American Idol S01E23 - Top 3 Results

tonight we'll know which two contestants will sing at the finale.

recap

randy hsa so far called the girls man, dawg and dude, among other manly nicknames, and the boys baby, again, among other feminine nicknames.

group song. "love will keep us together" by captain and tennille. did paula choregoraphed it? in that "i will, i will, i will" part at the end, justin sounded like a girl...

ford commercial. makes fun of ryan, which is always a fun thing to do...

we get some filler! whoop-tee-doo! we see nikki's journey on idol, and we see zero progress from the first performance. they really need to pick a nickname for her and stick with it. resident rebel, resident rocker, comback kid. come on! she sings "black velvet", which she sang last night! ARGH! no change between those two performances whatsoever.

more filler! this time i's about everybody's most hated kid, justin! "star quality" doesn't mean he's a star, but that he could be one, or am i wrong? "excitement of the moment"? say what? like "heat of the moment"? i hate him. the shirt looks like it's leather, and that's seriously uncool. again, no difference between this performance and last night's. i still hate him.

ryan forgot to take his medication.

more filler! but it's on kelly-kelly-kelly, so it's ok. she just completely embarrased ryan. we see pieces of her performances, including the infamous shriek. she's still oh so cute. and she too sings a song she sang just the previous day. still great. she's so cute.

a question to the judges: "what does america need to do to get this vote right?"

randy: "they need to get it right"

paula: "someone has to go"

wow! really! i didn't know that!

simon: "they'll get it right if nikki's ass is thrown out to the curb" (i'm paraphrasing, but you know). finally, an actual answer.

kelly and justin are safe, nikki's going home. whateva. we see nikki's idol journey, FOR THE SECOND FUCKING TIME TONIGHT! paula's delusional. superstardom? and if nikki's performance of "ben" wasn't a sell out, i don't know what is. simon is being his usual irritating self. he praised kelly when asked about nikki. BURN!