Tonight, one of the seven contestants on American Idol will be packing up and going home.Last night's theme centered upon songs from the same year each contestant was born. At the show's start, we were treated to a corny, yet endearing baby picture show, and as a bonus, we discovered that Ryan Seacrest was a young redhead when he was a child. Oh, the things you find out about people when they show their baby pictures!
Danny started the night off with "Stand By Me," while long-time judge Paula Abdul did just that. The ever on-point Simon Cowell felt the beginning was good, the middle was lazy, and the ending was great, which added up to an overall "terrific" rating.
Next came heartthrob Kris Allen with his version of the Don Henley hit, "All She Wants To Do is Dance" from 1985. He was surrounded by pre-selected audience members in "concert" style, but Kris’ performance didn't sound anything like the song, nor feel like a concert.
Paul Brighton of AuditionPortal.com commented, "I like re-makes that bear some structural resemblance to the original. You can make it your own, but don't depart so much that you can't recognize it. That's no fun for the audience."
Overall, Kris' Performance was pretty good. Kara hit it on the head when she said it was "jazz-funk and it lost its youth." But, Simon's reaction was more accurate when he described it was " indulgent, boring, forgettable, and a stupid song choice." You know Simon should try being more honest, wouldn't you say?
Next came Lil Round's rendition of "What's Love Got to do With It." I felt it was good, not stellar, but good. Something about that girl makes me love her more than I should. I'm guilty of liking her as a person when I should be liking her as an entertainer. Luckily, I felt the audience gave her the love she needed to really work the song, building up to a climax at the end. However, the judges felt that she still needs to prove that she knows who she is as an artist, and even likened her performance to karaoke. I didn't agree with that at all.
Surprisingly, Anoop Desai's tender version of Cindi Lauper's "True Colors" was wonderful and well-received all across the board. However, his "up & down" performances may get him in trouble as the competition gets tighter and tighter. Anoop has held his own of late and has also shown us at www.AuditionPortal.com that second chances can be worth the risk.
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Powerhouse Allison Iraheta did it again this week with a brilliant performance of Bonnie Raitt's " I Can't Make You Love Me." All the judges loved it, including me, but Simon felt he doesn’t know her. Whatever that means!
Allison will get a deal no matter what. It's obvious she doesn't need American idol anymore. She could leave now and she will be a huge star. So I'm not worried about losing her at all.
Matt Giraud gets a unanimous "great" for singing Stevie Wonder's " Part Time Lover." I didn’t love his performance but I did think it was one of his best. I like Matt, but he needs to try to find himself as an artist and stop pretending to be Chris Martin or Justin Timberlake. At his age, he's still too star struck for his influences to not be obvious to us all. That's why he should contemplate sticking to his roots.
Okay now, Scott McKintyre steps out from behind his piano and up to the Mic with his guitar,which was a change of pace, but it really sounded terribly out-of-place. I simply don't understand why Scott is still there. In my opinion, he's not the best singer or artist and so many others were deserving of being on that stage. I just can't see him making it to the top 5, and this week may just be his last.
Last, but certainly not least, the night's favorite and quite possibly the winner of Season 8, Adam Lambert. Adam's slow version of "Mad World" by Tears for Fears mesmerized all of us. Adam just has something special. You can't quite put your finger on it, but he just has star quality and a voice that collectively places him miles ahead of everyone on this show. Simon gave Adam a standing ovation … how often does that happen?
Jared Lifeson
AP News
Powerhouse Allison Iraheta did it again this week with a brilliant performance of Bonnie Raitt's " I Can't Make You Love Me." All the judges loved it, including me, but Simon felt he doesn’t know her. Whatever that means!
Allison will get a deal no matter what. It's obvious she doesn't need American idol anymore. She could leave now and she will be a huge star. So I'm not worried about losing her at all.
Matt Giraud gets a unanimous "great" for singing Stevie Wonder's " Part Time Lover." I didn’t love his performance but I did think it was one of his best. I like Matt, but he needs to try to find himself as an artist and stop pretending to be Chris Martin or Justin Timberlake. At his age, he's still too star struck for his influences to not be obvious to us all. That's why he should contemplate sticking to his roots.
Okay now, Scott McKintyre steps out from behind his piano and up to the Mic with his guitar,which was a change of pace, but it really sounded terribly out-of-place. I simply don't understand why Scott is still there. In my opinion, he's not the best singer or artist and so many others were deserving of being on that stage. I just can't see him making it to the top 5, and this week may just be his last.
Last, but certainly not least, the night's favorite and quite possibly the winner of Season 8, Adam Lambert. Adam's slow version of "Mad World" by Tears for Fears mesmerized all of us. Adam just has something special. You can't quite put your finger on it, but he just has star quality and a voice that collectively places him miles ahead of everyone on this show. Simon gave Adam a standing ovation … how often does that happen?
Jared Lifeson
AP News
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