American Idol results

American Idol results show He informs us that 10 million more votes were cast than this time last year. Idol appears to be as popular as ever. And now... THE GROUP SING! One of my favorite parts of the semi-finals and finals. It's so cheezy and awful. Tonight Brent, Michael and Anoop kick us off on "I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz with some snazzy snapping and swaying. They send it over to Stephen, Danny and Ricky.

Finally some results. Casey Carlson is brought down to the Circle of Death first. Just a side note: Circle of Death is the lesser-known Lion King hit. Anyway, Casey is (OF COURSE) not through. Stephen Fowler is next and he isn't through either. He tries to defend his performance/song choice but we all know better, don't we? Finally, we get Alexis Grace as our first contestant through to the Top 12.

Our next group of results starts with Jackie Tohn and Ricky Braddy. Neither of them are through and I am not surprised. Jackie was bad and Ricky hasn't had enough screen-time to be popular, which is an unfortunate feature of this show. Our next pair is Michael Sarver and Anoop Desai. Wow, Anoop is TALL! And then I think Randy calls Michael fat. Snerk. And then Michael is through to the Top 12. I'm not shocked.

Dial Idol

Dial Idol gives the top spot to Danny Gokey, the only contestant who seems to be safe. Alexis Grace is second and third spot to Michael Sarver. I think Anoop Dawg deserves a spot too, and even Tatiana Del Toro--though I find her insanely disturbed. This elimination process is tough. It’s Christmas in February, folks, and to extend the metaphor, Joanna Pacitti is the one Jewish kid in town. Sorry you were qualified last week, Joanna! The sun’ll come out tomorrow. Oops, bad choice.

“American Idol” semi-finals are here! And as an “Idol” fanatic and live-blogger, I couldn’t be happier. This is the time we learn what the contestants are all about, separate from the producers grubby hands manipulating their audition backstories. I live for the semi-finals, because for every great Jason Castro break-out, there are 4 Nicole Tranquillo hot messes. So let’s sit back and take in the TRUE beginning of “Idol: Season 8.” (And if the “Idol” Song Spoilers are to be believed, we’re in for a lot of insanity.) On with the blogging!

Before we get to tonight’s live-blog, big shout out to MTV.COM user kitgyrl who made me chuckle last week during the “Judge’s Mansion” ridiculousness by writing, “In Texas when we tell someone ‘You’re through,’ [it means] your’re done…finished…kaput…So, when they say this on the show, it confuses me.” Kitgyrl, this show confuses me, too. But for different reasons. Namely, Tatiana. 8:00 pm - The first group of 12 are standing on the steps like the Brady Bunch. And Tatiana is nodding her head like a bobble head. Let’s hope America plays Sam The Butcher and cuts that mess from our show! Boo!