American Idol - Los Angeles or Xanadu!
Well, rather than the usual Whitney and Mariah covers, this week on American Idol we were treated to Cheap Trick, the Divinyls, Pat Benetar, Meatloaf, Carl Davis (Kung Fu Fighting), Living Color, Joss Stone, and Sam Cook. Those snarky judges kept us from hearing some ELO, though. We heart ELO! Even if they haven't been a valid pop culture reference for pretty much as long as any of the eligible contestants have been alive.
More from this week's hopefuls after the jump. C'mon, you know you want to see the dude who told us that when he thinks about you, he touches himself. And it wasn't Mr. Shiny Pants in the banner pic.
Reading public, meet Jason Greene. He managed to produce the first squeamy moment of the competition for us with his intentionally creeptastical performance of I Touch Myself. At least we hope he was going for creepy. If he was going for sexy, we suggest someone start keeping a profile on this guy. Well not really, but maybe.
The first contestant of the night, Neil, is smart and nerdy, and apparently even managed a haircut between days one and two! We think he has a great future (present?) with the SCA.
CUTE MOMENT OF THE WEEK: Mary's 9-year old daughter confesses to Ryan that Simon is her idol because he's the only one with negativity, and Ryan introduces them to the girl's delight. Simon really does have a melty center, we believe.
The other notable moments this week:
- The Adam Lambert...um...tribute? artists butchering Cult of Personality.
- Mr. Martial Arts. Has a note that he calls his nemesis. He announced that he was going to sing that Righteous Brother's song. "Unchained Melody"? "No, the other one." Ummm. riiiiiiiiiiiiiight.
- Austin, aka Mr. Shiny Pants blew it on a Cheap Trick cover, and when that didn't work, he graciously offered some ELO instead. We would have been thrilled to return to the era of neon rollerskating and headbands, but nooooo. The judges robbed us.
Next show: We dissect why anyone insists on calling Dallas The Big D.