There were a couple of minor to moderate surprises about the results tonight but neither really about the final outcome. The Stereo Hogzz were already on the hot seat from last week and this week it was merely a question of who would join them in what seemed like an inevitable formality. It would have seemed to have been either Stacy Francis, in a surprisingly underwhelming performance, also had the death knell spot and seemed to destined to be in the bottom two even if only for this week. LeRoy Bell also seemed a likely candidate but now we must start entertaining at least the possibility that his fan base is stronger than we could have anticipated heading into the live show stage of the competition and that Stacy Francis' fan base is even stronger and more solidified than we could have imagined given the relentless smear campaign being waged against her by jack ass celebrity blogger Perez Hilton and like-minded ignorant gutter trash hellbent on destroying someone who never hid, nor had reason to hide, anything about her professional past since this is clearly, I and I mean clearly, not American Idol where complete amateurism is required.
Lakoda Rayne and The Stereo Hogzz came up short and a sobbingly defiant Paula Abdul initially refused to cast a vote because she couldn't decide. Or, she was merely playing to both the camera and her very melodramatic reputation. Finally, even if just shrewdly, she cast a vote for The Stereo Hogzz so that they would have at least a chance before Simon Cowell became the third judge to swat away the increasingly annoying host Steve Jones and opted to send The Stereo Hogzz home.
Personally, I actually felt that Lakoda Rayne had given its best performance to date Wednesday Night and while they gave a very shaky rendition of Jordin Sparks' "No Air" as their save song, the judges felt it wasn't enough. The Stereo Hogzz arguably gave the stronger save song performance when they sang Michael Jackson's "You Are Not Alone" to no avail. Post-show, I believe both of these acts could become quite successful but Simon Cowell will have to show us that he's truly interested in turning out not just one $5 million worthy winner. I will be writing a blog about that at a later date; perhaps closer to the finale or I could just get restless enough and just crank it out beforehand.
This all means that next week there will be increased scrutiny on Lakoda Rayne and we will start to see if LeRoy Bell's name finally comes up in the bottom two or if other acts like Chris Rene, Marcus Canty, and Melanie Amaro have stronger fan bases than people might assume. Simon has obviously been pushing Melanie very hard and Marcus Canty is perhaps the biggest dark horse left in the competition. In the meantime, I still have a very delayed blog about Stacy Francis on hold as I continue to do research. I feel it is high time that somebody knock that morally vacant aforementioned blogger off his arrogant soapbox.
Stay tuned.
Follow me on Twitter.
No comments:
Post a Comment