American Idol - Season 10

[klinkman]

I'll be shocked if Thia or Naima end up in the bottom 3 this week. They both improved greatly over the last couple of weeks. Thia wasn't even in the bottom 3 after an off week last time out! If Naima doesn't make it out of the bottom 3 this week she'll be gone by next week for sure, she won't get it handed to her again like she did this week.

I really do expect Haley to be the casualty for this week.

[NDN]

I'll be shocked if Thia or Naima end up in the bottom 3 this week. They both improved greatly over the last couple of weeks. Thia wasn't even in the bottom 3 after an off week last time out! If Naima doesn't make it out of the bottom 3 this week she'll be gone by next week for sure, she won't get it handed to her again like she did this week.

I really do expect Haley to be the casualty for this week.

Just because someone improves doesn't mean they should stick around longer than contestants who are more talented. Like I said, it was Naima's best and she was definitely improved, but her best isn't ahead of any other contestant's worst.

I don't think Thia stands a shot at going home, but based on just this one performance, I think she deserves a taste of the bottom three.

I can definitely see Haley getting the ax, but I still think Naima is the weaker of the two.

[klinkman]

I definitely disagree. Naima's best is better than Haley's best, let alone her worst. Naima's best is better than Stefano's best and and Paul's even in my opinion. It seems clear to me that this performance was improved enough to pull her ahead of the bottom 3.

Thia was good enough to be above the bottom 3 last week, even when she seemed to have an off week. She was WAY above them this week.

Naima might be weaker overall, but last week buys her a week reprieve most likely.

[NDN]

We shall see tonight!

[taylovesthebeatles]

Holy crap look what happens when America is left to its own devices. Sheesh. No way in hell should Thia have been in the bottom three, let alone Casey. I applaud the judges for doing the right thing, but on the other hand, why in the world did they put Haley in the top 24? Just why? So in general, just craziness. I'm really happy for James though, that was just awesome. What a night for him.

[NDN]

The results are in....

The bottom three this week were: Thia - Stephano - CASEY

The person with the fewest votes this week was: CASEY

My take: I predicted Thia would be in the bottom three, I can understand why Stephano was in the bottom three, but what in the hell is Casey doing in the bottom three. Not only that, what is he doing with the least amount of votes?!?!

Needless to say, the judges let him sing about two words of his "save me" song and they stopped him and basically said what the hell is America doing. They used the judges save and we'll see all 11 contestants next week.

They didn't cover whether or not all 11 will be on tour or how many people they will eliminate next week. In the past when they've used the save, two people were eliminated the following week.

We will see what happens next week!

Maybe I'll get lucky and Naima will somehow end up getting the boot and not making it on the tour (fingers crossed)!!!

[klinkman]

Did you not listen to Ryan at the end of the show? He said that in the rules if this happens, all 11 go on tour. He also said that like in previous years, there would be two elimiations next week to catch up.

[NDN]

Did you not listen to Ryan at the end of the show? He said that in the rules if this happens, all 11 go on tour. He also said that like in previous years, there would be two elimiations next week to catch up.

Our DVR cut off the last few minutes (Casey dragged it out a bit longer than needed). We usually start the show 30-45 minutes late so we can fast forward the commercials. I guess I'll have to start programming it to run a few minutes past the cutoff!