I am sorry they canned Rose, who was appealing and original. One gets so sick of the Whitney and Britney and Mariah clones who all seem to have the same durned voice…ho HUM. The beautiful r & b traditions passed down from early blues and gospel singers… the traditions embodied by Dinah Washington, Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder and hundreds of others, have been processed like the vocal equivalent of American cheese into this whiny breathy amalgam that has no flavor, no soul, at all. It has become a trick that every suburbanite with a karaoke machine and a vaguely good musical ear can master. But the ones like Rose, who have something a little different to offer, whether stylistically, vocally, attitudinally…they are so refreshing. It is a pity when they get kicked off. Oh well. Maybe she will make a dramatic comeback as a “judges’ pick” later in the series.

Wednesday night’s group round was the most annoying American Idol episode I’ve ever seen.

It was a complete waste of time!

They spent more than 30 minutes of a 60 minute show displaying reality-show type drama, mostly focused on the antics of “Bikini Girl” and her lack of interest in performing with her group.

This show is supposed to be focused on displaying America’s talent.

Instead, we get more than 30 minutes of a whiny “soap opera” narrated by Ryan Seacrest.

We barely got to hear 20 contestants perform out of more than 100, because they wasted so much time on useless “drama”.

This season is turning into the worst American Idol ever.

I watched the entire hour to hear only got hear 3 seconds of Anoop at the end of the credits. It was worth waiting for.

Wow…Kara is REALLY jealous of Bikini Girl. So what if someone wants to be on AI to get noticed…isn’t that the reason EVERYONE is there? I’m really not sure why they needed to add Kara as a judge anyways…she brings nothing to the table and always waits for Randy or Simon to decide and then follows their lead.

Kristen McNamara …one can understand how emotional this can all get! She’s fantastic….her vocals are really strong and she has a special quality about her. Kristen…she’s the one to be watching!

I’m really desperate to find out the name of the song at the end of the episode that starts playing when they show faces of people who made it, it starts off with a lot of guitar but then fades before I got to hear any lyrics; can anyone please hook a brotha up?!

That show was just awful. The first half hour was unwatchable. If that was the way “Idol” was every week, I’d have no problem turning it off. Keeping the judges away for over 30 minutes is just death. This group thing needs to be kept to a minimum of drama and a maximum of the singing.

GO ANOOP !

Norman Gentle is the MAN!

I think the guy in white chocolate was Matt Giraud not Nat!!

What were the names of the songs that they sang on group night…

WHOAAA ANOOP DESAI! =)

everyone’s way off on nancy wilson.

i think kristen mcnamara sabotaged wilson. she seems to have gotten her part down, then refused to practice so the others couldn’t get get theirs down.

everything wilson said was spot on as far as i’m concerned, and nathanial marshall was just a joke. he seemed to prefer bawling for attention than buckling down and practicing, like wilson wanted to do.

he and wilson should’ve said screw mcnamara and just practiced on their own.

i couldn’t believe the writer here faults wilson for her “tude.” she was absolutely right. (surprisingly enough, most of the idol board posters also sided with mcnamara.)

and then mcnamara had the nerve to act all lovey dovey in front of the judges?!? gimme a break!! i think it was all just an act for the judges’ sake, especially after simon called them out, saying someone there was trying to sabotage the others.

boy!! he really got that right.

i hope mcnamara, marshall and tatiana get kicked to the curb. god!! what horrible people!!

does anyone know the name of the song that was being played on wednesday night when the blonde got kicked off?

Shay shay David got this no brainer boring yawn yawn japan rules

think i gotta chance to chase this dream vote u all

think i gotta chance to chase this dream vote u all

I want bikini girl!! She was awesome and American idol is so boreing without her!! She is herself and not a kiss ass wannabe like the rest!

Nancy wilson is just dumb… she just needs to stick with doing hair. clearly we all knew she was not going to make it. She went on stage and conducted her self like a fool. Poor Nancy…. she will get it right someday or is it never..lol..