Hollywood 4 Rooms Episode-- "Coming Up, The Agony Continues..."

Posted by Professor Chan on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at 7:05 PM EST
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Hollywood Week #3


This is the "this room stays" episode.  Usually it's pretty bad, but ever since Idol hit Hollywood it's been on a bit of a roll.  This episode rips through 28 performances (out of 72)  and we get glimpses of all of our favorites who made it and who went home in under an hour.  Because of the relentless editing, if you don't have TiVo this was a useless episode.  


Oh, and Tatiana cried and stole the show again.

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I'll just comment on some of the people that we might be dealing with in the Finals.


1. Adam Lambert -- sings "Believe" by Cher, but in a slowed-down, hyper-emotional ballad style.  Yes, this guy is getting more entertaining as he goes along.  The clips from episodes past remind us that the judges think he's "Too theatrical."  That's exactly why we love Adam.


2. Matt "Dueling Pe-enist" Giraud -- He saved his group's performance with his excellent tenor harmonizing.  He plays his dueling pian'ah and does a Taylor Hicks impression on "Georgia" with facial ticks, falsetto leaps and vocalise runs.  Matt's about as over-the-top as Adam is.  He's not nearly as interesting as Adam, but he's decent.


3. Danny 'N' Jamar -- These Bosom Buddies continue to bore me, even though Jamar hurts us with his Aaron Neville singing through a fan staccato song stylings.  He's still dull.  Danny sings some "Sense of Wondah" inspirational twaddle that makes Paula giddy.   Well, we know he can sing on charity telethons.  Snooze.


5. Anoop Desai -- Anoop rocks on Bobby Brown's "My Prerogative."  Bonus points for originality and ironic usage of a cheesy song by a drug-addled celebrity has-been.


6. Blind Scott -- Sings Daughtry and is pretty iffy vocally.  He's gaspy and mostly out of tune.  "I found out Paula gave me a standing ovation" he says.  See, he's mediocre, has a sob story that you're reminded of every time you see him, and Paula is having his child.  AMERICAN IDOL WINNER!  And he'll definitely get VFTW votes when he hangs around long enough so that all of our no-chancers have gone home.


7. Lil Rounds -- She's over-singing and blowing out the mic, so of course she stays.  I still don't like her.


8. Kristen Boobs --  She's going for it, and she's so far over the top that we can't help loving her.


9. Tatiana -- She's a singing machine, she never stops singing, or being annoying, either.  She sings Whitney, of course, and ends the song in a fluttering dead bird vocal run that doesn't end as much as croaks.  She gets yanked around by the Idol Producers.  She's forced to move rooms, and the funniest moment of the night comes when she walks in the door of her new room and you could just see everyone's hopes and dreams die.  You know she makes it, though.  And she has a nervous breakdown afterwards.  Awesome. 


10. Alexis Grace -- She's got a pink and blonde bob.  We've never seen her before but she's pretty bad singing Carrie Underwood.  We'll keep an eye on her.


11. Drama Queen Nathaniel  -- plays guitar and sings the worlds "disturbia" over and over.  You picked a perfect song, dude.  And he's through.  YES!


12. Joanna Pacitti -- Gasps and botches Alicia Keyes, forgetting her words.  Yes!  When she melts down in the Finals it will make it all that much more awesome.  The Evil Idol Producers let several more people who botched the lyrics through to the finals so that Joanna doesn't look like SUCH A TOTAL PLANT!!!  It doesn't fool us, though.


13.  Casey Carlson -- Pretty hot girl who got her boobs out to help fight cancer.  She screws up her lyrics, so we'll keep our eyes on her, too.


14. Stephen Fowler -- He was great last week, but screws up this week.  His voice is still superb on the parts he remembers.  Sort of a R&B Al Green style.  He's probably too subtle for this show, but I still like him.


15. Nick Norman Gentle -- He keeps getting better.  Nick-Norman goes for the gusto in his final audition, breaking out his Norman Gentle personal (like there was really any doubt), and Norman's over-wrought, super-gay rendition of "Georgia" is pretty funny.  AND HE MAKES IT THROUGH!!!  This guy's got balls the size of cantaloupes.  Norman is awesome.


16. Roughneck Michael -- The producers remind us he's an oil-rigger.  His mumble-singing is out of tune and completely off-tempo.  I'm pretty sure Michael butchers an O-Town song, so maybe there's some Worter in him yet.


In a blink and you miss them final round-up a bunch of people who we've either never seen or can't remember made it to Hollywood.  And that's the show.


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Coming up tomorrow is the interminable elevator episode where they drag out announcing the Final 36 over two excruciating hours.  I'm boycotting this episode like I always do.  Just read our VFTW Final 36 Spoilers and reward yourself with 2 hours of life back.


---Chan


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Jrg191989
Posted: 2/10/2009 at 7:33 PM Reply with quote

We have seen Alexis Grace, she was on the Louville audition episode shouting some Aretha Franklin song.

The standouts for me are Adam, Anoop, Anne Marie, Lil, Matt G., Stephen, still Von even though they didn't show him :( and of course Tatiana not her voice although it's not bad, but for her personality and she annoys me yet I love it. And Felicia but she is obviously cut tomorrow since she didn't make the top 36.

Sorry don't like Nathan or Norman Gentle or Nick Mitchell whatever. Nick's boring and Nathan is not a bad singer, just not all that interesting.

I am hoping the worst picks are Anoop and Tatiana cause that's who I'm voting for. And Von and Adam. If it's Nick Mitchell, sorry then I'm just voting for Tatiana and the others.

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gaziza
Posted: 2/10/2009 at 8:35 PM Reply with quote
Randy is fat

^^^

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manlambda
Posted: 2/11/2009 at 12:45 AM Reply with quote
Location: Maryland

See my pick is Nick/Norman. He doesn't give a crap about the show and just goes out and does what he feels ala Sanjaya. Could you imagine the screaming if he continues with his antics and knocks more talented singers out.

I can't vote for Tatitana for 2 reasons. One she's a decent singer and second I truly believe she is mentally ill and the show is toying with that. I couldn't be a part of that. The girl needs so serious mental health help.
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KD30
Posted: 2/11/2009 at 1:17 AM Reply with quote
Location: NJ

Holy crap, that WAS an O-Town song wasn't it. I knew I recognized it, but couldn't recall exactly from where.

So I haven't been watching, the audition rounds bore me to tears and the Hollywood rounds have been conflicting with my regular shows and sports that Mr D wants DVR'd, so last night was my first actual viewing rather than just reading Dave and Chan's recaps. Dear Lord, what a group of loons they have amassed this year. Are there no normal people out there any longer, has that well run dry?

From one watch though I feel pretty safe in congratulating Blind Guy on being this year's American Idol. He has taken all the fun out of all of this.
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tantrum
Posted: 2/11/2009 at 3:22 AM Reply with quote
Location: WV

Tatiana is VFTW gold! I'll leave her diagnosis on her psychiatrist (a lot of BPD are like her overdramatic). Just appreciate her awesomeness. It's a good day when she can outperform Joplanta Pashitti and Casey cutardie.

People should use their brains when in rooms. It does not take a genius to know you're not going home when Danny Gokey (pimped again), Lil Rounds, Adam Flamebert are in your room. Maybe they are just acting.

Adam and Cher - good job for him. There's still a worster lurking inside him.

Matt Giraud is a lock and although he did well did not deserve the standing ovation.

Frauen magnet Gokey did his thing. Too much pimpage on this guy. His grating voice don't go well in my ears.

Jamar (friend of Danny): Oh! What you did to me-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e!! My ears bled.

Scott Mac - I was disappointed in him. For an award-winning pianist showed a lot of nerves on his singing which affected his playing.

The girls are forgettable. Speaking of girls, Nate Marshall did an ok job with Disturbia (disturbing choice of the week)

Norman Gentle was very entertaining in a normal way (compared to Tatiana). They finally kicked Rooster boy (Castro) to the curb.
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the-nova-cat
Posted: 2/11/2009 at 4:09 AM Reply with quote
Location: Canada

Probably the most tedious Idol episode ever. And quite how they have the nerve to allow Pacitti through after Simon Cowell's prominent declaration at the start of Hollywood week about how those forgetting the lyrics would be going home. Her mumbling performance would have still have been been embarassing if it had come from a drunken denture clinic patient on a novocaine binge.

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FenderBender
Posted: 2/11/2009 at 4:31 AM Reply with quote
Village Idiot Location: in a village

They could have just nicknamed Room #1 THE GREENHOUSE.
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Moxie
Posted: 2/11/2009 at 4:57 AM Reply with quote
Location: In the icebox.

Just a few thoughts:

Adam - I think he's scared to be "too theatrical" yet this year it seems like that would help him more than hurt him. Perhaps once he sees Tatiana and Nick/Normund in the Top 36 he'll get it an unleash his inner diva.

Matt G - They're clearly keeping him around so he can duel on his piano with Blind Scott. That way it won't be quite as obvious right away that they're keeping Blind Scott at the piano during group numbers.

Lil - Has anyone done the math with her yet? How young was she when she started having those kids?? Not a very good role model for the youth of America. If she gets too far into the competition I'm sure that she'll start getting attacked in the press. Could be very entertaining.

Nick/Normund - I agree that he has enormous cajones, but I am starting to wish he would get a new act. Or as many people have pointed out, at least get a new shirt man!

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Cutie1234
Posted: 2/11/2009 at 7:29 AM Reply with quote
Location: Compton

I say that Tatiana is mental and may hurt herself it things don't go the way the crystals told her. So this might not be the best thing for her you know.

I think personally we should vote for the guy with the red head band. I just don't know his real name or if he is on the list. He can hold a tune, he can snap back well when Simon rips on him and he might have mutiple personality disorder. I mean come on guys.

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dude-icle
Posted: 2/11/2009 at 8:19 AM Reply with quote

ok... I only caught about 5 minutes of this episode and I still wonder what it's purpose is, they only sent a few home. Is there another audition to go? And you think they might have splurged for some chairs and couches in the waiting rooms
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