The End of the Line
Well, its all over. The singing, the judging, the voting... the day after blogging. What will we do now? :)
Well tonight was a 2-hour show with plenty of lame skits and filler fluff to stretch out the show for the almighty advertising dollar. I wonder if the producers are bummed that they went into a sponsor agreement with coke, cingular and ford now? I mean a 2 minute spot on Idol could pull more than the superbowl. Not everyone is a sports fan but who doesn't like music?
Anyway, on to the show...
All of the other top 12 came out singing. I'd forgotten how bad this group is at the group songs. This was the strongest group of individuals, but they could not harmonize or even compliment each other. The coaches needed to work with them more to mesh their sound. They came out in coordinating white bottoms with Constantine in some colorful jacket and a white shirt that made him stand out from the rest. I'd forgetting half of those people. But first... what did Anwar do to his hair? If he's going for the Lenny Kravitz look, it didn't work for him. OOh and look, there's the sausage. LOL. Awww and Nikko. Porky, Anthony (thought we finally got rid of him!), Lindsey Cardinale - who was a faint memory, Nadia and who could forget Mikala (who's gone blonde), and sweet, perky Vonzelle.
I wonder if Mikala changed her hair to get away from the Nanny references?
The came out singing and...
OUCH the song was bad. B-A-D bad. It was a medley of 60's songs. I liked seeing Scott do the falsetto Barbara Ann. Mikala and Lindsey didn't sound good together at all. and when Lindsey belted 'in my room' out, -- oh no.. that was bad. Nadia and Vonzelle sound good together. And I have to say, Anthony's solo of Surfer Girl was pretty good. Hearing Nikko sing reminded me that I thought he got booted way too early. and I LOVED Constantine's rendition of "I Get Around". I am sooo not a Beach Boys fan, but I would love to hear him do that whole song, loved the sound.
They brought back former contestants to do the interviews, etc. Mikala was outside the theatre. She annoyed Meredith to no end, but I like her still (not as a singer - but her silliness is fun to me). Matt (the linebacker from last season) was at Carrie's hometown and Layota (who should have won last season) was in Bo's hometown. Matt was adorable, Latoya was over the top, though cute. But who really cares? Just get to the singing and results! But that's not to be. No, no... we have an hour+ of bad skits first. ugh.
They also showed the auditions (good and bad) and after audition interviews, the announcements of who was going to Hollywood. The thing that cracked me up was that they showed one bad audition of a large girl singing the National Anthem, As she is on screen, the screen splits and she walks out... singing in all her gussied up splendor. It was horrible. She was like a young, black Roseanne. I'm IMing with Meredith and she typed to me, "why the hell not"? I could picture her throwing her arms up in the air saying that. I think Mike & I laughed for 5 minutes at that comment.
Bo and Carrie sing again. Bo sang Vehicle (again?) It was his strongest song (aside from the a capella - but that wasn't high energy enough for tonight's finale) but he JUST sang it last night. He's done 24 other songs, hasn't he?
What will Carrie sing? I hope its Sin Wagon, she did that one really cute. Oh, its Angels Brought Me Here -- that original song that I didn't love from yesterday. yeah. LOL Well, she was tons better than last night. Still sounded like she was screaming, though.
After interminable bad skits, they paired Bo and Carrie to "Up Where We Belong". I always wished they'd done that with Kelly and Tamyra (I know, she came third, but she was tons better than Justin). Anyhow, this is a good duet for them. They look cute and sing well together. Their voices compliment each other. To top it off, they gave both Bo and Carrie a new car. They were both so cute, they were both thrilled - it was adorable.
Carrie started off the singing with a guy from Rascal Flatts ( I assume they are a band, it could be the name of that one guy - who knows) and I loved it. They sing well together. They should have shown us 1.5 hours of this and a half hour of recap, rather than 30 minutes of this and the rest filled with bad skits.
Anthony & Anwar came out to Kenny G, blowing the horn to "I Believe I Can Fly". Their voices are good together. It was a solid song.
Constantine, Jessica and Nadia came out rockin' it to Kenny Wayne Sheppard's guitar jammin of Aerosmith's "Walk This Way" . They were really good and Nadia looked HOT. They were having fun and jammin'. It was cool. Now... I have to comment on the sausage. For real??? That ourfit on national television with her gut hanging over her belt is like me in a two piece bathing suit going to work. oh no she didn't!
NIkko and Scott were amazing with George Benson to "On Broadway". It was great. They did a wonderful job.
Vonzelle sang with Billy Preston, "With You, I'm Born Again". They were also a great duet. Their voices were great compliments. It was a nice song for her.
Mikala and Lindsey got to sing with Babyface and I think they did a pretty good job. Mikala toned it down and sounded soulful and this was the first time since 11 weeks ago that I got to hear Lindsey. She was pretty good. It was funny to see Mikala touching Babyface's legs every few minutes. LOL.
The singing ended with Bo rockin with Lynard Skynard (they're old friends now, huh?) to Sweet Home Alabama. Love that song. Especially after Meredith bought the movie, I must've watched that 5 times. They were great, Bo was beaming, he was sooo in his element. Great way to close the singing.
Earlier on, they interviewed the judges and they all said that Carrie would win the night. Remains to be seen. I don't think it matters much now, though. They will both sell tons of CDs. I think Carrie can use the push from American Idol producers more than Bo would need the help, so my gut is that Carrie should win. But based on talent, Bo should win.
After all was said and done, the final winner of Season 4 was Carrie Underwood. You will hear from both of them again - and often.
Additional notes: how funny was that kid screaming his question to Simon? I laughed and laughed - especially when he repeat screamed it. LOL LOL
So You Think You Can Dance from the producers of American Idol. ha ha. now THAT is funny. But I have no desire to watch a bunch of bad dancers, thats a show I can skip to the finale on -- if at all.
The Last Two
They opened the show with a silly coin toss to determine who goes first. Ryan touted controversy/mayhem during the toss. What happened? Ryan dropped the coin (a double sided jobbie with Carrie's face on one side and Bo's on the other). It fell down a grate on stage. It was so bogus, they even had stage hands come help try to lift the grate. 1) why is there a grate on stage? its not like there's a subway under it that needs venting.
2) it SOOO lifted! Both when Ryan (who weighs 3 lbs) tried and when the stagehands and Carrie tried.
What a lame skit. The so need better comedy writers.
Now on to the singing...
Bo: Long, Long Road - was his original song. It was nice, not powerful, but definitely melodic. The song was not great. When the choir or whatever joined in, they overshadowed his voice and they sounded like they were singing in a different key than Bo. I coulda done without their 'help'. As for Bo's singing. He's got a great voice. He really got the crowd going. This is one of those songs that may grow on me the more I hear it.
Randy weighed in and agreed... weird song. Ha ha... I could be destined for bigger things: American Idol Judge! whoo hoo! lol. Paula said a bunch of nothing. This is what I hear when she talks: wah wah wah, blah blah blah. And I have no idea what his reference to Simon's chemistry teacher has to do with anything. So I spent my time trying to figure him out and didnt' hear the rest of what he said. I think he said something similar to Randy - that the song was strange.
Carrie: Sang her original song. It sounded like her voice was cracking during the chorus. It sounds like she's stretching too hard to make the notes and a lot of them sounded off key. Randy and even Paula heard it. Simon chalked it up to her nerves. Perhaps it is. And he gave great advice that she needs to pace herself tonight. I agreed. She was really punching her voice to make it hit the notes and push out the power. Simon said she won out of the 2 songs so far.
I'm not so sure I'm lovin' this original song crap.
Now, on to Bo's favorite song of the season. God, I hope he doesn't sing that Black Crows song. I didn't like it at all. And since he just did the a capella song last week, he can't do that again right away. Hmmm what'll he choose? - ah Vehicle. Yes, that was one of my favorites of Bo's. It was one of the ones that swayed me over to his camp. His voice is excellent in this song. All the judges agreed
Carrie sang the Martina song, Independence Day. I think her voice is giving out from all the stress. When she did this the first time, it sounded flawless and today she sounds like she's shouting to get the song out. It still sounded good, but Bo won this round, to me. He was much smoother and didn't have to try so hard.
Randy thought she was great. Paula said, "Primo". Simon of course... agrees with Me. He said it sounded strained to him. Me, too! He also agrees that Round 2 goes to Bo.
Bo sings Inside Your Heaven as his last song. His voice sounded a little pitchy, as they say, during the chorus. Is this the same song that Carrie just sang? Maybe its just another bad song. Did Tamyra write this? I definitely like it better in Bo's version. But this is a hard song and makes both their voices sound off. Thumbs down to the song. And speaking of Tamyra, they didn't have Kelly on this season.
Randy loved it, gave him props. Paula really loved it. Simon said that Bo showed his nerves a bit -- hmmm -- what that it? Nah, just a bad song. I liked the compliment that Simon gave to Bo - that was sweet.
I'm about to go upstairs when I realize - oh! there's one more song to go! I completely forgot. To me, the competition was over. Bo sang his 3 songs. Done. LOL -- oops
Carrie: Angels Brought Me Here- I think she's still stretching her voice too much to sing this song, too. I can only guess that her voice is tired and stressed out. Then again... Randy gives her his only standing ovation of the season... huh? Paula said nothing useful (no surprise). Then Simon said she had a lot of guts. What's that mean? You enter without knowing who you're gonna be up against. So what if Bo was older and more experienced? Its not like she's gonna quit just because its down to 4 and Bo's been around more. What a silly comment. And then, I guess he had to support his previous comment, he said she did enough to win the competition. I disagree, I don't think she pushed herself as much as she could have earlier one. She was good all along, but showed no big growth.
Overall, based on growth, stepping out from their safety zone, originality of sound... Bo's the clear winner to me.
One final note here. I don't remember with seasons 2 and 3, but Meredith called this winner from day one. Same with Kelly. And to my mind, season 1 and 4 were the only ones really worth watching. Go Mere, you psychic, you!
Down to the Wire boot-off show
So, I'm sitting here watching Vonzelle's hometown visit, and WOW that's a LOT of people that went to see her in Ft. Myers. She looked so cute all energized by the hometown love. And then she sang Chain of Fools again. The thing with Vonzelle is that she hasn't really gotten a hang of singing and walking around. Each move she made caused severe shakiness. Well, she's a top 3, so who really cares at this point. I'm hoping she goes, but at this juncture, its all about popularity.
What sucks is a good portion of Manhattan didn't get to see Idol last night (unless it was isolated to just Meredith's building) and I wonder if that impacted the voting at all or note.
After commercial, they did a Ford commercial to Blondie's "One Way or Another". Its another one of those goofy promo skits. I wonder if they watch those and groan inside?
Lynard Skynard met Bo at his hotel. He rode in his presidential SUV -OMG- he just said the same thing! lol how funny. Anyhow, he was carrying the worlds tiniest video camera.
Then he greeted fans and all, and he got choked up when he went to give his speech. It was very sweet. And to top off his trip home, he got to sing with Skynard. How cool is THAT for a rocker?
What is cool to me is that he did "In a Dream" again (his a capella song) so Meredith, Juanita & Flavia can see it. It lost something because you aren't hearing a whole night of music and band instruments and then the quiet power of just his voice. But its still a great job. I really like it when they dim all the rest of the lights and just beam down on him.
Did they show Bo's family and girlfriend? I didn't see them.
(BTW-Totally missing Miss C. - she can't read these, but I sure hope she heals completely and painlessly)
Carrie went home and her town's population more than doubled - can you imagine living in a town of 4,000 people? Oh yeah! She sang the "Star Spangled Banner" and I heard somewhere that that was the only song AI would allow her to sing. But Bo and Vonzelle sang different songs. ???
Carrie sang "Crying". Which is funny, because the other two sang their choice and she's singing Clive Davis's choice. She did a good job.
There was no fanfare, no overly dramatic pause. They booted Vonzelle. Big surprise, huh? :)
Well- the three of them break into song, and I gotta say, they don't harmonize well at all. I always thought it was Carrie who was throwing everyone off, but with only 3 of them, it was apparent that it was Vonzelle that was oversinging the group songs. Hmmmm
Well, you had a good run, but good night, Vonzie.
Counting down to the finale
Tonight, I'm blogging as I watch the show. They have a guest judge tonight. Clive Davis will be producing the winner's album and he gets a say in tonight's show - well, an aired opinion, anyway - and a choice of one of their three songs.
The second song was artist's choice and the third song was a judges choice.
Vonzelle: Clive Davis's pick "I'll never love this way again" orginally sung by Dionne Warwick (remember our psychic friend of the humongous nostrils?) Her voice was cracking and was all over the place. I didn't love this, and it being the final three, I expected more - better. Clive said that she hit all the right notes. I didn't agree at all. Randy called it. It was a bit pitchy. Paula was really subdued and was actually NOT super sweet - thank God. Controversy suits her! lol Simon said she seemed nervous. Hmm..maybe that's it.
Vonzelle's choice was "Chain of Fools" - she was much better on this one. She had fun, she was adorable. It was her best performance of the night. I was cooking dinner so I missed what the judges said. Did she do this as her audition song? Why, oh, why doesn't Meredith have a computer - she would have looked it up and given us a link to the mpg by now! LOL
Simon's pick for Vonzelle was "On the Radio" by Donna Summer. She seems like a total Donna Summer clone. Good choice. Her dancing around made her voice a bit shaky, and she tends to over enunciate, and her voice was cracking in bits - especially at the end. But she looked adorable.
Bo: "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" by Elton. He did a slow mellow version to start. But who could hear it? The crowd was cheering so loudly. His voice was flawless, hitting every note in a smooth tone. I would so download his tunes. Unlike our not-so dearly departed Anthony. It wasn't an exciting performance but it was solid, good and he did it with his own flair. Clive loved it. Randy said it was 'hot' and basically said that he can sing anything. Paula said it was pure brilliance. and Simon said it was great - REALLY great. He was effusive. That's a first for Simon!.
For HIS choice -- Whoa, Bo has chosen to sing without the band. I didn't get the song name by Badlands What a smart move. His one lone voice as he stands on the dark stage with that one spotlight really showed his voice and made him stand out. No one else has ever done that and only a truly great singer can carry that off. This could push him through to the win. Clive Davis has predicted that they will be making a record together. He was great.
Paula chose "I Can't Get No Satisfaction" by the Stones for our boy Bo. They announced it in his hometown and it looked like he was in court. LOL. He put some classic hillbilly rocker sound to the song. He was good, but, its hard to top his last performace. Hey - I got an idea, maybe he carries that mic around like its barbells to lose that pot belly. ya think? The judges were all in agreement but the audience was screaming so much its hard to hear them. I, again, agreed with Simon, I loved song one and two and the third song was just fluff for me. But solidly good fluff.
Carrie was stuck with Roy Orbison's "Crying" as Clive Davis's choice ::: holding my breath:::: as she started singing, I had no clue how she was gonna be. Whew. It was a slow song but perfect for her voice. As the song crescendoed she stood up with it. I liked that. I like her hair straight and I like her in casual clothes. Clive thought she did a real strong performance and commented that he would have liked to see her push it (in not so many words). Randy said she was hot. Paula actually coined it when she said Carrie was subdued. I agree. Simon said she was a little wooden - possibly due to nerves.
Carrie's choice was "Making Love Out of Nothing At All" by Air Supply. She did a good, solid job. She had a bit harder edge on this song. There was the snarl, the angry look, and of course, the long held note. It was much more engergized than the last song. Overall, I think this was better than the last song. Its hard to come on after Bo did that accapella bit, he really made an impact. But she
...and that leaves Randy to choose a song for Carrie. The final performance was "Man I Feel Like a Woman" by Shania. She sounded a bit flat during the beginning. She had fun with this song. She was perky and cute and Clive loved her. And once again, I agreed with Simon. The first part of the song was so-so but the second was tailor made for her.
And now a joke break by Laurie's little boy Jake: Why did Snow White make the best American Idol judge?
Answer: because she is so fair.
tee hee... nothing like 5 year old's humor.
Now, on to more important matters. Did anyone tape or DVR Idol last night? Meredith's cable went out and she didn't get to watch it. She taped snow. If you or anyone you know has this, please let her know. :) thanks
Final four - and Then There Were Three
I do have other things to say about last night's show, but nothing preceeds: ANTHONY's GONE! whoo hoo!
They did the group song last night, as they do with every boot-off show and it was fun to see the dynamics between Carrie and Anthony. What it really showed me was that Anthony is a good harmonizer and works well in a group. Carrie, not so much. She was louder but in a different key than the rest so she came off sounding flat and knocking off the rest of the group. Her solo was phenom but I didn't love her in the group setting.
They did the 'look where we were' thing, where they showed the initial audition tapes and they were all like, "ooh look at me then!" Then? It was a few months ago. LOL
Anyway. what more is there to say? Anthony's gone.
I have to run to our Annual Day of Forced Volunteering.... so this is as lenthy as it gets. Juanita... fill it in. :)
American Idol - The Final Four
Theme One: Country
Carrie: Sin Wagon, Dixie Chicks
I missed the beginning because we'd just gotten done eating and were doing the dishes. Well, Mike was doing the dishes, but I was supervising. What I did hear (the last part of the song) was great. She was spunky and fun and the genre had to have been picked with her in mind. The reviews were unanimous and Simon summed it up perfectly when he said she was effortless.
Bo Bice: A great day to be alive(?) Travis Tritt
There he goes carrying the mic stand all over the stage. He washed his hair this week (well, at least tonight's show - remains to be seen for tomorrow's show). As for the music, the real reason they're on there... I liked it, it was solid. It didn't blow me away or show tons of personality, but it was solidly good. Randy agrees with me - he's great, but the song wasn't a wow-er. Oh and look... Paula even said something relatively constructive. Simon pulled up with a 'boooring'. He takes criticism well, and when he really enjoys something (like the thought of his gramma pummeling Simon) he has a great expression... like he's REALLY enjoying it. Love that. Its genuine.
Vonzelle: Trisha Yearwood; How do I live without you.
She seemed to really enunciate this song, like she's nervous - jittery. Her voice quality was great, though. It sounds like she sang it slower than Trisha does, maybe that's intentional, but I found myself leaning forward to try to get her to speed up. But... what's with that dress? Its like a bunch of torn rags! And she held on to that mic stand for dear life. I wonder if she was nervous tonight?
Ok, now I feel bad. Paula let it be known...Something's up with her tonight. Something must've happened today. She said that she had a bad day today. And all of them said that she seemed nervous. And she's pouring tears. Awwwww. They even panned to her father (all duded up in a pimp-daddy yellow- yes, yellow - suit). Did you know they even made yellow suits?
Anthony: I'm Already There; Lonestar
He's singing slower than the original, too. I have to say, this is the best I've ever heard him. Can it be? Is he growing on me? Say it ain't so! Randy sounded surprised that he liked it. Paula actually had criticism for him - she wants to see him stretch. I disagree, I think if he stretched he would have failed. And as for Simon, I usually agree with him, but I had no idea where he was going.
Theme Two: Sounds of Philly
written and composed by Gamble & Huff
Carrie: If you don't know me by now
I feel like this was her worst song of the season. And at the point of the song where she sang 'we've both got our own funny moves' -- right before that, she did this weird little neck turn. It was odd. She belted out some parts really well, but it wasn't my favorite. I agree completely with Randy - something about it didn't work for me. Simon was not complimentary at all, but he gave her an 'out' by blaming the band's arrangement. They're obviously gunning for her to be the AI of season 4.
Bo Bice For the love of Money
he pimped out in his shades and suit and... flip flops? He sang this song so naturally. Wow, the crowd went NUTS. Gramma went nuts. Yes, I agree with Paula... this is possibly the best he's done so far. Simon said it was a terrible image, I disagree - I dug it. LOL
Vonzelle: Don't Leave Me This Way
She started shaky again but she's trying to rally back her spunk. She comes across a bit angry -- arrggghhhhh!!!!! says Vonzelle -- maybe that's her attempt at seeming tough. ??? It wasn't bad, but it wasn't my favorite. Randy said that she made up for the first song, that it was excellent. Hmmm. I'm rooting for her. Simon agreed with my earlier comment. He voiced everything I was feeling. Wow. Me and the angry Brit agree completely... scary! Yeah, I thought it was manic as well. I agree - I was afraid what would have happened if the song went longer. I think she was good. Good enough to boot Anthony if people vote on this show only? remains to be seen.
On that note, people better not vote on this show only! The thing is, are there more young swooning girls out there voting for Anthony than there are people voting for Vonzelle? hmmmm.
CHANT PEOPLE!!
Anthony: WHAT??!? he's doing the same song as Carrie - If you don't know me by now
They said that there is a Gamble & Huff song on the radio every 14 minutes. With that many songs, he chose the same one as Carrie??? That's as lame as Vonzelle picking the group song for her own last week. Whazzup wit DAT?
He comes out in ... ouch... bad suit jacket. He did the song better than Carrie, but his voice isn't as nice. He really has to stretch his voice to do the song justice. However, he gave it much more personality than Carrie. The judges liked it, I think. (I was on the phone).
Do you really need to hear who I think should go?
Now that this is done, I figured out that one of the reasons I generally can't blog the night of a show is that I'm generally IMing with Mere during the show. Her computer has the flu so I'm on my own... and guess what, Juanita? I blogged before 8 AM so you can comment your little heart out!
Idol Boot-off week 7
The show opened with the five of them singing Bridge Over Troubled Water. I was impressed. I loved the group songs in seasons past, but haven't liked one this season yet. I like the way Bo and Scott's voices harmonized. Someone (one of the women) seemed to oversing the rest of them. But overall, it was the best group song. On the opposite extreme, that silly song to the dog was lame. Now on to the boot off.
Well, well, well...They did the twist thing again, they all started standing on stage and called off Anthony and Scott to sit back on the sofa. Scott says a thanks to the All Mighty.
Bo looks stricken on stage. Vonzelle is smiling like, 'thats all right' (but it really isn't). They get to Carrie and Ryan says, America, look at your top 3.
Now I agree, but isn't that just plain mean to Scott and Anthony? Meredith did a lot of chanting. But it was Scott going home. Some will cheer, but at this stage, I think it has to be the best singers and Anthony had TWO bad performances this week and has been more consistently bad every week previously! What is this guy made of?
The bottom two sang a song from last night. I closed my eyes and listened to Anthony's song. It wasn't as bad as last night. Yet I still firmly believe that it was the night that the Russian goes home. But he didn't. pooh.
American Idol - Week 7
Now that there are fewer, they each get two songs to wow us or disappoint us.
Theme 1: Lieber & Stoller composers of many hit songs.
Anthony opened with Poison Ivy – OUCH, he won the ‘All over the place” award. I completely agreed with Randy’s comments that he started pitchy and sort of picked it up at the end. And I loved that Simon called Paula on her wishy-washy comment to Anthony. I mean at this stage of the game, you have to be GREAT. Its not fair to the others and the ones who got kicked off to be just so-so. So, Paula, take a stand. Have an opinion. Simon (or was it Randy?) said that it was a good thing that he had another song to make up for this one.
Next was On Broadway performed by Scotty the (very large) body. He showed a bit of personality. It was fun and he was good – I think the fear of getting kicked off gave him the oopphfff he needed to give this song some spunk. I agreed with all of the judges (yeah, even the freak of nature, Paula). This was his best performance of the season. On a side note, I loved Simon’s comment that he’s had more escapes than Houdini.
Vonzelle sang Treat me Nice, some old Elvis song I didn’t know. Ouch. I went and cleaned my ears mid-song. Nope, still bad. Then Randy came out and said it was great and she had the best vocals on this song. I agreed with Simon... She was a bit of a mess. He summed up in words what I was thinking. Yeah, she had some great notes, she’s adorable. But thank God for her that she, too has another song.
Bo sang Stand by Me. Lookie dat pot belly! That last button on his shirt is stretched tight. Living in that house with Anthony (who obviously works out) hasn’t rubbed off on him. And the camera man was all over the place. I was getting dizzy. Enuf of dat. He was good. This was a good song for him. He always picks the perfect one for his voice and personality. The judges agreed with me. Paula needs some time off – she’s useless. So far, the best of the night.
Carrie sang Troubled (performed by Elvis). Like the Vonzelle song, I didn’t know this one, but loved her singing it instantly. She made it sassy, fun, a little bit country, a little bit pop. She is fun to watch and listen to. She looked great at the mini-interview where she announced the song. Loved the hair. She is my overall favorite performer.
Next theme: Songs from THIS week’s top 40. (which of course means, last week- since that is when they chose it). What I can’t stand is that when they do contemporary songs, why don’t they let you know what the heck they’re singing!
Anthony sang, Incomplete - Backstreet Boys. Huh? What the hell? Are the Backstreet boys on the top 40 NOW? One note was so off that I physically winced. Randy called it. I was bad. Then they go to Simon and...Simon loved it. Again... Huh? I usually agree with Simon... What happened?
Porky sang some motown song. Everytime You Go Away? Brian McNight. Not my favorite. He wasn’t as bad as Anthony, but (besides the fact that I don’t know this song) it was just aight for me. Randy agreed (maybe its cuz I used his terminology?) Simon was not complimentary, honest but that’s all. Boy, he’s pretty tame tonight, huh?
Vonzelle – came out in a beautiful chocolate brown wrap silk dress. She started strong singing Tell Me That You Love Me by the rest of the American Idols (Season 4), And she ended strong. There were some parts in the middle that weren’t amazing to me. Randy loves everything she does. Simon said it wasn’t a perfect vocal. I agree. Why would you sing that song? Its sorta like saying... “see that song that they wrote for all of us? Well, its mine now. I called dibs on it.”
Bo sang Heaven from Los Lonely Boys. He gave it an edge. It suites his voice. This is one of the songs that improved on the original. Now on to more important things... Did you guys see his hair getting done? HUH? They purposely make his hair look greasy? Did you SEE them greasing it down? Why? Someone `splain!
Carrie sang some song I didn’t know. It sounds like Lori Morgan. God Bless the Broken Road? Must be a country top 40. I have no idea what the song is but she sings like an angel. She looks beautiful to me. That marks the difference between her and the other contestants. She is flawless every time.
My strongest of the night were Carrie and Bo, the weakest was Anthony and Vonzelle this week . Which leaves Scott in the middle. I don’t think Vonzelle deserves to get the boot, and I don’t think, at this juncture, people should be voting by one week’s performance. The two that deserve to be in the hotseat are Scott and Anthony with Anthony leaving.
