*As the lone “American Idol” judge who has been with the show since day one, Thursdays for Randy Jackson still haven’t gotten any easier.
“I hate it. Every Thursday is such a sad day because now every one of these kids is so talented,” he said backstage after Thursday’s results show, which saw rock-flavored singer Elise Testone get the boot. “Colton [Dixon] last week was crazy, and Elise, God, I mean what are you gonna do? I thought she sang that first song amazingly well, so it’s just weird.”
With just five contestants left, (church-powered vocalist Joshua Ledet, R&B songstress Jessica Sanchez, pop-oriented Hollie Cavanagh, alt-rocker Philip Phillips and country belter Skylar Laine), judge Jennifer Lopez says each one of them has to dig deeper than the week before to ensure they don’t lose public support.
“I mean they gotta bring it every week,” she said. “It’s got to be amazing, especially with these group of singers. Elise was one of the best singers, but you’ve still got five pretty special people up there who can really, really sing.”
Next Thursday, Lopez will take the stage herself to perform “Dance Again,” her latest single that sparked angry comments from conservative groups when a clip from the sexually-charged video – featuring her real life boyfriend Casper Smart – was shown on “Idol” earlier this month.
The Culture and Media Institute, a non-profit dedicated to promoting and restoring traditional moral values, says the scenes shown were completely inappropriate for a “family friendly audience.”
Jennifer Lopez and her boyfriend Casper Smart in her video for "Dance Again"
Rumor has it that Casper, 25, will join J.Lo on stage to recreate some of those steamy scenes from the video during her May 3 performance.
Below, J.Lo, 42, tells us the message she’s trying to convey in the song. [Scroll down to watch the video.]
LoL,I saw that sorry assed video, them painfully slow moves, made me thnk ‘ol girl through a shoe and came up lame . . .Casper must be slaying her, like in medievel times. Your so-talent sucks but, she sure can snag a man in record time!!! Git-it-girl
Nightshift – you had me LMAO…..Thank you, I needed that, especially dealing with people here in this office on a Monday morning!!!
Jennifer has never been much of a singer and i saw a n old clip of her from In Living Color her dancing was much better ( of course she was younger then). Another cupcake who cannot sing that well.
I am not watching AI becuase it is a bunch of crap from beginning to end.There is no talent on the the show and if anyone can name the winner from last season please let me know (not that I am really interested though) In the case of XFactor I knew the minute that I heard Melody that she would be the winner she had all the talent and she did win. AI is a joke and I will be glad when their 15 minutes is up I am sick of it And JLo please
@redbone the winner of AI last year was Scotty( I can’t recall hsi last name) he is a white boy with red hair. anyway, Yes AI is not what it use to be Melanie Amaro won X-Factor which I am very pleased she has tremendous talent BUT where is her debut CD????? it has been a year now she signed with LA Reid”s label I hope he is doing right by her as far as producing goes. i want Melanie to hurry uip and get her music out for all to hear. Melanie and Rita Ora could join Adele and rule the world. LOL!!!