Sprout the perfect idiot said:
So, we all assumed that we’d get our Top 13 Contestants on Saturday, how wrong were we? Actually, we weren’t that wrong because we were told that we’d get our Top 13 on Saturday, but the producers thought, “Well, aren’t the home viewers like perfect idiots?! Hehe! Let’s try and milk more money from them, because if they are dumb enough to vote like mad for the contestants they had already kicked out once, they can surely do it again and this time let us give them more than 48 hours to prove how stupid they really are!” So keeping that in mind, this new twist was introduced last night and just when you thought that there were no more twists, there was one – a major one!

So shall we begin with the show? Even if y’all say no, the show must go on…

Sprout a.k.a He-who-secretly-wishes-to-be-Alisha's-toy-boy said:
Mini Mathur and Hussain informed us how on Friday, the judges chose the 7 Wild Cards from the eliminated bunch and how the 7 fought tooth and nail by giving their best and how on Saturday the voters had chosen Top 4 out of those 7, and how those Top 4 would perform again, so that the viewers can vote their behinds off to select the Top 2, who’d join the Top 13! Wait! What? This is not over yet? Of course not! After ranting in the first paragraph, who am I kidding with my disbelief?! Ah ha! Twist to make more money! Wah Bete! Anyway, so this ludicrous nightmare continues… Sigh!

So Mini introduced the judges, whose thoughts I intercepted!

“Why am I doing this? I have a great personal and professional life and even greater wife!” – Javed Akhtar Saab!

“I listen with my eyes and have a bad taste when it comes to my Boy-Toys!” – Alisha Chinai!

“I get more money to sing just one song and I am a good man, why do they expect me to be rude?” – Udit Narayan!

Sproutiedas Karamchand Ghandi-ji said:
People, the peace is over!

Mr. Chinoi said:
Mrs Malek was seen dancing on the streets of Holland, raising her skirt a bit and twirling (a la Madhuri style), singing, “Mera Piya Ghar Aaya, O Ramji!” Yes people, Mr Annu Malek is back! Oy! This is so not good for me! Good for him though, he is all better! I am glad! Anyway, so Mini welcomed him and although he addressed Mini, I know in my heart that he was answering musically to Mrs Malek’s song, by singing, “Tumne Pukara Aur Hum Chale Aaye!” So now y’all know whom we shall blame when the show becomes all about Annu!

Sprout Dravid said:
Ok, y’all know that I cannot resist hitting below the belt, so here goes, Annu said that even if people wouldn’t have called him back on the show, he would have come anyway! Dude, that’s so sad! Have some pride! I know he didn’t mean it that way, but hey, cheap shot is cheap shot!

And yes, I did try to intercept his thoughts but all I heard was this –

:: Crickets :: :: Suhit :: :: Crickets ::

Sprout the real ladiesman said:
Thankfully, neither Mini nor Hussain asked the judges, who should leave the competition and asked the 7 Wild Cards to come on the stage as 4 Wild Cards would perform again!

Anyway, so the elimination process started – Well, it was more like selection process as they just named the 4 Wild Cards!

First up, Amit Paul was told that he qualified! Ankita Mishra received her deserving entry, so did Padmanav Bordoloi! And last but not at all the least Suhit Gosain was told that viewers chose him again! Ding Ding Ding – We Have A Winner! Seriously, I do not blame the junta! I blame Alisha and Annu! They are responsible for bring back this travesty! If he does move on to Top 13 and then remains in the competition at the cost of good singers, there is no one to blame but these two imbecile judges!

So the amazingly talented Aisha Sayed and Bhavin Dhanak, who actually deserved to be in Top 13 were cut and so was poor ladies man Shantanu Sudame!

Sproutie Salomon said:
The judges were asked about the viewers’ choices; Alisha zeroed in on her Boy-Toy and said that he got really lucky thanks to the viewers as his last performance was really weak and he dodged a bullet yet again and that the viewers’ judgement was the best! Oy! I don’t know where to begin! Never mind! Moving on… Javed Saab said that he was really sad that Aisha was eliminated and said that Suhit is nobody when compared to Aisha or Bhavin or Shantanu! And said that if the viewers made three right choices, one wrong choice must be accepted! Then said that people vote for the wrong political parties at times, so this was nothing new! Annu told Suhit that he must prove Javed Saab wrong by working hard! Annu just do him and get this over with!

Sprout Gosain (that actually sounds good) said:
Anyway, so the 4 Wild Cards took the stage to perform – Mini again repeated how the viewers would choose 2 Contestants, who would join the Top 11 from the remaining 4 based on their performances. But Wait! Javed Saab interrupted Mini and said that the viewers would choose only one and the other would be chosen by the judges! Hallelujah! I swear I had a tear in my eye, it’s a different story, it was a dust particle, but can’t y’all just foresee what that means? S(U)HIT* ALL THE WAY!

Sprout said:
Amit Paul was the first contestant,

Amit sang, “Chal Chale” – Amit was marvellous when he started – great tone, great voice, and great control and then… he came to the second verse and forgot the lyrics! He tried to catch the flow of the lyrics by repeating the words of the second verse, but he went completely blank! It was heartbreaking, because he took some time to recover and by that time the damage was done! Unless regional votes come to play Amit blew his last chance!

Mini was shocked that Amit went blank! Amit explained that elimination of Bhavin played a huge part and he messed up due to depression! Alisha said that Amit started well, but then he blanked out, but yet he was a very good singer! Javed Saab told Amit point-blank that the judges were not going to save him, so his only hope was if the viewers voted for him. Udit said that he blew it by forgetting the words, even though he was a good singer. Annu said that Amit was a very good singer with a great voice and even if he forgot the words, the fact remains that he was a good singer! Udit and Annu got into a tiff about singers and music directors – in what context was this argument is anyone’s guess, I think it was a personal tiff than anything else. However, Annu said to Udit that they shouldn’t severe the spirit of the contestant and send him packing home. If he has made it this far, one should give Amit a chance to stay!

Honestly, I am a little glad about the negative comments, because they tend to garner more votes, but honestly Amit should not make it to the Finals based on this performance!

Sprout who loves to disagree with me said:
Ankita Mishra was the second contestant,

Ankita sang, “Nayi Nayi Yeh Baaten” – She’s back! I was not sure that she will get another chance after his very risky performance on Friday, but I am glad that she is back! Ankita might be the most versatile singer / performer of the bunch. She owns the stage and she sings all the songs with great pomp and amazing expression! The performance was amazing! What I love about Ankita the most is she sings in her voice and does not try to imitate the original singer, and yet she incorporates in the required mood. If she does not get the votes from the viewers, the judges should choose her, because she honestly deserves it!

Alisha said that Ankita gave a brilliant performance. Udit said that to sing with right expressions is a difficult task and Ankita had given two very superlative performances. Annu said that till date it was Ankita’s best performance and the viewers should vote and select Ankita at that very instant! Javed Saab said that he wasn’t thinking about Ankita’s chances, he was only concentrating on who amongst the other three deserved to be in the Finals!