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| Grammy Award-winning artist Gwen Stefani (left) talks with some of the finalists of “American Idol” on Tuesday in Los Angeles. |
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By MATT GLEASON World Scene Writer
3/29/2007
Two weeks ago, Phil Stacey was among the bottom three "American Idol" contestants, seemingly on his way back home to his wife and daughters.
But after performing the Nashville Teens' "Tobacco Road" last week, he avoided the bottom two, which ultimately sent Stephanie Edwards home much too early.
This week, America once again put Stacey on the verge of going home, even after he gave his best performance of the contest with an admirable version of the Police's classic "Every Breath You Take."
So the bald singer, who has family ties to Shawnee, joined Haley Scarnato, who gave an uninspired performance of Cyndi Lauper's classic gem "True Colors," and Chris Sligh, he of the abysmal version of the Police's "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic," in the bottom three.
Thankfully there is justice in this unpredictable contest, as "Idol" host Ryan Seacrest sent Stacey back to safety, leaving only Scarnato and Sligh to wonder who would meet Obscurity first.
Just before Seacrest gave America's verdict Wednesday, he asked Simon Cowell who might be going home.
Cowell replied, "Bye, bye, Curly," referring to the hulking singer famous for his curly, white-man-'fro.
And he was right.
Sligh, who once said that all he wanted to do in the competition was make David Hasselhoff cry, was sent home before he could actually make the "Baywatch" star weep.
Sligh also once said that he was "bringing chubby back," but chubby's going home and I couldn't care less.
Actually, the only thing more satisfying than watching Sligh get the boot would have been if he would have taken Scarnato and Sanjaya Malakar with him.
I'm so very tired of Malakar and his hairy antics, but so are you, I imagine.
Next week, crooner Tony Bennett will mentor the "Idol" hopefuls, which means that Malakar will no doubt butcher "Stepping Out With My Baby," clad in some cutsy outfit and sporting some front-page-worthy hairdo that will send bloggers into fevered rants.
Second to maybe slipping a bit of Nair into his shampoo, those sane enough to despise Malakar as a no-talent weenie can merely wait for everyone else to realize that Malakar is nothing without his hair.
Matt Gleason 581-8473
matt.gleason@tulsaworld.com
But after performing the Nashville Teens' "Tobacco Road" last week, he avoided the bottom two, which ultimately sent Stephanie Edwards home much too early.
This week, America once again put Stacey on the verge of going home, even after he gave his best performance of the contest with an admirable version of the Police's classic "Every Breath You Take."
So the bald singer, who has family ties to Shawnee, joined Haley Scarnato, who gave an uninspired performance of Cyndi Lauper's classic gem "True Colors," and Chris Sligh, he of the abysmal version of the Police's "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic," in the bottom three.
Thankfully there is justice in this unpredictable contest, as "Idol" host Ryan Seacrest sent Stacey back to safety, leaving only Scarnato and Sligh to wonder who would meet Obscurity first.
Just before Seacrest gave America's verdict Wednesday, he asked Simon Cowell who might be going home.
Cowell replied, "Bye, bye, Curly," referring to the hulking singer famous for his curly, white-man-'fro.
Sligh, who once said that all he wanted to do in the competition was make David Hasselhoff cry, was sent home before he could actually make the "Baywatch" star weep.
Sligh also once said that he was "bringing chubby back," but chubby's going home and I couldn't care less.
Actually, the only thing more satisfying than watching Sligh get the boot would have been if he would have taken Scarnato and Sanjaya Malakar with him.
I'm so very tired of Malakar and his hairy antics, but so are you, I imagine.
Next week, crooner Tony Bennett will mentor the "Idol" hopefuls, which means that Malakar will no doubt butcher "Stepping Out With My Baby," clad in some cutsy outfit and sporting some front-page-worthy hairdo that will send bloggers into fevered rants.
Second to maybe slipping a bit of Nair into his shampoo, those sane enough to despise Malakar as a no-talent weenie can merely wait for everyone else to realize that Malakar is nothing without his hair.
Matt Gleason 581-8473
matt.gleason@tulsaworld.com
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