IDOL RECAP: Great Frampton's Ghost!

Without further ado, here's your Top 11 American Idolists from Tuesday tackling (but mostly fumbling) the Beatles songbook...

AMANDA OVERMYER, Back in the USSR -- That chick looks like fun, indeed! Finally, the Biker Nurse is starting to listen to me. Screw Simon. Perfect song choice. Even if those strobe lights made me swallow my tongue. A small price to pay for skanky Southern fun.

KRISTY LEE COOK, You've Got to Hide Your Love Away -- Who arranges this girl's songs? John Tesh? Oof, she's a nightmare. Couldn't find the hook if the ghost of Lennon was guiding her. In equally disturbing news, she looks older and older each week, as if her Faustian bargain for fame is about to expire. Tick...tick...tick...

DAVID ARCHULETA, The Long and Winding Road -- Ever see Meet the Fockers? Archuleta looks like Ben Stiller's love child, Jorge. Anyway...I really wanted to see the kid stumble, screw up the words, maybe sing The Long and Winding Cul-de-Sac. But he didn't. Jorge nailed it.

MICHAEL JOHNS, A Day in the Life -- I hate to work blue, but this Aussie dude has balls the size of church bells. First Bohemian Rhapsody, now this. He still bounces too much, and he's not as good as he thinks. But I wouldn't challenge him to a knife fight.

BROOKE WHITE, Here Comes the Sun -- I'm a reasonable man. I am. But I swear I wanted to pull an Elvis and shoot the damn TV during that tripe. My lord, her hippie BS makes me want to vote Republican. Why did she say "Wooo"? Did the song really kick into "Wooo" territory? No, it didn't. I hate her. Or maybe I'm secretly in love with her....No, no, I hate her.

DAVID COOK, Day Tripper -- Whoa, first Skullet admits to liking Whitesnake. Which is kinda badass in a surburban dirtball way. Then he busts out the vocoder! Shoot, I really wanted to hate this guy, too. But that was freaking cool. He's skeezy, but I'm starting to dig him.

CARLY SMITHSON, Blackbird -- First of all, the roses around her neck made her look like a Kentucky Derby winner. Plus that performance was the disappointment of the night. She coulda crushed it. But the piano was wrong, and the Celine Dion finish was a wreck. Listen to the Sarah McLachlan version.

JASON CASTRO, Michelle -- His dreadlocks are starting to look like tarantula legs. But that might be the Crown Royal talking. The Bonfire Bandit will be fine. But if you're busting Overmyer for doing the same ol' schtick, Castro's Kmart Jack Johnson routine is getting even weezier.

SYESHA MERCADO, Yesterday -- A big voice covering a quiet song. It was okay, not awful, not exciting. However, if she's going to wear more dresses like that, I say let the woman stick around.

CHIKEZIE, I've Just Seen a Face -- I would have been less startled if a hobo had burst through my front door and started playing harmonica on my kitchen table. Boxcar Chikezie needs to get his act together.

RAMIELE MALUBAY, I Should Have Known Better -- A curious choice to close out the show. Especially since watching her was akin to having your gums scraped. Oof, it's hard to believe that either Ramiele or Kristy Lee is going to make the Top 10 -- and thus will get to tour with the American Idol arena show. Which I will have to review. With tears in my eyes. And a flask. Definitely a flask.

Comments

[Marissa]

Boxcar Chikezie. Sean Daly, you are my hero. Holy shiznit, little darlin'.

[David-b]

At least one flask to be sure.

Of course you could always sport the chess king zipper pants fully equipped with zip lock baggies of liquid support.

At least the Beatles fiasco is over.

[jane]

Again with the tequila up my nose, this time courtesy of Boxcar Chikezie. That is nothing short of brill, Mr. Daly.

And if you go the ziplock baggie route to the show in lieu of a flask, make sure you double bag 'em. This is the voice of experience talking.

[Jeff in Cuba]

I'm thinking we'll be hearing encores from Kristy, Syesha and Ramiele tomorrow.

Remind me again why I want to tune in?

[Marissa]

Because we're all here in a yellow submarine.

[Boe]

Don't quite get your love for A"MAN"da, still can't get that horrible Kansas song out of my head from weeks ago. However, her comment about not wanting to sing a ballad and wanting to sing songs that her concertgoers would like was awesome. You know the idol machine had to hate that. Simon looked dumbfounded that someone thinks they could actually sell tickets just from being in the top 11. But yes it might even be possible for her. As for Christy Lee Cook she may have had the most unintentionally, somehow, embarassing comment ever on the show when she told Simon she could blow him out of his socks and he knows it. Look back at your tivo. Check out everyone's faces, except Christy's. Wait, I think she just got it. As for Michael Johns maybe I wasn't paying attention but he is much better than he's being given credit for. I honestly think after tonight that Simon is trying hard not to appear to favor the Brit./Aussie even though they are two of the better performers.

[Scott]

Uh... it's a "talkbox", not a vocoder.

[jetsetter]

I think Ramiele will be included in the top 10.... you will be surprise tonight of the outcome. Amanda needs to go. You always hear the same tone of music every week... sorry she needs to go.

[rezeile8]

Bye bye Amanda. I won't be buying your concert tickets.

[Sean Daly]

Really? Amanda? Biker Nurse? My future third ex-wife? I dunno. Kristy, Ramiele and Syesha look like the bottom three for tonight.

[Bassnote]

If Amanda needs to go because she does the same act repeatedly, so does Jason Castro. He is such a johnny one note, and it is getting old.

But, I agree with Sean's bottom three; Kristy, Ramiele and Syesha. I would like to see either Kristy or Ramiele get the boot.

[jane]

Bottom three:
Kristy
Ramiele
Amanda (sorry, Sean)

Home:
Kristy

I think Syesha got a stay of execution this week based on the performance, judges' comments and the favor the costume stylists did her.