Gordon: Welcome to this week's Idol Roundtable. This is Gordon pepper, and in a world of recapper hamburgers, we'd like to be the steaks.
Chico:  And I'm Chico Alexander. You may recognize me from such GSNN series as "We Love to Interrupt".
Gordon: Sirloin Anthony Rojas will also be joining us, but right here is the
steak sauce, Chico Alexander!
Chico:  Porterhouse, yo. Last night... made me cry.
Gordon: Mario, come back!
Chico:  I can count on one hand the number of people who stood out last
night. Bo and Nadia... That's two...out of 12. That's sad.
Gordon: I liked more than just 2 of them, to be honest. as I counted
performance into it. I thought performance-wise that Constantine performed the best that I have ever seen him.
Chico:  I was counting performance. I mean, Constantine, best performance, but nothing we've not seen before. Carrie, same thing.
Gordon: Carrie's been much better earlier. So was Jessica. Vonzell was pretty good, which should be good enough - but not 'great'.
Chico:  If I may, I have my 12...In descending order...
Gordon: Go for it.

CHICO'S RANKINGS
Bo
Nadia
Anwar
Vonzell
Scott
Carrie
Anthony
Jessica
Constantine
Nikko
Mikalah
Lindsey


Gordon: Mine are the following - 

GORDON'S RANKINGS
Nadia
Bo
Constantine
Vonzell
Anwar
Nikko
Anthony
Scott
Carrie 
Jessica
Lindsey
Mikalah

Chico:  So we're reasonably agreed on the top 2 and the bottom 2. Other than that... chaotic.
Gordon: I believe on 'What have you done for me lately' sort of posting. Sure, Jessica and Carrie have been great in the past , Last night was a CLEAR case of So What?
Chico:  That could've been said for the night all around though.
Gordon: That's how I rated them.
Chico:  Okay.
Gordon: We have the steak, we have the porterhouse, which makes Anthony Rojas...the duck pate'. Hows the pate' doing?
Chico:  You missed the opening metaphor. "In a contest of hamburgers,
you're a steak."
Anthony:    I love steak - FILET baby
Gordon: Anthony can be the T-Bone. Joining us is the Joe Van Ginkel jerky.
Joe:    Decided to drag me along for the ride anyways, eh?
Chico:  We had an extra seat.
Gordon: Anyways - let's go to the main activities.
Chico:  (a la Paul Kozlowski of UFL) Main activities, ba-bum-bum.
Gordon: I'll give you a person - you tell me if the their stocks went up or
down. You get 9 safe's, 2 troubles, and 1 Out. You get 1 point for matching the troubles and 1 point if the trouble person is eliminated. If you're out
matches the Out, you get 2 points.
Joe:    WHOO JASON BLOCK!
Gordon: Ok - I will give you the name - you tell me if their stock went up or down - and you say if they are safe, in trouble, or out.
Anthony:    lol

Anwar Robinson

Joe:    Up...he's safe.
Jason:  Safe.
Chico:  Safe
Anthony:    safe
Gordon: Points for Joe for actually being the only person to do what I wanted you to do. I think the stock stayed in neutral - but safe

Bo Bice

Anthony:    safe
Chico:  Very safe
Joe:    up...safe
Jason:  His stock went up and he is safe.
Gordon: agree - up and safe  - excellent performance

Anthony Fedorov

Jason:  Down and in trouble.
Anthony:    safe
Chico:  Safe performance... but safe nonetheless.
Joe:    Neutral...safe
Gordon: I think he went down - but I think he's safe

Carrie Underwood

Chico:  Down, but safe.
Jason:  Down but Safe.
Joe:    Down, but with Simon's love, she's safe.
Joe:    That's love as in respect.
Chico:  That's what Carmen Rasmussen said
Anthony:    safe
Gordon: Down and safe - but she has to get better or she's not going to be
safe for much longer
Chico:  She's a one-trick pony, and that's what is going to do her in.

Constantine Maroulis

Chico:  Safe... by a hair.
Joe:    Down...but safe.
Jason:  Neutral but safe.
Anthony:    Constantine safe but not better than BO
Gordon: the stock went up - and that saves him from the bottom three this week - safe

Jessica Sierra

Chico:  Down a bit, but still safe.
Anthony:    safe
Jason:  Down but safe
Gordon: Down and trouble - these are the sort of safe performances that take someone out of the running because people think that they aren't in trouble - but aren't good enough to get a following. She survives ONLY because people did a lot worse than she did. She keeps doing that and she's gone in 3 weeks.
Joe:    Down...but safe for now.

Lindsay Cardinale

Jason:  Down and out.
Chico:  Gone.
Joe:    Down and in trouble.
Anthony:    trouble
Gordon: I will say down and she should be out...but JUST to be different
(though I am probably wrong) - in trouble

Mikalah Gordon

Anthony:    trouble
Chico:  In trouble.
Jason:  Down and...Trouble
Joe:    Down...and out.
Gordon: Just for the heck of it, I'll agree with Joe - you don't make fun of
Simon and Randy and expect to get votes. I think her mouth could do her in
this time.

Nadia Turner

Chico:  Very safe.
Jason:  Neutral and safe.
Anthony:    safe
Joe:    Neutral...safe
Gordon: She had the best performance of the night. Way up and way safe

Nikko Smith

Anthony:    out
Jason:  Down and in trouble.
Chico:  troube
Gordon: Im going to completely disagree - I think he did a good job and the teeny boppers like him, Im going to say safe.

Scott Savol

Jason:  Up and Safe
Joe:    Neutral...safe
Anthony:    safe
Chico:  safe
Gordon: Down - like Jessica, these are the sort of safe performances that
take someone out of the running because people think that they aren't in trouble - but aren't good enough to get a following. I say safe - but he has to start showing something.

Vonzell Solomon

Anthony:    lol
Joe:    Neutral...safe
Anthony:    safe
Jason:  Neutral
Jason:  and safe
Chico:  safe
Gordon: She doesn't have a fan base like the other women do, but like
Constantine, her performance may have bailed her out last night. Safe - but can she continue it?

Gordon: So - summing it up...
 

	Trouble	OUT
GORDON	Lindsey & Jessica	Mikalah
JOE	Nikko & Lindsey	Mikalah
CHICO	Nikko & Mikalah	Lindsey
JASON	Anthony & Mikalah	Lindsey
ANTHONY	Mikalah & Lindsey	Nikko

Jason:  We are on.
Chico:  Where's Mark Thompson? Ryan take his job, too?
Gordon: Sorry - No Greed...yet...
Jason:  And we are LIVE.
Gordon: We had a little under 30 million - the most they've ever had - if
they want to ignore last week's 120 million. Ryan says America was wondering why.....the judges were hard on the Top 12. We get the recap.
Chico:  The theme once again, the 60s.
Jason:  Cowell is in a lime green T.
Joe:    That's new.  Cowell wearing something other than black.
Jason:  Bo did "Spinning Wheel".
Chico:  To raves.
Jason:  Scott did "Ain't Too Proud to Beg".
Chico:  Again, to raves.
Gordon: We get props for Anwar and Scott and...Vonzell.
Chico:  Anthony made Randy sound like Simon.
Gordon: But bad stuff to Anthony and Jessica - a sign?
Chico:  ... Possibly.
Gordon: And we get the steak and hamburger quote for Nadia - and Simon making hamburger out of Nikko.
Jason:  When we get out of the recap, we hear a group song for charity... one of three. Go to Idolonfox.com for the rest.
Gordon: We hear the first group song - 'When you Tell Me that you Love Me" - which I love Harajuku's version - as that would be steak. The way the group sounds like right now - this sounds right now like American Hamburger.
Chico:  Agreed.
Jason:  This is terrible.
Gordon: This is awful, and none of them got the pitch right.
Anthony:   What is this debacle?
Jason:  This is retched.
Chico:  And I thought last night was bad.
Anthony:    This is for charity?
Gordon: Yes - we pay them to stop singing it - and the money goes to charity.
Anthony:    lol
Gordon: Last night was bad. Tonight was worse than Karaoke Hell. And none of them finish in unison either.
Anthony:    CLAP CLAP - its over.
Chico:  And in the crowd... Ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuben Studdard.
Anthony:    He was forced to clap.

(This break has been sponsored to you by American Idol Earplugs. Good when you want to avoid hearing things like....that.)

Jason:  Nice Nice - We are back.
Chico:  Ryan at the podium of doom.
Gordon: We get a promo for the Ford casting call - Then we get a promo to see who gets eliminated.
Chico:  Usual rules apply, three people down, one out.
Gordon: Constantine makes us all feel very.....safe - as he is.
Jason:  Yup.
Chico:  Next is Nadia.. Raves all around.
Jason:  This is a no brainer--Nadia is safe.
Chico:  And I'm hungry for some more steak.
Jason:  Anthony is safe for now.
Chico:  Lindsey needed to knock on wood...
Jason:  Lindsey is in the bottom 3.
Anthony:    ding ding
Gordon: Lindsay is the first person to be in the hamburger row.
Anthony:    That's one.
Jason:  Bo is next...and he is safe.
Chico:  Bo spun our wheels...
Gordon: Chico apparently is summoning up the spirit of Mark Thompson.
Chico:  I don't have his pipes. I'm a high tenor =p
Jason:  Carrie is safe.
Chico:  She will be loved.
Jason:  Scott was begging for votes...
Chico:  Scott ain't too proud to beg...
Gordon: Scott is whispering prayers.
Joe:    GO SCOTT GO!
Chico:  ... safe!
Jason:  Yes. Scott is safe.
Joe:    WHOOOOOOOO!
Chico:  The round mound of sound.
Anthony:    MIKALAH.
Joe:    DIE MIKALAH DIE!
Chico:  O_O
Joe:    Oh, sorry.
Jason:  Mikalah was the son of a preacher man...
Gordon: Die Mikalah, Die?
Joe:    Sorry.  A little overboard there.
Chico:  Bottom 3.
Jason:  Mikalah and Lindsey are in the bottom 3.
Gordon: Mikalah could be the byproduct of a hamburger.
Chico:  Anwar hopes his house doesn't crumble.
Jason:  Anwar is in a house...not a home.
Chico:  .. Another chance. HE's safe.
Gordon: Anwar is safe in the house of steak.
Chico:  Leaving Jessica, Nikko, and Vonzell.
Jason:  Jessica is shopping around for votes...
Chico:  Vonzell hopes that America has a heart.
Jason:  Nikko wants to be back...
Gordon: And Jessica...is in the bottom three.
Chico:  The first of many stunners...
Gordon: It's not a stunner - I called it correctly. I got all 3 right, as a
matter of fact.
Anthony: You suck, Pepper.
Gordon: =)
Anthony:   No love for the women.
Chico:  I thought she was alright, but not bottom 3. Still think Lindsey is gone.
Anthony:  well I'm 2 for 3.
Jason:  Lindsey.
Gordon: And we get our first Ford Commercial.
Jason:  That wasn't bad
Chico:  Why this video makes me want to buy a .. Saturn.
Gordon: Actually, Anthony - you said that Nikko would be out
Anthony:    Ass muncher.
Joe:    O_o
Gordon: Me and Joe says Mikalah is gone. Jason and Chico says that Lindsay is gone, and Anthony is dreaming about Nikko and his chicken, shrimp and hamburger.
Anthony:    Well I think now that Nikko is safe.. Mikalah is gone.
Joe:    Flip-flopper!
Gordon: Since he's not in the bottom three, it's easy to think that Nikko is
safe, eh?
Chico:  Of course...
Gordon: Joe - since Anthony sided with us, that means we're doomed.
Joe:    Somehow I doubt that, Gordon.
Gordon: I know him too well, Joe. Never side with Anthony on Idol.
Jason:  And...we are back...:)
Gordon: Simon is convinced that the nation is voting with him.
Chico:  And Simon, the beacon of humility.
Anthony:   We shall soon see.
Joe:    Who does Simon think is toast?
Gordon: Being sent back to happy land is ...Jessica.
Jason:  Not a surprise.
Gordon: Nope
Chico:  Who didn't see these two coming?
Gordon: They were both labeled trouble by everyone.
Chico:  Mikalah... has to wait a commercial.
Gordon: Ryan tells Mikalah that she has to wait - and she goes off on Ryan.
Chico:  And she can't stop yelling about it.
Jason:  She was pissed.
Chico:  This is a video wall moment.
Joe:    ROFLMAO
Anthony:    Pissed no .. annoying, yes.
Gordon: Ok - Last chance to pull an Anthony and switch your vote. Who leaves?
Chico:  Lindsey.
Jason:  Lindsey.
Anthony:    I admit I said Nikko.
Joe:    Mikalah!
Gordon: Anthony - Can I convince you to switch to Lindsey?
Anthony:    Let me see.
Joe:    No don't, Gordon.
Anthony:    Nope still hate people names... Gordon
Gordon: Since Anthony predicts Mikalah - it will be Lindsey.
Joe:    No it isn't.  Mikalah's goin down like a cheap...nevermind.
Gordon: but I will stay with Mikalah because I'm NO FLIP - FLOPPER!
Chico:  You're also no fence-sitter, no mind-changer, or no gentleman =p  We are back...And taking the powder tonight is...

(dramatic pause)

Gordon: Lindsay Cardinale.
Chico:  Told ya.
Gordon: Dammit, Rojas!
Anthony:    lol
Gordon: Did I call that or what, Joe?
Joe:    O_o
Gordon: I was going for a perfect night - and Rojas screwed it up. Anyways, here is the score so far...

Chico: 4
Jason: 4
Gordon: 4
Joe: 3
Anthony: 2

Gordon: Any thoughts for next week?
Jason:  Mikalah will be gone next week.
Chico:  Agreeing with Jason again.
Joe:    Jason's right.  It's only prolonging the inevitable.
Gordon: Mikalah will be safe next week
Joe:    No she won't.  She's goin' down next week.
Chico:  Mikalah's gone next week.
Gordon: I'll bet you that she will still be around at the end of next week.
So anyone taking me up on that bet?
Chico:  What was the bet again?
Gordon: That Mikalah will NOT be eliminated next week.
Joe:    Yer on.
Chico:  She will...
Gordon: ok - you heard it here first - me Vs. Chico and Joe next week
Chico:  Until then... Quoting Pat O'Brien... "You're with us now."
Joe:    ROFL
Gordon: For Anthony, Joe, Chico and Jason, this is Gordon Pepper, saying Game Over...and Out!