American Idol Season 11: The Top 10 Results Show Recap

American Idol Season 11: The Top 10 Results Show Recap

Hollie

Skylar

Elise

Hollie Cavanagh - Jimmy said that Hollie's foundation is her technique and that it's important for Hollie to not stray from that otherwise she'll get into trouble and mentioned that there aren't two more different singres than Hollie and Billy Joel. Calling it her worst performance by far but complimenting her and worried that she "looked like a sweet diva trapped in the headlights" but thought she looked great and would still be safe.

Skylar Laine - Jimmy was absolutely correct in his analysis of Skylar and while he was right to laud Skylar for her consistency and that it wasn't her best performance. Jimmy wants her to move around and she needs to get creative to win and warned Skylar to move forward and do it now. 

Elise Testone - Jimmy applauded Elise for a confidence he hadn't seen out of her so far and that he felt "goosies" which explained why Jennifer was in the mini-box at the bottom of the screen. He felt a transformation out of her, loved her clothing, and said that Elise would "go right to the top of the heap" this week.

Hollie - SAFE

Skylar - SAFE

Elise - SAFE

DeAndre Brackensick - Jimmy took Randy's comments about not jumping up and down and turned them on DeAndre. He felt like he was bopping up and down. Jimmy had told him to go out there and have a good time with it but not frolic and that he ended up looking for the bouncing ball. Jimmy predicted that DeAndre would be in trouble.

Joshua Ledet - Jimmy said that Joshua didn't understand the song, oversang the bridge like Darth Vader (and then quickly name-dropped James Earl Jones) and wasn't feeling it at all with him and said that Joshua will really have to grow now to win it all.

Jessica Sanchez - Jimmy said Jessica did a great job by taking a simple song and expanding it and seemingly having a great time with it, and gave her "A's across the board." 

Jessica - SAFE

Joshua - SAFE

DeAndre - BOTTOM 3

Erika 

Heejun

Phillip

Colton

Colton Dixon - Billy Joel emailed Jimmy to tell him that Colton did a great job and Jimmy agreed with him and said he killed it. Jimm called Colton's clothes right, the song choice right, his tone right, and said that he might be the third horse in the competition. 

Phillip Phillips - Jimmy had some surprising words for Phillip collaboration and said while it's great to be who you are in the real world that when you're on the show to take all the advice you can get and invoked The Beatles and their legendary producer George Martin to illustrate his point. 

Erika Van Pelt - Jimmy praised Tommy Hilfilger for getting Erika to change her entire look the night before singing before 20 million people, calling him bold and Erika brave. He cited Erika's singing as being at the top of the class for the week but criticized Randy for his confusing remarks about those who can and can't. 

Heejun Han - Jimmy cited Steven's harsh critique of Heejun's performance and attitude and agreed with him, saying that Heejun basically disrespected the whole process. He compared it to four minutes of a straight-to-DVD Adam Sandler movie and called it "a stunt gone wrong." Jimmy added that he was out of breath and was running around too much and gave that alone a "D". Jimmy concluded his rant by saying that Interscope spends a lot of money on someone who wins the show and that his performance indicated that "that's not it." 

Colton - SAFE

Erika - BOTTOM 3

Heejun - BOTTOM 3

Phillip - SAFE

DeAndre - SAFE

Heejun - BOTTOM 2

Erika - BOTTOM 2

Erika - ELIMINATED

I'm surprised but not shocked by this development. I just thought that DeAndre might be in deeper trouble than Erika because he went first and really didn't have a great performance while Erika did a decent job but her makeover probably had something to do with her elimination. I personally don't think it should make a difference but it wasn't a great idea and Erika, quite frankly, looks much better with longer, blonde hair and she was thrown under the bus by fashion icon Tommy Hilfilger. Heejun, DeAndre, Joshua, and possibly Elise are next to watch their backs and then we truly get down to the nitty gritty. Stay tuned.

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