For the past three weeks I’ve been on holiday in the beautiful country of Italy. I had an amazing time, although there was a bump in the road at the start of my vacation. I was in the picturesque seaside town of Sorrento when I got a text from my coworker Sarah, saying that there was an American Idol shocker in the results show. Of course I had to know what it was, which I texted her, while thoughts were running through my mind of who it could be. Scotty? Casey? Surely not my beloved Pia? When I received a text back simply saying ‘Pia!!!!’, I was floored and complained about it for the next week to my poor travel companion and good friend Helen.
Now that I am back in the US, still recovering from the loss of Pia, I’m catching up on all things Idol. There have been some big surprises since three weeks ago. Firstly, how is Jacob still there? He’s so theatrical and not nearly as charismatic as the rest of the Idol contenders. I guess his voice is good, but they should all be good at this stage. He has to go next. My second observation is that Hayley is now fricken amazing! I was very impressed with her rendition of Carole King’s ‘Beautiful’ and she finally proved to me that she deserved to be there. Although if I had to choose between Pia and Haley I’d choose Pia in a heartbeat. This week’s elimination of Casey James was a little sad, but not surprising. Although Casey was interesting and good, he peaked too soon delivering stand out performances during Hollywood Week and at the start of the finals.
I’m looking forward to seeing how the final five do next week. The top five performance show is often one of my favourites of the season, as traditionally they sing two songs for this show. Bring it on!
