Michael Jackson made a weird announcement this week that he was going to do some more concerts in London, so the American Idol producers thought it would be a good idea to honor that decision by dubbing this week “Michael Jackson week.” Don’t get me wrong it’s a great theme, with a lot of good song choices, but it could have been made all better if the King of Pop himself would have shown up. On second thought, that would have been really weird.
The rankings were tough this week. The top five was obvious, there’s no question in my mind that the top five are the best on that show. Where exactly they rank within that five is certainly up for debate and it will certainly fluctuate in the coming weeks, but everything after five is hazy. I don’t think anyone was terrible enough to be in the 11, 12, or 13 spot. In the rankings I had written down after each individual performance I had everyone outside the top five in the 6, 7, or 8 spot, so it was difficult to fill out.
But I did it, and I think I did a damn good job. Some of you won’t agree with my placement of Adam Lambert (the judges being one of them), but I thought his performance was just a notch over-the-top.
1. Danny Gokey (Rising)
This week’s performance: 5/5
2. Allison Iraheta (Rising)
This week’s performance: 4.5/5
3. Adam Lambert (Rising)
This week’s performance: 4.5/5
4. Lil Rounds (Even)
This week’s performance: 4/5
5. Alexis Grace (Even)
This week’s performance: 3.5/5
6. Michael Sarver (Rising)
This week’s performance: 3.5/5
7. Scott MacIntyre (Even)
This week’s performance: 3.5/5
8. Matt Giraud (Rising)
This week’s performance: 3/5
9. Kris Allen (Rising)
This week’s performance: 3/5
10. Jorge Nunez (Falling)
This week’s performance: 3/5
11. Jasmine Murray (Even)
This week’s performance: 3/5
12. Megan Corkrey (Falling)
This week’s performance: 2/5
13. Anoop Desai (Falling)
This week’s performance: 2.5/5
As you can see no one was truly terrible this week, but there were some off performances. Megan Corkrey sang “Rockin’ Robin” which is a stupid old fashioned song by the Jackson Five. Anoop sung a song that should be a in a vault never to be sung (Beat It) and did a fairly awful job. The difference between this group and last year’s group is I honestly don’t know who is going to get kicked off and I don’t think there’s one singular performer that’s at the bottom of the barrel.
Should be kicked off this week: Anoop Desai
Will be kicked off this week: Kris Allen
Performer who has the most to prove next week: Anoop Desai
Performer who’s smooth sailing: Danny Gokey, Allison Iraheta, Adam Lambert
Performer who’s teetering (could fall from top): Lil Rounds
Results tomorrow at 9pm!
–jb