TUESDAY APRIL 24, 2007
Week #7...Tuesday April 24, 2007:
We are down to our final six contestants...3 gals and 3 guys. I was not one of the people that would have thought we would have this many men left at this juncture in the competition...possibly one and no more than two, but at the end of this evening's performances we could have three men and two women left...UNTHINKABLE just seven weeks ago.
#1...Chris Richardson...He sung "If I Could Change the World" by Eric Clapton. He wore a tie and a jacket and impressed all three judges with his performance. Simon criticized him last week for being "nasally" and this week he was not. Simon liked the song choice and told him he was finally living up to the potential they saw in his first audition. This is good news for Chris and his fan base of woman voter's out there. There is a certain gal in New Jersey whose evening started out well tonight.
#2...Melinda Doolittle...She sung "There will Come A Day" by Faith Hill. This song is only 8 years old, a newborn for Melinda; however, Melinda insisted on wearing a gray dress doing her best to maintain that hip-hop American Idol look. I think she thinks the Taylor Hicks old age look is "in". She is doing her best to look older.
As usual, she sung it well and the judges drooled and praised and clapped and yippee kayayed over her performance as they do every week.
#3...Blake Lewis...He sung "Imagine" by John Lennon and of course Randy Jackson thought it was boring because Blake was not John Lennon. John Lennon was gunned down on 12/8/1980 in New York soon after he turned 40 years old by a punk kid named Mark David Chapman...there was no way he could be there Mr. Dog Pound. Last year, you may recall Jackson pushed for a Beatles night after Taylor Hicks sang a Beatles song. The Idol Producers were wise not to do this because Dog Pound would do something like he did tonight...compare it to the original and then crucify the contestant because Randy is such a "big time" producer and he knows this and he knows that...piss on his fire hydrant. He was hired because they needed a black guy for diversity...the only reason.
Simon liked the vocal and thought it was more about the sincerity than the vocal. Paula...who cares?
#4...LaKisha Jones...She sung the Season 3 coronation song "I Believe." She wore a black strapless dress. The judges did not BELIEVE! They were unkind to her and compared her to Fantasia and Fantasia sung the song very well. Simon accused her of shout-singing and last week he also told her that she was shouting. Truthfully, she shouted again. Last week she ending up in the bottom two and only Sanjaya was below her. This week Sanjaya is not there to protect her.
She has a lot of fans in the audience, but her voters have not been showing up on Dial Idol for several weeks and methinks this will be her last night. However, there are plenty of record deals out there and she has a great personality...I wanted her to finish higher than sixth place, but she should still get a career out of this and her life will be better than it would have if she had not been in this competition. Good Bye LaKisha unless Phil leaves before her...not likely.
#5...Phil Stacey...The repitle/alien seems to be finding a groove in country music. Tonight he sung a Garth Brooks song, "The Change." The judges seemed to like him again and Simon advised him to continue going for the country-style songs. Tonights song was by a country singer, but certainly was not a country-style song. Phil sung it well for Phil, but I don't know if the voters will load up on him like they did last week. Vote for the Worst lost their main man/child last week, Sanjaya. They have picked up Phil as the worst singer left in the competition and are asking their voters to vote for Phil.
I think he should be in the bottom 3 this week, but LaKisha should beat him out.
#6...Jordin Sparks...She sung "You'll Never Walk Alone" and just like last week was the top performance of the evening. All of the judges liked her performance and Randy told her that it was one of the best vocals by any Idol on any season; however, she is of color (salt & pepper) and Randy is racist, so you must take his comments with a grain of sea salt. Her two performances back to back from last week to this week may have been the best two consecutive performances ever. Jordin's problem is that even after last week's superb performance, she still finished third behind Chris and Phil. The horny women and discrimating girls still control the final votes...they do not necessarily vote for the best singers. I still don't see the sex appeal of Phil.
My prediction of the bottom 3 are: LaKisha, Phil, and Blake with LaKisha going home.
There should be at least 50 million votes this evening, the most this year...I don't know how this increased vote will effect the final tally. The laws of probability imply that LaKisha, who has been one of the lowest telephone vote getters for many weeks now, will be "squeezed" out.
We are down to our final six contestants...3 gals and 3 guys. I was not one of the people that would have thought we would have this many men left at this juncture in the competition...possibly one and no more than two, but at the end of this evening's performances we could have three men and two women left...UNTHINKABLE just seven weeks ago.
#1...Chris Richardson...He sung "If I Could Change the World" by Eric Clapton. He wore a tie and a jacket and impressed all three judges with his performance. Simon criticized him last week for being "nasally" and this week he was not. Simon liked the song choice and told him he was finally living up to the potential they saw in his first audition. This is good news for Chris and his fan base of woman voter's out there. There is a certain gal in New Jersey whose evening started out well tonight.
#2...Melinda Doolittle...She sung "There will Come A Day" by Faith Hill. This song is only 8 years old, a newborn for Melinda; however, Melinda insisted on wearing a gray dress doing her best to maintain that hip-hop American Idol look. I think she thinks the Taylor Hicks old age look is "in". She is doing her best to look older.
As usual, she sung it well and the judges drooled and praised and clapped and yippee kayayed over her performance as they do every week.
#3...Blake Lewis...He sung "Imagine" by John Lennon and of course Randy Jackson thought it was boring because Blake was not John Lennon. John Lennon was gunned down on 12/8/1980 in New York soon after he turned 40 years old by a punk kid named Mark David Chapman...there was no way he could be there Mr. Dog Pound. Last year, you may recall Jackson pushed for a Beatles night after Taylor Hicks sang a Beatles song. The Idol Producers were wise not to do this because Dog Pound would do something like he did tonight...compare it to the original and then crucify the contestant because Randy is such a "big time" producer and he knows this and he knows that...piss on his fire hydrant. He was hired because they needed a black guy for diversity...the only reason.
Simon liked the vocal and thought it was more about the sincerity than the vocal. Paula...who cares?
#4...LaKisha Jones...She sung the Season 3 coronation song "I Believe." She wore a black strapless dress. The judges did not BELIEVE! They were unkind to her and compared her to Fantasia and Fantasia sung the song very well. Simon accused her of shout-singing and last week he also told her that she was shouting. Truthfully, she shouted again. Last week she ending up in the bottom two and only Sanjaya was below her. This week Sanjaya is not there to protect her.
She has a lot of fans in the audience, but her voters have not been showing up on Dial Idol for several weeks and methinks this will be her last night. However, there are plenty of record deals out there and she has a great personality...I wanted her to finish higher than sixth place, but she should still get a career out of this and her life will be better than it would have if she had not been in this competition. Good Bye LaKisha unless Phil leaves before her...not likely.
#5...Phil Stacey...The repitle/alien seems to be finding a groove in country music. Tonight he sung a Garth Brooks song, "The Change." The judges seemed to like him again and Simon advised him to continue going for the country-style songs. Tonights song was by a country singer, but certainly was not a country-style song. Phil sung it well for Phil, but I don't know if the voters will load up on him like they did last week. Vote for the Worst lost their main man/child last week, Sanjaya. They have picked up Phil as the worst singer left in the competition and are asking their voters to vote for Phil.
I think he should be in the bottom 3 this week, but LaKisha should beat him out.
#6...Jordin Sparks...She sung "You'll Never Walk Alone" and just like last week was the top performance of the evening. All of the judges liked her performance and Randy told her that it was one of the best vocals by any Idol on any season; however, she is of color (salt & pepper) and Randy is racist, so you must take his comments with a grain of sea salt. Her two performances back to back from last week to this week may have been the best two consecutive performances ever. Jordin's problem is that even after last week's superb performance, she still finished third behind Chris and Phil. The horny women and discrimating girls still control the final votes...they do not necessarily vote for the best singers. I still don't see the sex appeal of Phil.
My prediction of the bottom 3 are: LaKisha, Phil, and Blake with LaKisha going home.
There should be at least 50 million votes this evening, the most this year...I don't know how this increased vote will effect the final tally. The laws of probability imply that LaKisha, who has been one of the lowest telephone vote getters for many weeks now, will be "squeezed" out.
posted by Roger | 6:42 PM
<< Home