Here's my take on that god-awful display of girl-talent known as last night:
The Best:
1.Carly Smithson- Irish tattooed-lady sang "Crazy On You" by Heart and belted it well. Unfortunately, the rest of the pack was so mediocre that it didnt take much from her to lead them all. It wasnt her best performance but it was better than the rest.
The Good:
2.Brooke White-This squeaky clean blonde strapped on a guitar and sang "You're So Vain' really well. It was a bit boring and I surely didnt 'love it' like Simon did, but the delivery was impressive.
3. Syesha Macado-I admire her attempt to cover songs that haven't been tried on the show before and songs made popular by men. It's interesting but not always successfull. Last night she performed 'Me and Mrs(Mr)Jones' and though she tried very hard and hit the notes nicely, it wasnt the right song. Nice try, though.
The Bad:
4.Alaina Whitaker-It started off very pretty, the way she sang 'Hopelessly Devoted'. But it got sharp really quick. All the big notes suffered. Plus, she looks too similar to Carrie Underwood to make it very far, I think.
5.Ramiele Malubay-was a front-runner last week. She has a nice voice and the song started off pretty but this disco hit(not sure of the title but I've heard it all my life) was absolutely the wrong one for her. She spent the last 3/4 of the song in the same key, the same note almost, shouting along and not really acting as if she felt it. It was tedious, to say the least.
6.Kristi Lee Cook-Why do people attempt to sing a song when they can't reach all the notes? When she got to the bridge of "Your'e No Good", she didnt even make an attempt at the actual key, substituting it for a montone section that did her no favors. I expected the judges to really tear her to pieces but surprisingly, they liked it. I'm suspecting a pay-off.
7.Alexandrea Lushington-I like her personality. But she just gave up on this song, it seems like. It wasnt a 'singer's' song, first of all, and then after she finished limping her way thru 'If You Need Me Now'-she looked absolutely defeated. It was wierd. I also didnt get the outfit.
8. Asia Epperson-I like the 'hoarseness' of her voice but she didnt use it here, really. Her version of "All By Myself' was half-hearted and weak. I agree with Simon, the song was way too big for her.
The Ugly:
9.Kady Malloy- As she stumbled down the stairs singing "Magic Man", I was baffled. Is this really the girl that just showed us in her 'bio' that she can sing opera (and do it well)? Hard to believe. Because this sucked. She never found the key at all. THis gal needs to take her 'impersonation' skills to Vegas. And was it not wierd that Simon had never heard this song? Maybe he just didnt recognize the way she sang it...heh heh.
10.Amanda Overmeyer- Yikes. What was she thinking? I mean the WHOLE thing was a mistake. The look, the vocals, the 'dancing'. "Carry On My Wayward Son" is not a song meant for a vocal competition.
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So once again, I only saw a few of these ladies but I pretty much agree with you on the ones I saw. Holy schnikees what in the world was motorcycle chick thinking? Her hair was so Bride of Frankenstein it's all I could think of the whole time she sang, I hate that song, she did a terrible job with it, the "dancing" frightened me, and it wasn't even like she enjoyed singing it. She was just trying wayyyy to hard to be something different and cool I think. Mom and dad really like her too. They were pretty disappointed.
You're So Vain....This song annoys the spitfire out of me. Tina and I have never understood it. It's like, the song IS about him! Oh well. And yea, I just found Brooke to be boring...though, what a sweet name! haha
Hopelessly Devoted chick. I like that song and when she first started I was thinking how nice she was doing with it, but then the high notes made my face curl up. It's like she tried over singing it or something.
Crazy On You lady I loved. I love that song and kudos kudos kudos for being able to belt out some Heart! Yee haw
So it turns out I was 2 for 4! Nawt too shabby, huh?
It sounds like my ban of American Idol is paying off.
At least LOST is back with a vengeance!
Hey, Ashes, it's so good to know someone else who faithfully follows Idol! (Whoa, does that sound bad or what?!?!) My guesses this week were Amanda and Alexandrea for the girls and I have to admit that I was *shocked* that Amanda made it through! Blech! Probably has something to do with that votefortheworst website. Her first audition was ok, thought she sounded very Joplin-esque which was pretty cool, but now we see that she can't carry a tune at all!
I thought Luke would have been gone this week, too, along with Jason Y. Robbie, I thought he had some talent but he seemed kind of lifeless on stage - no umphhhh. That's what I told Jeff and sure enough, Simon agreed with me---- no charisma.
So 2 out of 4 for me this week, too.
Michael Johns, I thought, had some possibility when I watched his auditions but was very disappointed in his performance this week. Physically speaking, he reminds me a bit of Michael Hutchence or Jim Morrison and so needless to say, I was a wee bit biased, hehe. But...again, he blew it this week. We'll see how Tuesday goes.
This is fun! You guys keep checking back every week and voicing your opinions. I love reading them.
Turbo, I agree that American Idol does conflict slightly w/ my love of all that's good and pure about music. But I can't help it. I love talent contests. I loved The GOng Show, I loved Star Search...I love American Idol. And so help me, when So You Think You Can Dance airs inthe summer, I watch it religiously.
As far as the best show on TV now, I'd have to say the honors go to Ninja Warrior! I only recently discovered it due to channel limits but now that I have it, I watch it with fervor! So much better than American Gladiator (though I watch that as well) and I've even become a fan of a few of the 'all-stars'. Go Iketani!
ninja warrior does rock.
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