Show Men are the weaker sex on Idol Richard Rush fie Id Los Angeles Times Tuesday night the B team the boys of American Idol made their third desperate desperate- charge across across- no noman's nomans 1 mans man's land Thankfully its it's their last call as a specific gender-specific group The previous failures of these guys to achieve any sort of breakthrough individually or collectively inspired horror and outrage Heard around the thc nati nation n How did these lightweights make it to the Idol stage Is there not nota a real male singer to be found in all of our glorious nation Who the hell let him sing a Cyndi Lauper song Rut But hv by this n final week the anger against this group was largely spent and was replaced by an elegiac tone of sadness We watched these poor misguided lads who never should have been on this front fighting this war low on ammunition spirits sunk make one last desperately brave but hopeless charge at the judges The feeling was less scorn for a losing team more like that of the final scene of Gallipoli set to an adagio for strings we can scorn the waste but admire the courage From the opening moments as each contestant did his introductory parade before the cameras it was clear that something was gone from these boys each struggled to muster a smile for the cameras Weary and broken from the week three-week struggle they trooped past And one by one they met their destiny before the judges who seemed more sad and disappointed than incensed Even Paula could muster few encouraging words words turning in one gloomiest performances But the good news for this group is they cant can't allbe all allbe allbe be sent home this week Allbut Allbut All Allbut but two in fact will go on onto onto onto to fight another week on the big stage The likely candidates for removal at this point are clear Phil Stacey Jared Cotter and Brandon Rogers but even of this bottom tier one will survive |