Apologies to our readers – we wear our age on our sleeve because we said that the American Idol musical guest on Wednesday would be Diddy. We had no idea it would actually be Diddy-Dirty Money. There is, apparently, a difference. That difference is two additional women, an all-white costume closet, and strobe lights. In addition to DDM, we also got treated to an Auto-Tuned performance by Usher and a svelter-than-ever Ruben Studdard. Let’s hope that if the Idol hopefuls this season take a cue from anyone gracing the stage, it’s Ruben – he still sounds great and he and Clay Aiken are hitting the road together this summer! Frenemies: The Tour! Of course that was all filler, what we were waiting for was the moment when Didi Benami (a.k.a. C&C Music and Tear Factory) got kicked off. Now where will we get our fix of unprokoved weeping?
Tim Urban will never make it to Sanjaya levels of fame (being known by one name, having that one name be turned into a verb and an adjective, both signifying mediocrity), but he’s certainly emulating the master. Tim squeaked by, yet again, on his charm and good looks. We might actually be a little charmed ourselves after hearing his overly positive take on the process and that the reason he smiles is because he basically knows he’ll never have an audience of millions again after this. Okay, we still hold a grudge since he took Alex Lambert‘s spot, but the kid’s all right.
What does Ryan know about Didi Benami, by the way, that the rest of us don’t? After she sang her “Judges’ Save” song, Ryan told her “You are a very brave young lady.” Why? For covering Stevie Nicks? For competing with little to no range? After last night’s awkwardness, we seriously think Seacrest needs to tone down the Didi secretiveness, there’s something hiding here.
Katie Stevens rounded out the bottom three again, but she’ll live to see another day on the Idol stage. To recap, Didi Benami: TERMINATED! The rest of our rankings this week go a little something like this:
9. Tim Urban (+1 spot from last week)
8. Katie Stevens (+1)
7. Michael Lynche (no change)
6. Siobhan Magnus (-4)
5. Andrew Garcia (+3)
4. Aaron Kelly (-1)
3. Lee DeWyze (+1)
2. Casey James (+4)
1. Crystal Bowersox (No change)
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