Anoop In The News After Last Night's Appearance

We're only a few minutes away from finding out if Anoop is one of the lucky three that America chose after last night's performance. If you missed it, you can watch him sing Monica's Angel of Mine here.

Here are some of the articles I found online talking about Anoop's appearance last night:

From MSNBC.com:

Anoop Desai’s big asset is his likability, but he sang “Angel of Mine” by Monica, and it wasn’t as memorable as when he did “My Prerogative” during auditions. Like Sarver, he’s counting on goodwill he’s earned in previous weeks to help him on a night where he otherwise didn’t stand out from the pack.

“I’m not sure you had the riffs or the capability that nailed it in the way it needed to be nailed, but I believe you when you’re up there,” Kara said. “I’m hoping you get through.” If he does, that likability could take him a long way in the competition.

From EW.com:

Objectively speaking, opening night of American Idol's eighth-season semifinals was not good, dawgs. On the women's side, if it wasn't abysmal song choice (Ann Marie Boskovich), it was abysmal singing (Stevie Wright), or abysmal styling (Jackie Tohn), or abysmal all-of-the-above (Casey Carlson). For the men, once-promising performers took spectacular nosedives (Stephen Fowler), middling performers got praised just for being nice (Michael Sarver), and personal favorites (Anoooooooooop!) didn't quite live up to expectations. (It's okay, 'Noop Dawg, I'm still a fan.) Oh, and regardless of the gender of vocalist, the American Idol band (Rickey Minor and the Karaoke Backing Track Orchestra!) sucked with all the fury of a hungry 10-year-old trying to make a too-thick milkshake climb up a narrow straw.

My gut tells me Danny Gokey and Alexis Grace will score tickets to the top 12, with the non-gender-specific third position going to Anoop Desai. Possible spoilers? Ricky Braddy? Maybe Michael Sarver? Or, if America doesn't buy the judges' too-hasty labeling of Alexis as the next Kelly Clarkson, maybe Ann Marie or...um...can we do write-in texts for Leneshe Young?

It's almost time Anoop Fans! Talk to you soon...