And Then There Were Eight, I Mean Nine?

Update:  Standings and who we selected to go home has been added at the end of the post.

So it's Monday the 12th and I'm just now able to get a post up concerning the results show from last Wednesday.  Gotta love technical difficulties.  For some unknown reason Blogger wouldn't let me post last week.  No matter what I tried I could not get the post to load successfully.  Such is life without a large operating budget (or any kind of budget), support staff, marketing people, sponsors, etc.

Luckily not that much interesting happened on the show!

Outside of Ryan stating at the outset that there would be a surprise or 2 and that there were shocking results, the rest of the show was about as entertaining as watching grass grow or working in State Government.  Okay, Jason Derulo was good but....

The Group Number -- SUCKED!!!!!!!!!  "Will It Go Round in Circles" was the title.  Can you guess where this is going?  Of course you can!  It's going round in circles as it gets flushed down the toilet where it belongs.

The first round of results wasn't as shocking as Ryan was trying to make it seem.  It was obvious that Siobhan, Crystal and Katie were safe. 

Archie returned and performed "Imagine" again. Far be it from me to knock the kid because I'm a nobody who writes a blog that outside of 16 people, nobody has ever heard of or would ever consider reading. But, at least I've gotten better at it in a short period of time - well at least I feel that I have. It was 2 seasons ago that (F)Artuleta was on Idol and the kid is still a spaz when it comes to speaking with anyone. My 3 year old neice is a far more polished public speaker than him for goodness sakes. And more interesting to boot!!

The second round proved to be suspensful to a degree only because Ryan dragged it out for 10 minutes.  Lee, Casey and Tim were put in one group with Andrew, Aaron and Mike in the other.  Again, I wasn't shocked or surprised by the pairings.  I'd "Imagine" that nobody else was either.  Well, except for maybe Mike.  Lee, Casey and Tim are quickly sent to safety leaving Andrew, Aaron and Mike to sweat it out.

Ryan then tells Aaron that he can go sit down much to Mike's surprise - weren't you listening at the start of the show Mike?

We are then treated to a performance by Rhianna who previewed what Adam was thinking of wearing next week.  Speaking of Adam Lambert's return to the Idol stage, he will be mentoring the contestants for Elvis Week!  I had a sneaking suspicion that it would be either Elvis or Liberace.   

That begs the question...will we get this...

Or will we get this...

Unfortunately we still get this...(Thanks again to VFTW!!!! - great Tim graphics)

After the performance Mike gets the boot and even though he appears to be struggling to keep from showing the audience what he's eaten, he basts out a smokin rendition of "This Woman's Work."  And in the second non-surprise of the night, the Judges use the save to keep him around for Elvis week!

That means that 2 will go home this Wednesday.

And since nobody picked Mike to go, there is no change in the standings.  However, with 4 points available this week, things could change quickly so make sure to watch and pick wisely.

And just for fun:

Yes that was Kara singing "Terrified."  Too bad Randy wasn't on the bass!

Current Standings (with who we picked to go home)


Eric -- 11 (Andrew)
Yolanda -- 8 (Andrew)
Scott -- 7 (Andrew)
Emily -- 7 (Andrew)
Betty -- 7 (Andrew)
Kristen -- 6 (Andrew)
Mary M. -- 6 (Tim)
Lois -- 6 (Aaron)
April -- 6 (Andrew)
Jeff -- 5 (No Vote)
David -- 4 (Andrew)
Jon -- 4 (No Vote)
Shannon -- 2 (Aaron)
Margret -- 0 (No Vote)
Mary W. -- Negative1 (Andrew)