Hello Dolly! Inside The Results Show Taping

So, here is what went down inside the studio. Tears, tears and more tears. That's mostly what I remember about last night's "American Idol" taping. Viewers at home saw a very emotional Brooke White when she was placed in the bottom three. What you didn't see at home was Brooke in near convulsions during the commercial break. The contestants all went to sit on the couch for Dolly Parton's performance and while Ramiele and Kristy Lee Cook sat quietly with their heads together, Brooke was standing with her back to the audience in heavy sobs. Carly, David Archuleta and Syesha all came over to comfort her while David Cook, Michael Johns and Jason Castro just kind of sat there. Brooke continued her sobbing during Dolly's performance of 'Jesus and Gravity.' She was so emotional she had me believing she was the one going home. 

Fortunately, for Brooke it was Ramiele Malubay who was eliminated. She too was in sobs and at one point was heaving so badly, with the fellow contestants surrounding her during her taped piece, I was convinced she was going to just plop her butt on the floor and say she wasn’t going to sing. Personally, I thought that might have been a good idea for her. It certainly would have had people talking today.  At the conclusion of the show she was led off stage and Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson followed her. This morning she told reporters on a conference call that Simon told her, "Oh cry on my shoulder," and it was all about song selection for her. 

What cameras also missed last night were some scary moments when a woman in the mosh pit fainted a split second after Ryan Seacrest threw to the third commercial break. The whole entire audience heard the thud and the stage manager Debbie screamed for someone to call a paramedic. Several folks including security rushed over and moved the crowd back. Paramedics then woke her up and walked out backstage. Security told me she had not eaten all day and was fine. This all happened right in front of Ramiele who was shocked when she went down, "I kind of was like oh my goodness! She was OK though."