Scott Eliminated!

Let's say goodbye to Scott.

There are always those contestants who look so much better prior to the Top 12 starting and just don't seem good enough to be there once it starts. Scott is one of those. (Anwar comes to mind. Alexis this season as well.) Scott never caught his groove, and seemed more out of his element every week, ending withi his foray into 80's cheesy rock this week. I also have to chide the judges except Simon who don't get how this saving person works, you need a consensus. Voting is not a conensus. Anoop and Lil joined Scott in the bottom three. Anoop is clearly in trouble as he wasn't bad at all this week and clearly it doesn't matter.

This week was strange. Almost no one seemed to catch their stride until the end. Danny was good (He has arrived at a place where he is going to be solid no matter what) but nothing special and since he performed first he was almost lost by the end. Everyone else ranged from lower medoicre to upper mediocre (from Lil doing her weekly karaoke routine to Matt being boring to everyone it seems except the judges). Then Adam came out and blew everyone away during the overrun, and wound up with only one judge critiquing (Simon) who gave him a standing ovation, and provided the only moment anyone will remember from this show. He has a lot of momentum now. It will be interesting to see if Danny can regain that momentum last week.

Scott had a decent level of support in the pool. 25 people had him in their top 5, although very few at #1. Only 3 members of our pool have all 5 of their top 5, BUT all of them have Lil second which seems like a huge stretch at this point. (They actually have the same 1-4 picks which is funny.) Much like last season this season is developing into a two person race. By the end of last season it was clear (to me at least) that David Cook was going to win. This season, I am not sure. I still think Danny has a really strong fanbase but if Adam continues to do this week after week I am hard pressed to see how he would lose. Everyone else is very uneven, they range from good to terrible in their performances week to week, and Kris, Matt, Allison all still don't have a niche, they shift week to week. At this point of the competition that's a terrible sign. Lil we know what we are getting week to week in a bad way. (Either bad or good karaoke.)

Next week it's SONGS FROM THE MOVIES. Be there as people pick obscure songs that no one knows and then justify their choices as Simon calls them indulgent.

JUAN