Yeah it figures that the ONE GUY with a personality this season (Heejun) is also the worst singer. But god he's fucking hilarious and I love that J Lo and Randy are such clueless twits, they haven't figured out it's all a joke yet and keep critiquing him like this is some serious Juliard shit. Hello? He's a deadpan comic and he's laughing at you on the inside! This is why we need Simon. He would've known what Heejun was up to, called it "absolutely dreadful", and helped to turn him into the next Sanjaya, which would've been amazing!
And I can't believe he's proving to be the most perceptive judge on the panel, but that guy who looks like Ron Perlman in the 80's TV series Beauty and the Beast, totally had Heejun's number and was fucking PISSED about it. "Music is gonna kick your ass." Ha!
I agree with slipintothefog that the personalities (minus Heejun) are lacking this season, but I have to say, the singing surprises me week to week from different contestants. Jessica owned the night on Whitney week, then Joshua ripped off his jacket and sang "Take THAT bitch!", and now this week Older Blonde Chick and Girl Formerly Known as Other Older Blonde Chick told those youngsters to sit the fuck down and watch a pair of pros do it!
It's too bad we know how this is all gonna pan out (Philip/Colton/Jessica F3 duh) and those two don't have a prayer. But man think about how much more enjoyable this show would be if we had Simon and two judges worth a damn who'd have the balls to call frontrunner Jessica the worst performance last week (cuz she was) tell Philip he's falling into a douchey, lazy rut and stop dressing like a fucking hobo, and how awesome it would be to have it seem like the competition could then pan out in multiple directions. Jessica and Philip as F2? Or will Colton be there instead of Jessica? Wait wait wait, what about Joshua? Skylar's gotta be there too right? Or omigod after tonight, how about Erika and Elise? What if Hollie pulls it together? With a good judgery, we could actually feel as if we're discovering a frontrunner rather than being force-fed one, the way Kelly Clarkson, or Jordin Sparks, or David Cook, or Kris Allen didn't seem like winners right away and we were somehow part of their evolution.
Instead we get everyone's great, crawfish, goosies (still not happening, J Lo), real time with Jimmy, and -- to borrow from Deandre who's totally going home tomorrow night -- LORD HAVE MERCY, let's just fucking read Jessica the runner-up speech (if the reigning Idol can't fulfill his duties blah blah) and fucking give Philip Phillips the sash he won't wear cuz it's not fucking grey and call it a day already.
