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There are nights where the Idoldome feels like a bundle of nerves, as determined by the state of the wary contestants, so much so that the entire audience, by sheer proximity, feels jittery, too. And then there are nights that are completely the opposite, where the studio positively bubbles over with effervescence and confidence. Last night was blissfully the later, as the Idoldome brimmed with the power of the warblers — singing their favorite “Songs from the Movies,” led by Paul McDonald’s upbeat “Old Time Rock and Roll” (pictured here) — on the warpath toward becoming the next American Idol. Who can say what it was? Maybe everyone was buoyed by the exuberance of being in the presence of luminous judge Jennifer Lopez, who we were reminded more than once, was just named People‘s Most Beautiful Woman? It’s possible. (I know I always am buoyed by her presence, especially when it involves a glittery mini dress complete with frontal tu-tu, like it did last night.)
Truly, though, it wasn’t a particularly eventful night on the scene in the dome, but this reporter still dutifully sat in the audience, observed, and took copious notes about the stuff that went down that you, our dear viewers who watched on the telly, might night have seen. (You know, things that the luminous-as-J.Lo EW staffer Annie Barrett might not have noted in her genius recap.) So, heres’s a rundown of what went on between commercials and while the camera was trained on something else, everything from the (apparently) delightful banter between the hilariously paired famous guests Elvira and Rob Reiner (?!?) to Steven Tyler’s continued role as the Ladies Man of the Idoldome.
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