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March 29, 2007
Goodbye 'Curly'
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The one thing that stands out for me about Wednesday's show is that eliminated contestant Chris Sligh had enough air time to not only sing "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic," but he got time to hug the remaining nine competitors farewell, too.
"American Idol" finally cut the fat from its results show. Brandon Rogers and Stephanie Edwards had to sing off-air because medleys, required commercials, promotions, etc., took all the time. (In defense of Stephanie, she told reporters last week that she began to cry and was actually glad the song wasn't televised.)
(Programming note: Did you miss the commercial? Chris Richardson playing like Clint Eastwood in the ubiquitous weekly Ford commercial? The "Idol" Top 10 sang "I Fought the Law" and, of all the contestants, Chris best represented the "cowboy" genre.)
Anyway. Back to the show - I absolutely believe that Chris S. (shown above next to a visibly nervous Haley Scarnato) knew he was getting the boot. He just had the look.
And poor Gina Glocksen had to sit next to Chris S. through mentor-of-the-week Gwen Stefani's "Sweet Escape" performance (which I thoroughly appreciated more than her mentoring of the contestants), to find out which of the two would join Phil Stacey (best Sting on Tuesday) and Haley (best Antonella on Tuesday) in the bottom three.
Props to host Ryan Seacrest for opening the show wearing his own version of Sanjaya Malakar's faux hawk hairdo from Tuesday night. After an ample round of applause, he threw the "wig" in judge Simon Cowell's lap.
At the end, Ryan asked the judges their opinions on Haley and Chris S. (Phil is safe by now - again):
Randy Jackson: "It's a hard call."
Paula Abdul: "It's never a fun time. They deserve warmth." (Huh?)
Simon: "It's bye bye, Curly."
With that, the contestant who professed to "bringing back Chubby" was gone.
Chris Sligh fans can take solace that he'll be on the "Idol" tour and likely get some sort of recording contract.
Stay glued to this space - my Q&A with Sligh will be posted soon.
Next week's mentor? Tony Bennett. Look for more hair-raising moments.
Posted by Leigh Grogan at March 29, 2007 08:34 AM
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