I know most people dread disco week on American Idol but I really don't mind it. Anything beats big band week. Remember those from the early seasons. As we all can recall, the judges used the save last week on Matt. Completely inane if you ask me. What a waste despite the fact that he didn't deserve to get the boot either. So tomorrow night there will be two going home and with it being disco night, this might just not be a good thing for some. So let's get to shaking our groove thing as the top seven take on the seventies.
Lil Rounds opens the show with Chaka Khan's iconic classic, "I'm Every Woman." Unless she makes it something spectacular, I am thinking Lil's time is up and from the start she's all over the place. How very disappointing because I had high hopes for Lil in the beginning but she just never brought anything really remarkable to any of her performances.Kris breaks from the theme in my opinion when he chooses Donna Summer's "She Works Hard for the Money." He definitely made it his with what felt like a beach side resort type arrangement but it worked. Kudos, Kris.
Danny picks Earth Wind and Fire's "September" and looks to be in a dancing mood (god, help us!) It feels safe and cruise ship worthy. Of course, I still don't think he will be booted off the show yet, but it would be refreshing to see him sweat a little bit and be in the bottom three just once.
Allison is a genius with a rocker version of Donna Summer's "Hot Stuff." And just to be cliche, she was on fire! Absolutely brilliant and is right there with Adam's Mad World a few weeks ago as the top performances of the season. Randy and Kara, who has no reason to be brought back next season, must be deaf to make the criticisms that they made.
I would have loved if Adam had come out in full drag and done an Abba or Gloria Gaynor number but he opted for the young Elvis look again tonight and went for an acoustic arrangement of Yvonne Elliman's If I Can't Have You. Another awesome performance from my boy! He really can do no wrong.
Matt -\picks the quintessential disco anthem of the Bee Gee's Staying Alive. He did nothing to make it his own. Sure he has that Justin Timberlake soulfulness that makes his performance watchable but not memorable this week. A definite disappointment after the judges saved him last week.
Anoop closes the night with Donna Summer's Dim All The Lights and frankly, I am hoping that they dim the lights on him. Boring, safe and bland. My last wish for this season's Idol could finally come true and we will see the end of Anoop tomorrow.
Well, it's starting to get a bit repetitive over here at our predictions each week. Queen Allison and King Adam are the winners again tonight and I will add Prince Kris to the mix because his arrangement really was that good. Lil and hopefully Anoop will be gone tomorrow night. It's way too close to tell over at Dial Idol and Vote for the Worst is still backing Lil, so it really could be anyone's guess tomorrow.









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