequently lately. Like Bruno Mars, I seem to like everything these guys put out! Give it a listen and let me know what you think!!

My New Favorite Movie!!

A while ago I posted about the greatness that is Netflix for Wii. Well this weekend I indulged myself in it and watched a few movies. Some of those movies included "Precious"- not as good as I thought it would be. I had higher expectations, still a good movie though; "Keith"- Had never heard of it before and basically just found it by searching through the Netflix library. Pretty great movie though, reminded me a little of "A Walk To Remember" (which I love!); and my personal favorite that I watched this weekend and definitely one of my new favorite movies of all time- "Life As A House". Now this movie came out way back in 2001, but this is the first time I have seen it. Loved this movie from beginning to end and I'm pretty sure I could watch it at least once a week. A few disturbing moments in the movie when I was thinking "WTF?!", but otherwise FANTASTIC! Be prepared with a box of Kleenex though, as it is pretty darn sad! If you haven't seen it yet I highly recommend it! Check out the trailer below!

Now if only I could find someplace that actually sold it I'd be one happy lady!! Might have to check out some of the movie stores to see if any of them have it for sale. If not, I guess I can always watch it on Netflix whenever I want!

Sick of Them Saturday!!!

Well it is the return of "Sick of Them Saturday". I meant to do this feature last week, but never got around to it. Can you believe it though, I am sick of the same person this week too. Any guesses who that might be??? Yes, you are correct if you guessed CHARLIE SHEEN!!!!

Now I do find his show former show very funny. He also does make a few good points like when he said that he honored his contract by showing up for work and doing his job. He said they told him to get help and he did and apparently the drug tests came back clear. Yet they still decided to leave the show production on hiatus and eventually fire him, therefore breaking his contract. However, he didn't do himself any favors by bad mouthing anyone and everyone involved with the show. This week he called out (and called a few unpleasant names) Jon Cryer for not publicly supporting him and also insulted John Stamos who was in talks to be his replacement on the show, although I heard he apologized for that. Now I don't know how successful the show will be without him since he was a huge part in making it the hit that it was, but I guess we will see next season. I am incredibly sick of hearing about him all day everyday. Every magazine has him on the cover, every entertainment news show has him as the top story, and last week he seemed to make the rounds to every news show (that wasn't on CBS). I personally was pretty annoyed when his 20/20 special pre-empted "Detroit 1-8-7", especially since there had already been specials about him on the previous night and that morning. He is making himself some pretty popular quotes though. I heard he was going to make T-shirts with them, but I'm hoping thats a rumor. If I only see Charlie on reruns of "Two and a Half Men" this upcoming week, I will be very happy!

Idol Live with Nicole! Top 13 Results!!

Well being that it is 7:56 and the show hasn't started, I am going to predict a girl being voted off tonight. Most likely either Ashthon, Karen, or Hailey. We will see though. Tonight's show also features performances by Diddy Dirty Money and Adam Lambert. Hopefully Lee Dewyze will get to perform on the show soon since his career after winning Idol hasn't been too great.

Wow looks like Casey is sick and in the hospital AGAIN. I believe this happened last week too. Goodness hopefully he is okay, he had a great performance last night! Looks like the Idols all get to live together in some gorgeous mansion. Probably one of Ryan's, I'm sure he has a few to spare. The bedrooms appear bigger than my whole apartment..seriously! Oh YAY the horrible group numbers are back!! They are performing lip-synching a Michael Jackson medley. Seriously why must they lip synch these things, you can totally tell! Ahh "Man In the Mirror", the song that made me fall in love with Kris Allen two seasons ago :). Have a look yourself...

Back from commerical and we get to see a middle aged guy holding a "Steven Tyler for President" sign the Ford music video. Now unlike the group numbers I actually do like these. This weeks video is "The World", which I have never heard before, but the videos always look like so much fun! After the music video is another video from the red carpet premiere of "Red Riding Hood", which all of the Idols got to attend. Some of them seem very excited to see Lance Bass there and Nikki Reed from "Twilight" is also there and Paul asks if she is "some sort of famous actress or something". Something like that Paul. Now finally time for some results!! Jacob, Karen, and Stefano are called up first. Jacob says he messed up but he pulled himself together and got back on track (during last nights performance). Karen says she couldn't hear herself that well so she wasn't relaxed while singing. Stefano is glad to be there after being the wildcard pick last week. Ryan once again messes with them and says "You are all safe...EXCEPT Karen this week". Nice Ryan. Not surprised though and glad Stefano is safe :).

Adam Lambert performs "Aftermath" unplugged. Wow I honestly was expecting an over the top performance full of lights and special effects from him. Not even close though. Not a bad performance at all. Well no lights or effects, but we do get thr trademark scream, albeit toned down a notch or two. All in all pretty nice by Adam. He wanted to strip the performance down so people could focus more on the message of the song...good idea.

After break Lauren, Ashthon, and Hailey are up. When asked how she felt about the judges comments, Lauren replies "Um, huh, you know...it kinda sucked." She says they were right though and it wasn't good and she apologizes for her "bad" performance. Ryan sees she is about to cry so he says he isn't going to drag it out anymore and tells her she is SAFE! Ryan tells Ashthon AND Hailey they are both in the BOTTOM THREE! So with Ashthon, Hailey and Karen being in the bottom three, that means Scotty, Casey, James, Naima, Pia, Thia, and Paul are all SAFE! Well I am not surprised at all, as you can see from my prediction in the beginning of this post which I promised was typed before the show started :)

 Puff Daddy, P.Diddy, Diddy, Diddy Dirty Money performs his hit "Coming Home" ft. Skylar Gray after commercial. Love this song and I am LOVING this performance! Very mellow and nice. That could very well be one of my favorite performances (by an already established singer) on this show. Great job Diddy Dirty Money! He then talks to the contestants a little before plugging his upcoming tour. Wow performances from both music guests were live tonight and not pre-recorded, very impressive! 

Finally time for the first elimination of the Top 13. Actually now that I think about it, I am surprised they didn't eliminate two people like they have done before when there was a Top 13. Karen is SAFE, Hailey is SAFE, Ashthon is ELIMINATED. Although looks like the judges save is back so she could still have a chance. Ashthon chooses to sing Diana Ross again (even though its what got her the least amount of votes). Her performance is better than last night, but the judges don't save her again. Can't say I blame them though, America doesn't seem to claim her as their favorite so no point is wasting the save this early in the season. I did like Ashthon, but her performances haven't been the greatest these past couple weeks. This years elimination song is "Don't You Forget About Me" by David Cook and poor Ashthon is just crying during her video.

Remaining: Jacob, Stefano, Lauren, Scotty, Casey, James, Pia, Naima, Thia, Paul, Karen, Hailey, Ashthon.

Idol Live with Nicole! Top 13!!

YAY!!! Finally time for the real deal to begin! Looks like they are going with more modern themes this year too as tonight's eppy is songs from their favorite artists. Should be getting a nice mix of songs tonight. Really hoping Stefano does good since he was so good during last week's wildcard performance. Don't want him getting voted off this early! Time for the show!

Lauren Alaina- "Any Man of Mine" by Shania Twain. Well she started at a weird part of the song, but vocally sounds good. A little quiet though. Gets louder with the chorus though. This girl does have a lot of personality and great stage presence though. She knows how to perform well. Not my favorite performance from her, but still fun. Steven wishes it would've been a little more "kick ass" and the crowd is SILENT. Jennifer wants her to kick it into high gear, but loves her voice and her on stage. Randy basically agrees with the other two, he doesn't know if it was the right song for her. When she does her post performance interviews she reminds me so much of Kellie Pickler!

Casey Abrams- "With a Little Help From My Friends" by Joe Cocker. Just like me, Casey first heard this song on "Wonder Years". I totally just saw that show on TV the other night, by the way :). Walking down the infamous Idol staircase to kick off the performance then sitting down to sing it. Sounds great in the beginning! I don't really like the way he is pronouncing "friends" during the chorus though. Wow he gets the staircase and the whole choir of people to back him up. He is singing this song with so much passion! I am loving this performance and he isn't even one of my faves! Probably will be one of my faves of the night though. Great job! Jennifer said it blew her away. Randy said he hit all the notes and made listening to him sing fun, he loved it. Steven said he is a rainbow of talent that never ceases to amaze him and a plethora of passion. He should be safe for sure!

Ashthon Jones- "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" by Diana Ross. Really happy she got a wildcard spot last week so hoping she does good tonight. Hmmm not liking the beginning too much on this. She's got the Diana Ross hair though. Some huge earrings too. The second half is better than the first and she does good holding the notes out. Ending was pretty good. Not my favorite of hers. Randy liked it even though he was worried when he first saw her song choice. Steven says he thinks there's a lot more than what she is showing us. Jennifer wants her to start singing songs we can sing along with her. I agree with Jennifer. I like her, but not sure if she will be safe or not.

Paul McDonald- "Come Pick Me Up" by Ryan Adams. I really wish my teeth were as white as his! Apparently he has been getting lots of comments on them and says it may be because he doesn't drink tea or coffee. Also uses Crest Vivid White. I may have to try that! I've heard Ryan Adams' music before, but never this song. His voice is so different and the way he moves just amuses me so much. Not a bad job on the song, but I can't get over how his voice sounds to critique him much. Love the raspiness though. Steven loves the rasp too, but called it a little pitchy. Loves his voice though. Jennifer said he is so unique and she hopes America gets it since she doesn't know Ryan Adams or that song. Randy said it probably wasn't the most exciting thing for people but he loves who Paul is and Ryan Adams. He loves him for this show. He is very unique so he should be safe. Ryan then dances around like him and it actually is pretty close to what he actually did.

Pia Toscano- "All By Myself" by Eric Carmen. Whenever I hear this song I think of the movie "Clueless". Starts off pretty good. I like the dress she is wearing until I notice the strange train connected to it. Does great with the chorus. Really nice on the long note. Great ending too. She pretty much nailed it. Jennifer says she topped last week, really beautiful. Randy reminds us for the 10th time (at least) this eppy that this is his 10th season. He loves that she can hit every note. Called it a "very hot dope cool performance". Steven says it was the sum total of everything she has done so far. Called it beautiful. She should also be safe.

James Durbin- "Maybe I'm Amazed" by Paul McCartney. Well this is a choice I didn't expect him to do, especially for this week. I was thinking he would do some hard rock/ heavy metal stuff. He looks cute after his little makeover and haircut :) No tail this week either! He is doing pretty good with the song. I actually love the chorus and he doesn't do too much of the annoying scream so its tolerable. Hmm kudos to James that was actually much better than I expected! Randy says he is one of his faves because he has a voice that can sing anything. Steven says he has taken "everything he ever felt and kicked it into next week". Says he did such a great job. Jennifer says his voice has everything. Great performance, he should also be safe. These contestants are kicking butt tonight!

Haley Reinhart- "Blue" by Leann Rimes. Well she starts off with her voice cracking a bit during the "Blue" part. Gets better as the song goes on. Okay I really don't like when she does the "Blue" part at all. Just eh for me. Steven says that was really beautiful, she did such a good job. Jennifer says she does things with her voice that are so diverse. She loved it. Randy is laughing during this critique and says it was a little boring for him. She says she was trying to show the softer side. EEK I agree with Randy again.

Jacob Lusk- "I Believe I Can Fly" by R. Kelly. So I liked this song back when it came out in 1996 for "Space Jam", but for some reason I hate when people pick it to sing on this show. I like Jacob's personality, but I hope he keeps his performance toned down like he did last week. This guy has a career in gospel music for sure. Hate me if you must, but I am not liking this that much. HA I knew he would have a choir with him on this song! Nope way too over the top for me this week. He took us to church! Steven says pure passion, pure music he can't even judge because he is SO GOOD! Jennifer says with performances like this its anyone's game this season. Randy agrees with Jennifer, but he does say he went a little sharp and fell off it in the middle but he loved it anyways. I didn't love it, but I'm sure enough of America did that he will be safe.

Thia Megia- "Smile" by Michael Jackson Charlie Chaplin. Well every time I hear this song I think of MJ's brother singing it at his memorial service. Pretty sure I never heard it before then. Okay she doesn't remind me of Michael Jackson really like Randy thought. Sounds pretty decent on this song though. Especially since it is so flipping old! The song takes a strange medium tempo turn in the middle. She sounds good, but that was a little boring for me. Randy loved the intro since he could hear the Michael in her?. He didn't like the jazzy part in the middle though. Steven agrees with Randy. Says it was a little pitchy in the middle, but he liked it. Jennifer says the arrangement was "interesting", but that doesn't matter cause she sings like an angel. Hmm she could be in danger.

Ryan tells us that after the break its a battle between "east coast and west coast". This isn't a rap war Ryan.

Stefano Langone- "Lately" by Stevie Wonder. LOVE Stefano so hope he does well this week. Didn't like this Bruno Mars too much last week, but loved the wildcard song. Starts off nice, but I don't like his enunciation on certain words. He puts a lot of passion into his singing that's for sure! Picks up nicely with the chorus. I loved it. Steven said he pulled it off, it built from the beginning to end, it was beautiful. Jennifer said he had her dancing for a minute with the dance remix of that song. Said he sounded great. Randy said it started off a little rocky, but by the middle he was soaring. Very nicely done. He's adorable! I love him!

Karen Rodriguez- "I Could Fall In Love" by Selena. Video of Karen singing Selena when she was very young. Starts off a little low for me. Chorus picks up a bit, but still lower than I expected it to be. Second half of the song is better. Eh not that great for me. Was too quiet the whole song. Jennifer said she could tell she was a little uncomfortable while she was singing. Says she is one of the strongest girls though. Randy agrees and says it felt like she was fighting with the song. Says it was a little sleepy for him. Steven agrees also. Wow she will most likely be in danger unless she gets a lot of sympathy votes.

Scotty McCreery- "The River" by Garth Brooks. This kid has a career in country music for sure. Starts off great. Garth Brooks is a great choice for his voice. Seriously am loving this performance. So close to the original. Pretty sure he is the most country sounding person they have had on this show so he will definitely get signed when he is done with this. Audience seems to have loved it too. Randy says this is exactly where he belongs, don't change it. He loved it. Steven said he did Garth justice. Jennifer says she loved that he opened up as a performer. Very good, he should be safe.

Naima Adedapo- "Umbrella" by Rihanna. Well she gets the pimp spot, so I'm thinking this should be pretty good. Don't really care for her outfit at all, but the singing it good. She's dancing quite a bit, but not enough energy for me. Ohh until the middle and then she busts out some weird reggae rap stuff. The end is pretty good. Yea that was just a'ght for me. Steven says she is crazy good, little pitchy, but she brought flavor that no one else has done tonight. Jennifer doesn't care about the pitchy because she loved the reggae, rap and dancing. Says she needs to work on the control though. Randy does care about the pitchiness. He didn't like the cutoffs, but he loved the reggae. Yea I didn't like that too much. She then says some stuff to her husband that I didn't quite understand. She speaks very fast. Hmm she could go either way. She was a wildcard last week so I don't know how much support she had to begin with and the reggae, rap stuff was kinda different. She could very well be in the bottom three tomorrow.

Randy sums up the night by saying it was a tough night. Says there were some really good performances and some not so good. Jennifer and Steven basically echo Randy.

I thought there were some great performances tonight. Pretty good for so early in the season. This should be a good year! On tomorrow's results show: Diddy and Adam Lambert.

My favorites of the night: Casey, James, Pia, Stefano, and Scotty

Least favorite: Haley, Jacob (too over the top), Karen, and Naima

Idol Live with Nicole! Top 24 Results- Top 12 Named!

Dear American Idol people,

It is bad enough when you make your results shows one hour, but to stretch it out to two hours is just plain ridiculous. Do you realize that both performance shows were only an hour and a half. Seriously, WTF?!?

Well apparently we are getting two hours of show tonight. This should be just about full of filler. They will eliminate 12 people, have them sing 30 seconds each and yet somehow we are getting 120 minutes of footage. Oh goody!

In the intro, we get a recap of the contestants auditions and which cities they came from. Followed by recaps of Hollywood week and snippets of the shows from the previous two nights. Seriously all that only took 2 minutes. Yet somehow they manage to stretch out eliminations for another 118 minutes minus about 30-40 minutes worth of commericals (mostly for AT&T, Coke, and Ford). Ryan lets us know this is the largest cut ever. True Ryan, 12 people in one night is quite a lot. Goodness it took a good 2 or 3 minutes just to introduce everyone and half went to one side of the stage and the other half to the opposite side. Ryan lets us know that after the Top 10 are chosen, the judges will choose from the remaining 14 who they want to sing again for a chance at the wildcard vote (from them). Steven is asked who he thought was better, the guys or girls and he plays Switzerland and says they were pretty even. I say the girls were! Before commerical, Ryan lets us know that "drama like you've never seen before" is about to unfold.

After commerical, we see a 5 minute recap of the guys night. Time for eliminations...after Ryan talks some more to the guys. Nope I was wrong, now we get some interview footage of the guys. FILLER!!!! James lets us know that the Top 40 party had a blue carpet, which is kind of like a red carpet, but blue. Thanks James!! Well even though it was filler, it was pretty entertaining. The guys (for the most part) seem fun. Now eliminations!! Up first is Scotty and Robbie, Scotty is SAFE! Robbie is ELIMINATED! He still could get a wildcard spot though. Clint, Jordan, and Jovonny are next. Clint looks like he is about to have an anxiety attack. Jordan says if he could redo it he would pick a John Legend song, "Ordinary People". Jovonny looks like he could be on Jersey Shore. Clint and Jordan are ELIMINATED! Jovonny is also ELIMINATED! Wow Ryan way to lead him on! So far no surprises for me :).

The girls are up next and once again we get a quick recap of last night's show andalso an interview package. Pia and Lauren A. are up first. Lauren is SAFE! Pia is also SAFE!! YAY happy about both of those two :). Ta-Tynisa and Julie are next. Ta-Tynisa is ELIMINATED! Julie is also ELIMINATED!

Back from commerical and Kendra, Ashthon and Karen are up next. Ashthon is ELIMINATED...WTF!! Karen is SAFE! Kendra is ELIMINATED! Tim, Jacob, and Casey are up now. Ryan calls the song Tim sang "Streetcorner Serande" when its actually called "Streetcorner Symphony". C'mon now Ryan. Jacob is SAFE! Casey is SAFE! Tim is ELIMINATED! Awww, I <3 Tim! Although he didn't do very well Tuesday so I guess its justified. Naima, Thia, and Lauren T are next. Seriously we are flying through these things now! Naima is ELIMINATED! Thia is SAFE! Lauren T is ELIMINATED! Brett and Paul are up. Okay these are going so fast that I am losing track of how many people we have left. Goodness! Paul seriously has the whitest teeth ever! Paul is SAFE! Brett is ELIMINATED! Well my gosh that was a lot of people to go through in 10  minutes!

Hailey and Rachel are first after the break. Hailey is SAFE! Rachel is ELIMINATED! Now the remaining two guys, Stefano and James. Aww they have been roommates since Hollywood week. James is SAFE! Stefano is ELIMINATED! :( Okay so before they even sing, I am hoping the wildcard spots go to either Stefano or Tim and Ashthon.

Okay I see why this needed to be two hours long...

So it looks like the judges are choosing six people to sing for a chance at the two remaining spots. Three boys and three girls. Up first is Ashthon :). She is singing "And I Am Telling You". Good performance, great vocals. Very good control when she was holding the notes. She has a great shot at making the Top 12. Judges seemed to all like it. Next up to sing is Stefano :). He is going to sing "I Need You Now". Okay I am liking this much better than the Bruno Mars song from two nights ago. Also had good control when holding out the notes. If he would've sang like this the other night he would have been safe I think. Jennifer is jumping in her seat so I think she liked it. Judges all seemed to like him too. Really hoping those two get through!!

The judges choose Kendra to sing next. She chooses "Georgia On My Mind". A little too low on the volume in the beginning. Can't hear her too well. Chorus picks up and its pretty good. The end sounded a little sharp, but that could just be me. Randy agrees with me about it being low in the beginning. Next up is Jovonny. He chooses "Angel". Good choice for him. Ahhh some more singing in espanol. Okay he is doing pretty good too. Dang it I really wanted Stefano to be a lock for the wildcard. Nice job by Jovonny though, he's definitely in it still. Jennifer tells him he did all he could do...hmm that doesn't sound as promising as previous comments.

Naima is first to sing after the break. That means Rachel, Ta-Tyneisa, Lauren T. and Julie are all going home for sure. Naima chooses "For All We Know". Another good performance. All three girls did good, but I really hope Ashthon makes it. This song she is singing is a pretty good exit song though...Hmm she did pretty good. Could be a tough decision for the judges. Crying at the end too so bonus points for that. Last guy to sing is Robbie. That means Brett, Jordan, Clint and Tim :( are gone. Brett hugs all the judges. He was pretty likeable. I will miss Tim for sure though. Robbie sings "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word". Of course he is doing well too. Still hoping Stefano gets it though. Judges seem like they are loving it...crap! Well it will be either Robbie or Stefano for the guys I am sure. Although the judges seemed to like Stefano's Tuesday night performance more than Robbie so hopefully that helps. Randy says this is the toughest night ever.

After the break, the judges still don't have their decision so therefore we get to see Jennifer's new music video. What a coincidence how that worked out hmm, After the video, the judges have their choices. Of course we have to wait until after more commericals to find out though.

Finally we get to hear the results. The people moving on are ASHTHON, STEFANO and NAIMA. YAY very happy about the results!! So the Top 13 are Scotty, Lauren A,. Karen, Pia, Jacob, Casey, Thia, Paul, Hailey, James, Ashthon, Stefano, and Naima! Well almost all of my favorites made it to the Top 13, did yours?