So we have what made the Shadowbox skit of Seacrest and Kasum work, the American Top 40. So a lot of winners made the crap top 40 chart and sell a lot of records. We'll see what these guys pick, but this is bound to be a wheelhouse week of signature badness yay. I picked my most favorite songs ever.
Anoop Desai - Caught Up by Usher - Anoop leads off with a typical mistake, he sings it just like Usher and doesn't do it well (or at least not as good as Usher). That jacket with the shoulder chain is so stupid it hurts, and the popped collar is awful. Anoop is much better upbeat, but this was a bad song choice and his long notes were hard to listen to. Not a lot to like about this performance, and given the opening slot he could be in trouble. Anoop as R&B...hmmm....
GRADE: D
Megan Joy - I Wanna Give You Some Good Lovin by Bob Marley - Wow how many boob shots did you do this week to get all those beads? Marley was a good choice for her because those songs sound normal when slurred and in a weird voice. She went all nasal at the end, and was her usual weirdness. Very boring song and no bird dance. Will keep the VFTW crowd going.
GRADE: D
Danny Gokey - What Hurts The Most by Rascal Flatts - Danny saw Adam break it down to basics and must have loved the reception as he goes with the violin lead solo and soft feel. Danny looks good as usual, the glam crew did not make him terrible. His big notes were a little off tonight, but he's still got one of the best voices left. This was just a poor song choice, but he seemed to say that he got forced into it. Judges got on their knees for him, so congrats on figuring out the Idol formula.
GRADE: B-
Allison Iraheta - Don't Speak by No Doubt - OMG she looks exactly like Gwen Stefani, that's her inspiration for the hair and all! She does look a little ridiculous and the dress is stupid. Allison has a good voice but this was indulgent nonsense in the Simon way of thinking. The guitar added nothing to the performance. It sounded way too karaoke for this competition, but in this week it will probably be good enough.
GRADE: D
Scott MacIntyre - Take You Just The Way You Are by Billy Joel - The stylist went too far in the other direction this week and made him look ridiculous. Scott goes back to the bread and butter with the slow Billy Joel song. At least Scott knows how well he fits into this role and doesn't experiment too much. Macblind could be saving himself this week with all the awful performances by playing it safe.
GRADE: C+
Matt Giraud - You Found Me by The Fray - Matt picks a contemporary song that fits his voice well, but he's just going to be compared to the original on the radio and fall short. The soft part of the chorus was done all wrong I think as he puts extra into it. The leather jacket is not god-awful, so no complaints. Matt shows his skill at the piano which is a lesser appreciated aspect of his game now. Still a bad take on a too contemporary song.
GRADE: C-
Lil Rounds - I Surrender by Celine Dion - So she picks a song choice to make out with the judges, yay more Mariah, Whitney, and Celine. Blech. She goes all ghetto ugly look this week. Stay with the short hair. Beautiful dress though. The performance was god-awful as expected since Celine is always oversung and shouted. She was off on the notes she should have hit. This was truly a bad performance. Judges liked it but I don't know why.
GRADE: FAIL
Adam Lambert - Play That Funky Music (White Boy) by Wild Cherries - This looks like it will be a mash up of the Satisfaction and Ring of Fire performances. Mediocrity plus sexuality. Better than country week though. This was a weird song choice but he showed a great range on the song and this turned out brilliantly. Could have done without the glory note, but whatever. The look fit the song and the era.
GRADE: A
Kris Allen - Anal (?) Sunshine by ?? - I know the song is "Ain't No Sunshine" but that's not how it come sout of his mouth and it's distracting. Kris goes to the piano because it's keeping Scott and Matt around, although not out of the bottom three. Maybe Kris wants to go home? Well not out of the money slot. The facial expressions are awful, but he was ok.
GRADE: B+
So lots of indulgent nonsense and Adam takes it for a second straight week. He is the frontrunner for more than just myself all of a sudden. Let's hope he doesn't barf on his feet right after the judge's save goes away.
TOP PERFORMER: Adam Lambert
SAFE: Adam Lambert, Kris Allen, Danny Gokey, Scott MacIntyre, Matt Giraud, Lil Rounds
BOTTOM 3: Anoop Desai, Megan Joy, Allison Iraheta
PACK YOUR BAGS: Anoop Desai
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Thursday, March 26, 2009
American Idol 8 - The Cut to 9
Well all guys in the bottom three, which was a surprise. Sarver is gone, but top 10 is perfect for him so bravo. He was outclassed and away you go.
THIS WEEK: 1/1
FINALS: 2/4
SEASON: 8/13
THIS WEEK: 1/1
FINALS: 2/4
SEASON: 8/13
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
American Idol Top 10 - Motown's Anniversary Sullied
I write the title before I know for sure how the contestants will do, but I'm guess we're in for some fail. Especially considering the contestants owe us after country week. Will we be down to 2 girls after this week? Let's find out if Megan and Allison can survive the sausage fest that is American Idol season 8.
Matt Giraud - Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye - Interesting that Matt sits at the piano for the second week in a row, as it did not seem like his vibe coming into the finals. Let's Get It On is a little spicy for American Idol, but this shows promise for the rest of the show. Sweater vest look is very classic and not bad. His performance was good, but he did not hit everything. Still a relatively memorable performance by Idol standards.
GRADE: B
Kris Allen - How Sweet It Is by Marvin Gaye - The military looking jacket with the tie probably looks cool to someone, but it looks retarded 80's to me. Another terribly overdone Marvin Gaye song, even more so than Let's Get It On. I'm sure his guitar playing is great Smokey but we cannot hear it with the band, so oh well. Kris picked a good song for his voice and should be safe with this solid performance. Retarded glory note at the end took away a bit.
GRADE: B
Scott MacIntyre - You Can't Hurry Love by Diana Ross - Go get em ladies, Scott is not-shockingly available. Scott pimps the brown and pink combo which works well on my daughter, but not so much on the shirt he wears. Scott seems relatively flat in this song and maybe it's because the song is more upbeat than his usual. The performance did not get much better but he is solid on the piano. You know you've done bad when Paula will not rank you higher than the other two guys and avoids the question by giving crayons to Simon. Ouch.
GRADE: D+
Megan "what the hell is your name pick one" Joy - For Once In My Life by Stevie Wonder - Wiw it looks like she's dressed in a Hawaii cocktail dress and ready to go to a lu-au. How is it that Scott doesn't sing the Stevie Wonder song? This performance is so bad it's unspeakable. She's falling off the notes and the performance makes no sense. It's as if she decided to force this song into the jazzy realm and then decided to shout and growl through it. She definitely earns the VFTW title this week. Good luck honey.
GRADE: FAIL
Anoop Desai - Ooo Baby Baby by The Miracles - So Anoop gets good commentary on one slow-song performance and now he'll do funeral march pace every week. Le sigh. The outfit is borderline douchy because of the jacket. Anoop shows off his pipes, but I felt like this was way too safe of a bet. Plus it doesn't look like he's really feeling it. Mediocre job.
GRADE: C
Michael Sarver - Ain't Too Proud To Beg by The Temptations - Michael Sarver has clearly told the glam crew, I like wearing button down shirts with open collars and suit jackets. I love the look because I'd pimp it too. After the past two performances, I really want to like this performance just because it is upbeat. The reason Sarver avoids slow songs is that he would get exposed, and there were moments in this song that showed his weakness compared to the other contestants. Not a great performance.
GRADE: D+
Lil' Rounds - Heat Wave by The Vandellas - Oh great, so in the wheelhouse week let's throw the black history up and let's pretend Lil' is all emotional. Over the top idol. Speaking of over the top, Lil' switches the look and adds hair extensions of a wig to look a bit more girly. The dress is a colossal disaster. I feel like she shouted and rushed too much even for the uppace song. She got better towards the end, but this was not the smashing performance I expected for a wheelhouse week. Oh thanks for dropping the Obama...effing Black History Month was February y'all hicks.
GRADE: C
Adam Lambert - The Tracks of My Tears by Smokey Robinson - So a week after bubbling with Middle Eastern sexuality, doogie houser comes straight out of the 1960's with a slick hairdo and retro suit. The appearance is over the top, but cool job reinventing yourself yet again Mr. Lambert. The soft ending was actually pretty cool. Not the best we've heard from Lambert, but very close. He will keep throwing screwballs until he misses again.
GRADE: A-
Danny Gokey - Get Ready by The Temptations - Danny is like Sarver in that he's pretty solid with the outfits as long as he doesn't bring that ski jacket back out. The marching with the backup singers was too cheesy. Danny has put his Seal-esque soulful spin on a good popular song, and he performed well. He needs to stop the pointing at the screen. Decent performance but not one of his best.
GRADE: B-
Allison Iraheta - Papa Was A Rolling Stone by The Temptations - Well this will test the theory about the money slot being untouchable, as she was in the bottom 3 last week and America seems to hate her. The outfit looks like fail, but for some reason it works with Allison's vibe. Unfortunately the same cannot be said for the song choice. Allison growled through it and is looking like a slightly more talented version of Amanda from last season, which bodes badly. The ending was hotter than the rest but she needed more leading up to it.
GRADE: C-
So they did a nice set of songs and lots of ugh. However, the back end of the show was strong because it was backloaded with Lambert and Gokey, who will be your final two unless Lambert punts it away. Simon laughing at the crayon moustache on Paula at the end was priceless. Yay to live TV. So we have...
TOP PERFORMER: Adam Lambert
SAFE: Matt Giraud, Kris Allen, Anoop Desai, Lil' Rounds, Adam Lambert, Danny Gokey, Allison Iraheta (thanks to the money slot)
BOTTOM 3: Scott MacIntyre, Megan Joy, Michael Sarver
BUH-BYES: Michael Sarver, VFTW saves Megan one more week
Matt Giraud - Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye - Interesting that Matt sits at the piano for the second week in a row, as it did not seem like his vibe coming into the finals. Let's Get It On is a little spicy for American Idol, but this shows promise for the rest of the show. Sweater vest look is very classic and not bad. His performance was good, but he did not hit everything. Still a relatively memorable performance by Idol standards.
GRADE: B
Kris Allen - How Sweet It Is by Marvin Gaye - The military looking jacket with the tie probably looks cool to someone, but it looks retarded 80's to me. Another terribly overdone Marvin Gaye song, even more so than Let's Get It On. I'm sure his guitar playing is great Smokey but we cannot hear it with the band, so oh well. Kris picked a good song for his voice and should be safe with this solid performance. Retarded glory note at the end took away a bit.
GRADE: B
Scott MacIntyre - You Can't Hurry Love by Diana Ross - Go get em ladies, Scott is not-shockingly available. Scott pimps the brown and pink combo which works well on my daughter, but not so much on the shirt he wears. Scott seems relatively flat in this song and maybe it's because the song is more upbeat than his usual. The performance did not get much better but he is solid on the piano. You know you've done bad when Paula will not rank you higher than the other two guys and avoids the question by giving crayons to Simon. Ouch.
GRADE: D+
Megan "what the hell is your name pick one" Joy - For Once In My Life by Stevie Wonder - Wiw it looks like she's dressed in a Hawaii cocktail dress and ready to go to a lu-au. How is it that Scott doesn't sing the Stevie Wonder song? This performance is so bad it's unspeakable. She's falling off the notes and the performance makes no sense. It's as if she decided to force this song into the jazzy realm and then decided to shout and growl through it. She definitely earns the VFTW title this week. Good luck honey.
GRADE: FAIL
Anoop Desai - Ooo Baby Baby by The Miracles - So Anoop gets good commentary on one slow-song performance and now he'll do funeral march pace every week. Le sigh. The outfit is borderline douchy because of the jacket. Anoop shows off his pipes, but I felt like this was way too safe of a bet. Plus it doesn't look like he's really feeling it. Mediocre job.
GRADE: C
Michael Sarver - Ain't Too Proud To Beg by The Temptations - Michael Sarver has clearly told the glam crew, I like wearing button down shirts with open collars and suit jackets. I love the look because I'd pimp it too. After the past two performances, I really want to like this performance just because it is upbeat. The reason Sarver avoids slow songs is that he would get exposed, and there were moments in this song that showed his weakness compared to the other contestants. Not a great performance.
GRADE: D+
Lil' Rounds - Heat Wave by The Vandellas - Oh great, so in the wheelhouse week let's throw the black history up and let's pretend Lil' is all emotional. Over the top idol. Speaking of over the top, Lil' switches the look and adds hair extensions of a wig to look a bit more girly. The dress is a colossal disaster. I feel like she shouted and rushed too much even for the uppace song. She got better towards the end, but this was not the smashing performance I expected for a wheelhouse week. Oh thanks for dropping the Obama...effing Black History Month was February y'all hicks.
GRADE: C
Adam Lambert - The Tracks of My Tears by Smokey Robinson - So a week after bubbling with Middle Eastern sexuality, doogie houser comes straight out of the 1960's with a slick hairdo and retro suit. The appearance is over the top, but cool job reinventing yourself yet again Mr. Lambert. The soft ending was actually pretty cool. Not the best we've heard from Lambert, but very close. He will keep throwing screwballs until he misses again.
GRADE: A-
Danny Gokey - Get Ready by The Temptations - Danny is like Sarver in that he's pretty solid with the outfits as long as he doesn't bring that ski jacket back out. The marching with the backup singers was too cheesy. Danny has put his Seal-esque soulful spin on a good popular song, and he performed well. He needs to stop the pointing at the screen. Decent performance but not one of his best.
GRADE: B-
Allison Iraheta - Papa Was A Rolling Stone by The Temptations - Well this will test the theory about the money slot being untouchable, as she was in the bottom 3 last week and America seems to hate her. The outfit looks like fail, but for some reason it works with Allison's vibe. Unfortunately the same cannot be said for the song choice. Allison growled through it and is looking like a slightly more talented version of Amanda from last season, which bodes badly. The ending was hotter than the rest but she needed more leading up to it.
GRADE: C-
So they did a nice set of songs and lots of ugh. However, the back end of the show was strong because it was backloaded with Lambert and Gokey, who will be your final two unless Lambert punts it away. Simon laughing at the crayon moustache on Paula at the end was priceless. Yay to live TV. So we have...
TOP PERFORMER: Adam Lambert
SAFE: Matt Giraud, Kris Allen, Anoop Desai, Lil' Rounds, Adam Lambert, Danny Gokey, Allison Iraheta (thanks to the money slot)
BOTTOM 3: Scott MacIntyre, Megan Joy, Michael Sarver
BUH-BYES: Michael Sarver, VFTW saves Megan one more week
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
American Idol 8 - The Cut to 10 and the tour
So it looks like Dirty It Up will not be on the tour. No big loss there. Was a bit shocking to see Alexis and Allison in the bottom 3 with Sarver, but the girls have no cred with America this season. So the tour will be 7 dudes and 3 chics, but what can you do? Will keep the tween tards happy.
THIS WEEK: 0/1
FINALS: 1/3
SEASON: 7/12
THIS WEEK: 0/1
FINALS: 1/3
SEASON: 7/12
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
American Idol Top 11 - Grand Old Opry YeeHaw!
Get ready y'all. Honky Tonk Badonkadonk is on the song list, but will anybody sing it? Grand Old Opry Week means country week comes early, and people always do terrible on country week. Let's see who can channel their inner Carrie Underwood or Taylor Hicks. Who will be on the tour? Last year we lost Amanda Overmyer on this week, but let's hope our best contestants don't leave tonight.
Michael Sarver - "Ain't Goin Down Till The Sun Comes Up" by Garth Brooks - Awesome, the band has a groupie with a doofy face who can play some harmonica. Michael's voice was a little wavery, but he hit all the lyrics which is difficult in that song. He should've sung the song more like himself instead of fixing his voice to Garth Brooks, as it really hurt his chorus performances. Michael was mediocre tonight, but that might be enough to send him on the tour. The outfit was classic Michael, which means normal.
GRADE: D+
Allison Irahata - "Blame It On Your Heart" by Patty Loveless - This was a brilliant song choice I think because Allison was able to make it sound a little rockabilly country, at least more than the original. Someone needs to shoot whoever tried to match her leather jacket to her red hair though. She hit the high notes the way she can and did a fabulous job with this one. The judges loved it and rightfully so. Could be the best performance of the night, a girl frontrunner maybe?
GRADE: A-
Kris Allen - "To Make You Feel My Love" by Garth Brooks - This guy is like a slightly more appealing Archuleta in my book, and I probably need to stop putting him in the bottom 3 because the tweentards love him too much. This performance bores me. He seems solid on the pitch and the notes, but again he's just so stereotypical and boring. Did not show us much of anything this week, but will make it through. Of course the judges like his vulnerability. Barf.
GRADE: B-
Lil Rounds - "Independence Day" by Martina McBride - Randy Travis is right, this is an amazingly big song, which should come as no surprise from Lil. The pink dress is not bad on her, but maybe she should've gone American Flag print to get country votes. It got a little shouty at the end, but the McBride song was kind of rough too. Lil did a nice job with the chorus, but the long verse was not the best. Should've put a little bit more Lil R&B flavor on it.
GRADE: C+
Adam Lambert - "Ring of Fire" by Johnny Cash - So Randy Travis thinks the black nail polish wouldn't have been worn by the man in black? Really? LOL! Lambert takes the Cash song and makes it kind of like Godsmack's voodoo in the first verse. I don't think it sticks very well, but Adam sells it. A little overly sexual, but the kiddies like the tension. His silver jacket is terribad, but again, it's Adam. Trouble brewing, and he'll be happy to escape country week after that performance. Simon: "what the hell was that?" Amen.
GRADE: D
Scott MacIntyre - "Wild Angels" by Martina McBride - I'm surprised this performance wasn't sponsored by the new McCafe at McDonalds. This McPerformance was worse than last week's surprising performance without the piano. Scott has great singing McTalent and is an excellent piano McPlayer, but this song was a McQuestionable choice. The guys this season need to cut the McFalsetto crap because they don't pull it off. Scott continues to be the best McDressed guy, which is sad considering he's mostly McBlind. He hit most of the notes, but a mediocre performance. He keeps this up, he'll earn the name McBlind.
GRADE: C+
Alexis Grace - "Jolene" by Dolly Parton - Well it doesn't get much more grand old opry than Dolly, so here we go. Alexis goes from "dirty it up" to a very beautiful patterned LBD which is the best outfit of the night. The performance was spot on, just like Randy Travis said. No country twang made it slightly plain, but this was still solid on a night of mediocrity and safeness. Judges said some pitch issues, but it sounded better than that to me.
GRADE: B
Danny Gokey - "Jesus Take The Wheel" by Carrie Underwood - The white jacket has got to go, it's springtime dude. The thing that's OK about this song choice is that he's making it his own soulful self instead of a girl trying to match a former Idol (and possibly the best). Danny puts his trademarked big long glory notes on it, but for some reason he's not as terrible as most Idol glory noters. Anybody else think they saved Jamar for Season 9 because he couldn't beat Danny?
GRADE: A-
Anoop Desai - "You're Always On My Mind" by Willie Nelson or Johnny Cash - That's a cute hoodie dude, maybe I can get that at Blind Navy. Ugh. If Kris Allen does this rendition of this song, the judges love him. Anoop, well we'll see but I'm guessing no. The song was a little boring and a mediocre choice, but Anoop thinks this is where his future is. I just don't think he'll be successful going that slowly. I was wrong, the judges sucked up the sappy because they all hate country and the only way to make it go away is sing like a funeral.
GRADE: D+
Megan CAW CAW Corkrey - "I Go Walking After Midnight" by Patsy Cline - This dress is nice and she looks classy, but like Carly last season she's pimping the distracting tattoo. She's back to the terrible arm swinging and stand in one spot twirl. She's a VFTW veteran already, but not this week unless she drops another CAW CAW. She did a nice job trying to change the song, but she missed some more notes than most tonight. She'll be in trouble again.
GRADE: D
Matt Giraud - "So Small" by Carrie Underwood - How much longer must this no talent d-bag from Detroit stick around. G-rod takes away his mediocre soul dance and sits down for a pianoman solo. You cannot go wrong with the black tie and suit, so props on that because he looks like a real legitimate performer. Unfortunately, this song was meh. This kind of felt like Justin Timberlake, but not in the good way. He was a little off, but he'll make it from the money slot because everyone always does.
GRADE: C+
So it was not quite the disaster it could've been, but as usual, country week was punted. Too many reworkings tonight and all of a sudden, Adam Lambert has a really bad night. This could be a judge save situation if he gets dropped, but I don't think he will. It will be close though.
TOP PERFORMER - Allison Irahata
SAFE - Allison Irahata, Danny Gokey, Kris Allen, Lil Rounds, McBlind, Alexis Grace, Anoop Desai, Matt Giraud
BOTTOM 3 - Adam Lambert, Megan Corkrey, Michael Sarver
BUH-BYES - Megan Corkrey
See you next week!
Michael Sarver - "Ain't Goin Down Till The Sun Comes Up" by Garth Brooks - Awesome, the band has a groupie with a doofy face who can play some harmonica. Michael's voice was a little wavery, but he hit all the lyrics which is difficult in that song. He should've sung the song more like himself instead of fixing his voice to Garth Brooks, as it really hurt his chorus performances. Michael was mediocre tonight, but that might be enough to send him on the tour. The outfit was classic Michael, which means normal.
GRADE: D+
Allison Irahata - "Blame It On Your Heart" by Patty Loveless - This was a brilliant song choice I think because Allison was able to make it sound a little rockabilly country, at least more than the original. Someone needs to shoot whoever tried to match her leather jacket to her red hair though. She hit the high notes the way she can and did a fabulous job with this one. The judges loved it and rightfully so. Could be the best performance of the night, a girl frontrunner maybe?
GRADE: A-
Kris Allen - "To Make You Feel My Love" by Garth Brooks - This guy is like a slightly more appealing Archuleta in my book, and I probably need to stop putting him in the bottom 3 because the tweentards love him too much. This performance bores me. He seems solid on the pitch and the notes, but again he's just so stereotypical and boring. Did not show us much of anything this week, but will make it through. Of course the judges like his vulnerability. Barf.
GRADE: B-
Lil Rounds - "Independence Day" by Martina McBride - Randy Travis is right, this is an amazingly big song, which should come as no surprise from Lil. The pink dress is not bad on her, but maybe she should've gone American Flag print to get country votes. It got a little shouty at the end, but the McBride song was kind of rough too. Lil did a nice job with the chorus, but the long verse was not the best. Should've put a little bit more Lil R&B flavor on it.
GRADE: C+
Adam Lambert - "Ring of Fire" by Johnny Cash - So Randy Travis thinks the black nail polish wouldn't have been worn by the man in black? Really? LOL! Lambert takes the Cash song and makes it kind of like Godsmack's voodoo in the first verse. I don't think it sticks very well, but Adam sells it. A little overly sexual, but the kiddies like the tension. His silver jacket is terribad, but again, it's Adam. Trouble brewing, and he'll be happy to escape country week after that performance. Simon: "what the hell was that?" Amen.
GRADE: D
Scott MacIntyre - "Wild Angels" by Martina McBride - I'm surprised this performance wasn't sponsored by the new McCafe at McDonalds. This McPerformance was worse than last week's surprising performance without the piano. Scott has great singing McTalent and is an excellent piano McPlayer, but this song was a McQuestionable choice. The guys this season need to cut the McFalsetto crap because they don't pull it off. Scott continues to be the best McDressed guy, which is sad considering he's mostly McBlind. He hit most of the notes, but a mediocre performance. He keeps this up, he'll earn the name McBlind.
GRADE: C+
Alexis Grace - "Jolene" by Dolly Parton - Well it doesn't get much more grand old opry than Dolly, so here we go. Alexis goes from "dirty it up" to a very beautiful patterned LBD which is the best outfit of the night. The performance was spot on, just like Randy Travis said. No country twang made it slightly plain, but this was still solid on a night of mediocrity and safeness. Judges said some pitch issues, but it sounded better than that to me.
GRADE: B
Danny Gokey - "Jesus Take The Wheel" by Carrie Underwood - The white jacket has got to go, it's springtime dude. The thing that's OK about this song choice is that he's making it his own soulful self instead of a girl trying to match a former Idol (and possibly the best). Danny puts his trademarked big long glory notes on it, but for some reason he's not as terrible as most Idol glory noters. Anybody else think they saved Jamar for Season 9 because he couldn't beat Danny?
GRADE: A-
Anoop Desai - "You're Always On My Mind" by Willie Nelson or Johnny Cash - That's a cute hoodie dude, maybe I can get that at Blind Navy. Ugh. If Kris Allen does this rendition of this song, the judges love him. Anoop, well we'll see but I'm guessing no. The song was a little boring and a mediocre choice, but Anoop thinks this is where his future is. I just don't think he'll be successful going that slowly. I was wrong, the judges sucked up the sappy because they all hate country and the only way to make it go away is sing like a funeral.
GRADE: D+
Megan CAW CAW Corkrey - "I Go Walking After Midnight" by Patsy Cline - This dress is nice and she looks classy, but like Carly last season she's pimping the distracting tattoo. She's back to the terrible arm swinging and stand in one spot twirl. She's a VFTW veteran already, but not this week unless she drops another CAW CAW. She did a nice job trying to change the song, but she missed some more notes than most tonight. She'll be in trouble again.
GRADE: D
Matt Giraud - "So Small" by Carrie Underwood - How much longer must this no talent d-bag from Detroit stick around. G-rod takes away his mediocre soul dance and sits down for a pianoman solo. You cannot go wrong with the black tie and suit, so props on that because he looks like a real legitimate performer. Unfortunately, this song was meh. This kind of felt like Justin Timberlake, but not in the good way. He was a little off, but he'll make it from the money slot because everyone always does.
GRADE: C+
So it was not quite the disaster it could've been, but as usual, country week was punted. Too many reworkings tonight and all of a sudden, Adam Lambert has a really bad night. This could be a judge save situation if he gets dropped, but I don't think he will. It will be close though.
TOP PERFORMER - Allison Irahata
SAFE - Allison Irahata, Danny Gokey, Kris Allen, Lil Rounds, McBlind, Alexis Grace, Anoop Desai, Matt Giraud
BOTTOM 3 - Adam Lambert, Megan Corkrey, Michael Sarver
BUH-BYES - Megan Corkrey
See you next week!
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
American Idol 8 - The Cut to 11
Well everything went as expected, but then they put Anoop Desai up against the Puerto Rican sensation, and of course Jorge went home. I thought I may have had at least half a point in Megan Corkrey, but alas, Jasmine went home. Found out next week will be grand old opry week, and I'm sure these two would've stunk that theme up something fierce. So the results!
THIS WEEK: 1/2
FINALS: 1/2
OVERALL: 7/11
THIS WEEK: 1/2
FINALS: 1/2
OVERALL: 7/11
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
American Idol 8 Top 13 - Toughest Theme Ever?
Welcome back to the finals! At long last, we have a final 12...ahem 13...mediocre contestants to shock and awe us. This week's theme is michael jackson. This is it...no really, this summer...this is it. Let's hope the cursed artist of Idol makes everyone very interesting tonight!
Lil Rounds - "The Way You Make Me Feel"
God awful dress, not even funny in 80's theme. Lil has probably the best voice of the remaining women contestants. This song was a little growly for her, but she tries her best to get the Mary J. Blige jive from a week ago. She really tried to add to much shoutiness to the song and it felt like she missed some notes. This was much poorer than before, but she'll probably stick around given the terribad theme! The judges homered for her again, except for Simon. OMG Paula is wearing the same crappy outfit for the loss!
GRADE: C
Scott MacIntyre - "Keep The Faith"
The blind man missed a note early or at least dropped it too quickly. But after that, he got rolling very well. Good song choice if a little safe. It's obvious he will be at the piano every week unless they rip him away, and that should let him make it to the final couple of shows if nothing else. Falsetto glory note wasn't that bad for Idol standards. Nice 80's style russian army jacket, goes well with the theme.
GRADE: B+
Danny Gokey - "P.Y.T."
This is like a perfect theme week for the Gokester. Actually a classy jacket with button down shirt, so that's nice. His dancing was more than terrible, but his singing was solid as usual. He bordeline shouts sometimes which is annoying, but I really have not much to rip here. Another solid performance from the frontrunner.
GRADE: A-
Michael Sarver - "You're Not Alone"
Another classy outfit, but usually it is the girls who make the worst impressions and we are shot on them. Michael has the cheesiest look and point into the camera, but the performance was good for him. He is stretching his voice as far as it will go, and he will not compete with Danny and Adam. Nevertheless, this cheeseball performance had no real weak spots except for the lead up to the end of the song. This goes out to all the oil riggers who've ever sung MJ...oh wait.
GRADE: B
Jasmine Murray - "I'll Be There"
Jasmine talks about the glam crew, then shows that they used taste on her. Not the cutest dress, but it looks decent on her. Jasmine returns to the frontrunner type of singing I saw before the semifinals. Good god she hangs a long ass glory note, but she hits almost everything. Good song for her voice and a solid performance. Where'd all the bad singers go?
GRADE: B
Kris Allen - "Remember The Time"
Oh good lord, the anti-hotness that is the country-western farmer pattern shirt with short sleeves. Goes with the guitar I guess. This song is iffy because the chorus is a lot of the backup singers. The verses don't have a lot of meat on the bones either, and Kris adds too much to overcompensate. His little vibratos and mouth movements don't help and this is a danger zone in my opinion. Of course the judges gave him more love than he was due.
GRADE: D+
Allison Irahata - "Give It To Me"
Allison is a little better on the video than impropmtu, as she was really clumsy in the semifinals. The glam crew has definitely cultivated the rocker edgy look for her voice, and it doesn't look as bad as I thought. Allison has a good voice for what she wants to do, but really she's just a better talented Amanda Overmyer. The glory note on the end was bad. Good enough.
GRADE: B-
Anoop Desai - "Beat It"
Wow, did not think anyone had the balls for this or Thriller or Billie Jean, but pleasant surprise! Wonder how much Idol paid to develop the ridiculous Matrix-like background. Anoop wears a tie under a windbreaker, which is interesting to say the least. This was a really ballsy song choice, as it really gives you no chance to show off. Anoop tried to look good in the verses where you can sing but song choice trumps all. Good energetic performance, but even Paula ripped him.
GRADE: D
Jorge Nunez - "Never Can Say Goodbye"
The Puerto Rican sensation goes way back to MJ's childhood, when the dysfunction started in the Jackson family. This song make Jorge seem a little whiny at times, but he takes some glory notes and runs with them. Terrible T-shirt under a suit jacket, but I guess that's his style. He did not have a flawless performance and this was too safe. Perhaps he will be in trouble despite his popularity.
GRADE: D-
Megan Corkrey - "Rockin Robin"
Good lord it's the same dress as last week! Same terribad flower just a different color. YIKES! Megan actually moved around and danced way more gracefully than the past two weeks. The performance was pretty good on a cheeseball song. She did get a little caught up in the moment and made a couple execution mistakes late, but this was better than before. Oh and then she drops "caw caw, caw caw" at the end. VFTW victory!
GRADE: C+
Adam Lambert - "Black and White"
The goth white kid goes with Black and White, wow another VFTW victory! Adam has his look, a little rougher David Cook. Pleather sky blue jackets are bad, but he made it reasonable. Nice little rocking bridge section which is what separates him from a lot of the others. This was a better song choice than Satisfaction, but he was good outside the shoutiness. Good enough to go through.
GRADE: B+
Matt Giraud - "Human Nature"
Matt goes from the dirty soulful dude to pianoman, which was totally unexpected. Props on being surprising, but his performance was crummy. It's not that he missed many notes, but he was clearly pitchy jumping and the song only gave him brief glimpses for his falsetto which I think he was trying to show off. He shows his sensitive side, but that's not really his thing I think. Judges need to stop the Justin Timberlake comparison. It's not true.
GRADE: D+
Alexis Grace - "Dirty Diana"
The girl who's "dirty"-ing it up picks such the stereotypical song for her role. Alexis is still dirty, but the LBD and stockings was actually more tame for her. This will be an interesting case study because Alexis got major screwed with the non-normal phone number since Idol only saves 12 phone numbers in a row. But she is in the money slot, and the performance was solid even if the song choice was not the best in the world.
GRADE: B
So Michael Jackson week will go down in legend, but they did not have too many bad moments. It's sad that the mediocre group of season 8 did better with MJ than the talented season 7 did twice with Beatles, but whatever. Two go home this week, so here's my picks...
TOM PERFORMER: Danny Gokey
SAFE: Lil Rounds, Scott MacIntyre, Danny Gokey, Michael Sarver, Jasmine Murray, Alison Irahata, Adam Lambert, Alexis Grace, Matt Giraud
BOTTOM 4: Kris Allen, Anoop Desai, Jorge Nunez, Megan Corkrey
GOING HOME: Anoop Desai, Jorge Nunez (adios beautiful brown men)
Lil Rounds - "The Way You Make Me Feel"
God awful dress, not even funny in 80's theme. Lil has probably the best voice of the remaining women contestants. This song was a little growly for her, but she tries her best to get the Mary J. Blige jive from a week ago. She really tried to add to much shoutiness to the song and it felt like she missed some notes. This was much poorer than before, but she'll probably stick around given the terribad theme! The judges homered for her again, except for Simon. OMG Paula is wearing the same crappy outfit for the loss!
GRADE: C
Scott MacIntyre - "Keep The Faith"
The blind man missed a note early or at least dropped it too quickly. But after that, he got rolling very well. Good song choice if a little safe. It's obvious he will be at the piano every week unless they rip him away, and that should let him make it to the final couple of shows if nothing else. Falsetto glory note wasn't that bad for Idol standards. Nice 80's style russian army jacket, goes well with the theme.
GRADE: B+
Danny Gokey - "P.Y.T."
This is like a perfect theme week for the Gokester. Actually a classy jacket with button down shirt, so that's nice. His dancing was more than terrible, but his singing was solid as usual. He bordeline shouts sometimes which is annoying, but I really have not much to rip here. Another solid performance from the frontrunner.
GRADE: A-
Michael Sarver - "You're Not Alone"
Another classy outfit, but usually it is the girls who make the worst impressions and we are shot on them. Michael has the cheesiest look and point into the camera, but the performance was good for him. He is stretching his voice as far as it will go, and he will not compete with Danny and Adam. Nevertheless, this cheeseball performance had no real weak spots except for the lead up to the end of the song. This goes out to all the oil riggers who've ever sung MJ...oh wait.
GRADE: B
Jasmine Murray - "I'll Be There"
Jasmine talks about the glam crew, then shows that they used taste on her. Not the cutest dress, but it looks decent on her. Jasmine returns to the frontrunner type of singing I saw before the semifinals. Good god she hangs a long ass glory note, but she hits almost everything. Good song for her voice and a solid performance. Where'd all the bad singers go?
GRADE: B
Kris Allen - "Remember The Time"
Oh good lord, the anti-hotness that is the country-western farmer pattern shirt with short sleeves. Goes with the guitar I guess. This song is iffy because the chorus is a lot of the backup singers. The verses don't have a lot of meat on the bones either, and Kris adds too much to overcompensate. His little vibratos and mouth movements don't help and this is a danger zone in my opinion. Of course the judges gave him more love than he was due.
GRADE: D+
Allison Irahata - "Give It To Me"
Allison is a little better on the video than impropmtu, as she was really clumsy in the semifinals. The glam crew has definitely cultivated the rocker edgy look for her voice, and it doesn't look as bad as I thought. Allison has a good voice for what she wants to do, but really she's just a better talented Amanda Overmyer. The glory note on the end was bad. Good enough.
GRADE: B-
Anoop Desai - "Beat It"
Wow, did not think anyone had the balls for this or Thriller or Billie Jean, but pleasant surprise! Wonder how much Idol paid to develop the ridiculous Matrix-like background. Anoop wears a tie under a windbreaker, which is interesting to say the least. This was a really ballsy song choice, as it really gives you no chance to show off. Anoop tried to look good in the verses where you can sing but song choice trumps all. Good energetic performance, but even Paula ripped him.
GRADE: D
Jorge Nunez - "Never Can Say Goodbye"
The Puerto Rican sensation goes way back to MJ's childhood, when the dysfunction started in the Jackson family. This song make Jorge seem a little whiny at times, but he takes some glory notes and runs with them. Terrible T-shirt under a suit jacket, but I guess that's his style. He did not have a flawless performance and this was too safe. Perhaps he will be in trouble despite his popularity.
GRADE: D-
Megan Corkrey - "Rockin Robin"
Good lord it's the same dress as last week! Same terribad flower just a different color. YIKES! Megan actually moved around and danced way more gracefully than the past two weeks. The performance was pretty good on a cheeseball song. She did get a little caught up in the moment and made a couple execution mistakes late, but this was better than before. Oh and then she drops "caw caw, caw caw" at the end. VFTW victory!
GRADE: C+
Adam Lambert - "Black and White"
The goth white kid goes with Black and White, wow another VFTW victory! Adam has his look, a little rougher David Cook. Pleather sky blue jackets are bad, but he made it reasonable. Nice little rocking bridge section which is what separates him from a lot of the others. This was a better song choice than Satisfaction, but he was good outside the shoutiness. Good enough to go through.
GRADE: B+
Matt Giraud - "Human Nature"
Matt goes from the dirty soulful dude to pianoman, which was totally unexpected. Props on being surprising, but his performance was crummy. It's not that he missed many notes, but he was clearly pitchy jumping and the song only gave him brief glimpses for his falsetto which I think he was trying to show off. He shows his sensitive side, but that's not really his thing I think. Judges need to stop the Justin Timberlake comparison. It's not true.
GRADE: D+
Alexis Grace - "Dirty Diana"
The girl who's "dirty"-ing it up picks such the stereotypical song for her role. Alexis is still dirty, but the LBD and stockings was actually more tame for her. This will be an interesting case study because Alexis got major screwed with the non-normal phone number since Idol only saves 12 phone numbers in a row. But she is in the money slot, and the performance was solid even if the song choice was not the best in the world.
GRADE: B
So Michael Jackson week will go down in legend, but they did not have too many bad moments. It's sad that the mediocre group of season 8 did better with MJ than the talented season 7 did twice with Beatles, but whatever. Two go home this week, so here's my picks...
TOM PERFORMER: Danny Gokey
SAFE: Lil Rounds, Scott MacIntyre, Danny Gokey, Michael Sarver, Jasmine Murray, Alison Irahata, Adam Lambert, Alexis Grace, Matt Giraud
BOTTOM 4: Kris Allen, Anoop Desai, Jorge Nunez, Megan Corkrey
GOING HOME: Anoop Desai, Jorge Nunez (adios beautiful brown men)
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Semifinal Results III
Well another week, same old crap. 2/3 with Scott and Lil making it, Jorge was a surprise to me. The wildcard added 4 more people, leaving us with 13. Lucky 13? I think not.
SEASON RESULTS
This Week 2/3
Semifinals 6/9
Total 6/9
Also good time to look back on my pre-semifinal rankings and see where I was way off! Here's your semifinalists in order of my ranking.
1. Adam Lambert
2. Danny Gokey
3. Jasmine Murray
4. Scott MacIntyre
6. Lil Rounds
8. Alexis Grace
13. Michael Sarver
14. Meghan Corkrey
19. Anoop Desai
20. Matt Giraud
21. Allison Irahata
32. Jorge Nunez
33. Kris Allen
SEASON RESULTS
This Week 2/3
Semifinals 6/9
Total 6/9
Also good time to look back on my pre-semifinal rankings and see where I was way off! Here's your semifinalists in order of my ranking.
1. Adam Lambert
2. Danny Gokey
3. Jasmine Murray
4. Scott MacIntyre
6. Lil Rounds
8. Alexis Grace
13. Michael Sarver
14. Meghan Corkrey
19. Anoop Desai
20. Matt Giraud
21. Allison Irahata
32. Jorge Nunez
33. Kris Allen
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
American Idol Semifinals III: Are We There Yet?
Are we finally there? What? THREE more nights of this crap before we get to the top 12? Ugh. Well, let's make the best of it shall we contestants?
Von Smith - "No Looking Back" - Ahh, the T-shirt and jacket look, priceless Idol. His voice is silky smooth, but he seems to be rushing his voice too much with the song. Gotta give more credit to the outfit noticing the red shoes to match the shirt, but nevertheless, this was just your average Idol performance. Song choice was awful in my opinion, but he did a good job. Good chances depending on how the others do tonight.
GRADE: B-
Taylor Vaifanua - "If I Ain't Got You" - If my daughter bouncing is her votes, then Taylor wins the night. Again the more contemporary you go, the easier it is to compare you to the real singer and see that you are not that good. Taylor is no Alicia Keys, and unfortunately, this song showed her weaknesses more than her strengths. The outfit was completely normal, except for the patent leather pants, but whatever. She was very forgettable despite a decent voice.
GRADE: C-
Alex Wagner-Trugman - "I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues" - I am thinking of the uber-dork as my boyfriend, and wow does it make that Elton karaoke performance go down smoother. His voice jumped pitch like that was his choice, and he lets out an animal roar between the chorus and the verse. Wow this is going to be ugly. Vote For The Worst candidate of the semifinals for sure! His outfit is not offensive, but he's a dork so no surprise there. Paula had to squeeze to say something nice, which is bad.
GRADE: FAIL
Arianna Afsar - "The Winner Takes It All" - Best song choice of the night, but it is also kind of a risky choice with a slow quiet opening in the semifinals. She was a little shaky initially too, which stood out, but she had plenty of glory notes to belt at the end. She missed the last one badly which stinks because she was good until then. Cute blue dress, which will serve her well back at McDonald's or wherever she is after this week. Making it contemporary does not mean slow it down. Ugh.
GRADE: D
Ju'Not Joyner - "Hey There Delilah" - Instead of pimping the Chikeize like I thought with the contemporary pop song, he slows down the song and makes it a soulfoul melody. Are the contestants actively trying to bore the shit out of me tonight? The leather jacket and such doesn't look bad on him, but might come off a little ghetto for the tweentards. Plus they will be asleep after this performance. He hit the notes, but who cares since it was so slow and he did not stretch at all.
GRADE: C-
Kristen McNamara - "Give Me One Reason" - Finally something a little upbeat. No real terribad outfits tonight, but Nathaniel will change that in a few minutes. The song choice was good because it fit her voice pretty well. She may not have been perfect on the notes, but it was pretty solid I thought overall. Very good performance that will put her in the mix tonight.
GRADE: B-
Nathaniel Marshall - "I Would Do Anything For Love" - He looks about as good as meat loaf in a low cut shirt...thanks for showing us the extra tats dude. Super cheese pointing to Simon on certain lyrics, but Normund has the cheese down better. Nathaniel actually has a solid voice, but this was an abysmal song choice. I have to imagine he's too scary to move on. Not even a good glory note at the end. Yuck. Go home.
GRADE: D
Felicia Barton - "No One" - More Alicia Keys, yay. The sequins under the leather jacket, let's just call it what it is, AWFUL! Just like Taylor, felicia picks a song by a great contemporary artist and fails to live up to anything close. Alicia Keys is the new Whitney, which means Felicia's pardon from the executioner will be short lived. Just all over the place until the end, and not a very good performance. Judges were much nicer than they needed to be.
GRADE: D+
Scott McIntyre - "Mandolin Rain" - I wonder if his buddy helper will be around for the group number tomorrow night. At least his friends know how to dress him, best outfit of the night. From the blind guy. Wake up contestants. this guy has the superstar voice and he picks a good song, which has been a rarity tonight and in the entire semifinals. Not quite as good as Danny, but he will be a big player in this competition I think.
GRADE: A-
Kendall Beard - "This One's For The Girls" - She pimps the Sarah Jessica Parker flower on the belt, which is a disaster. But she's way better than Kristy Lee Cook, who went far last season. She missed some notes on a song that's not terribly difficult. She belted too much at the end too. I'm really not as thrilled as I expected. Big personality and good song choice for her, but that was not a good performance.
GRADE: C-
Jorge Nunez - "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" - Here comes the Puerto Rico flavor they injected for us by forcing a PR audition round. I think I have that jacket, but the jeans are terrible. VFTW moment when he tries some melody in the chorus and shows his accent way more than he intends to. I don't get how the judges say they want P-Rico talent but they want this guy to sing more American. Hmm, The song choice was not good for him, and it was a little boring. He played it OK, and tries to get the judges with a glory note on the end. It gets Paula, go figure.
GRADE: C-
Lil' Rounds - "Be Without You" - I wondered how she would handle the s-word in the song, but she just skips it. A very good dress. Very good song choice for her, even though it started off choppy. She'll make it through because they pimped her to, otherwise this might be a very close call. Simon doesn't lik eit because she sounds too much like MJB, which basically means she will step up and finally fill the ranks with more minorities (non-white and female, which was lacking after 2 weeks this season).
GRADE: B+
This is another tough round, but more because there were not many people who stepped up and did a great job. The finalists from this round should be happy they did not go last week, as they would've been killed. Idol producers clearly tailored the order of contestants and gave the money slot away to three people they really want to push. Hope that doesn't continue in the finals.
WELCOME TO THE TOP 12: Scott McIntyre, Lil' Rounds, Kendall Beard
WILD CARD POSSIBILITIES: Von Smith, Kristen McNamara
BUH-BYE: Alex Wagner-Trugman, Arianna Asfar, Ju'Not Joyner, Nathaniel Marshall, Felicia Barton, Jorge Nunez, Taylor Vaifauna
Von Smith - "No Looking Back" - Ahh, the T-shirt and jacket look, priceless Idol. His voice is silky smooth, but he seems to be rushing his voice too much with the song. Gotta give more credit to the outfit noticing the red shoes to match the shirt, but nevertheless, this was just your average Idol performance. Song choice was awful in my opinion, but he did a good job. Good chances depending on how the others do tonight.
GRADE: B-
Taylor Vaifanua - "If I Ain't Got You" - If my daughter bouncing is her votes, then Taylor wins the night. Again the more contemporary you go, the easier it is to compare you to the real singer and see that you are not that good. Taylor is no Alicia Keys, and unfortunately, this song showed her weaknesses more than her strengths. The outfit was completely normal, except for the patent leather pants, but whatever. She was very forgettable despite a decent voice.
GRADE: C-
Alex Wagner-Trugman - "I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues" - I am thinking of the uber-dork as my boyfriend, and wow does it make that Elton karaoke performance go down smoother. His voice jumped pitch like that was his choice, and he lets out an animal roar between the chorus and the verse. Wow this is going to be ugly. Vote For The Worst candidate of the semifinals for sure! His outfit is not offensive, but he's a dork so no surprise there. Paula had to squeeze to say something nice, which is bad.
GRADE: FAIL
Arianna Afsar - "The Winner Takes It All" - Best song choice of the night, but it is also kind of a risky choice with a slow quiet opening in the semifinals. She was a little shaky initially too, which stood out, but she had plenty of glory notes to belt at the end. She missed the last one badly which stinks because she was good until then. Cute blue dress, which will serve her well back at McDonald's or wherever she is after this week. Making it contemporary does not mean slow it down. Ugh.
GRADE: D
Ju'Not Joyner - "Hey There Delilah" - Instead of pimping the Chikeize like I thought with the contemporary pop song, he slows down the song and makes it a soulfoul melody. Are the contestants actively trying to bore the shit out of me tonight? The leather jacket and such doesn't look bad on him, but might come off a little ghetto for the tweentards. Plus they will be asleep after this performance. He hit the notes, but who cares since it was so slow and he did not stretch at all.
GRADE: C-
Kristen McNamara - "Give Me One Reason" - Finally something a little upbeat. No real terribad outfits tonight, but Nathaniel will change that in a few minutes. The song choice was good because it fit her voice pretty well. She may not have been perfect on the notes, but it was pretty solid I thought overall. Very good performance that will put her in the mix tonight.
GRADE: B-
Nathaniel Marshall - "I Would Do Anything For Love" - He looks about as good as meat loaf in a low cut shirt...thanks for showing us the extra tats dude. Super cheese pointing to Simon on certain lyrics, but Normund has the cheese down better. Nathaniel actually has a solid voice, but this was an abysmal song choice. I have to imagine he's too scary to move on. Not even a good glory note at the end. Yuck. Go home.
GRADE: D
Felicia Barton - "No One" - More Alicia Keys, yay. The sequins under the leather jacket, let's just call it what it is, AWFUL! Just like Taylor, felicia picks a song by a great contemporary artist and fails to live up to anything close. Alicia Keys is the new Whitney, which means Felicia's pardon from the executioner will be short lived. Just all over the place until the end, and not a very good performance. Judges were much nicer than they needed to be.
GRADE: D+
Scott McIntyre - "Mandolin Rain" - I wonder if his buddy helper will be around for the group number tomorrow night. At least his friends know how to dress him, best outfit of the night. From the blind guy. Wake up contestants. this guy has the superstar voice and he picks a good song, which has been a rarity tonight and in the entire semifinals. Not quite as good as Danny, but he will be a big player in this competition I think.
GRADE: A-
Kendall Beard - "This One's For The Girls" - She pimps the Sarah Jessica Parker flower on the belt, which is a disaster. But she's way better than Kristy Lee Cook, who went far last season. She missed some notes on a song that's not terribly difficult. She belted too much at the end too. I'm really not as thrilled as I expected. Big personality and good song choice for her, but that was not a good performance.
GRADE: C-
Jorge Nunez - "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" - Here comes the Puerto Rico flavor they injected for us by forcing a PR audition round. I think I have that jacket, but the jeans are terrible. VFTW moment when he tries some melody in the chorus and shows his accent way more than he intends to. I don't get how the judges say they want P-Rico talent but they want this guy to sing more American. Hmm, The song choice was not good for him, and it was a little boring. He played it OK, and tries to get the judges with a glory note on the end. It gets Paula, go figure.
GRADE: C-
Lil' Rounds - "Be Without You" - I wondered how she would handle the s-word in the song, but she just skips it. A very good dress. Very good song choice for her, even though it started off choppy. She'll make it through because they pimped her to, otherwise this might be a very close call. Simon doesn't lik eit because she sounds too much like MJB, which basically means she will step up and finally fill the ranks with more minorities (non-white and female, which was lacking after 2 weeks this season).
GRADE: B+
This is another tough round, but more because there were not many people who stepped up and did a great job. The finalists from this round should be happy they did not go last week, as they would've been killed. Idol producers clearly tailored the order of contestants and gave the money slot away to three people they really want to push. Hope that doesn't continue in the finals.
WELCOME TO THE TOP 12: Scott McIntyre, Lil' Rounds, Kendall Beard
WILD CARD POSSIBILITIES: Von Smith, Kristen McNamara
BUH-BYE: Alex Wagner-Trugman, Arianna Asfar, Ju'Not Joyner, Nathaniel Marshall, Felicia Barton, Jorge Nunez, Taylor Vaifauna
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