Think Casey's nervous or just clueless? When the camera pans across the contestants as Ryan starts this segment, he's chewing away on his fingernails. And he gets the first viewer question: If he could do a duet with anybody living or dead, who would it be? Jazz pianist Oscar Peterson, he says: "Playing bass with him or singing a ballad ... would just be so fun with that kind of musical genius."
Jacob is asked when and how he discovered his range: "I was probably 6 or 7 years old" at choir rehearsal with his mom, he says, and he'd sing the soprano, alto and tenor parts.
Lauren Alaina says missing friends and family is the hardest thing about being on the show. She relates a story of having to call home during yesterday's tornadoes to make sure her family was okay (they are).
Scotty McCreery worked at a grocery store before coming on Idol. James played with a few bands before his days on the show. "I always have some sort of a project going on," he says. Ryan can identify.
Haley's all-time favorite past Idol contestant is probably Adam Lambert, she says, but she also liked Siobhan Magnus, Kelly Clarkson, Lee DeWyze and Crystal Bowersox. "No Taylor Hicks?" Ryan asks. "Oh, yeah," Haley replies, "him too."
As he begins the results, Ryan says he'll call out the Top Six individually and in random order. Haley's first. "I fully agree with Jennifer that Haley has one of the best voices on this stage," Jimmy Iovine says, but adds that he believes the audience is getting wind of his opinion that she doesn't know who she is yet. Haley hears it, and the show goes silent. "I think I know who I am," Haley says. "There's definitely some soul in it, right? Some rock 'n' roll. Some blues."
If the audience is getting wind of it, though, they're not voting accordingly. She's safe. That means somebody new's going to the Bottom Three tonight.
Scotty learns his fate next. "Scotty's a phenom," Jimmy says. "He has a subtlety that's magnificent, but I'm always worried that subtleties in this particular environment can get lost."
Ryan sends him back to the couch without telling him his results and calls out Lauren instead.
"Lauren only hears the negative in the critique," Jimmy says. "She has a poise when she's confident that challenges any singer in the game today." He thinks Lauren's here for the long run. But, with Haley safe, she may have a close call tonight. She tells Ryan that Jimmy's right -- she only hears the negative, and she needs to be more grateful about where she is. Ryan tells her to hang tight, too.
Up next, it's Casey. "Casey's a great musician and will probably go on to be a great singer-songwriter," Jimmy says, but he's disappointed that he continues to feel the need to growl during otherwise solid performance. "Casey has to realize that the family dog does not vote." Ryan tells him to relax, too, and then he goes to the break.
Really? You give us four people and tell us results for just one? You've gotta be kidding.
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