My Top (now 8) thoughts

Let’s say goodbye to Megan.


From auditions Megan looked like someone who could actually be a frontrunner. She was ok in Hollywood and got in to the top 24. She then did ok and managed to snatch a wildcard based primarily. Basically her story this season is her performances getting gradually worse and worse until the last two weeks, where she basically threw anything out to see what stuck. This week she had a total indulgent moment, singing something only she wanted to hear, and American shipped her home because of it. The way she got eliminated yesterday said a lot – did they even consider saving her? Even pretend to?

Right now only 8 people in our pool have all 5 of their picks remaining. As far as the real contestants, 4 of them have avoided the bottom so far (Adam, Kris, Danny, Lil) with Lil doing it despite basically being below what she should week after week. I’m curious if the “save” comes into play. For me, it basically seems like the Allison rule. Everyone else is so up and down that I can’t imagine them getting saved. Only her I can see it being used on, and her needing to be saved.

This week wasn’t bad. Danny and Adam were really good. (They flipped form last week, Adam did the fun thing and Danny did the better singing.) The rest of the show I could have missed and it really wouldn’t have bothered me. Anoop fights back too much, Allison looks ridiculous, and Lil seems completely lost at this point. I think Lil has used up her fill of “you should be better” moments. Be better. Don’t rehash someone else’s song exactly as they would have done it.

Next week is songs from the year you were born. I guess we are getting the vague themes out of the way while we have a lot of people. Those themes always wind up being disappointing as a lot of the contestants pick something indulgent, or completely cliché. Frightening thought of the week is that Celine Dion is mentioned as being on the show later in the year. I’d really need to skip a Celine Dion week.

JUAN