American Idol beat me to it. The words were flashed on the screen at the very start of the program as the Idols’ montages and images faded in and out during the intro.
It didn’t matter. I still used “another one bites the dust” in the title. I know, I know … not very nice, indicating a contestant has been voted off, but it’s a little less harsh then showing it on millions of television screens coast to coast, right? After all, how could I not use it? When Queen and their music is featured on back to back episodes, it’s kind of a given that’s what you use. (And you have to admit … it fits perfectly.)
So … who bit the dust? Elise Testone. You can’t survive a sixth (SIXTH!) trip to the Bottom 3 — let alone a forth in as many consecutive weeks — without your luck finally running dry. She’s just been too comfortable in the spot. The glimpses of brilliance, bright as they were, couldn’t hold a candle to the fact there were some major foibles in her abilities. Plus, there’s that pesky voting public who just couldn’t support her any longer.
It was a nice run, Elise. Holding out and entertaining us right through the Top 6 on Idol is nothing to sneeze at, let me tell you. We’re going to miss your “whole lotta love.”
Notes:
Goodbye, Elise. *nervous teehee*
I thought the other contestants had said something about Phillip “getting out” of a shoot during the roast prior to the second song on performance night. I know someone [Ryan? Jimmy? Steven?] said something about working through his health issues to put out “Fat Bottomed Women”. I wonder if some of the facial expressions and pulling the leg up while singing are a response to pain he is feeling when pushing out a note. Kidney stones are like that.