Apr 282011
American Idol 10 - Top 6 (Results)

Wednesday night each of the six remaining contestants got to sing twice to entice America to vote for them.  One performance was solo, and those were pretty good, and one performance was as a duet, which weren’t so good.  Read on to find out about all of the results show craziness.
 We see a quick video [...]

Apr 272011
American Idol 10 - Top 6

We’re down to the Top 6 and this week has one of the narrowest themes of the season, the music of Carole King.  Similar to previous season Top 4 performance shows, each contestant will perform solo and with a partner.  Will all of the remaining contestants manage to find something that suits them?  Can all [...]

Apr 212011
American Idol 10 - Top 7 (Results)

This week the contestants tackled songs of the 21st century.  Well, most of them did (We’re looking at you Scotty…).  Tonight we find out which singer’s journey gets cut short.  Who impressed the voting public and who gets to join the other eliminated finalists for a possible trainwreck like “So What” in the future?  This…is [...]

Apr 202011
American Idol 10 - Top 7

It’s Wednesday night again and it’s time for the Top 7 to perform.  This week’s theme of songs from the 21st century should be interesting.  It will really solidify what kind of artist the contestants see themselves as.  And, there’s a higher ratio of trainwrecks when the contestants sing songs by current artists.
First we get a [...]

Apr 142011
American Idol 10 - Top 8 (Results)

Last night American Idol sent the contestants to the movies.  The result was a mixed bag.  Here at How We Judge It, we generally liked six of the eight performers with only Paul and Haley earning our scorn.  As we read various other opinions around the internet today, we saw a wide variety of takes [...]

Apr 132011
American Idol 10 - Top 8

So, while the pop culture world is still trying to get over the surprise elimination of Pia last week, the show goes on.  Even Uncle Nigel came out and spoke about Pia’s elimination, stating that she wasn’t quite the frontrunner that many people thought she was based on the number of votes she’d been getting [...]

Apr 072011
American Idol 10 - Top 9 (Results)

Last night the contestants paid tribute to the legends of Rock and Roll.  Who’s tribute was worthy and who’s going to have to buy an admissions ticket to get into the Hall of Fame?  Let’s find out!
Way to hedge your bets Ryan, it “could be” a shocking result?  Right.
We’re back to the group sing tonight with [...]

Apr 072011
American Idol 10 - Top 9

We’re back on schedule for this season of American Idol as nine will perform and one will go home this week.  The theme is “Rock & Roll Hall of Fame” which is a good theme as it’s basically “anything you want, there’s a little bit of everything here”.  The American Idol producers said prior to the [...]