‘American Idol’ In 60 Seconds: Michael Lynche Shake-Up And Other Shockers
The girls were back on top, and the boys are safe another week after Lennon/McCartney failures.
By Jim Cantiello
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Michael Lynche
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“American Idol” in 60 Seconds has fast become an MTV News institution, but it goes by so fast that it’s not always easy to catch every golden nugget. So, here we present to you Jim Cantiello’s bite-size recap of this week’s “Idol” high jinks.
The Lennon/McCartney songbook took the “American Idol” season nine snow globe and shook it vigorously. Thanks to surprisingly strong offerings from Katie “Connecticut” Stevens and Casey “Goldilocks” James, what was down was now up and what was left was now right. (Not everything changed, mind you: Andrew Garcia was still a frustrating disappointment, sort of like Lennon’s and McCartney’s post-Beatles solo careers. Way to honor the theme, Garcia!)
The two front-runners — Crystal “MamaSox” Bowersox and Lee “I Secretly Hope People Write Fan Fiction About Me and Andrew Garcia” Dewyze — had an interesting strategy this week: Share the stage with oddball instruments (a didgeridoo and bagpipes) and successfully distract the judges from noticing that they either forgot the lyrics or how to sing on key.
Other shockers? Siobhan Magnus showed restraint vocally, but none emotionally. (Her post-performance tears were rewarded with a sweaty hug from a scary fan. That’ll teach her!) And Teflon Tim Urban’s “All My Loving” was a toothy triumph. You know, after the grading curve.
On Wednesday night’s results show, America had trouble deciding which Kara-related tragedy they liked least: her backwards peekaboo dress or her artist, Jason “Thank God Chris Brown Is Over So I Can Have a Career” Derulo. Other special guests included Rihanna, who flunked “Rockstar 101,” and David “Not a Puppy, Not Yet a Doggie” Archuleta whose “Imagine” made me imagine there’s no season nine. (It’s easy if you try.)
Results time arrived, and for the first time this season, the ladies were all safe. (Let the producers resume using the “girls’ season” talking points at once!)
The bottom three: Aaron “Yoda” Kelly, whose “Long and Winding Road” was long and winded, Andrew Garcia and Michael “Protein Shake” Lynche, who dug up Eleanor Rigby’s rotting corpse and took her to dinner theater.
Ultimately, Lynche was the one with the lowest vote tally, much to the delight of Andrew Garcia’s enormously entertaining family, as well as the “Idol” caterer, who no longer has to stress about going over budget. But “Idol” needs buzz this season, damn it, so the judges used their one and only Save on Big Mike.
Good news for Mike, bad news for “Idol” producers, who better hope Crystal doesn’t get booted in the next couple of weeks.
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