You may have noticed that I abandoned ship. You may not have noticed, having abandoned ship long before I ever did. Godspeed to you. So here’s a recap of what you missed.
The top five sang the songs of Frank Sinatra. Harry Connick Jr. was pretty much the most entertaining part of the show. Some genius decided the contestants were too incompetent to do their own arrangements, but this wasn’t all that much better. Aaron Kelly was finally axed, so that makes this one a winner.
Then the top four did songs of the cinema. What you need to know about this episode is that Crystal and Lee shat all over Falling Slowly, and once again no one mentioned Kris Allen. Nothing else that happened this episode mattered. Not even Casey James singing “Mrs. Robinson”, the most inspired song choice in the history of the show. We drop Mike Lynche. Finally. That was a whole lotta dead weight right there.
The top three do the familiar contestant’s choice / judges’ choice. Casey makes some bad choices. Actually, everyone makes some bad choices. Crystal is predictable. Lee is repetitive. And it didn’t even matter what Casey did because everyone knew this was his week to go home. As it was written, so shall it be done.
So we’re left with Crystal and Lee. Sort of a rock and a hard place there, but given that actual choice in real life I do prefer a hard place so I was rooting for Crystal. She lost. A whole lot of people performed, Ryan talked over the start of Kris’s performance, and the least anticipated idol final in history came to pass. Lee won. His single promptly tanked.
So there we have it. Of all of them, I actually think Casey James was the most talented and has the best chance of post-Idol success. He just had no idea what to do with himself on the show. There’s a niche that Crystal will fill so she’ll be fine. I have no idea how Lee’s going to do in the end. And everyone else? I’m kind of struggling to remember most of their names at this point.
Except Siobhan. Siobhan, I really want to see what you do now.
The summer tour kicks off tonight (actually, by the time I actually post this it will have kicked off already) and that may be more telling than the show ever was.
Sayonara, until next time. Because you know when Season 10 rolls around I’ll be back for more.