American Idol Season 6

March 1st

Voted out tonight:

Nick Pedro
A.J. Tabaldo
Alaina Alexander
Leslie Hunt

Ryan Seacrest announced that Kelly Pickler would be singing tonight. As always, they did a recap of the night before, which usually takes up a bit of time.

Then there was a group performance. I just hoped that would be better than last week’s. They sang. “Joy to the World” which I thought was a much better song choice. Three guys that sang a harmony at the beginning was terrible, but other than that, it was pretty entertaining. I think that sometimes the music it too loud for them to hear what they are singing, so it’s hard for them to stay perfectly on key. It’s easy to hear a lot of off-notes.

The first contestant voted out was Nick Pedro. This is the point in the competition when voting people out starts to get really difficult. I thought Nick was quite good, so it sucked to see him go. Simon thought it was due to his lack of charisma, which is a plausible explanation.

The first girl to be voted out was Alaina Alexander. I felt so bad that she had to sing one more time when she was crying. I don’t get why they make them do that. To me, it seems really mean and unnecessary.

Before the final vote-offs, Kelly Pickler came out. I loved Kelly last season because she was so candid and funny. Ryan asked her if she’d spent her money on anything, and she said “shoes.” Her personality is hard to explain, but she always keeps me laughing. I thought she looked really cute with her blonde bob. It was definitely a much older look that she had on last season’s American Idol. She sang “I Wonder,” which she co-wrote. I thought she sounded really good, and a bit of Reba McEntire.

The final guy to be eliminated was A.J. Tabaldo. I wasn’t too upset with this decision. I never expected him to win the competition. However, it’s still sad to see him go. I thought he was quite a good singer. The final girl to be eliminated was Leslie Hunt. It was weird because two of the people to be eliminated sang Michael Buble’s “I’m Feeling Good.”

I think America did a pretty good job this week in voting.