You mean Carly? I wouldn’t be surprised to see her go, she’s just not working it out (dawg). And last night’s shoutorama was no exception. My wife commented before Simon did that it seemed like an angry performance. I think Brooke will be the last woman standing.
I’d wager the final two will be David “Every week is inspirational songs week” Archuletta and David “Comb-forward” Cook.
Nothing interested me from this week. I still think David Cook is the best of the lot but he had a bad week for sure. The thing about Cook is whether he wins or not he already has a career ahead of him.
I’ve decided not to watch the special tonight. I’ll watch Wife Swap and Big Brother tonight, but I’ll pick back up tomorrow with the vote-off show.
Sorry, I have to stop reading now so if this is redundant, I apologize.
Jessica Simpson??? OMG, listen to the Robbie Williams version, please. He’s the talented one.
We played the Jason Castro song at my dad’s funeral. And it was playing in the helicopter when I rode over Kauai for the first time. Beautiful, and he did a good job. Good lord, is he adorable or what? When Paula talks to him, he gets this really pained/confused look on his face (“crazy woman, what are you trying to say to me?”). I can’t decide between him or Michael, but one of them will be my husband soon. (yes, old enough to be their mother, I’m sick)
I’m with you. I don’t do telethons, which is pretty much what Idol Gives Back is.
My take:
This is always a hard week to predict. Most of the dross is gone, and it is all about who has the most energized fan base now.
In danger of going home:
MICHAEL JOHNS -
He is competing with David Cook for the “slightly dangerous quasi-rocker” crowd. He messed up in not matching the original, and it really is a stretch to call it inspirational.
SYESHA MERCADO -
She would have been a real contender a few years back - cute, charismatic, good voice - but nobody is doing the 10 octive run Mariah/Whitney thing anymore. And she doesn’t do it as flawlessly as she needs to to pull it off. It was a huge mistake to do a prior “winner’s song”, for 2 reasons: 1) that is the signature song of a performer that has sort of faded away, and 2) she didn’t do it as good. Ah, well.
CARLY SMITHSON -
She’s always been the singer whose personality gotten in the way of her fantastic and skilled performances. She was a great singer that didn’t inspire fans, sort of the anti-Sanjaya. This week showed the kink in her vocal performance, which could be the end for her. She just failed to finish big on “Show must go on”, a song that calls for screaming desperation. SHe just didn’t have it.
Safe, but won’t win -
JASON CASTRO -
OK, but quirky can only get you so far.
KRISTY LEE COOK -
I think she actually pulled up a little bit. She is the one voice for the “Country Crowd”, who is a very powerful voice in AI Land. For the first time she actually may have earned their support. Also, “Anyway” really fit the theme. SHe may be in danger though, because her base may thinks she is safe aqnd sit on their hands (see Chris Daughtry), and the shortened version of “Anyway” had to build too quickly to be really effective.
BROOKE WHITE -
I’m sad she’s in this catagory, because she is my favorite. Carol King is right up her alley, and she sang it well, if not with originality. The problem is that the song and her style is cool, calm and relaxing. AI favors vocal fireworks and loud, powerful endings. Neither Carol or Brooke are suited for that.
Front Runners - in both cases, they don’t deserve to be here, but their fans will carry them past this weak week.
DAVID COOK -
Worst performance yet, and I want him to sing something that the average viewer will know in a style they are familiar with. He can sometimes come accross as “Too Cool For The Show I’m On”. Most likely to win, and then dis the show at every concert thereafter.
DAVID ARCHULETA -
Cute can only take you so far, but it’s likely to take him to the finals.
Yes, I did – thanks for doing the Vulcan mind-meld on me after the edit window closed.
The Lick Those Lips sign…and who was holding it up.
Someone call CPS, stat!
Congratulations, Drain Bead, on being the frontrunner. 
How did you size things up so well so early in the season?
While he’s annoyingly pre-fab seeming to me, I have to grant that he’s more than cute- he really is very talented. I just think he’s far more Broadway than American Idol. I can see his first record selling a gazillion copies though for easy listening fans and for tweeners (“It’s twice the talent of Clay Aiken with none of the raw sexuality [such as it is with Clay, but compared to David he seems like Mick Jagger]!”).
What an odd night. The people who normally hit them out of the ballpark (David Archuleta, Brooke White) were merely meh, 2 delivered their worst performance of the season (David Cook and Carly Smithson), Kristy Lee blew past all of them with her vocals, and my favorite song was accompanied by a ukelele (!). Michael Johns didn’t butcher Aerosmith as much as I thought he would, though one day he’s going to pop an eyeball stretching his voice like that. And Syesha didn’t stink but since I keep forgetting about her, I predict she’ll go home.
*I called in votes for these people, not necessarily because they did great but because I wanted to keep them in the competition. (I suppose it’s the AI equivalent of a pity fuck).
What the heck.
Last night
Overall
David C.
Jason
Carly
Kristy Lee
Brooke
Syesha
David A.
Michael
I kind of liked Annie Lennox doing the Jimmy Cliff song.
Two minutes of entertainment in 1:45 of “Idol Gives Back” so far.
Jimmy Kimmel’s roast of Simon was pretty good, too.
two hours of show, maybe 3 minutes of entertainment.
Who was the girl that sang with Heart?
I’m at work so I can’t watch it til I’m home- has there been a video like the sitcom-starstravaganza Staying Alive one last year?
The girl that sang with Heart was Stacy Ferguson, aka "Fergie "
No video like that so far Sampiro. Maybe later. The star power they bring to this thing is impressive; I imagine it’s due to Simon Fuller’s clout (and who’s gonna say “no”?)
David Archuleta needs to DIAF for screwing up the lyrics to “Seasons of Love.”
When they sang “five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred…” I expected them to sing, “beers on the wall.”
They’re really sexing up the Cyrus girl. Is fifteen legal in Kentucky?
