This Week In Tonight In American Idol: 22 February 2007 Edition

I'm not sure if tonite will provide much that is live-blog-worthy, other than the names of 4 people whose "journey ends tonight". But I'm here anyway.

8:00 PM: The first "results" show of the season. Two of the men and two of the women are going home tonight.

dialidol.com has Amy Krebs and Alaina Alexander going home for the women, and Nicholas Pedro and Paul Kim going home for the guys.

Recall my picks:

[women]: "Put a gun to my head. The bottom four should be: Antonella Barba, Leslie Hunt, Amy Krebs, & Nicole Tranquillo. If I had to pick 2 to go, I would say Antonella & Nicole."

[men]: "Overall, I'd say it was a pretty mediocre nite. If I were forced to predict who will get the boot on Thursday, I would say.... The bottom four will be: Sundance Head, Sanjaya Malakar, Nick Pedro, and Chris Sligh. Of the four, I think Sundance and Nick are the most likely to make it through."

8:01 PM: Ryan asks the judges what they think of the guys, who everyone with two ears knows were not as good as the girls. All of the judges find nice ways to say that the twelve guys all need to be voted off.

8:02 PM: Ryan announces some of the big-time musical stars who will guest on Idol this season: Diana Ross; Jon Bon Jovi; Jennifer Lopez; Gwen Stefani; Tony Bennett; Martina McBride; Peter Noone from Herman's Hermits; and Barry Gibb.

Okay, this list of guest stars is interesting. Jennifer Lopez??? Are you fucking kidding me??? And Gwen Stefani would not be allowed to even finish her audition song. Don't get me wrong -- DHMBIB <3's Gwenie Gwen, but she is NOT a "good singer".

8:07 PM: Ugh. I had forgotten about this terrible tradition. On "results" nite, the Idols get "one last chance" to perform in a big happy group number. Tonite, we get "Sowing The Seeds Of Love" by Tears For Fears. Idol Producers smartly put Lakisha Jones front and center.

8:13 PM: The [non-]whacking begins. We begin with the men. First up is Brandon Rogers. Safe.

8:14 PM: Sundance Head. Safe

8:14 PM: Chris Richardson. Safe.

8:15 PM: Nicholas Pedro. Safe

8:15 PM: Blake Lewis. Safe.

8:16 PM: Paul Kim. Going home. Damn, Ryan, that was cold.

8:18 PM: Another tradition I had forgotten about. The whackee gets to perform "his" or "her" song again. Paul Kim performs "Careless Whisper" and just butchers it. Obvs, his heart wasn't in it.

8:23 PM: We go to the girls. First up is Jordin Sparks. Safe.

8:24 PM: Leslie Hunt. Safe.

8:24 PM: Stephanie Edwards. Safe.

8:25 PM: Sabrina Sloan. Safe.

8:26 PM: Melinda Doolittle. Safe

8:26 PM: First shocker of the nite. Antonella Barba is SAFE!!!

Wait, all 6 of these women are safe?

8:27 PM: Amy Krebs, who is still sitting down, is going home. Damn, Ryan, that was cold. Amy's performance of "I Can't Make You Love Me" is as lifeless as Paul's goodbye performance.

8:34 PM: Ryan tells us about some stupid contest called "American Idol Challenge" that would be a "challenge" only to a caveman. Seriously. The question is: "Which American Idol's album was called "Breakaway"?" The choices are: Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson, and Fantasia Barrino. Do I have to tell you the answer???

8:36 PM: AI3 winner Fantasia Barrino performs a new song, "I'm Here". Quincy Jones is in the house, because, you know, he's Quincy Jones. Also, Fantasia has been working with him.

Not surprisingly, Fantasia's performance is the best of the nite. She gets a standing ovation from the judges.

IMHO, the performance was good. But the song was feh.

8:44 PM: Back to the girls. Haley Scarnato. Safe.

8:45 PM: Lakisha Jones. Safe. Duh.

8:45 PM: Gina Glocksen. Safe.

8:46 PM: The last two women are Nicole Tranquillo and Alaina Alexander. Alaina is safe. Nicole is going home.

8:48 PM: Nicole once again butchers "Stay". Jimmeny Christmas, is anyone going to sing well tonite???

8:53 PM: Back to the men. Chris Sligh. Safe.

8:53 PM: Phil Stacey. Safe.

8:54 PM: Jared Cotter. Safe.

8:55 PM: A.J. Tabaldo. Safe.

8:55 PM: The last two men are Rudy Cardenas and Sanjaya Malakar. Ryan tells us that one of these two was in the top 4 of the men. Rudy is going home. Sanjaya is safe.

8:56 PM: Paula <3's Rudy. Also, Paula may be drunk.

8:57 PM: My sister was right -- Daughtry's "Home" is the official "whack" song this season.

8:58 PM: Rudy Cardenas gives the best performance of the whackees. In fact, I'd say he sounded better tonite than he did last nite.

9:00 PM: The O.C.??? This show is still fucking on the air??? Oh, it's the series finale. I haven't seen this show since...okay, I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS FUCKING SHOW!

And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going...to start watching it now....