2 hours!!!! They are going to milk this with a lot of useless banter. This is when the hate for Ryan Seacrest really begins to grow! All his lame jokes, snide comments and preening at the camera. I will try to stay strong.
Rudy Cardenas- Song fit his voice. I just hated it. But based only on vocals, it was ok. Not the future American Idol, show filler. But I like him and he should stay another week. I DON’T like the Simon bashing from the start.
Brandon Rogers - This was the first time I saw him as a cutie pie. But the song was not good. It didn’t fit. He is not a falsetto. He was hitting wrong notes like a prize fighter. They are reinforcing the image of AI being just karaoke! He should get the votes to try again next week.
Sundance Head – Sundance! This is an insult to Tommy who was sent home instead of him. It was boring, boring, boring. Sympathy clap in there somewhere. I will accept an alternative song, but it has to be done well. If he gets another change, its because of the beard. Even Paula gave him a negative review.
Paul Kim – Music was louder than him. Again karaoke. The boys so far are not doing so well. His parents even seemed bored. That note was baaaaad. You don’t have to encourage people to clap and get into it, they will automatically if they are good. I agree, the bare feet is a little gimmicky.
Chris Richardson – I like him. But he has to work on his stage presence. The hip hop bounce doesn’t fit into everything. It was distracting. He could have picked a better song. He started to get into it, but then it ended. Maybe it was a little of the arrangement as well. Definitely better than the others. It wasn’t THAT bad. Is that the best we can say about a future idol?
Nick Pedro – I liked him last year. Safe song. It was ok. Enough for him to stay. I think he is a good guy and that will take him far.
Blake Lewis – Please don’t beat box anymore. You don’t need it. He is really good. Even with the clapping messing up the rhythm. He started to get a little nervous towards the end. I liked it that he can do both contemporary and hip hop.
Sanjaya Malakar – Mr. Grins. He’s sister is trying to sabotage him with that song. That song could not have been slower. He needs practice singing with a band. He could have really did well with that song if he hand some humpf! Not sure he has it, but if he gets through, he better find it.
Chris Sligh – HE IS THE NEXT IDOL!!!! Stage presence, voice, humor, energy. Took a risk with that song. I agree with Randy about speed being off and he seemed to be almost out of breath. I also agree with Simon that vocally he is not the absolute best, but I definitely think he can grow in this competition. Low blows everywhere. Again, I don’t like the talking back to Simon. Take his criticism and move on. The more you harp on it and challenge him the lower he goes and longer it takes. I agree with Simon, Ryan always makes it uncomfortable! I hate him. And he is really pushing it. And the comment about the Teletubbies, proves that Simon knows how to make a lot of money! No matter what he is hawking. Chris’ lack of humility kind lowered my opinion of him.
Jared Cotter – He seemed a little nasal to me. Really illustrates how good the original artists are. He was off key throughout the song. Would have done better to doing an R. Kelly song.
AJ Tabaldo – Good performance. Dated, but good vocally. I didn’t think I liked him. But I do. Great energy.
Phil Stacey – What the hell is he singing?!? Bad song choice. A song only a mother can love. Picking up. He can do a lot better if he had a better song. He started to sound a little like Michael Bolton towards the end.
The judges and are agreeing left and right. They need to do better at song choice, more current songs, more energy and stay calm. So the top guys were Chris, AJ, Blake, Phil (chorus saved him) and the bottom were Sundance, Sanjaya, Paul. Everyone else was somewhere in the middle. I will be voting for Brandon, Nick, Jared and Sanjaya. It think they definitely can do better and deserve to do better tomorrow. The girls better come with it tomorrow. C-ya!
