Talk about Week 2 Here!

Well, the pool this week says Phil is going out, so he gets this week's picture....But we all know who it should be - Chris Serico's best buddy, Sanjaya. And seriously, does anyone but Serico want to hear Sanjaya sing a Diana Ross/motown song?

It's almost like the judges knew Sanjaya was going to make the top 12 way back when, so they scheduled motown/Diana Ross for Week 1 as an insurance policy for him not getting any further.

Anyone have any predictions as to who would sound good on what? Here's what I think is the key (I'm assuming Diana Ross is here because it's motown week and not stand on one leg week) - some motown songs don't go anywhere musically. I'll give you some examples off the top of my head of just Superemes songs that don't do much melodically - "You Can't Hurry Love", "Baby Love", "Stop! In the Name of Love"....those old motown songs are great, but they're horrible for a singing competition unless someone has some really creative ideas for them. If someone like Gina (who doesn't have an old school R&B voice) or Blake sings one of those songs, it could be an early exit.

But, not to fear, because Sanjaya sucks. Bad. Ugh. PS, my "India's voting for him" theory is holding water! The Times of India has an interesting story about him here including a bit of information that Simon has threatened to quit the show if Sanjaya wins. Has anyone heard that before, or is The Times of India making stuff up again?


So, looking at our picks, first place Lisa Wagner has 10 points, and last place Crystal Boyle has 8, so it's still anyone's pool! Lisa has Jared going out this week, so she needs one of the 2 people she was wrong about to go out. Unfortunately, she has Sanjaya still alive (why, Lisa?!), so she's really pulling for Haley or Phil to show up wasted, trip over the band, swallow the mic, and then give Paula sass.

That goes for almost all of you. What you want is to have as many people as possible still alive...It's way too early to pull for popular people to go out to try to make your move. So, if someone's in the top 12 that you didn't have, you obviously are rooting for that person to get out.

The only exception is for you people who had unconventional top 12s with people like Melinda, Blake, Jordin, or Stephanie out of the top 12. You would shoot up the standings if those people actually leave this week because they are very popular picks in our pool, and you are the only ones with them already out.


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Enjoy Tuesday's show!