Sayonara Sailor, and please take the stale Coffey with you
It was Double Elimination Week, which means you get to see twice the slice, at the half the price!
contestants were axed this week and they got it done in half the time. Kicking off this week's show was Sailor Tommy being...uh......kicked off this week's show. It came down to him or Melissa, and America made him walk the plank.
Gave him the boot!
Sent him straight down to Davy Jones' locker!
And I'm bummed because I never got a chance to use this Navy picture yet!
(Bonus points if you caught the pun).
So it came down to Melissa getting the most votes, and she proved why again this week. Another stellar performance. She's shedding pounds and making fans, and I'm one of them. At first I was like, "token big girl on the show", but every week she continues to deliver solid, sensible material. It's like she's taking the same approach to eating as she is to singing and has managed to turn a singing competition into one heck of a diet. She's lost like 70 lbs! "I have a rehearsal for breakfast, and a rehearsal for lunch, and then a sensible song on Monday" And she's the real winner here, because no one's cheering louder than her arteries! I think that's why she's getting so many votes, because she's inspiring folks.
Next we had a well telegraphed Hannah Montana joke, and you know, throughout the show we can all make criticisms of what we think is talent and what we think is crap, but I'm sure we can we all agree that Billy Ray Cyrus is a terrible host. No one looks more disingenuous, unnatural and awkward than he does and he doesn't improve at all. Why doesn't he get judged every week?
After that we had the melt down of the season so far. I predicted problems with them early in my blog and I can't believe they are coming true. The cupcakes aren't happy.
Laura and Sophie had a complete meltdown this week, and from what I could see it was all the youngster Sophie's doing? I felt sorry for Laura, because she looked like she was trying to hold it together pretty well. It was weird to have that rift presented to us and then to have them come out and sing. I wasn't sure if they were going to fight it out during the song or what. It was like Jerry Springer set to music! I did like in the beginning, that Laura gave Sophie a reassuring look while they were holding hands and singing. They aren't too young to sing, but they are too young to dance.
Whoa! Did you see that? We had an "unnecessary famous person sighting" with Lisa Loeb in the crowd. That's just in case you were wondering what the hell happened to Lisa Loeb. Does anyone in country know who Lisa Loeb is? What about Nine Stories? Wow, where'd I pull that from? I guess they do that to boost ratings? Does it work? I think I'm going to start doing that with my blog. When we come back, I'll let you know how Gabe did, but first I'll just randomly let you know that Henry Winkler just walked-in to watch me blog.
Still the front runner to win the show, Gabe Garcia continues to slay. This time he took dance lessons and before I could make fun of him, it actually helped his performance. He looked way more comfortable and it showed! Great camera work to sell it.
Before we get to see Shawn Mayer sing, we had another "unnecessary famous person sighting" with Jared Carter in the crowd. And like you and me, and Google, and Wikipedia....no one knows who Jared Carter is, but everyone agrees he has a great publicist.
Shawn Mayer stepped it up a notch and probably made quite a few fans this week by firing John Rich.
Not only that, but she gave an awesome, sexy, sultry, and COUNTRY delivery of Sheryl Crow's "The First Cut Is The Deepest" She sold it, and genuinely looked like an artist up there.
Next we had the part of the show that I couldn't have disagreed with more. How in the world did Coffey make it this week? Is 
involved here? It's hard for me to say this, but I agree with John Rich. This guy is not country. And then to do "Proud Mary"?! That's like the most cliche' song ever. That's like asking a blues band to play "Mustang Sally", or yelling "Freebird" at a country bar. I can't believe he made it this far. I will say that John Rich was a little dramatic to ask Coffey if he could open for Keith Urban with that performance. C'mon John, do you know who is opening up for Keith Urban? Yeah, Carrie Underwood 
and YOU couldn't come close to filling those stilettos either.
The final 2 contestants are next, but first, look at what famous person is reading my blog?
And how sad is it to look at the screen and have to pick between Ashlee Hewitt and Pearl Heart? They both get to perform at least, and it started with Ashlee singing Steve Miller's classic "Take the Money and Run". She admitted that she had never heard the song before, and the judges should have kicked her off on the spot for such musical sacrilege. Unfortunately you could tell she never heard the song because the performance felt so disconnected with accents on words where they shouldn't be.
And what's with Nashville Star having a foot fetish?
Didn't we go through that with Shy Blakeman?
Finally we had an all too familiar theme with the contest, "too little too late." Because Pearl Heart did "Ain't Goin' Down 'Til The Sun Comes Up" and it was their best performance to date and they still got booted off the show. I was sad to see them go, but I'd rather them than Ashlee. And this wasn't the greatest part of the show. No, that belongs to the fancy work of the camera guy who snagged Sophie's reaction to Jewel's derogatory comments! How prissy does she look?! I love it.
As usual, leave a message at the beep (BEEP)
I agree with your comments about Gabe. In my opinion Gabe will win Nashville Star with his pure country voice. I admire Gabe for pursuing his dream. He is already a winner in our eyes.
Whoa, how did NBC let you criticize Billy?
And how come you can post annoying, un-funny pictures; yet we can't post them in our comments?
Maybe then you'd realize how ridiculous that is....wait who is Wix Wichmann?
As usual, you are right on the money, Wix, for the most part. I was so suprised that the Bobbsey Twins weren't in the bottom two this week with Coffey. That's how it should have been. And Sophie ROLLING HER EYES at Jewel? Crap, she better be glad Jewel ain't thier mentor. If I were Jewel I would have marched myself right up there and demanded some respect with a nice, hard b*tch slap. That's exactly what she needed. Their performance was awful.
Melissa and Gabe, as usual, were incredible. I was sad to see Tommy go, but it was the right choice. Ashley's performance was alright, just enough different from the original to be unique. Shawn's was okay, but I think she was acting too much.
And then Pearl Heart. Wow. I was so sad to see them go, but I was so happy when Jeffery told them that he would take them on. That's so great for them. Now they can have a little more say so in their first album. Awesome.
I think Laura & Sophie's days are totally numbered. I look forward to them being booted next week, along with Coffey.
A showdown between Gabe and Melissa is brewing...which one will win? I don't know and am in no hurry to find out because I'm thoroughly enjoying the entire show, snarky teenagers and all.
I could degrade Soapy and Lulu a little more, but why? They're doing a bang-up job of degrading themselves (and the show too unfortunately).
Gabe was great, but actually it wasn't my favorite performance for him. I want him to be Gabe. I hope he doesn't stray too far off from himself.
Melissa, almost made me want to change my screen name. We will see next week. Keep it up girl. BTW, I think Jewell asking her about her family was a fair question. It may not have been fair to Melissa, but it was fair for to the other contestants.
Coffee, not country. 'Nuff said. Shawn looked like she was taking a dump through the whole song. Both need to go away. Shawn's a quitter anyway.
Ashlee did well I think. She's glamourous, but I still think she mumbles through her songs.
And Pearl Heart? I demand a recount!! Although someone else might win the show, it's these girls that we will see in the big country spotlight soon. They were, ssssssss......HOT!
Hey Tommy, good luck to you and thanks for serving our country, which happens to full of a bunch of people who don't know talent if it kicked them in the face. Man, I hope that's worth fighting for.
Did anyone else log in to the website from the west coast about 9 PM and find the eliminations posted for that nights show and voting up and operational?
Strange!
Melissa all the way
Why should the twins, or anyone else, respect Jewel's opinion? She has a beautiful voice and uses it to produce garbage. And John Rich - what a total ass! Keep the contestants - Eliminate the judges!
So why does it take forever to get this blog up for the last weeks show and the last weeks episode on the site but the voting is there before the show airs on the west coast??
I am wondering IF anyone cares or votes except a few of us--they never say the # of votes do they??
Can this show get any worse? Its a coin toss as to which is less painful...listening to the contestants or having to listen to the judges. Three huge attitudes sitting there passing judgement. Yes, Jewel, we all know how highly you think of yourself. And yes, John, we know how highly you think of Jewel, and yourself. And finally, Jeffrey Steele. Congratulations on your accomplishments writing "What Hurts the Most". We now know the answer is having to listen to this show every week.
Coffee needs to go find his calling but it isn't here in Nashville...I hope he gets a contract, but, I feel as Merle said in interview about today's country, you cant tell who is singing as so many sound the same..I wonder why when they are trying to get to Nashville music no one takes an old country song and sings it...I would like to see one of them sing Patsy, or Merle or Hank Sr. Not pop as so many times we have seen it or songs of the last few years....Hey how about taking a look at some old footage of the way Nashville Songs had emotion..Further I would ask the parents of the young girl without respect take her to task ...Nashville Music isnt just about getting on the stage...
Jared Carter is actually a character in the new Hannah Montana movie. He's always at my brother's house and we're always hearing about him being in the movie. Cool guy though.
