BUH-BYE!

American Idol is shifting into third gear now. America has chosen the top 12, and thankfully we won't have to dedicate 3 nights of viewing a week anymore - at least not for awhile. Starting next week, there will be one performance show with the men and women performing, and one elimination show. They finally leave the claustrophobic studio, and move into a big soundstage with a large audience and larger band. Now, it really gets down to it, but before we move on, we must give our condolences to the fallen idols.

I was kind of sad to see Kinnik Sky get voted off. She had an elegance and assurance about her that will be missed. She seemed to be a very lovely well-spoken lady, but the way she killed Alicia Keyes' IF I AIN'T GOT YOU, sealed her fate. She was channeling Alicia "OFF" Keyes. Her performance was horrible on Tuesday, but much much better on Thursday after she was voted off. I guess her nerves were calm since her fate was sealed and she was able to sing better, but she was two days late and two dollars short, so we must say - BUH-BYE!

I'm surprised Will Makar was even a part of the final 24. If White Bread could sing, it would look and sound like Will. He is a very wholesome young man, and if this were the 70's he would probably be on the cover of Tigerbeat Magazine. He looks like Bobby Brady from THE BRADY BUNCH, down to his haircut! Who even cuts hair like that anymore? Take some advice from the song from the famous BRADY BUNCH episode where Bobby's voice was changing and they needed him to record a hit record: "When it's time to change, you've got to rearrange, who you are into what you're gonna be - sha na na na na na na na na! Sha na na na na! - BUH-BYE!"

I was sad to see Ayla Brown go. She took it very hard. Surprisingly, I grew to like her more and more each week. The judges said she made a mistake singing UNWRITTEN, but I like the song, and think she sang it just as well if not better than Natasha Bedingfield. Her sadness at the end was heartbreaking, especially paired with the lyrics she was singing that spoke about the future being unknown and UNWRITTEN. So sad to say - buh-bye!

It was a shock that Kevin made it through another week, but I don't mind since this FOOL was sent packing. GEDEON MCKINNEY is a freak of dentistry. How did so many teeth and so much disillusioned arrogance get packed into one skinny 17 year-old black boy? Whenever he spoke, he sounded like a second grader who just learned how to read. And when he went into his retro soul-crooner act, I felt he was just as pitiful as that fake-assed Sinatra that got voted off a couple of weeks ago. This week he gulped his way through WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN, and ended it with his head titled back and his mouth opened so wide, that I backed away from the TV! I felt like a wildebeast at a watering hole just before being swallowed by a croccidile. This boy is creepy. He has madness in his eyes and a psycho smile. I wouldn't be surprised if in 20 years, we hear about him again, leading a group of religious fanatics to the Koo-aid and cyanide punch bowl. I guess you can say, this guy gives me the serious heebie-jeebies, and so I'm so happy to say - BUH-BYE!!!!