Top 5: Results

Tonight's bottom three represents more than half of the contestants, so take it with a grain of salt. We kick in with a video of the top 5 completely destroying a kitchen when trying to make a cake. I want to get that on YouTube and watch it on loop. Epic.  

Matt goes to the right side of the stage, and Danny to the left. Probably Danny is the safe pile, but if he doesn't, I will dance. Allison joins Danny, and Kris joins Matt. Adam is asked to choose where he thinks he belongs, and he would have really good reason to hesitate here and consider going to Matt/Kris instead of Danny/Allison. However, he moves to Danny and Allison, which is revealed to be the safe pile. One of them, though, will have to leave. I'm hoping Danny and

JESUS MARY AND JOSEPH ADAM LAMBERT IS IN THE BOTTOM THREE.  

OK, now let's take a breath here. Adam was probably #3 tonight. He is going to be safe. You saw the expressions on Danny's and Allison's faces--no one expected that.  

What's happening here is voter dynamics. Danny and Allison and Adam and Kris all turned in great performances. Simon lured in the pity votes for Allison, and I think that a lot of Adam fans are Allison fans as well. I think what happened was a combination of several things.

 

1. The Adam/Allison fanbase voted for Allison this week because they got complacent. Adam's on top, they think. Adam's always on top. Allison could use the votes more. 

2. Adam is being held to his own standard, rather than anyone else's. Last night was not his best performance. 

3. Over 47,000,000 votes were submitted last night. That's about 10 million over the normal number... probably coming from fans of other contestants.  

Now, as I write this, Ryan is about to send Adam back to safety.  

WHAT?! Kris is safe, Adam is in the bottom 2 with Matt! What is this?! Look, I love Kris and I'll be buying his albums, but at this point I have no words. The only thing we can say at this point is that this is insane. Could Adam Lambert possibly be eliminated tonight?  

I'm going to put my tin hat back on tonight. Is this a ploy by the producers to spice the show back up by knocking the votes down on the one contestant we always thought was safe?  

Look, Fox, quit with the commercials, don't make me go get the Valium. (Tonight is not a good night at Turn up the Volume. My internet is patchy at best, and Adam Lambert is not safe.)  

OK. Results are in. Adam is safe. God's in his heaven, there's a chicken in every pot, all's right with the world. Matt Giraud has been eliminated. I wish him well.