God help us all, Conny’s the King. Elvis has been dethroned.
This was the most boring, pathetic snoozefest I’ve ever seen on AI. Dumb, dumb song choices.
Except for Constantine. He sent chills through me. Honest to goodness chills. I’ve never enjoyed any performance on this show as much as this one. Then again, I have a special connection to that song.
Best performance~ Constantine, Nikko, Bo and Nadia
Best singing~ Carrie, Vonzell and Anwar
Should go home~ Scott or Anthony
Who might go~ Anwar or Nadia
When Anwar’s right on, it’s a beautiful thing to behold, his voice is rich and smooth and buttah. I used to grudgingly give Scott props in the beginning, but he’s been nasally and straining and all over the place the last three performances. Rich buttery-sounding Anwar and powerful big-voiced Nadia have had a few missteps but corrected this week, both of them are just more pleasant and interesting to listen to than Scott or Anthony.
I found everyone but Vonz, Const, Nad and Anw excruciating. I did not really enjoy Musical Night.
Pack your bags, Scott. Between that performance and the whole domestic violence thing, you’re going home.
[soapbox] I don’t understand how they can let him continue on. It’s almost like the Powers That Be said domestic violence is OK (which we all know that it is not). For crying out loud, they let Frenchy from Season One go because they were worried about “image.” At least she didn’t BREAK THE LAW! [/soapbox]
For the record, I voted for Connie (I just love him), Anwar (he’s got a great smile, and he’s a teacher), and Bo (who will probably win).
Hey, my spoiler was dead on.
The only song I didn’t know was Bo’s.
Anwar finally sounded in key to me! But I didn’t really like him singing that song. That’s a beautiful love song. He oversang it. But still so much better than he’s sounded to me since auditions.
Will he sing Rent :dubious:
Easy, there, Biggirl ! 
He is pretty hot looking though.
He did GREAT and I’m with you that it wasn’t random. IMO, it was PERFECT for him! I had never heard it before either, but loved the performance.
AFed sucked so bad tonight. I missed Scott Savol’s performance but don’t let anyone tell you it’s because I’m a Harry Potter geek and was re-reading the 4th book and lost track of the time because that’s not what happened, no, not at ALL.
Oh, here’s one more thing I’d like to say about Bo. He doesn’t need to have one of those big showy long notes - he’s never done one. His talent, I think, speaks for itself.
You missed nothing at all, unless you like bad singing.
I wish the contestants were given more time to sing their songs. Especially tonight, the heart was cut out of many of the songs to make them fit the time allowed. At least half the commercials are promos for other Fox shows, not money makers. Why not cut out a couple of the promos for Pamela Anderson’s obnoxious doomed show and instead allow the singers a bit more time to hit their stride?
I totally agree! Scott was all “pitchy.” Constantine and the orchestra were performing two different songs. It made my ears bleed. Anwar looked cheesier than Constantine. Bo was Meh. Vonzell? I hate Barbra Streisand. Ergo, I hated Vonzell’s version of the famous Babs song. Anthony? A non-entity. Nikko. Icko! I don’t like Carrie, either, and she was really, really bland tonight singing her really, really bland song. And I don’t think Nadia was comfortable with “As Long as He Needs Me.” But she looked nice. Who should go home? Scott. I have no idea who WILL go home.
Constantine was the best tonight. I have to say. Good song choice, good arrangement. Perhaps a bit too clever for this show. It’s also just about the only song I like, although I don’t hate the one from West Side Story or the one Anthony sang when it’s not sung by Anthony.
Nadia had flashes of brilliance tonight.
Carrie is a doll. Don’t understand all the hate.
Bo was dull again. Professional, but dull. His song choices kill it for me. He has the best voice. He just doesn’t sing songs I care to hear.
Nikko is starting to bug me.
Anwar bores me. He’s a music teacher, not an Idol.
Vonzell is peaking now. I don’t expect much more from her.
Scott sucks and needs to go. Anthony sucks and needs to go. Either one this week would make me happy.
You must be kidding. “Corner of the Sky” is arguably the best song from a show in the entire of musical theatre. I love Stephen Schwartz! It was Bo that messed it up (the tempo was wrong, he forgot the words multiple times, and got other words wrong…)
I don’t know how I got sucked into watching this season and quite honestly I’m not sure how much longer I’m going to last. It’s not the questionable singing, the stupid “commercials” or Seacrest (well, maybe a little bit of Ryan.) It’s the damn “judges”.
There might as well just be a cardboard cut-out of Paula with a string out the back they can pull when it’s her turn to comment. “I’m proud of you. I think I love you. That was incredible.” It’s amazing to me this woman had a career in the music business when she can overlook so many blatantly mediocre performances.
Randy…okay, I admit, I’ve no clue about this man or what “credentials” he had to become a judge but “yo, dog” does get old. He seems to be a bit tone deaf himself though he is a little bit more willing to be critical of a performance (when it hits him upside the head).
Simon is the only one willing to be honest and speak his mind and he takes the heat for it. Yeah, so he’s a jerk sometimes but I think a lot of what he says can be taken as constructive criticism. Some of these singers could improve. Some of them are flat and “pitchy”. Some of them (especially three or more of the guys) do start off poorly and think a glory note at the end of the song redeems them (the idiots in the audience certainly think so if they cheering is any indication. Just because a note is sung LOUD doesn’t make that singer GOOD but that’s a whole 'nother rant. 
). But whenever he starts to offer a dissenting position, Paula butts in with her drunken or drugged comments. It was slightly amusing in the beginning but now it’s just become annoying.
So, why do I watch it? IMO, there are one or two really good singers (Bo and Carrie and sometimes Vonzell) who give consistently good performances and I’m curious to see how it all ends.
Guess I am just a sheep after all.
Disclaimer - I’m not a professional musician. I’m not even a good singer. But I do think I have a pretty good ear and some of the performances tonight were very poor.
I’m pretty sure Scott will be going tomorrow, but this is American Idol, so who knows?
I think Vonzell was the best of the night, and I actually found Constantine’s performance quite good too. How odd is that?
I think the top three would be: Nadia, Vonzell, Constantine(oh well…)
Bottom three: Anthony(He’s just been disappointing me), Scott and Nikko(I doubt he’d be there though. I just had to choose a third).
Those arrangements were unusually horrible tonight, and when the arrangement was okay they chopped the life out of the songs to the point where they made no sense.
Speaking as someone who saw Man of La Mancha original cast early in its first run, Scott singing Impossible Dream tonight was just…no. Even if he’d been in tune it was still insipid and dull as dishwater.
Nadia has one habit that I really noticed tonight that will probably forever drive me crazy now: Every single line she sings that starts with a vowel, she sticks an H in front of it. “H-I believe,” “H-are we,” etc. Sloppy and irritating. It made it hard for me to notice anything else about her performance.
I think A-Fed or Scott will go home. Probably Scott, since I notice they gave him opening graveyard position (random my ass) to make sure he was most forgettable tonight, after his little indiscretions broke this week. 
Top 3 in order:
Constantine - great rendition of a classic
Vonzell - powerful voice & wow factor
Nadia - in control all the way
Others:
Carrie - boring but decent voice for sure
Anwar - must have a student that sings with more power
Bo - rocker, rocker, rocker
Nikko - enigma wrapped in a mystery
Scott - grating vibrato guy
Anthony - karaoke time
Are we supposed to believe, as Ryan was implying, that the contestants were completely unfamiliar with any of the shows their songs came from? How serious can they be about music if that’s the case?
Scott: Blah as usual. Will be an ironic singout if it comes to that. As for the DV thing, it’s not affecting my voting, because I already wasn’t voting for him, and tonight didn’t inspire me to regret that.
Constantine: That was a bizarre arrangement, like John Tesh was going to sing it. Still, I agree with Randy. Has anyone on AI ever changed gears so thoroughly and so well? That said, I’m still not voting for him, because he doesn’t appeal to me, but I understand why he appeals to some. Oh, and Ryan? That “thing” Constantine does—it’s called an eye-fuck.
Carrie: Loved the soundbite before the performance, wherein she all but admitted that she panicks when she can’t sing C/W. Didn’t like it. Yes, she can sing, but she brings nothing to the performance. Word on what Simon said: she took what’s supposed to be a poignant song and made it sound like she was selling soap*.
Vonzell: Awesome. Just awesome. I’m gonna be pissed if she gets voted off any time soon. Really, I think she could win, but I fear that she can’t surpass Bo and can’t overcome the Carrie pimping.
Anthony: Dude, why don’t you just get your name officially changed to Clay Aiken II and be done with it.
Nikko: Smooth, very smooth. I felt like he was wavering on the verge of going out of tune, but he never did. Wish they’d left out the female singer, though. Also, I think he sent a signal to fans! His cousin or somebody said that he was going to tip his glasses to us, and he did, while Ryan was deintroducing him!
Anwar: That was good; another interesting interpretation. Incidentally, I’ve seen the personal ad that’s the source of the “bats for the other team” rumors, and I’m not 100% convinced it’s him. Just because, I think we’ve all had the experience of seeing a photo that we’d swear was someone we knew, but it was a total stranger. That said, the revelation, if it is one, is not affecting my voting either.
Bo: Well, I don’t know the song, so I don’t know how he might have changed it up. Good performance, but I’m starting to wonder if he really can win this thing. The winner should be a jack of all trades, not a master of one. (Although TIAB was a fantastic performance without being “rock”.)
Nadia: Mmm, vampy! But was she going sour on that last note?
Scott or Anthony to leave tomorrow night.
*And WHY does everyone act like he’s speaking a foreign language? Washing powder, soap powder, detergent, whatever. Figure it out from context, and it’s not that important anyway. He doesn’t need a translator! Zheesh!
Feh – I just noticed on preview that my husband is logged in and I’m feeling too lazy to log out and redo this post, so I’ll just say up front that this is being posted by Shayna…
Unless he has a double out there, it does indeed look to be true .
Best of the night were Constantine and Nadia. Carrie is amazingly beautiful and talented, but that song really sucked. She should’ve done “I could’ve danced all night.” Nikko should’ve done “Hello, Dolly!” Scott and Anthony were the worst. I vote for Anthony to get off my TV.
