Invoking the Whitney rule

So we don't need to talk about anything that happened last night on the wild card show because it all went down exactly as I thought it would. The good would redeem themselves and because the judges are the only ones voting they would be put through. (and my boy JT (Matt) was BACK and in all his soulful, Justin Timberlake glory!) I figured that the marginal singers would reveal their weaknesses and be let go. And they did and were. There you go. The whole show in a nutshell....

except...

Tatiana

Sigh... Can we talk? I just don't even know what to say. Everything about that girl is wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong. I know none of you were shocked by the big hair, crazy stage makeup, too short overly showy beaded dress, 5 inch high hoochie mama shoes and last but certainly not least all that shrieking and whining and bowing and groveling and on and on and on.... But you know what? That's not what did her in.

The judges were torn because they sincerely thought she had a big voice worth hearing in the competition. That's why they brought her back. As we could see when she took the stage they were legitimately as irritated by her as we were. If you listen carefully as she finishes singing you can even hear that Kara's mic is up and she is saying "oh god, stop that, stop doing that, please just stop that..." referring to all that bowing and whining and crap. And then Simon busts her out in front of us all. Not only have you sung that song before, tonight you sang it for the 3rd time, it was NOT good and now we're invoking the Whitney rule.

Just in case all you wanna be Idols have somehow been living in a bomb shelter for the last 8 seasons of the show let me say for the LAST time: You cannot sing a Whitney Houston song unless you actually are the new clean and sober, albeit now old, but still a little fabulous in her alleged recent "comeback" Miss Houston. That's all. Only 3 or 4 contestants have gotten away with it in 8 seasons. Stop thinking you will be the next one. The judges invoked the Whitney Rule and now the scary Tatiana issue has finally been laid to rest.

Ok how great is the wild card system?!?! LOVE IT! And the fact that they just said, 12? No, we want one more guy... come on Anoop Dawg join the fun... Let's have 13. How great was that?

Ok, so the selections were obvious and it's exactly who should have been voted in.

Can't wait for the fun to start next week!

Out!