This time, can he make them love him just a little bit more?
The theme tonight is the British invasion for Phil Stacey and the 10 other American Idol finalists. With help from Lulu (one big hit with To Sir With Love) and Peter Noone (the Herman in front of the Hermits), will move from last week's Motown to 1960s British pop.
It's at least one more week for Stacey, a member of the U.S. Navy stationed in Jacksonville. After having a hard time with LeAnn Rimes' I Need You, he redeemed himself last week with I'm Gonna Make You Love Me and a bit of help from Diana Ross.
Still, on last Wednesday's results show, Stacey, Brandon Rogers and Sanjaya Malakar stood by themselves as the three lowest vote getters among the 28 million votes cast. Though Malakar has been routinely roasted by the critics, Access Hollywood, Entertainment Weekly, LA Times, MTV News and Yahoo! TV all picked Rogers to go home. And they were right.
With Rogers gone, now it's down to 11. And this is important territory. In past seasons, the last 10 finalists have been invited to go out on a nationwide American Idol tour.
Idol watchers in the media and online tend to put Stacey just above Haley Scarnato and the much-maligned Malakar in the rankings. Melinda Doolittle and Lakisha Jones have been the big favorites, but Jordin Sparks has been coming on strong.
The finalists perform from 8 to 10 tonight. Wednesday at 9 p.m., one of them will be voted off during the half-hour results show.
Roger Bull/The Times-Union
It's at least one more week for Stacey, a member of the U.S. Navy stationed in Jacksonville. After having a hard time with LeAnn Rimes' I Need You, he redeemed himself last week with I'm Gonna Make You Love Me and a bit of help from Diana Ross.
Still, on last Wednesday's results show, Stacey, Brandon Rogers and Sanjaya Malakar stood by themselves as the three lowest vote getters among the 28 million votes cast. Though Malakar has been routinely roasted by the critics, Access Hollywood, Entertainment Weekly, LA Times, MTV News and Yahoo! TV all picked Rogers to go home. And they were right.
With Rogers gone, now it's down to 11. And this is important territory. In past seasons, the last 10 finalists have been invited to go out on a nationwide American Idol tour.
Idol watchers in the media and online tend to put Stacey just above Haley Scarnato and the much-maligned Malakar in the rankings. Melinda Doolittle and Lakisha Jones have been the big favorites, but Jordin Sparks has been coming on strong.
The finalists perform from 8 to 10 tonight. Wednesday at 9 p.m., one of them will be voted off during the half-hour results show.
Roger Bull/The Times-Union
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