American Idol Top 7- Save For the Belle

I talked at great length about this week's results with Jack and Rizzo.  My two email conversation with Rizz about Sanchez's bottom three appearance and inevitable save can be read below...

From Rizzo...

I have not watched idol from last night yet. But I don't need to because from what I hear they made a big deal about needing to save Sanchez.

I think there is NO WAY she got the least votes. She is the best female voice by far and very popular. Also dialidol.com is never wrong and they don't even have her in the bottom three for total votes. Joshua had the least votes and raw numbers.

I think they did this on purpose for ratings and to draw attention to the show. I think and still think that it's Phillip and Sanchez to the end.

Larry mentioned something about daughtry and how everyone was sure that he would stay so no one voted or something.

Bottom line is no way in hell that Sanchez actually had the least votes. I think they did this on purpose for ratings/attention/press etc.

Also, no idea why I am so interested in this because I have not watched an episode in two weeks.

From me...

haha i love that you are so interested even you haven't watched.  i am also extremely intrigued, haven't watched a single results episode, and only watch the performances (no judges, intro videos, crap) on the regular eps.

here is my thought.  i think it is extremely possible that they staged this elimination and save in order to drum up excitement, however I don't believe it is necessarily what happened.  dialidol has definitely been wrong in the past...heck they had eben frankewicz as the leading vote getter in the top 24!  usually, though, they do have good standings.  since the added the texting votes though, they have been less accurate.

while i agree that jessica is the best of the season (you may like philphil, i may take colton, but sanchez has the best voice talent), I think she may be hurting for votes because she's from southern california.  the other six of the top seven are from the south or southeast, places that are known to vote well (texas, louisiana, south carolina, tennessee, georgia, mississippi). those people have nothing better to do than sit by their phones and vote for their small town girl or guy who is on idol.  it's rare to see somebody from LA, San Diego, NYC, etc. do really well on these shows, because people have lives in those places and theirs no "entire town or state voting for the contestant" mentality.

having said all that, I still think there is an absolute chance that Idol rigged all of that to increase ratings for the rest of the season, but then why wouldn't they just rig every week?  why not rig the entire order of finish?  why would they have a dude win the last four seasons and then complain about it?  there's a lot of merit to the fact that they may be cheating the system, but I'm not entirely sold on it.

Fantasy Idol

Larry
Phillip Phillips: Safe (+21)
Skylar Laine: Safe (+21)
Erika Van Pelt
Adam Brock
Brielle Von Hugel
Top 7: +42, Team Total: 146

Rizzo
Jessica Sanchez: Eliminated (-16), Saved (+21)
Shannon Magrane
Elise Testone: Bottom 3 (-8), Safe (+21)
Aaron Marcellus
Johnny Keyser
Top 7: +18, Team Total: 113

Tyson
Heejun Han
Hollie Cavanaugh: Safe (+21)
Jeremy Rosado
Hallie Day
Chase Likens
Top 7: +21, Team Total: 79

Me
Colton Dixon: Safe (+21)
Reed Grimm
Eben Franckewitz
Haley Johnson
Jen Hirsh
Top 7: +21, Team Total: 76

Jack
Deandre Brackensick
Baylie Brown
Joshua Ladet: Bottom 3 (-8), Safe (+21)
Chelsea Sorrell
Creighton Fraker

Top 7: +13, Team Total: 73

The Office 820 Review- There's Magic Out There

Dwight- "I wonder if king size sheets are called presidential sized in England. I really should have a tweeter account."

It had been almost a month since the last episode of The Office aired, and its return confirmed the sad truth: this show has become a mediocre comedy this season.

"Welcome Party" was filled with a few heartwarming moments, and a couple of laugh out loud scenes here and there, but every new installment seems to make it more and more obvious that The Office is a shell of what it used to be.

Catherine Tate was pretty polarizing in her first few performances, but at least she was giving audiences an opinion. Here, her Nellie Bertram was neither hilarious nor detestable, and instead was used as a sympathetic character taking on the mean-spirited words of her coworkers. Whether Nellie deserved the hate from the office, or the love from Jim's defense, it didn't have much of an effect on our viewing pleasure.

The fake party for Nellie did bring about two of the funniest moments from the episode, though. There was this classic "Kevin is fat" hilarity...

To read the rest of my review of last night's The Office, head over to TV Fanatic.

The Office 820 - "Welcome Party"
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30 Rock 617 Review- Double Donaghy Downer

Tracy- "Son this isn't easy for me to say because my tongue caught what my foot has..."

I became very uninterested in "Meet the Woggles" shortly after the episode started. With Jenna in another weird yet boring relationship, and Colleen Donaghy back to annoy us all, Tracy attempting to keep his son out of college was the only story I could hang on to.

Colleen did have that one good line about the stork, but other than that she was just grumpy as always, and not in the funny old curmudgeon way. She just took most of the life out of 30 Rock this week.

Jenna has been great this season without Paul, so bringing her weird love life back to the forefront was disappointing. Also, the musical group that gave this episode its title wasn't really a humorous addition. I think the Woggles didn't work because they weren't much of an exaggeration on the children's groups they were trying to make fun of.

To read the rest of my review of last night's 30 Rock, head over to TV Fanatic.

30 Rock 617 - "Meet the Woggles"
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Survivor Week 9- Chicken Wings Would Really Hit The Spot

Screw you Jay, and your chicken wings.

Champions League

Larry

Michael -17
Kat +50: Reward (+4), W9 (+37)= +91
Jonas +9
Tarzan +100: Reward (+4), W9 (+37)= +141

Last Week +142: Team Total= +224

Me

Jay +87: Reward (+4), Votes (-20)= +71
Chelsea +8: Immunity (+20), W9 (+37)= +65
Monica -5
Colton +25

Last Week +115: Team Total= +156

Jack

Troyzan +127: Reward (+4), Idol Misuse (-10), W9 (+37)= +158
Christina +47: W9 (+37)= +84
Kourtney -45
Bill -45

Last Week +84: Team Total= +152

Jaydon

Matt -100
Kim +38: Votes (-4), W9 (+37)= +71
Alicia +115: Reward (+4), Votes (-8), W9 (+37)= +148
Nina -24

Last Week +29: Team Total= +95




Free Agents
Leif +125: W9 (+37)= +162
Sabrina +148: W9 (+37)= +185

Developmental League

Marsh

Jay: Reward (+4), Votes (-20)= -16
Chelsea: Immunity (+20), W9 (+37)= +57
Bill
Christina: W9 (+37)= +37

Week 9= +78, Team Total= +495

Mags

Matt
Kim: Votes (-4), W9 (+37)= +33
Alicia: Reward (+4), Votes (-8), W9 (+37)= +33
Tarzan: Reward (+4), W9 (+37)= +41

Week 9= +107, Team Total= +471

Tippy

Troyzan: Reward (+4), Idol Misuse (-10), W9 (+37)= +31
Kat: Reward (+4), W9 (+37)= +41
Colton
Monica

Week 9= +72, Team Total= +415




Rizzo

Michael
Jonas
Kourtney
Nina

Team Total= +49

Free Agents
Leif: W9 (+37)= +37
Sabrina: W9 (+37)= +37

The Voice Top 24 Results (Part 2)- Lucca Who Made It Through

It was another action packed night on The Voice, as the results were handed out and four more singers were sent home. There were some contestants digging down deep to put on the performance of their lives.

There was also time for a quick performance by Jessie J with Team Xtina. Didn't they see that there was no point in brining the team on with the guest performer last week? They didn't do anything up there.

The only other negative from the night was the return of the awkward Sprint Lounge. At least this time Adam Levine mentioned how terrible it was, and hopefully they make some changes. I don't know what those changes need to be, but something needs to happen soon.

Now let's get to the results...

TEAM ADAM
Safe: Mathai, Tony Lucca, Pip
I couldn't agree more with America on these choices, but what about the contestants in danger of leaving?

To read the rest of my rundown of last night's The Voice Results, head over to TV Fanatic.

Justified 313 Review- It Wasn't Me, It Was The Two-Armed Man

Boyd- "Well I guess we best both sleep with one eye open."

Limehouse- "I always do."

Justified certainly knows how to pull off a good tragedy. Between the downward spiral and eventual horrific death of Robert Quarles, and the somewhat sad quasi father-son triangle that led to Arlo blatantly choosing Boyd over Raylan, "Slaughterhouse" was a fitting end to the third season of Justified.

Robert Quarles should go down as one of the most interesting and entertaining villains in TV history, and Neal McDonough should receive any and all accolades that are up for grabs this year. His portrayal of the Detroit mobster was riveting all season long, and that was no different in the season finale.

Quarles almost looked content seconds before his arm was chopped off.
The last we had seen Bobby, we thought he had killed Trooper Tom, but we later found out that wasn't true at all. After fleeing the scene at Boyd's bar, Quarles just wanted to get out of Kentucky alive, and make it home to Detroit without a target on his back. That was going to take $500,000 for Theo Tonin, and I doubt that would have even stopped the boss from shooting Quarles when he made it back up north.

McDonough was fantastic throughout Bobby's adventure in attaining the money. First in his hopped up twitchy moments with the Christian family in the van, and then with how his cool customer attitude when seeing Raylan made me die laughing, this was a nice final run for the character. I mean the subtlety in which Quarles asked for Raylan's gun and phone after being turned down ibuprofen was pure genius.

To read the rest of my review of last night's Justified season finale, head over to TV Fanatic.

Justified 313 - "Slaughterhouse"
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The Voice Top 24 (Part 2) Review- Walk Like Er-in-Mar-tin

Blake- "I almost pitched my panties."

The Voice returned for part two of the Top 24, treating the audience to a couple of outstanding performances, a few horrendous ones, a one-way ticket to Bonertown courtesy of Adam Levine, and a cheap shot like none other from Christina Aguilera to Tony Lucca.

Let's get right to the action...

Team Adam - Katrina Parker - "Tonight Tonight"

Adam wanted her to get away from sounding like Adele.  Well, no one was going to confuse her voice with Adele's here.  This was a solid performance, but nothing I would write home about for the first performance of the night.

Xtina said Katrina's voice really captivated her, but wanted her to rock out more and said there were a few pitchy notes.  Cee Lo loved the staging, and then rambled on about the Smashing Pumpkins. Adam thought she killed it.
Grade: B-

To read the rest of my review of last night's The Voice, head over to TV Fanatic.

Mad Men 504 Review- Mystery Halluci-date

Don- "I married you, and I'm gonna be with you until I die...which could be this afternoon."

The good news is that Don didn't actually cheat on Megan in "Mystery Date." The bad news is that he was so sick that he hallucinated, and said hallucination had him cheating on Megan with a former lover and then strangling her to death.

I'm definitely not one to dissect what somebody's extreme fever hallucinations say about their true desires, so I will discuss Don's affinity to cheat without bringing his faux experience with Andrea into the conversation.

That is basically what the entirety of Don's story was about on this week's Mad Men. Is Don going to act differently now that he's married to Megan? While with Betty, the man was a serial cheater, so when Megan and Don ran into a former partner of his, she obviously got upset.

She's worried that it wasn't Betty that drove him to cheating, but rather that it is just a part of who he is. Like the past couple of episodes, I liked the way that Megan dealt with the difficult situation. She faced it head on, bringing the conflict to Don's attention and making him aware of the way she felt.

To read the rest of my review of last night's Mad Men, head over to TV Fanatic.

Mad Men 504 - "Mystery Date"
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