Bah!
ConstantCheese made Bohemian Rhapsody a showtune! Dude has no rocker in him.
I’m a bit distracted tonight. I don’t think anyone was really terrible, Anthony and Scott sounded better this week but I still think Scott should go home.
Pauler is trashed.
That was another good performance for Connie. I find that it’s a lot better if you don’t look and just listen. Even so, I think he did a little less undressing me with his eyes tonight.
I would say that Connie, Vonzell, Bo and Carrie were the best tonight. Anwar and Anthony were both fine. Nadia chose a bad song but sang it ok.
Only Scott really sucked and I’ve got to think he’s about run out his appeals by now,
My top picks: Carrie and Anthony. My bottom: Constantine, Scott and a toss up between Anwar and Nadia.
Who I think should be voted off-- Scott. Who will be voted off? Nadia, I think. But you really can’t tell WTF is on the mind of the voting public-- hence our last election.
I have liked ConnieCheese two times now. I can even look at the screen…somtimes. I feel the Apocalypse is near.
And does the band just flat out *SUCK * sometimes?? Poor Bo. It could have been great.
Nadia Turner - When I Dream (missed the year) Helen Reddy- Sorry, I was watching the Braves game. I completely missed Nadia’s and Bo’s performances.
Bo Bice - Freebird (1976) Lynard Skynard- I MISSED it!! ~sighs~ Paula says see you at the finals. Simon says the audience at home is going to say “what the hell was that”. Crowd boos loudly.
Anwar Robinson - I’ll Never Love This Way (1979) - Dione Warwick - It’s ok. It’s not terrific. Too much vibrato for my tastes. And the arrangement is not great either. I think he’s going to be in trouble in the next week or so. He’s starting to sound like Nikko with the showboat stuff to cover up something not so good. Randy says he’s giving him props. He says he’s the best technical singer and he’s proud of him tonight. Paula says he is consistently great. Simon says it was one of his better performances for a while. As already stated, I didn’t really like it.
Anthony Fedorov - Everytime You Go Away (1985) - Paul Young - The hat? From the interview? No. I can hardly hear part of what he’s singing over the band. He skipped my favorite part of this song. He sounds a bit flat on the chorus. The um…marching across stage? Again…no. He hits a few nice notes at the end but that won’t buy you votes forever. I don’t think Anthony has a chance at winning. Randy says he was wondering how it was going to go but “he did his thing”. Paula says much better than last week and she’s proud. Simon says last week was a low point but this week he was very good.
Vonzell Solomon - Let’s Hear it For the Boy (1984) - Denise Williams - (CUTE song!) She looks very cute and this is a good song for her. I’m impressed. I think this is one of her best performances to date. This is completely in her range. I cannot fault this performance at all. Simon was cheesy grinning at her when she walked by. Randy says wow, another great performance from her. Excellent. Paula says she’s a bright light and she has great energy and picked a great song. Simon says it was a good choice a song. He says that 3 weeks ago he would have said that Vonzell would go home before Nadia and based on tonight’s performances Nadia will leave first.
Scott Savol - She’s Gone (missed the year) - Hall and Oates- His interview was awful and obnoxious. He starts the song off without tone and it’s not improving yet. This song is too deep for him. God he sucks. He applaudes himself. Randy says it started a little rough. It was pitchy. Paula says you try performing Hall and Oates! He says he brought it home in the end. Paula says it was like nerve wracking but he did awesome… Simon says look, you are a nice guy however there were more bum notes than there were good notes. Paula and Simon disagree. He says on the whole it really wasn’t very good.
Carrie Underwood - Love Is a Battlefield (1983) - Pat Benatar - She soulds like she has a cold. WOW. She can do that weird voice thing that Pat does. I can’t do that. She’s in tune, she looks good. She sounds great. I cannot say anything bad about this performance either. It’s terrific. She hits one note at the end that is slightly questionable. Randy says that she messed up a few of the words and it was a little pitchy. Paula says she rocked. Simon says it was a little big like watching a kitten that wants to be a tiger.
Constantine Maurolis - Bohemian Rhapsody (1975) - Queen - It’s hard to take someone doing this song seriously after Wayne’s World. He does the first part pretty well but when the tempo increases I’m not sure he follows as well as he should. The tongue? Don’t do that “theater boy”. The song was a bad arrangement, IMO. It really chopped up the song in strange places. Randy says showmanship - 10, singing- 7. Paula says he’s now proven he’s the one to beat in this competition. Simon says it was astonishing. Paula jumps up and down like a moron.
Good Egg, I’m a girl. ~smiles~
My recap:
Nadia–very boring and very disappointing. She has a fantastic look and I want her to be better than she is.
Bo–his performances seem effortless while most of the other contestants seem to struggle. I thought this was a very good performance, but I’m a Bo fan and am totally biased.
Anwar–this is the best he’s been in weeks but he was still flat and nasally in parts. I don’t see him sticking around much longer.
Anthony–Better than he’s been but still sucky.
Vonzell–oh, barf. Negative points for “woo” and “c’mon” and “put your hands together” and another “woo.” Cheesy, cheesy, cheesy BUT musically a very good performance.
Scott–a terrible start, very good in the middle, and then he sucked again. He’s on borrowed time.
Carrie–Ack! She channeled Goat Girl for a moment! That said, this was the first performance of hers that I liked. She seemed terribly uncomfortable.
Connie–As I said above, he’s got brass balls. He was totally flat on the last note but other than that, this was truly a great performance–I should note that I wasn’t watching him, just listening. I still hate him though.
Tonight’s rankings:
- Connie
- Bo
- Vonzell
- Carrie
- Nadia
- Anwar
- Anthony
- Scott
I think Connie, Bo, Vonzell and Carrie all could win this. Nadia and Anwar face uphill battles. Scott and Anthony need to go, but my guess is that Nadia goes tomorrow–she sang first and was nothing special.
Finally, Paula is a goddamned idiot.
What was with Scott insulting the audience at home, saying he has more guts than them? Doesn’t he know who’s supposed to be voting for him?
I think that we can come to some sort of consensus. Paula is a fool under the influence. Let’s imagine that her drunk driving conviction actually includes some jail time and she’s gonna be in the slammer for next year’s show. Who shall we get to replace her?
It’s gotta be a girl because, well, it gotta. What’s Debbie Gibson doing or maybe Lisa Lisa. What do you think?
<sigh>…well, can’t say he wasn’t warned.
Wonder if I can manage a flight out to L.A., a quick tire-iron beating, and then a flight back home before I gotta be at work in the morning? Of course, if any West-coasters wanna handle this one for me, I’d be happy to reciprocate the next time a New Yorker pisses you off.
Tiffany?
Gloria Esteban?
I hated that I really enjoyed ConstantCheese.
I thought Carrie and Vonzell were great. PERFECT song choice for cute Vonzell. Unexpected one for Carrie, but she was good and looked terrific. She is really able to handle any genre they throw her way.
Nadia sang that song well, but who cares.
Anwar was gorgeous again and sang better than he has recently but I had forgotten all about him by the finals.
Scott, as Randy and others have said, totally screwed up the verses, but was okay on the chorus. Time to go.
AFed did better than expected but is out of his league. My second choice for last place.
Bo was so professional and his voice is so great it gives me chills, plus I loves me some Freebird. And, isn’t he getting cuter by the minute? I think he may be using Crest Whitening Strips.
Tiffany’s been in Playboy so she might be right out – not exactly a good role model for their target deomographic (although, Paula and her substance abuse problem require a bit of explaining, too). Gloria Estefan was already a guest judge, so she has some experience, but she has actual, you know, talent and stuff, so she might not be what they’re looking for.
What is Brenda K. Starr doing these days?
Well, I’m up past my bedtime now, so I won’t do this in detail.
Nadia: I didn’t know the song and didn’t like it. She could have chosen much better.
I missed Bo’s performance, because he chose to sing Dung Beetle’s Most Hated Song of All Time. The whole time he was on, I was in the other room with my fingers in my ears, jumping up and down and going “La la la la la!”
Scott again proved himself to be a no-talent jerk. I love that song, though. Oates looked really bad but he’d probably be OK if he grew his mustache back!
Anwar’s voice isn’t nearly as good as I once thought. He’s starting to sound nasal and strained.
Anthony’s still here? ZZZZZZZZ…
Vonzell was good, but not great. Carrie sucked. I keep hearing that she’s really talented, but I’m really unimpressed with her so far. (Of course, I haven’t heard her do country, which is supposedly her thing.)
Thank Og for Constantine! This is me when I heard what he was going to sing: :eek: 
He really keeps the show entertaining. I don’t think he’s going to win, but oh, how I want him to!
Tonight was neat, I was at an impromptu birthday party with an inter-generational Idol watching audience. Kinda nifty seeing instant reactions on everyone’s faces for a missed note or bad interview.
So here’s the group opinions, 2 late fifties adults, 3 thirties adults and 8 kids aged 6-14, we had a blast and everyone got a scorecard too!
Nadia- “Where’s her skirt, right there, no that’s just the top right? No, it’s a dress and is she using miracle gro in her hair or something? What song is this, I dunno, she’s pretty but kinda scary, hey wait I remember this song, c’mon you guys it was…by someone…it’s faster though, wait here’s the chorus again, oh yeah, I remember it now, too slow for the song.” Meh. Average score: 6
Bo: “OMG I love him, oooooh Bo’s on, shhhhh I wanna hear him, omg he’s so cute, I really like him, dude why’s he murdering Freebird for God’s sake, shuddup we love him, ok fine whatever, dude sounds like a lounge singer at the holiday inn airport bar but fine, no he’s awesome you just don’t get it!” Total gender split, the girls all love/d him, the boys didn’t, now the fun part for me was trying to watch and figure out which of the kids had opinions and which were just aping Mom or Dad. Average was only a 7, but that’s from two of the guys zero-scoring him in defiance.
Anwar: “Oooh, he looks good tonight, hey I remember this song, not the most manly choice, he’s just so pretty, you’re dumb you can’t call boys pretty, oh yes honey you can because he so is, wow Paula’s got issues, why’s he over the top with the vibrato thing, no he’s alright, yeah okay I guess.” Average: 5
Anthony: “Wow, 80s flashback, who the heck was Paul Young, no that’s Neil Young, who’s Paul, well he’s doing good anyway, way boy band, he’s young and cute and blonde and oooooh look right there, he so needed 3 guys doing that little choreographed step with him, whaddya girls think could he be in the next Backstreet Boys? Dad! Eeew, that’s so dumb, no one likes them anymore, omg! Yeah, I agree, very boy bandy, but not a bad job vocally, ouch where did THAT note come from? Eh, still a good job.” Average: 8
Vonzell: “Oooh, I love her! Wow, she looks like she’s already a professional, she’s great. Finally a fast song, yay! She’s very good, dead-on and looks like she’s loving every minute of it, I like her, ooh me too. What, you forgot it was from Flashdance? What’s Flashdance? Nevermind.” Average: 9
Scott: “Grrr, I hate him he’s skeevy, what really? I like him! No, he’s a thug, didja hear he beat up his babymama? What’s a babymama, mom? Nevermind honey. Dude, when you’re that big, baggy clothes aren’t your friend. He’s such a gangster wannabe, what the hell was that ‘the real rocker’ crap about?! Oooh, this is way outta his comfort zone, he’s butchering the verses, yeah even though he’s creepy he did sing better in the beginning, wow H&O got old, man. Ouch, missed that note by a mile, wince that one too, this just isn’t good at all.” More fun Paula-bashing and a collective gasp at Scott’s applauding himself and acting like he was the only one with the guts to audition. Average: 4
Carrie: “Yay, she’s great, ooooh she’s rocking it tonight finally. Omg, is she doing the Elvis hip thing, what the hell is that? She was told to move but forgot that included bringing her feet along for the ride? Oh man, straining to get near those high notes, but she’s doing the growly parts good. collective Woah-oah-oah’s from the elder female audience members Well she’s trying damn hard, too bad she looks so scared, oh geez, ouch again what was that? Yeah, I still like her though, oh me too, but she should stick to country, well at least it wasn’t a 50s detergent commercial!” Average: 9
Constantine: “Oh man, there’s no way this isn’t gonna be a trainwreck, no it’s perfect, the absolute blend of theatre boi with rock poseur! I think he’s cute, wow missed a note there, he’s doing great, I love this song, oooh ouch, missed there too, his eyes are skeevy, hey he’s entertaining at least, look at how smooth he is, if by smooth you mean deliberate and practiced I agree, ooooh honey, don’t do the profile when you’ve got a double chin! He’s ugly, no way he’s so totally cute!” Average: 9
So that was fun, hard to read my own notes back from laughing so much and watching the screenor the kids while I scribbled.
The top four have to be Bo, Constantine, Carrie and Vonzell. I’m waffling on who the top two should be, but I’ll think we got it very wrong if those aren’t the last four.
Wouldn’t the Kid Rock/Sheryl Crow song “Picture” be a perfect duet for Carrie and Bo?
Scott pisses me off more every week, ugh. Vonzell continues to impress, I’m getting past hating the “c’mon” and forced clapping thing, too. I’m rationalizing that they’re playing to the audience in front of them, who apparently dig those things.
He’s done the barking thing the last couple of weeks.
I think he wants to go home. I was rooting for him early on in the competition, but he’s lost me. The back-talking was awful and embarassing to watch.
My bottom 3 prediction: Scott, Anthony, and Nadia or Anwar.
NO. No one should sing that song, ever.
I’m gonna write something really mean now: Scott’s baby picture was beyond ugly! I don’t think I can stand to watch him for another week.
That being said, I think my Nadia will be waving buh-bye tomorrow nite. What a shame!
But all together, I thought this was a pretty fair night.
Well alrighty then!
Howzabout “Up where we belong” by Joe Cocker and that Jennifer chick?
Warnes.
I’d like to see a duet of Patty Smyth/Don Henley “Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough” or Stevie Nicks/Don Henley “Leather and Lace.” How I choose Don Henley’s only two romantic duets ever, I really don’t know. They’d just work.