AI - The Top 8 Girls

Hey all. Jennifer Husdson always acts like Simon never liked her. They showed clips on Access Hollywood where he was praising her over and over again. Funny how folks re-write history in their minds. Anyway, on to tonight’s show. I am actually looking forward to the girls, don’t disappoint me!!!

Up first, Jordan Sparks. No sparkle for me in that performance. The background singers outsung her. And then used the echo device at the end?!? Mic was CLEARLY away from her face. Party foul! It was electrifying but not her best performance at all. I agree with Randy, some girls on their worst performance are better than the boys on their best.

Sabrina. She sounded really nasally tonight. This song is hard to sing because it’s a group song. All the parts blending together make the song what it is. I question her song choice. Not at this stage of the game, not smart. The song was boring even though she tried to liven it up.

Antoinella – Go home! Go home! Go home! Just have enough self respect and quit. Some have quit because they think they can do better (i.e. Mario Vazquez, from Season 4 – he got into top 12 and then dropped out to pursue his own music career. Yeah, I barely remember him too!) but for you sweetheart, just go home. Simon was great on his review. He was speaking the truth. The problem of course is because Simon said what he said, she is going to get the sympathy votes. Only hurts her because as good people get dropped and she stays, folks are going to start hating and make “joke” death threats (i.e. John Stevens – the young redhead from Season 3).

Haley – she is not bad, just not memorable. She doesn’t have a hook. She is like a good presidential candidate running at a time when the field has many good candidates. It’s like, she can sing, but so what?

Stephanie. Love her, but BAD song choice. It is a hard song to sing because Mary J. Blige has done such a great job with it. Mary J is a fast singer who can stay in pitch. And she was doing more that version then Chaka’s version. I think it was enough to get her in but she has got to be careful.

Lakisha- there you go girl! YOU can do Whitney. She has got to stick with the big voice, big range artists. I liked it because she is able to sing big songs and bring it down softly as well. Great control of her voice. The band was off though and a little too loud in places. I listened again with my eyes closed. You can really hear the difference. Auntie and momma need to sit their swap meet, picture on t-shirt butts down. At least Lakisha maintains her decorum without any obvious home training. Yeah, I’m one of those uppity Blacks.

Gina - Great song choice for her! I think her best performance. It was really good. She has great voice. Her outfit, song, performance-All good!

Okay. Melinda is my girl. No doubt! But she has to sing something that was written within the last 20 years. Please. I think she might start to date herself. She can sing, she has style and class, but I am afraid it’s going to be lost on the target population of American Idol which is 16-24. She is a star with or without this show. She is absolutely a pro and only needed this show for the wide range exposure. Puffy, Jay Z, where you at?

Re-watching the previews, Antoinella and Haley should go home. But as I said, folks are stupid and it will end up being Haley and Stephanie/Jordan. I plan to be screaming because they got it right or kicking the tv in because they got it wrong. Simon, use your power and fix the vote. PLEASE!!!