Will we finally lose a bad contestant this week? Or will all the baddies make the tour of the Top 10 finalists this summer? We shall see as the mentor is the most ridiculous in Idol history in all likelihood. Miley Cyrus. What exactly does she have for musical expertise, and she's younger most of the contestants. Ludicrous!
Lee - The Letter - This is an interesting song choice, because Lee has not shown off a guitar-free soulful side in this competition. This was a very entertaining performance to start the night and a good take on the song. By far his best performance in the competition. Kudos, this is impressive for someone who I thought might go home soon.
GRADE: B
Paige - Against All Odds - So Miley Cyrus tells you that you are pitchy, and you know you are pitchy, and then you come out and give such pitchyness that it looks like you don't really know you are pitchy. As Randy ended up saying, that was honestly terrible. She picks a god-awful song by an overrated artist that doesn't fit her voice. This should send her home.
GRADE: FAIL
Tim - Crazy Little Thing Called Love - The baseball slide across the stage was a nice touch, but clearly Time is forcing the angle a bit after telling us so in the video. Tim does not give a bad performance, but he almost goes too low in the chorus. He probably sounds much better than he is thanks to Paige. Wow to this guy making the tour.
GRADE: C-
Aaron - I Don't Want To Miss A Thing - I don't like how he moves his mouth away from the microphone on the big notes and makes it a cutoff rather than hitting them. This came off as whiny and not a good fit because he was not quite as strong as the original and he changed nothing about the song. He's safe and let's hope the laryngitis and tonsilitis go away.
GRADE: C
Crystal - Me and Bobby McGee - Crystal goes back to the safety net or the sweet spot with a Joplin song this week. Her voice is basically set to be the next in the Joplin-Morseitte line of singers. This performance is safe, but the best of the finals so far and deserving of an A. Perfect performance really and the favorite continues to shine.
GRADE: A
Mike - When A Man Loves A Woman - Mike drops the Michael Bolton on us. Ouch. Nonetheless, the favorites are taking advantage of this chance to remind us where their wheelhouse is and what may carry them to the finals. In Mike's case, it will be the strong love songs, and he performs this very well. But the Bolton is a little heavy.
GRADE: B+
Andrew - Heard It Through The Grapevine - When Marvin Gaye sings this song he throws in falsettos and Andrew doesn't make the mistake of falling into those traps. It may make him look more safe, but he doesn't miss notes he can't hope to hit. The dancing without the guitar shows why he uses the guitar. To hide his active hands. The performance was solid but the movements drop this from a B.
GRADE: C+
Katie - Big Girls Don't Cry - It's cute that the older contestants are picking older legendary songs and the younguns are picking cheesy crap from their lifetimes. This song from Fergie annoys me on the radio because it is incredibly whiny. I'll give Katie credit for knowing her voice matches Fergie's on the verses, but she changes the chorus and makes it awful. Too contemporary and makes her pale in comparison to a crappy original.
GRADE: D+
Casey - The Power of Love - This would be our third favorite and the third favorite to go right into his wheelhouse with an upbeat rock song with a great guitar riff. I was mildly surprised that he skipped out on the guitar solo, and he was not quite as perfect as he has been in the past. Nevertheless, he's clearly safe.
GRADE: B-
Didi - You're No Good - Speaking of old-fashioned sounding songs, Didi dusts off this old record and does nothing with the arrangement. Didi was not full of uncomfortable vibrato tonight the whole way through, which indicates that she cannot control it when she's nervous. This performance was very forgettable. Yawn.
GRADE: D
Siobhan - Superstition - I love the fact that Siobhan wears the dorkiest glasses and is totally like a real life version of She's All That, and then she comes out on stage with such a different set of looks. Tonight the look is crazy, but whatever. Siobhan did not pick an overdramatic song like last week and she was a little shouty but this was the female version of Adam Lambert all over again.
GRADE: B-
TOP PERFORMER - Crystal
BOTTOM 3 - Paige, Tim, Didi
GOING HOME - Paige
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