Liveblogging; Nine to Eight

7 30 The boys sombrely open the show with the death of Levi and speak fondly of him. That's nice.

7 31 G blue envelopes Madam Parker for the second week in a row, Mathieson puts Roshani Priddis in the Bottom Three and G rounds it out with Chrislyn Hamilton. And I am LITERALLY sitting here with my jaw on the floor that that's the B3. Not that Roshani and Madam don't deserve to be there. But still. Jaw, on the floor. And that ain't good, because I haven't vacuumed this floor in a very long time.

7 33 Madam gives us another lacklustre performance of 'Dancing Queen' and I have to say, I really think this might be her last time performing on Idol. And that's why you don't RnB ABBA. Really, whatserface could have told her all about RnBing classic artists and being PUNISHED by the Idol audience. She asks Madam if she thinks she did enough to prove to Aust that she deserves to be there.

7 35 Roshani doesn't cabaret 'Moneyx3' nearly as much as she did last night but it's still not sung as well as she previously has. And it might actually prove to be between her and Madam as to who goes. Mathieson wonders if it was enough and sends her back to whatserface who wants to know if it was easier to sing without the corset and if she did anything different. Roshani grins that she just sang the sh*t out of it (seriously, she says shit but manages to put an asterisk in the middle of it for the timeslot, it's hella cool) and she and whatserface giggle.

7 38 G winks at Chrislyn (he ADORES the chunky girls, it's how I know he'd LOVE me) to show them (us) why she should stick around and she is FIERCE singing 'Mamma Mia' again. Dude, she's PISSED that she's B3 and she ain't scared to let it bleed into her performance. She is prowling around the stage and she looks a thousand times better than she did last night in a cute sheer black floaty sleeved top. Mathieson and G come out to grin manically at her and tell her she NAILED it. They really want her to stay. I want the boys to be happy so will allow that.

7 42 Dicko says that the new format gives him quite the insight into the performers and says that two of them didn't step up but that Chrislyn cut sick and showed a real defiance. Marcia agrees with Dicko and says they really need to perform when they're in this position. Kyle is surprised at them being the B3. I'm surprised that Teale isn't there. Who is voting for him? Who?

7 47 Mathieson tells Chrislyn it's a shock to him that she's there and asks her what she thinks went wrong. She admits that ABBA was out of her comfort zone and she knows she wasn't as good as she normally is. She has a little quiver in her voice that Jimmy picks up on and she admits to being really scared that she might go. They recap her perf from last night and then when they come back none of the microphones are working. Dead air everywhere! And really, we could have used these kinds of sound issues when Tom Williamson was still around. G jumps to save his boy and chats to Sophie a bit and then when they cut back to Chrislyn and Mathieson, he has an old school mike; it has a cord and everything, it's like an episode of Countdown!! Where's Molly?!

7 50 Because we can't go two fucking seconds without talking to whatserface about her time on Idol, Mathieson discusses wardrobe with her and HILARIOUSLY she compares her tiny, slightly curvy, probably BARELY SIZE TWELVE frame with Chrislyn's. She of the Have You Met My Boobs? low cut tops and the incredibly short dresses, comments that she's very careful about what she wears on stage and good god, someone shut her up.

7 53 We go to backstage footage of Roshani in the corset from hell and she was struggling to both breathe and move in that damn thing, which makes you wonder why she was wearing it? I mean, yeah, you want to look good but still? She does reference Dita Von Teese though, which is ace. Even if she can barely get up the stairs in the stupid thing. She thinks maybe her performance was too left of centre for Australian audiences and no sweetie, Sophie is left of centre. You are smack dab in the middle. Roshani comments she maybe needs to remove some layers and you'd best believe Mathieson is ALL over that comment.

7 54 Mathieson has the unenviable job of interviewing the lacklustre and possibly high (or just shy, I don't know) Madam. Jimmy and Madam go head to head to see who can be the most laid back and slightly monotone. It's a draw.

7 56 The Cadbury Performance and a Half went to Thanh Bui. Man, he really got to people last night, didn't he?!

8 00 Voting lines are closed! Mathieson tells us that all the contestants were worried about forgetting the lyrics; cue Mark Spano who fucked up the lyrics TWICE last night. Marcia tells him to write key words on his hands, remember when Mutto did that? Except that was a Christian thing. Or a Bono thing. Or something. Mark is shocked and slightly ashamed that he's not bottom three and then admits he'll be doing 'Sex On Fire' by Kings of Leon and honestly, Spanner and G are kicking back on the Idol sofa together like they're about to either start playing X-Box or making out. I know which one I'd like to see! They show Mark's original audition and seriously, G is practically picking out china patterns, asking him where the hot machismo from that first audition went. There is giggling and flirting, people. Expect your invites in the mail as soon as the Government allows men to marry men. Get on that, KRudd, these two would look fantastic on top of a wedding cake. Kyle talks about Spanner's new romance and DUDE, G is sitting right there. Dicko smiles that he rewatched the tape and thinks he may have rimmed, I mean reamed, him a little too hard.

8 07 G and the Messiah talk bottoms and Johnny Young Talent Time and Wes knows what a pas de bourree is! I only know because of the movie Centre Stage. Honestly, eleven years of ballet and jazz? Completely wasted on me. Sorry Mum.

8 12 Plug for So You Think You Can Dance (wheeeeee!!! Bring on Season Two!!! I LOVED BroadwayJack and FeyRhys.) Then the boys introduce Metro Station to sing 'Shake Shake'. Trace Cyrus (son of Billy Ray and brother of Miley) is one of the singers. I'm not sure which of the long haired boys who can't sing live is Trace but man, they SUCK live and I love this song. They've ruined it for me. They've (I'm SO sorry) broken my achy, breaky heart. (sorry) Mathieson looks slightly scared by the very tattoed and pierced emo rocker he's talking to (who turns out to be Trace). They throw to that idiot backstage who coos over what a great performance that was. Shut the HELL UP, Ricki Lee. JESUS.

Sidebar; I almost don't know how to say this. I'm excited about the new Baz Luhrman film. It has Nicole Kidman in it. Nicole Kidman. Ms Botox 2008. And still the long trailer got me a little teary and strangely proud. Fosse laughed his ARSE off when I told him. I think it just about made up for the fact that Nomes made me watch Two And A Half Men the other night and I laughed at one of the jokes. Fosse almost threw my stuff out on the front lawn when I confessed to that.

8 21 Recap of the judges opinions . . . and first safe person is . . . Roshani Priddis. Dude. It must be Madam, it can not be Chrislyn, can it? Ad break (ooooh, hellllllllo Jensen Ackles and Season Four of Supernatural even though I haven't finished Season Three, how are you doing?)

8 28 Kyle thinks Chrislyn has been more consistent and gives it more. Marcia watches how Madam is a mother duck to the contestants and says it will be sad if (when) she leaves. Dicko says Chrislyn gives Big Idol Moments week after week and if it's Madam who survives, she needs to start giving more. Based on the votes, it's time to go Madam Parker. No one is terribly surprised. Chrislyn envelopes her in a big hug. She shyly (or stoned-ly) admits to being gutted and Jimmy throws to her package and look! Remember when Madam was interesting! Maybe it's only when she sings that annoying song 'No One' by Alicia Keyes.

8 30 Her last song is 'Closer' that she did the first week of Top Twelve and she's a billion times better singing something she's actually invested in, even if she is still sounding a little nasal. She coughs as she says her thanks and possibly her voice is still not recovered from a few weeks ago when she was sick. We'll give her a pass.

Next Sunday is ROCK WEEK. Make the devil's sign for Kirk Pengilly and Tim Farris from INXS who will be helping out (but not judging right? It's hard enough doing this with three judges, four nearly crippled me and five would DO ME IN. Is that what you want, show? Well, is it??)

TallulahBelle out.