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 "American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest said it all during the introduction to Thursday night's results show -- the foundation of this show is the power of the vote. "What have you done?" he said, before turning and shooting a glance at Nick Mitchell (a.k.a. Norman Gentle).
That was the big question on Wednesday: Did America put Norman Gentle into the "American Idol" top 12 for Season 8? The early front-runners were high-pitched emo-glam-rocker Adam Lambert and 16-year-old Allison Iraheta after Wednesday night's performances. But who would get that elusive third slot?
After another excruciating group performance, it was time for -- oh, no, more highlights. Eventually, though, it was time to get to some results.
Ryan asked Nick Mitchell/Norman Gentle what we could expect from him if he didn't get through. "I'm looking for employment, always," Nick said.
Ryan brought Allison Iraheta to center stage first and asked her to stand to the side and hang tight. He then asked Jesse Langseth to join him. She stepped to the side. Then, Ryan had Matt Breitzke come to the stage and put him with the two girls. Randy said he hoped it would be Allison going through. Ryan announced that after the nationwide vote, Allison was going into the finals. She sang "Alone" again.
Ryan brought Megan Joy Corkrey and Kris Allen to the stage. Then Matt Giraud and Jeanine Vailes came down. With the four of them standing there, Ryan told Jeanine the bad news, then Matt was out. That left it apparently clear for Megan to take the spot. But it was Kris who made it through and gave another performance of "Man in the Mirror," which was good because I was having trouble remembering what he sang Wednesday night. That is shocking.
(Click the video below to get Justin Guarini's take on this shocker, and more!)
After some more fluff, including a performance by Brooke White who did her new single, "Hold Up My Heart," we finally got back to the results, which we could assume would hand Adam Lambert a spot in the finals.
To determine who would get the final spot, Ryan asked all five remaining singers to come to the stage: Mishavonna Henson, Kai Kalama, Jasmine, Murray, Nick Mitchell/Norman Gentle and Adam Lambert. Ryan didn't waste much time in casting off Mishavonna, Kai and Jasmine.
Simon said he "prayed for about five or six hours nonstop, actually, last night," about Nick/Norman not making it through, "and I'm hoping me and God have got a good relationship right about now."
We had to wait through a commercial break to find out that Adam earned the final spot over Nick/Norman.
Is that the end of Norman Gentle? There's always the wild card...
Next week's dozen: Arriana Afsar, Ju'Not Joyner, Kristen McNamara, Nathaniel Marshall, Lil Rounds, Jorge Nunez, Kendall Beard, Scott MacIntyre, Felicia Barton, Von Smith, Taylor Vaifanua, and Alex Wagner-Trugman.
*** Click here to comment! Are you happy Norman Gentle is gone? What did you think of Kris Allen making it through? Any surprises?
Message Edited by Victor_Balta on 02-27-2009 03:11 PM
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