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The 11 finalists stand on the Staircase of Doom as Ryan walks past them and reminds us that one is going home. THIS…is American Idol! The judges are introduced (Paula is rocking the straight hair), we’re told 31 million votes were cast, and then we go into a recap of the performances. I’m not recapping a recap so y’all can just read what happened.
The group performs “Trouble” and I’m pretty sure this is lip-synched. I’m not imagining that, right? Also, Scott is at the piano, which means another week in which he’s not going to fall off the stage. I’m so going to hell.
The Ford commercial this week is a water balloon fight set to OK Go’s “Here It Goes Again.” It would’ve been better if they’d re-enacted the treadmill dance from the video. I mean, 11 people doing that, one of them being Scott? Comedy gold. Now I’m really going to hell.
After eight years, we get to see what happens after the Wednesday night eliminations. Predictably, everyone’s sad and teary, especially the bootee(s). All the contestants and their families get together for a last dinner with their fallen comrade(s) and it’s nice to get this behind-the-scenes glimpse but it also feels intrusive.
Contestant questions. Ryan asks Alexis how hard it is to say goodbye to a booted contestant and she says she had some idea because she watches the show but didn’t really get it until she was a part of it. Michael is asked about missing his family and he says his 3 year old daughter asked, “Why don’t you want to be with me anymore?” That’s going to earn him a couple of million votes next week. Megan is still sick but feeling much better. Ryan rolls some footage of the group rehearsals, where everyone is wearing masks so they don’t catch Megan’s cooties. Ryan asks why they’re not wearing the masks now and Megan tartly replies they’re supposed to look good.
