First of "Top 12" Goes Home on Idol

Emotions were high as everyone anticipated who would be the first one of the "Top 12" to be eliminated from the American Idol competition. Although emotions were high, laughs came from the audience when they realized that Jim Carey was sitting among them, adorned with Elephant ears and feet. Carey was there to promote his new movie,
"Horton Hears A Who."
In groups of four, Ryan Seacrest called out the contestants and refreshed their memory on the comments the judges made the night before. Then, one by one, he told them if they were "Safe" or if they were in the bottom three. In the end, it was David Hernandez, Kristi Lee Cook, and Syesha Mercado who had the fewest votes. Finally it was David Hernandez who was eliminated and his journey on American Idol ended.
Now it is down to 11 contestants.
Each week the performances get better and stronger and each week I find myself adding a new contestant to my list of favorites. I personally have five or six, aka David Archuletta, (Teen Hearthrob), David Cook ( Hunkie Rocker), Carly Smithson ( Irish hunnie with a voice for days), Ramiele Malubay (Little Sweetheart), and Brooke White (Emotional Performer with an Indie vibe), who I am rooting for and about three who I want to win. The theme for next week will be continuing from the Lennon/McCartney song book and I can not wait because I am a major Beatles fan and all of those songs are
awesome. I can't wait for next week's show!:)

Ashley Smith
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In Response to Ashley's blog:

After hooking up our HD cables to our big screen, I got a close look at Paula Abdul..specifically her face...unfortunantly. She is the thing nightmares are made of. She looks like she would lure little children into her gingerbread house and rise from
the murky swamps after a nuclear fallout. I can barely look at her or listen to her incoherent babble. Remedy: It helps if you look away from the tv and imagine a different person, such as a shirtless Simon Cowell. To sum up, Paula really isn't that bad of a judge/singer/dancer, as long as you live in a world where you don't see or hear her in any way ever. If you can do that, she's actually quite delightful.

Everything else about the show was what I expected....The stripper got kicked off and Kristi Lee got snapped for her blasphemous version of "8 days a week"...OOOOO SNAP!

Emily Graham
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