Idol Chatter 2-22-08: Week 1 Results v. The Idol Experts!
How did the FOX43 Idol Experts do on their Week 1 predictions?
2 nights of singing, 1 night of cuts...and we're down to the Top 20, already!
4 contestants (Garrett Haley, Colton Berry, Amy Davis and Joanne Borgella) went home, and our Idol Experts made their calls before Thursday's Week 1 Results Show.
How did they stack up?
Artie Funk
Our boy Artie picked Amy Davis and Joanne Borgella to go, for the girls...and was spot-on! His prediction for the guys was that Garrett Haley and Jason Yeager would leave. He was half-right, as Jason Yeager survived a dismal performance of "Moonriver" and goes on to Week 2.
That's 3 out of 4! Nice work, Artie!
Funk: Yeah! I was surprised, but not disappointed, that Colton Berry left so early. I had a feeling he wasn't gonna' last very long, anyway!
Julie Heart
The lovely Julie Heart admitted to having a tougher time choosing which girls would go home, this week. She selected Amy Davis and Kristy Lee Cook as her personal Bottom 2, and went with Garrett Haley and Jason Yeager for the guys. She was right in calling that Luke Menard would not go home, despite a lackluster performance...perhaps, she suggested, simply because "he's cute." Overall, 2 out of 4 for her.
Heart: I think Amy and Garrett were obvious...there was no reason to keep them! We didn't know them very well, and they didn't wow us, which they needed to do! It's no loss with Garrett, but I was sad to see Amy go. I think he was just a bit too weird for me. Colton, the second I saw him in the opening singing number on the Results Show...I thought he looked like Mini-Donald Trump. What was that COMBOVER called?! Still, his departure really surprised me. He had the better of the 2 Elvis performances, but I guess that wasn't enough! I really thought Jason or someone else may have deserved to go sooner than Colton...and his performance on the way out was actually a bit BETTER! Unlike Amy, who was much worse on her way off the Idol stage forever. Joanne wasn't a surprise, but Kristy Lee Cook may have benefitted from being, first of all, CUTE, and second, the first one they ALWAYS show in that dance montage! She pops up ALL the time. But she needs to step up her game to stick around. Colton and Joanne deserved another week, so we could get to know them better, but...the other two...sorry! Bye.
Clyde Collins
FOX43's most miserable and surly Idol Expert has at least 2 more reasons to be miserable and surly...he was WRONG on both of his calls for the guys, this week! He was certain that Jason Yeager would go, and went with Luke Menard over Garrett Haley. Oops. He was 100% on the girls, though, picking Amy Davis and Joanne Borgella.
2 out of 4 for Clyde. Now, what does he have to say for himself?
Collins: I should've stuck to my original gut feeling about Colton Berry having the stink of being "the guy who knocked off loveable dork Kyle Ensley" all over him. And, clearly, I thought Garrett would stick around to annoy people a bit longer this season...while I thought Luke, on performance and song choice, was completely out of touch with the audience and out of place in the competition. He'll get another week to prove me wrong...again. Overall, though, I'm not unhappy about the results. Garrett and Colton probably would've gone home next week, had they not been eliminated, yet. The clock was ticking for the two of them, and I maintain that it's STILL ticking for Mr. Yeager and Mr. Menard. On the ladies' side, the choice was obvious and simple, in my opinion. I even called Amanda Overmyer being on the bubble. The fans made the RIGHT choice, sending home the worst singers of the night, rather than voting for "cute boys," like they did on the other side. I'll have to take inherent female irrationality into account to a greater extent for Week 2, clearly. Ha ha.
There you have it! Good calls, overall, by our Experts, but Clyde's going to have to get in touch with his MASCULINE side, next week, and make some correct calls on the guys' side!
Leave your thoughts on Week 1's results, and let us know if you agree with who got sent packing!
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The opinions expressed by the three "FOX43 Idol Experts" do not necessarily reflect the opinions of FOX43, Tribune Broadcasting or FOX.
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