With over 36 million votes from last night it seems American Idol is still going strong.

But what was up with the lip-syncing for the opening number. Totally cheesy. I wonder if they are just preparing the contestants for future concerts (jk). I don’t know if they were trying to use “studio” recording rather than live or if it was using the old mikes or what. But wow – it was BAD and completely obvious! I was NOT impressed!

Was anyone else bugged besides me? (Please sound off about lip-syncing on American Idol!)

Is it okay to tout a “live” competition but have it succumb to the lip sync crutch? Why? Why would they even try it? It’s obvious the contestants didn’t know how to “hide” their mouths against their mikes – and so poorly executed. Why did they just not sing live? Was it for the sound quality of a group performing in a huge venue?

Anyway, on to the recap…

The bottom three: Matt Giraud (wow, I was surprised by this one. If it had been week 1 or 2 then I might have agreed, but I thought he was proving himself the past few weeks). Michael Sarver (predicted this one). Scott MacIntyre. Wow – I actually thought that between Scott and Megan – it would have been Megan in the bottom three.

And I’m sure I’ll be run out of town on this one but I thought the duet between Joss Stone and Smokey Robinson was terrible. They were each okay singing individually, but together it felt like a mess. Perhaps it was the combination or the version mix but I did not like it at all!

The bottom 2: They sent Scott MacIntryre back to safety. And then it was down to Michael and Matt. Kind of a surprising bottom 2.

STEVIE WONDER! Wahoo! I love Stevie Wonder. There is no one else like him! Loved the medley he performed.

So the American Idol contestant going home is….

Michael Sarver. (Good bye and good luck!) I like Michael and wish him the best. Best quote of the night: (Michael) “I have to sing after Stevie, oh crap!” :)

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