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American Idol 9, February 17 Recap: Switching Things Up

American Idol 9, February 17 Recap: Switching things Upby Tyler Sandersfeld — 02/18/2010 with seven of the top 24 revealed, it’s time to find out who the other 17 are. who has to sit on Kara’s lap? can Angela Martin (right) finally make it after multiple attempts? and why are only 11 of the 12 male semifinalists shown getting the good news?

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Tuesday night saw seven of the top 24 chosen, while two others left either with or without grace. Now, the rest of the playing field will be filled. will your favorite make it? This… is American Idol, and it’s more popular than the Olympics. Take that, NBC!

An exhausted holding room awaits the rest of the results. seven spots are gone, and thirty-seven singers remain. One of them is Janell Wheeler. her audition left Simon saying no, but her first round Hollywood performance changed his mind. however, group round and the final solo weren’t as strong. oh, and news got out fast that she’s dating Heisman trophy winner Tim Tebow. Does her canoodling with a celebrity give her an advantage? Ellen tells Janell that it’s tough to go from wine sales to singing full time. It’s hard for Ellen to tell someone with a great voice they’re not going through… so she won’t. Janell is semifinalist #8. if she was Bikini Girl, she’d kiss Ryan right now. Was that supposed to be a clever dig?

Next up is Tyler “Not Sandersfeld” Grady. he asked the judges not to take his final song choice, “Home”, too literally. Tyler is influenced by the rockers of the ’60s and ’70s like Robert Plant, Roger Daltry, and Jim Morrison. Kara likes Tyler’s ’70s vibe and his dance moves. Kara asks if he’ll bring back more of those moves, and he will. Kara’s happy about that, because Tyler is in. Yay, I’m in! oh, wait…

No one hasn’t been eliminated yet in this episode. will that change with Lacey Brown? Lacey made this walk last season, but was cut while Megan Joy moved on to baffle viewers. Simon says the girls are a lot tougher this year. Apparently, Lacey is tougher, too. She’s in as well.

As Lacey’s performance of “What a Wonderful World” plays in the background, we catch brief glimpses of good news for Ashley Rodriguez, Alex Lambert (really?), and Joe Muoz. Ah, Joe. welcome to CannonFodderville.

Crystal Bowersox and her nasty teeth are next. This is big for Crystal, being on a show watched by three million people. When she’s corrected (it’s thirty million), she’s even more nervous. Simon asks Crystal if she though this isn’t the right platform for her. Crystal agreed at one point in time, but she is glad she came now. the judges were all in agreement she’s in, too. the judges get to meet her ridiculously cute son now. is anyone getting eliminated, or are they sweeping the unlucky under the rug?

Will the bad news finally come for Katie Stevens? You know, the girl with the Alzheimer’s-suffering grandmother? Katie got some good reviews in Hollywood, but will she make it into the top 24? Ellen hates hurting people’s feelings, so we should know this is another good news. and… it is. Simon thinks her grandmother will be happy.

Of course, some people had to be eliminated, and we finally get a montage of five cut singers. Maddie Penrose is the only one I recognize, however. at least I won’t have to see her stupid glasses anymore.

Will Angela Martin be another elimination? This is her third season auditioning, and also her last year of eligibility. her father was killed in the first year of auditioning, and she was still dealing with her daughter’s seizures. Last year, she had to go to jail. This year, she’s feeling the growth inside her. no mention of her missing mother? will she finally get a break? Kara comes right up to her, makes Angela sit on her lap, and… dumps her. From the competition, that is. Kara tries to soothe Angela by saying they’ll remember her. I know some people may have found that nice of Kara, but I found it a little patronizing.

Will Lilly Scott get the same treatment? her jazzy first day performance earned her a fan club, but she met a lot of snags in her band performance of a song with a name I can’t think of at the moment. Kara says Lilly doesn’t have the biggest voice. She doesn’t believe that’s always the best way to sing, however, so Lilly is in.

Joining Lilly in the top 24 are Paige Miles, Siobhan Magnus, Michelle Delamor, Jermaine Sellers, and John Park. They chose Paige Miles over Angela Martin? Considering we haven’t seen any performance of Paige other than her lame attempt during group day, I’m guessing Idol never planned on giving her a shot to win, anyway.

Only one spot remains for the girls, and it’s down to 16-year-olds Tori Kelly and Haeley Vaughn. Tori thinks she did well, especially in her last performance of “Hot ‘n cold,” which wasn’t all that great to be honest. meanwhile, Simon says that last year would have been an easy choice for Haeley to get in, but this year it’s tougher. Randy tells Tori that… she’s out. Haeley is in.

Two guys are left in the holding room Thaddeus Johnson with the boisterous mother and the misstep at his final performance, and Andrew Garcia with the acoustic Paula Abdul performance. only one place is left in the top 24 (funny, I count two). Thaddeus overheard Kara say great things about him. Thaddeus didn’t make it, although he didn’t do anything wrong according to Simon. Aaron Kelly forgets the words and makes it, while Thaddeus does nothing wrong and gets cut. What’s wrong with this picture?

Obviously, this means Andrew Garcia is in, though he doesn’t know it yet. as well, I’ve only counted eleven males so far. who else is in the top 24? According to the final scene with Ryan, it’s Chris Golightly, someone else I’d rather see go in favor of Thaddeus. Also, why didn’t we see his induction into the Top 24?

…Wait a minute. According to the stupid dancing montage of the top 24, Tim Urban is the mystery semifinalist. I didn’t know he had Chris Golightly’s stupid haircut for a brief moment then got rid of it. Hmm, I’m guessing something happened between Chris’ audition airing and Hollywood week, because I doubt he’d go unseen being in the top 24 with all of the hype he was given. that would also explain the attention given to Tim during Hollywood week. Mysterious…

My fellow Idol recapper says the story circulating now is that Chris was disqualified just in the past couple of days for not telling the producers about a previous (expired) contract. Its not clear why he would have to tell them about a contract that isn’t in play anymore, but thats the story as it stands now obviously, the details might not be correct. nevertheless, Chris is out, Tim is in.

Will anyone not notice the conspicuously inconspicuous Chris/Tim switch? We’ll see when the voting performances finally begin next Tuesday with Jenn Brasler and the twelve girls. I’ll be back on Wednesday for the guys. see ya then!

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