The girls are down to eight and looking to cut two more this week, merging with the boys for the Dirty Dozen. Michelle Delamor was cut last week, after failing to connect with audiences, perhaps because everyone hates Creed. Haeley Vaughn was also shown the door, to great relief, but not before delivering one of the most skin-crawlingly awful performances in Idol history. It’s one of the show’s most peculiar rituals—making the contestants sing immediately after voting them off the show. Such a tradition is simultaneously compassionate and cruel, leading to a flood of emotions that often leads to bizarre final performances like Haeley’s and to melodramatic tears from the remaining hopefuls. Haeley was endorsed by Vote for the Worst, by the way, so so much for that group. If they can’t even concentrate enough votes to save a singer when there are ten to choose from, then VFTW has, without question, no real impact on results. But I’m sure it’s time well spent.

read more at American Idol: Week #3, Top 8 Girls.

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We now interrupt your regularly scheduled ranting and complaining to bring you the following newsflash: The top 10 women of American Idol’s ninth season took to the stage tonight, and as the eloquent scholar Randy Jackson is so fond of saying, more than a few of them “blew it out the box!”

Okay, yeah, we still had to endure unfortunate things happening to Sixpence None the Richer and Miley Cyrus (payback’s a bitch, eh?), but in a season that’s been marked by little voices, big attitudes, and Ellen DeGeneres’ love affair with the word “great,” it was nice to get some actual solid-to-splendid singing on the Idol stage tonight. Crystal Bowersox took CCR to church (and the judges took to their pimpmobiles to spread the news of her inevitable march toward the Nokia). Lilly Scott ordered the Adam Lambert special — “A Change Is Gonna Come” with a side of fabulous feathers — but scored a moment of her own with a unique acoustic-jazz arrangement. Siobhan Magnus hit a note I’m still going to remember in mid-May. Katelyn Epperly took to the piano and officially put her hat in the ring for “season 9 dark horse.” And Michelle Delamor…well, I can’t say she made Creed cool, necessarily, but interesting I will give her!

via ‘American Idol’ semifinals (Top 10 women): And just like that, season 9 begins!

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Siobhan Magnus says that tonight she needs to focus on singing her heart out and not focusing on the technicalities. Not long ago, Simon's “funny little thing” tells us, she had a mohawk — and a self-inflicted one, apparently — since she decided that she needed to have a mohawk before she was 30.

Since the judges seemed to miss her doing “big” songs, she's going to do Aretha Franklin's Think tonight — it's the kind of meaty song she likes to sing the most. Between the polka-dot outfit and the pink, orange, yellow and blue lighting, it's got this cool '60s girl-pop sound, removing it just far enough from Arethaland that when she nails the glory note — and what a glory note it is! — it comes as a complete shocker. And the place goes wild!

via Siobhan Magnus: ‘Think’ about That Note – Idol Chatter: American Idol News, Rumors, & Information.

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Two weeks ago, when I declared that this was likely the last good season of “American Idol,” I listed a number of cogent and deeply researched reasons that brought me to that conclusion — reasons that were certainly not at all thought up while I was eating mac ‘n’ cheese at a Panera Bread one afternoon.

But there’s another reason that escaped me that wintery day — a new facet of “American Idol” this year that became glaringly obvious to me as I watched this week’s first installment of live performances on Fox’s runaway reality show hit:

The singers are pretty damn boring.

via ‘American Idol’ in 60 seconds: Big Mike and the also-rans – Matthew Greenberg – Worst Episode Ever – True/Slant.

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Around 10:34PM today, Vote4Idol received its 1 millionth vote of the season in just about one week’s worth of voting.

The 1 millionth vote was for Aaron Kelly… we congratulate him and his fans on a job well done. As of last count, Casey James is leading the way with 180k with Siobhan Magnus in second place at 180k, trailing by just 600 votes or so. Aaron Kelly is 3rd at 156k (119k votes from today alone) and Alex is 4th at 140k. Many more contestants are ready to break into Gold Status very soon.

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Just passed One Million votes! http://bit.ly/d7IFGg

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Top Seven vote getters from American Idol – 4 have cracked 100,000 votes this week! http://bit.ly/cxW0rS

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Big Day for Siobhan and Casey – Both crack 100,000 votes in Week One! – Vote 4 Idol http://bit.ly/bFJnit

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Never have we seen not one but two contestants go Gold Status, hit 100,000 votes in the first week!

Overall

Casey James
116,153/ 24%

Siobhan Magnus
100,000/ 21%

Alex Lambert
50,500/ 10%

Katelyn Epperly
40,434/ 8%

Andrew Garcia
38,127/ 8%

Aaron Kelly
37,106/ 8%

Lee Dewyze
15,452/ 3%

John Park
15,039/ 3%

Jermaine Sellers
11,195/ 2%

Crystal Bowersox
9,992/ 2%

Michelle Delamor
6,837/ 1%

Lilly Scott
6,117/ 1%

Michael Lynch
5,686/ 1%

Tim Urban
5,574/ 1%

Didi Benami
5,310/ 1%

Katie Stevens
4,694/ 1%

Ashely Rodriguez
4,547/ 1%

Todrick Hall
2,288/ 0%

Janell Wheeler
2,109/ 0%

Haeley Vaughn
2,052/ 0%

Lacey Brown
1,516/ 0%

Paige Miles
980/ 0%

Joe Munoz
797/ 0%

Tyler Gardy
516/ 0%

Today

Siobhan Magnus
65,039/ 23%

Casey James
59,047/ 21%

Alex Lambert
46,613/ 17%

Aaron Kelly
34,280/ 12%

Katelyn Epperly
31,272/ 11%

Jermaine Sellers
10,740/ 4%

Lee Dewyze
7,638/ 3%

Lilly Scott
3,314/ 1%

Tim Urban
3,043/ 1%

Crystal Bowersox
2,804/ 1%

Ashely Rodriguez
2,572/ 1%

John Park
1,909/ 1%

Todrick Hall
1,797/ 1%

Didi Benami
1,783/ 1%

Michelle Delamor
1,754/ 1%

Andrew Garcia
1,060/ 0%

Janell Wheeler
545/ 0%

Lacey Brown
536/ 0%

Katie Stevens
465/ 0%

Michael Lynch
230/ 0%

Paige Miles
159/ 0%

Haeley Vaughn
116/ 0%

Tyler Gardy
39/ 0%

Joe Munoz
39/ 0%

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After making the top 24 for season 9 of “American Idol,” Naples native Paige Miles admitted in an interview that she is still scared of the dark.

“I still sleep with a light on somewhere,” said the 22-year-old with a giggle.

But she has no fear of being in the limelight. This is why the former Community School of Naples grad believes she was picked as one of the final 12 women in the competition.

via American Idol: Naples’ Paige Miles comfortable on stage, in Top 24 » Naples Daily News.

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