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Who thought this was a good idea?
TRIB BALLOT
I liked how Ryan prefaced the show by reminding us that the judges never want contestants to sing songs by Whitney, Celine or Mariah. It was like the little “American Idol” disclaimer before the tragedy.
To me, this was the equivalent of last season’s Latin theme with JLo. Lukewarm with a bitter aftertaste.
That said, the night definitely belonged to the guys. There should be three girls in the bottom three. The biggest question is which female performance was just good enough to be fourth and safe.
Let’s start with the guys: David Archuleta did a good job with a message song, as expected. I didn’t think it was his breakout performance, by any stretch of the imagination, but it was good and credible.
Jason’s “luau” performance was pleasant. I actually would describe it similarly to how Simon described Brooke last week. It was like a pleasant walk in the park. Again, I wasn’t jumping out of my chair, but it far exceeded the ladies.
But let’s be real. The real winner of the night was David Cook. On my notepad after his performance I simply wrote “Thank you, David Cook!” Yes, David, you saved the night with a brilliant arrangement that I assume must be your own, since Mariah wrote the song and commented on your originality. Surely as the copyright holder, she would at least have been informed if someone else had recorded a similar cover, right? And like Mariah said, I was left wanting to hear more.
For the ladies, the best of the night to me was a tossup between Kristy and Brooke. Kristy seems to have really come into her own. She’s choosing better songs, getting better country arrangements and singing with more confidence.
Brooke, I thought, was strong at the beginning, but then she definitely rushed it from the bridge on. It marred an otherwise credible performance. And even had she nailed it, it wouldn’t have been as good as any of the guys.
One of them will join Seyesha and Carly in the bottom three. Carly needs to go home. In the recaps of the performances, I thought it was clear hers was the worst. But she did do her best to stay in the running by wearing long sleeves and screaming — er I mean singing — a ballad. Seyesha started well, but repeating “vanishing” over and over didn’t thrill me.
Prognosticators are predicting Brooke, Carly and Seyesha, with Seyesha going home. I pulling for Carly to get a much-needed vacation. What do you think?
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By j
April 16, 2008 10:47 PM | Link to this
Please spell Syesha’s name right.
By Nathan
April 17, 2008 8:35 AM | Link to this
Gee, until I read your comment, I thought I was spelling her name correctly. Then I went back and looked, and you’re right, there’s no ‘e’ between the S and the y. My apology. Sometimes the brain inserts letters you think should be there, when they really aren’t. And honestly, that is what happened here. I promise to do better in the future.