Idol Gives Back - Postponed due to Nigel

So the surprise twist that was going to shake up the competition forever was, well, the one that everybody and their grandmother who is still watching Idol predicted. Because Nigel wouldn't let the judges use their save on a dude and Janelle Arthur was deemed not worth saving another week was added to the show so that they'll still meet their reservations for the Nokia on May 15 & 16. Assuming that the finale will be back at the Nokia of course; given how the ratings have tanked this year Fox might force the producers to move the finale to that community theater in the Valley where the Hollywood Week auditions were held.

Perhaps Trained Seal was really referring to the surprise appearance of Season 10 contestant Stefano Langone. Seriously, is that the best they can do? Didn't he finish in like 12th place that season? Does anybody even remember that he was even a contestant? Aren't Taylor Hicks and Kris Allen looking for a paycheck, what about one of them? Was Sanjaya was too busy? At least a few members of the remaining audience would have remembered him. Maybe Stefano was the only former contestant left who returned Nigel's call.

So everybody gets to come back and do it again next week. This was such a "surprise" that I didn't even bother to watch. I read instead that Candace and Amber were in the Bottom 2. The judges must be going insane in their respective mansions about this. After all, how much more can they possibly do to convince America that Amber deserves to win this competition? Maybe Nicki can just shoot the other contestants like she threatened to do to Mariah during the auditions.

I used to like Amber but given how much the judges have been trying to blow smoke up her *** I've become less enthusiastic about her. It hasn't helped that her performances have been putting me to sleep.

This will give Kree and Candace a second chance and a week to rest up since next week they'll likely be forced to sing three songs again and then listen to the judges rave about Amber and Angie again. I'll try to rest up too since I'll need to write up all those songs again next week and listen to all that raving again. I hear next week's theme is "Now and Then", which means we'll get 4 old and boring ballads, 4 new and boring ballads, and a couple of middle aged and boring duets.

Stefano Langone? Really?