All four of Haterade's selections got to be called down to the center of the stage by Ryan Seacrest - and 2 of them were sent packing. So what happens this week, and who gets to the Final 12? Read inside for Haterade's thoughts.
Week #2 is in the books, and the guys clearly have an edge on the girls. Here's the difference - you will have at least 1 guy who won't get into the Top 12 even though they deserved to, while you may have one girl who will get into the Top 12 who won't deserve to. Let's see who is deserving praise - and who is deserving of being listed first - for the wrong reasons...
The 12 Women
OUT
Alexandrea Lushington
So what happened? Everything she did right on week #1 she did wrong in week #2, which lncluded bad song selection and a very 'safe' performance. If you don't sing to win, and instead sing not to lose, you will eventually lose, and that's what happened.
Alaina Whitaker
You can file Alaina right next to Alexandrea, because she did the exact same thing. She also took a step backwards, as did anyone who's name wasn't Carly, Sayesha or Brooke. And when everyone goes backwards, the audience turns against the person with the smallest amount of screen time, attibuting it to a fluke. Neither woman had the same fan base as the front-runners, and neither of them could afford a lukewarm performance. They both did, and they both paid the price for it.
Ranked in order of Opinion
Syesha Mercado
I disagree with the judges - sort of. I enjoyed the performance of the song, but the selection itself was not a good one. The 80's should be in your wheelhouse and should be an era that you can take a song and belt it.
Brooke White
The one woman that needed a strong performance got one. Brooke did a solid effort - but here's the problem that Alaina ran into last week. You MUST produce this week, as you have both Kady and Kristy Lee on the ropes. If you can knock them both out, then you will have a nice sized fan base going into the Top 12 and you will last awhile. A return to week #1 combined with Kristy Lee or Kady finally figuring out how to sing will result in your dismissal, because there's no way all 3 of you will get to the round of 12.
Carly Smithson
Quite frankly, you're up this high because you didn't suck. Instead of making the Top 12 easily and being a semi-finalist, you may have something to worry about once you reach the top 8.
Asia'h Epperson
And now we start the creme de la crap from last week. There's no way you should have sang that demanding of a song when you were that sick. You should have enough fan base (plus the floundering of everyone else under you) to make the Top 12, but try to recover this week just to make sure of that.
Ramiele Malubay
As least Asia'h had an excuse for her performance. You're effort was pitchy all over the place. You have to produce this week or you may have to resort to pictures of you a la Antonella Barba - and she didn't get to the Top 12.
Kristy Lee Cook
Let's be blunt here. You got very, very lucky last week that a lot of people were worse. If you don't show up this week, you're gone. Plain and simple.
Kady Malloy
If Kristy was in bad shape, you're in worse, because you were third to last. I give you some hope because your fans know they MUST vote for you this week, or else. You're also in a weak division of country, and a great effort now will still get you into the Top 12. That being said, if you and Kristy both make cats screetch and you get involved in a suck-off for voters, you lose.
Amanda Overmyer
Lots of trouble for you. There has never been an Idol where 2 rock chicks make the Top 12, and Carly is clearly the better rocker. Also, this is where historically Vote for The Worst's voting base's power ends (see, Barba, Antonella) and you won't get the nudie pic vote - that goes to Ramiele, who has already shown off her ass...ets. You need to pull out all of the stops and hope that Kady, Kristy and Brooke all suck so you get their votes. Possible? Based on what we've seen...maybe...
The 12 Men
OUT
Jason Yeager
Honestly, you should have been gone last week - and probably would have been if Garrett actually found a song that he could sing. And don't blame the lack of TV time - if you did those 2 forgettable performances with 2 hours of TV time, you would have been gone.
Robbie Carrico
I even TOLD you last week to not get into heavy rock. So what do you do? You get into heavy rock, get your doors blown off by Michael Johns and David Cook, and get sent packing. And the wig looked horrible.
Ranked in order of Opinion
David Archuleta
Imagine all of the kiddie boppers....screaming their little lungs out for you. You could do Milli Vanilli during 80's night and still get in. AI Boss Nigel Lythgoe's eyes must be turning into cash registers as he's drooling about you being on the American Idol tour. Easy making the Top 12. There could be troulbe lurking much later down the line, but not now.
Jason Castro
He's got the teeny bopper vote, and he had one of the better performances last week. I actually think that he can come out without the guitar, suck, and still be very safe. He will need to do that to win the competition. Maybe this week, with 25% of the singers going home, is not the best week to do it, but next week, when they are only eliminating one person in the Top 12, may be.
Chikezie Eze
Chikezie finally got the memo. That being said, he's in the same position that Alexandrea and Alaina were, and he doesn't want to be where they are now - watching other people sing on TV. He better continue to have a great performance record, because he's still on the hot seat.
David Hernandez
His stock shot up the fastest this week, with an amazing performance. Unfortunately, so did his skeletons out of the gay bar, and his...um...member. Keeping in mind that many of the voting block in Idol is gay, it probably won't hurt him now, but it will almost certainly kill him later. But another excellent performance will get him into the Top 12.
Michael Johns
Yeah, he'll get in the Top 12 as the Uber-rocker, but he can't keep dialing in his efforts or he's going to get called on it by the voters. And he can't afford to do that when David Cook has outpeformed him twice
David Cook
So why are you under Michael Johns then? Because #1. Simon is absolutely right about you needing an identity. You need to show us who you are and what you're about. #2. You being a judge basher is not the identity you want to have. You need to go to Monique's Charm School and be very, very humble this week, because you know that one very cranky British judge will be gunning for you. And your problem is that America prefers the cranky British judge over you.
Danny Noriega
Like Amanda, this is where Vote for the Worst tapers off. Unlike Amanda, you actually have a voice and performance ability that won't make my eyeballs bleed. Though you're listed as 7th, a good performance (plus one of the Top 6 faltering, which I think could very well happen) could result in you making the Top 6 and sending off someone who thought they had their ticket stamped.
Luke Menard
You're only still on the show because we've had a plethora of bad singers get their walking papers. We've run out of bad singers. I'm not even sure an amazing performance is going to be enough to bail you out.
That's what I'm thinking right now. We'll see who gets into the Top 12 this week.
The 12 Women
OUT
Alexandrea Lushington
So what happened? Everything she did right on week #1 she did wrong in week #2, which lncluded bad song selection and a very 'safe' performance. If you don't sing to win, and instead sing not to lose, you will eventually lose, and that's what happened.
Alaina Whitaker
You can file Alaina right next to Alexandrea, because she did the exact same thing. She also took a step backwards, as did anyone who's name wasn't Carly, Sayesha or Brooke. And when everyone goes backwards, the audience turns against the person with the smallest amount of screen time, attibuting it to a fluke. Neither woman had the same fan base as the front-runners, and neither of them could afford a lukewarm performance. They both did, and they both paid the price for it.
Ranked in order of Opinion
Syesha Mercado
I disagree with the judges - sort of. I enjoyed the performance of the song, but the selection itself was not a good one. The 80's should be in your wheelhouse and should be an era that you can take a song and belt it.
Brooke White
The one woman that needed a strong performance got one. Brooke did a solid effort - but here's the problem that Alaina ran into last week. You MUST produce this week, as you have both Kady and Kristy Lee on the ropes. If you can knock them both out, then you will have a nice sized fan base going into the Top 12 and you will last awhile. A return to week #1 combined with Kristy Lee or Kady finally figuring out how to sing will result in your dismissal, because there's no way all 3 of you will get to the round of 12.
Carly Smithson
Quite frankly, you're up this high because you didn't suck. Instead of making the Top 12 easily and being a semi-finalist, you may have something to worry about once you reach the top 8.
Asia'h Epperson
And now we start the creme de la crap from last week. There's no way you should have sang that demanding of a song when you were that sick. You should have enough fan base (plus the floundering of everyone else under you) to make the Top 12, but try to recover this week just to make sure of that.
Ramiele Malubay
As least Asia'h had an excuse for her performance. You're effort was pitchy all over the place. You have to produce this week or you may have to resort to pictures of you a la Antonella Barba - and she didn't get to the Top 12.
Kristy Lee Cook
Let's be blunt here. You got very, very lucky last week that a lot of people were worse. If you don't show up this week, you're gone. Plain and simple.
Kady Malloy
If Kristy was in bad shape, you're in worse, because you were third to last. I give you some hope because your fans know they MUST vote for you this week, or else. You're also in a weak division of country, and a great effort now will still get you into the Top 12. That being said, if you and Kristy both make cats screetch and you get involved in a suck-off for voters, you lose.
Amanda Overmyer
Lots of trouble for you. There has never been an Idol where 2 rock chicks make the Top 12, and Carly is clearly the better rocker. Also, this is where historically Vote for The Worst's voting base's power ends (see, Barba, Antonella) and you won't get the nudie pic vote - that goes to Ramiele, who has already shown off her ass...ets. You need to pull out all of the stops and hope that Kady, Kristy and Brooke all suck so you get their votes. Possible? Based on what we've seen...maybe...
The 12 Men
OUT
Jason Yeager
Honestly, you should have been gone last week - and probably would have been if Garrett actually found a song that he could sing. And don't blame the lack of TV time - if you did those 2 forgettable performances with 2 hours of TV time, you would have been gone.
Robbie Carrico
I even TOLD you last week to not get into heavy rock. So what do you do? You get into heavy rock, get your doors blown off by Michael Johns and David Cook, and get sent packing. And the wig looked horrible.
Ranked in order of Opinion
David Archuleta
Imagine all of the kiddie boppers....screaming their little lungs out for you. You could do Milli Vanilli during 80's night and still get in. AI Boss Nigel Lythgoe's eyes must be turning into cash registers as he's drooling about you being on the American Idol tour. Easy making the Top 12. There could be troulbe lurking much later down the line, but not now.
Jason Castro
He's got the teeny bopper vote, and he had one of the better performances last week. I actually think that he can come out without the guitar, suck, and still be very safe. He will need to do that to win the competition. Maybe this week, with 25% of the singers going home, is not the best week to do it, but next week, when they are only eliminating one person in the Top 12, may be.
Chikezie Eze
Chikezie finally got the memo. That being said, he's in the same position that Alexandrea and Alaina were, and he doesn't want to be where they are now - watching other people sing on TV. He better continue to have a great performance record, because he's still on the hot seat.
David Hernandez
His stock shot up the fastest this week, with an amazing performance. Unfortunately, so did his skeletons out of the gay bar, and his...um...member. Keeping in mind that many of the voting block in Idol is gay, it probably won't hurt him now, but it will almost certainly kill him later. But another excellent performance will get him into the Top 12.
Michael Johns
Yeah, he'll get in the Top 12 as the Uber-rocker, but he can't keep dialing in his efforts or he's going to get called on it by the voters. And he can't afford to do that when David Cook has outpeformed him twice
David Cook
So why are you under Michael Johns then? Because #1. Simon is absolutely right about you needing an identity. You need to show us who you are and what you're about. #2. You being a judge basher is not the identity you want to have. You need to go to Monique's Charm School and be very, very humble this week, because you know that one very cranky British judge will be gunning for you. And your problem is that America prefers the cranky British judge over you.
Danny Noriega
Like Amanda, this is where Vote for the Worst tapers off. Unlike Amanda, you actually have a voice and performance ability that won't make my eyeballs bleed. Though you're listed as 7th, a good performance (plus one of the Top 6 faltering, which I think could very well happen) could result in you making the Top 6 and sending off someone who thought they had their ticket stamped.
Luke Menard
You're only still on the show because we've had a plethora of bad singers get their walking papers. We've run out of bad singers. I'm not even sure an amazing performance is going to be enough to bail you out.
That's what I'm thinking right now. We'll see who gets into the Top 12 this week.
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