Yeah, I wasn't sure why he mentioned Michael W Smith either, that was pretty, um, weird.

I'm glad Scott is gone.

I think the one last cap in Scott's ass was his overly-cocky comment from last night about picking his songs for next week already. That comment made me laugh hysterically. In light of Constantine's early departure, no one should be too sure of themselves.

i am glad scotts off. I didnt like his attitude or how he acted so smart allecky. I wish CONSTETINE was still in. scott should have been gone last weak and Constiteen should still be here.

sincerely,
a confused subject

Thank god Scott is not armed, America would have yet more to talk about. The guy is downright creepy/arogent/just plain strange, thank god for Simons honesty, there is not enough of that in the world right now.

They didn't mention Clay's BOTW because they were hoping like hell not to remind anybody of his rendition, because their version had no hope of surviving the comparison. Ahhh... such a classic denying-the-elephant-in-the-room moment needs to be replayed and savored. I must fire up the VCR.

I'm so glad Scott is gone...the guy seemed to think he was God's gift to the green planet, and his attitude was just pissing off! I'm just glad Carrie's still around!

Yea, scott's gone and rightly so....he sucks big time...cannot stand his attitude and arrogance...finally we have accurate voting..now Carrie is going to win AI...all in favour say AI

Dude. Savol is creepy. Did you see him biting his lip and generally tweaking when he was watching his 'journey' on the projection screen? WTF? Dude is WACKY. Peace out.

Federov = still sucks. Name sounds like a Russian sniper rifle.

Salomon = sappy, giggly, drippy mediocrity at its absolute BEST.

Bice = the Bono glasses can't save you goober. More like the American Idle. You're days are numbered, goob'

Underwood = mesmerizing.. God if only for one night...

Corey Clark = believable. Paula needs to get booted for unprofessional conduct.

I don't think it mattered that Scott was out tonight because it would have been next week anyhow. The first time I heard Bo I thought a rocker can't win this but I have totally changed my mind as Bo continues to bring down the house each week - he is awesome!

I could not believe.....BOTW....and then Michael W. Smith. I like Michael W. Smith, but I had no idea that he sang BOTW. At least I knew Simon and Garfunkel sang it first. Just shows how dumb they are. Puhleese.....Clay Aiken helped put American Idol in the history books with his rendition. Sorry AI4 singers but, in comparison.....Well no comparison. Clay was the BOMB. You were....just boring, bland, out of sync....just not good.

Glad Scott is gone. I won't miss him. Never was his fan.

I am sooooo glad Scott is gone. I actually applauded right there in my living room. Finally I can take the cotton out of my ears and hear some decent singing. Carrie was my pick at first but now I'm a Bo girl. Rock on Bo!!

thanks Sticker, some great lines in there, and as usual, once an offending item has been excised it's easier to be a bit more charitable. I think what really did Scott in was the relative praise he got from the judges this week: took the steam out of the votefortheworst element

Thank you very much for such a wonderful synopsis of last night's AI4. I must say that I, too, am glad that Scott was voted off last night; however, I am very disillusioned and upset with the ever-increasing cruelty which AI4's producers insist upon using in their illimination of their contestants. Granted, Scott's cocky attitude truly leaves a lot to be desired; however, he, nor Anthony, deserved the inhumane treatment which they received last night. Personally, between the Corey/Paula scandal, the "is Paula on drugs" scandal and the ever-increasing cruelty of this show I am rapidly becoming more and more disillusioned with American Idol. I have, therefore, decided to no longer validate AI's "ratings status" by watching.

Oh, by the way, regarding the group's rendition of "Bridge Over Troubled Water", their rendition only made me appreciate Clay Aiken even more. In my humble opinion, no one can ever compare to Clay's performance of this wonderful song. As I watched this fine young man and talented artist's performance of that song on AI2, I literally had very noticable chills and emotionally and physically "melted" out of my chair and onto the floor, only to find myself jumping up, clapping and cheering when our Mr. Aiken ended that song with the most beautiful, pure, powerful and passionate note I have ever heard. Bravo, Clay!!!!

Thank you.

Okay, so maybe the contestants LIVE sound different on tv (either better or worse)and maybe tv viewers need to turn their set's volume WAY UP to really hear how the contestants sound but SCOTT has never sounded better than Anthony to me and I'm glad he's gone.

eric - you are so right! I knew the judges were going to be nice this week in an effort to confuse the chuckleheads

every little bit helped

diane -
thanks for the shout-out.

I agree with you that the Clay Aiken rendition of BOTW is one of the all-time classics of goosebump soaring pop.

I can't believe I'm saying this, but he even outdid Simon and Garfunkel.

Don't leave yet. The show needs people who appreciate good music!

rose -

like the little engine that could, Anthony seems to be picking up steam.

He's not going to win, but he does seem to be gaining and will end up going places anyway.

Hi....still stand by it...Constantine should have been Idol #4...he had it all.. the whole package...has not been the same without him...what a scam..whatever the reason...that is why I will never watch AI again..

I will never breathe again because there is pollution in the air

I will never drink water again because fish copulate in it

lisa roy -

understand how you feel about Constantine, but something about never say never . . .

trust me, things will get better with time

and only 5 more days until PFTSOB drops!

Simon wasn't being his smart ass self Tues. night when he told Scott he's had more escapes than Houdini - it was simply the truth! Ya have to laugh at Simon's witty repertoire of put downs even if you like the contestant he's crapping on.
It was almost depressing watching Anthony and his baby-lost-his-pacifier expression throughout lastnights show. I so wanted Scott gone but I thought maybe his unusual/bizarre luck would hold out one more week - sooo glad it didn't! I almost expected him to whip out an uzi and start spraying the audience as soon as the news was out! Must not've been able to smuggle one in the auditorium!

"I will never drink water again because fish copulate in it."

Geeze, Eric, I didn't need to go there. I mean intellectually I know it but, oh, man..... Its gonna be a dry day.

sorry Mike

I had somewhat mixed feelings about who should go too, Grey, in that Scott DID do better than usual and Anthony's "Poison Ivy" was just suck, but in the end I am just glad the boil has been lanced

Great write up, as always, Mr. Sticker!
I am a little surprised that no one has mentioned the crazy reaction by Scott when Ryan told him to move to the couch. Did you see his relief and point upward? DUH! Like anyone in the world thought he and Anthony were sitting on the couch because they were both safe!!!?? come on! The funniest part of the night was when Scott was making his way to the couch and Anthony shook his head at him. It appeared like he was trying to explain to him, "dude, we're not safe! get real!" I wish Anthony had still been miked! That would have been worth hearing! :)
Luckily I could rewind it and watch that part over and over again! It was good stuff!
There may be another explaination of why Ryan Seagrest mentioned Michael W Smith's version of BOTW instead of Simon and Garfunkel. Tuesday night's theme included today's top40. Isn't BOTW a "hit" for MWS right now on the top 40?? I think thats why Ryan announced it that way. I totally agree that its Simon & Garfunkel's song though and Ryan could have at least mentioned that it was originally their hit song. Being that Ryan hosts the top 40 every week, thats probably all he thinks about, when it comes to most music. Don't you think?
I think its so funny about the Baby V and Bo "friendship" kisses and snuggles! I hadn't noticed that! I will definitely go back and watch that part again. Bo does have a girlfriend but did you see her? I dont think she's ultimate-pop-star-girlfriend material. I would definitely be packing my bags to move out if I were her.
Well the scandal of Scott is gone so now the emphasis can be on "who will win", which is how it should be. I personally dont care about the Paula stuff. I just want the show to be able to continue and stay the great program that it is.
Peace out!

Am I the only person disappointed that good ol' Scott is gone ? I mean - he was such a comic relief !! Watching him perform week after week like a fish out of water and yet have the airs of a world beater was hilarious....but then I am no American Idol purist/fanatic..

Mickey, I can appreciate that perspective, but not live it

I was sorry to see Scott go. He had a good controlled voice - no doubt about it.

Eric- don't you think fish copulating in water makes it tastier?

Don't you think the producers of American Idol like all the "conspiracy theories" going on this year? People might be complaining and vowing to not watch anymore....but people who haven't tuned in before are hearing more about it and thus more likely to tune in to see what it is all about.

The hoopla over Married...With Children is what made it Fox's first hit show. Sure people were outraged, but it got others watching it. Meaning more advertising dollars. Meaning they are getting exactly what they want. Even if they didn't plan it. And what producer in their right mind would try to stop that?

i think anthony should have gone not scott!!! carrie needs to go next!!she sings like she is singing out of her ass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Awesome article...

My two hours spent voting and redialing on Tuesday night weren't a total waste!!!

I haven't actually voted at all this season. I had refused to up until this week. I mean, after the anomaly that was AI2... but I digress.

I just couldn't accept that Scott "The Body" (Who the hell gave him that squicked-out nickname?) had managed to squeeze through to this week. We all know he should have been gone long ago. After Tuesday's show, I decided that it was most likely down to Anthony and Scott. So I spent two hours trying to boost Anthony's numbers -- hoping and praying that it wasn't in vain. Two hours later I had managed to get through over 500 times (on one line, manually hitting flash and redial)-- I lost track once my eyes started to go fuzzy and I went into 'auto' mode where any sound at all made me hit a button.

Maybe there were enough people out there who did the same thing? Not vote.for.the.worst, but vote. for. the. second. worst. to. make. sure. the. worst. actually. ends. up. off. the. show. this. week.

thanks, osh

yes, I'm sure a lot of people did what you did---they voted not to help someone (Anthony) win, but to make sure that Scott finally got the boot.

What I call tactical voting. you did it, dude!

yep, AI2 was a real downer and I'm thinking now we're headed for another squeaker, but it won't matter in the same way that AI2 did.

AI4 rendition of BOTW, sounded like there was 5 hungry stray cats wailing
in an alley way. How dare they butcher such a classic song.
I have not voted for anyone, vocally, the girls are the strongest. Bo, in my opinion does not portray the AI image,
the long hair makes him look dirty and his past drug addition worries me. If he wins, the stress of the business might tempt him to try drugs again. I know someone who was on drugs and that person said, you leave the drugs but the drug urge never leaves you.

we're talking about singing pop music, not piloting spacecraft

Working with some addicts of various natures- because he once struggled with drugs does not mean he will again. Just thought I would throw that out there anyway.

Here was my favorite moment...Ryan tells Scott to sit on the couch, and he thinks this is a good thing, starts his usual victory Tourette's and goes to sit next to Anthony. He is turned away from the camera so it's not clear what he says, but it HAS to be something that indicates he thinks he's safe, because when you read Anthony's lips he is clearly telling Scott it aint over.

Give Trach Boy credit, he aint dumb. He knows he is most likely on the bottom, and anyone sitting next to him is not in a good location. He also knows the show has to throw in one little surprise, and that telling the bottom two to "relax" is their twist for that week.

Scott couldn't see it though, he really WAS picking out his song for next week. Oops!

As usual, Down Under AI viewing is Friday, and I watch the tape Saturday, so forgive me for being a couple days behind.

My initial thought with Scott going was FINALLY. As I stated last week, the time for ordinary guy made good ran out a few weeks ago, and indeed, when I saw Anthony and Scott in the bottom two this week, I thought FINALLY - I personally think they should have been the bottom two for the last three weeks running. There's just something not, quite, right about Anthony.

And did anyone else see Scott do the thanking Allah or whoever he looks up to when he was told to go to the couch before the switcheroo?

I could see Carrie OR Bo being in the bottom two, but not both, so when they were both standing up, as well as the fact that Ryan hadn't specifically said 'you're safe' - they try to be tricky, but after four series the word games are too easy to figure out - I knew the couch two were the bottom.

Prediction the next two weeks, Anthony then Vonzell to go. Final is a toss up, rock votes versus country votes, with the floating pop and rest of the musical spectrum votes to decide...

PS - At this stage of the competition it doesn't actually matter how well the contestants sing on the Tuesday shows. The fans all have their favourites sorted out by now, and it is only a thing of who gets out the vote best as to who gets on to next week.

In my own humble opinion of course.

look, i really didn't have a favorite in american idol.i reallly don't care who wins, but the first time i heard scott sing, i was like, he's fat, and has a voice like that. i was like its worth to watch, only if im not busy. the stuff i don't like is all you people saying all that stuff about him, yeah he messed up with the law, but who hasn't, if you say different you are lieng. just because he doesn't act up to your guys standards doesn't mean he doesn't deserve a chance. ya'll are just mad, that ya'll can never be like him. atleast he got the nerves to go on tv, and sing. you don't. quit putting people down because simon puts him down. every last one of you who talked badly about scott, why don't yall go back to jr. high school, where talking about people behind there backs came from. ya'll are a bunch of little kids and need to grow up, if you still have a problem, you got my email. scott rules, ya'll don't. now you have some one to talk bad about, me. but look at my email, its true, i don't give a shit

Couple comments on what some people have posted:

Not sure everyone's mind is made up yet. I know some Anthony fans that will vote for him IF and WHEN he has a good performance but were saying, a few weeks back when he wasn't singing well, that he should go home. And I see evidence that Vonz is cutting into Carrie's fan base too.

Re Bo's 'drug addiction.' There's no evidence he was an addict. In fact, his band mates say he was not.
He was arrested in 2001 when ca. 1/4 gram of cocaine was found in his jacket pocket (charges dismissed "without prejudice" when the officer didn't show at trial). Two years later he was arrested on misdemeanor charges of public intoxication (beer-induced?), marijuana posession, and drug-paraphernalia posession. He pled guilty to the "intoxication" and "paraphernalia" misdemeanors, paid a fine and went through a "diversion" program, after which his record was cleared of all charges. The point is:
a. lots of people have used drugs -- legal and otherwise -- without being habitual users or addicts.
b. Bo's arrests were 4 and 2 years ago
c. the "felony" label on the cocaine charge is misleading -- posession of even a tiny amount of cocaine is a felony in Alabama
d. Bo has no "record" for any felony or for even misdemeanor drug posession

Re: Bridge Over Troubled Water

Not only did Simon & Garfunkel have the original hit -- which was #1 on the main Billboard charts, not #umpteen on the AC charts -- but Paul Simon WROTE the song.

And, yes, how would AI slap Clay Aiken in the face for having the audacity to first upstage the "winner" of AI2 in virtually all measures of stardom and then break away from most of the tentacles of the AI contract? Hmmm... Let's have the AI4 finalists "cover" the same song Clay blew the roof off the joint with in the AI2 finale but not even mention Clay. Yeah, that's it! That's the ticket!

LOL

I guess I am not the only one disappointed when Ryan did not mention clay Aiken's name for making the BOTW a hit single. That is surely unfair for Clay.

I, DITTO COMMENT #40 POSTED BY ELIZABETH.

BOTW:
Ryan Not mentioning Simon & Garfunkel was sacrilege and then not to mention that Aiken had a #1 hit with the song was just crazy. Aiken blew the roof off of AI when he sang the song!

Am I the only person who becomes despondent that these kids have never heard most of the songs before?

Christa -
yes, the Simon & Garfunkel omission was "sacrilege". "Forgetting" to mention Clay Aiken's BOTW was just petty.

All this discussion for a guy who tried out for the show because his mother dared him to... No real sacrifice or inspiration there...

but... on the matter of the drug possession "timeline" for the drug user...

This is just me thinking...

How old is Bo? Just about 30...

So 2 years ago when he was caught holding the marijuana he was 28ish... (youthful indiscretion? I say no, he knew EXACTLY what he was doing, he just made the mistake of getting caught? or he was too drunk to care? How nice.) If it wasn't his, why was he holding it for someone else? Was he also holding their drug paraphernalia?

and 4 years ago with the coke? Is there a difference in how much you hold and how stupid it is to hold it if you don't use? If you are holding it, there is a presumption of use. I'm okay with the felony no matter how much you have in your pocket. It's still illegal, right? What was he gonna use it for? to make spackle?

I'm really not arguing his drug habits (or lack thereof), merely his lack of active brain cells...

If I were looking to sign a guy to my record label, I would be concerned about how bright my star was, or maybe that will work to AI's benefit, they can take uch more advantage of a "star" with less cranial activity, right?

I am so glad Scotts of. he was weird and he thought that he was to good for anyone else. i wish constetine were still here. he had a bad attitide and the way he would talk back. weeeehhhhh

mfj sounds like such an ass

Anthony has a PURE/NATURAL voice and respects CLAY AIKEN's SUCCESS as an ARTIST. He never puts down CLAY AIKEN.
He just wants to live the AMERICAN DREAM.For all of us who are LOYAL to CLAY as our one and only idol some of us want to see other AI HOPEFULS succeed like CLAY. Our idol is on TOP of his career because of his hardwork
and the love and support of his loving and caring fans. Among the contestants,it's ANTHONY whom I supported because of his "MIRACLE VOICE". I fet sad of him being bashed, because some people especially from the media thought that he was trying to imitate CLAY. They have different vocal ranges but they both sing with love and passion. Both with CLASSY and DIGNIFIED PERSONALITIES. A quote from RALPH WALDO EMERSON's POEM " TALENTS DIFFER, ALL IS WELL AN WISELY PUT".... Thanks EVE, NJ