American Idol S01E12 - Top 8

after getting rid of ej and jim, the top 8 will perform tonight, and the theme is songs from the 60s! this should, theoretically, be the night of good-to-great song chocies, but we'll see.

the contestants "wanted", not contractually obligated, to help those that need help, so the built a home with habitat for humanity, and we see a clip of that.

1) rj - "under the boardwalk" by the drifters. nice choice of song. i liked this song for him. thought he sounded pretty good.

2) tamyra - "a fool in love" by ike & tina turner. great choice of song. LOVED it. she's just great. sounded great, performed great. just great.

3) nikki - "piece of ny heart" by janis joplin. good song choice. nikki's back to being the rocker after last week's flopper. it was good. not as good as the previous two, but still good. i like this type of a song much better for her.

4) aj - "how sweet it is (to be loved by you)" by marvin gaye. he looks worse than ever. he sounds worse than ever. when are the people of american gonna let him go? it sounded like he was like 5 keys higher than the backup vocals. man, you're a man! sing like one. he should really learn how to perform. pointing at the audience once or twice is not performing.

5) kelly - "(you make me feel like a) natural woman" by aretha franklin. she's so cute. tough, tough, tough song choice, but she pulled aretha off before. LOVE the outfit. she sounds great. but what on earth was that shriek in the middle? she's so cute. i love her. she's great.

6) christina - "when a man loves a woman" by percy sledge. shouldn't this song be sung by a man? oh well. the "shirt" she's wearing is very similar to one we've already seen. a bikini top stitched together with huge sleeves. it's wierd. it was alright. nothing more, nothing less.

7) justin - "sunny" by bobby hebb. i hate him. is the lyrics really "once or two"? that doesn't make sense... i hate him. it was ok, but my hatred for him makes it hard for me to do anything other than scream at the top of my lungs.

we get to see the humongous house the contestants stay in while on the show. i envy them so much... i think justin might be gay. and when he jumped in the pool, he nearly crashed on the edge of it. that would have been AWESOME!

8) ryan - "you really got me" by the kinks. she's so hot. i love that song. but not for her. it was too slow for some reason. it was pretty bad, to be honest. she's still hot though. she's so cute.

while the credits roll, ryan, the "host" goes to the girls to try and proves he's not gay, brian doesn't even bother and goes straight to the guys, and justin's gangbanged by three under-age blonds.

1. kelly

2. tamyra

3. rj

4. christina

5. justin

6. nikki

7. ryan

8. aj