American Idol Season 7

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And now on to the other 3 contestants….

David Cook, despite how much I don’t like him, did a very nice job of both songs last night.  Seems he’s getting a little less cocky and a little more serious about the competition now.   Either that or well, the judges and audiences alike are totally cheering him on.  He’s had one too many “you could win this” pats on the back and so I guess it’s gone to his head but he’s trying to suppress it now.  But hey, he can sing.  So I’ll give the guy credit for that.

David Archuleta picked some horrible songs last night.  “Coming To America”?  REALLY?  Could it GET any more annoying than that?  The judges seemed to think it was a wise choice but honestly, let’s can all these patriotic songs, okay?  Unlike Kristy Lee Cook however, David’s song choice didn’t seem to be a cheap ploy to get votes.  It was just nauseating.  But I’m still a loyal fan.  He just knows how to choose some cheesy tunes.

And finally, Syesha Mercado in a pretty purple dress, barefoot and singing her guts out.  Good for her!  She may not be the BEST singer Idol’s ever had but the girl has been putting it out there week after week and she deserves to be in the top 3.  Her first song was very classy and her second reminded me of something Beyonce would do or something straight out of the movie Dreamgirls.  She’s good though.  Really good.

Simon’s last words were that he thinks Syesha is going to be in trouble this week just because things are narrowing down so much.  Honestly, I think he just said it to keep her in there.  He needed to give America a reason to push to vote her to the top.  We’ll see if it worked tonight.

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So the top five Idol contestants have been whittled down to David Archuleta, Jason Castro, David Cook, Syesha Mercado and Brooke White.  Last night, these kids got to sing not one - but TWO Neil Diamond songs.

In my opinion, the show was a train wreck this week and I think that’s really saying something about the producers.  I guess they figure they’ve got a number one show and they can afford to do whatever they want to do.  And it’s not like these contestants are terrible singers but come on now - these are the TOP 5 singers in America???

Where have all the Melinda DooLittle’s gone?

Okay, so Ryan Seacrest tells us that they’re going to sing and be judged after their second performance.  Different, but alright.  And then they each perform and the judges give their opinions anyway.  It seemed like there was some kind of mix up from the get-go.

Anyhow… the competition is quickly coming to a close and since that’s the case, let’s just get real about this.  Jason Castro needs to go.  End of story.  I like him but he doesn’t even seem to care that he’s on the show.  It almost seems like he’s purposely trying to get himself kicked off.  His facial expressions are ones of “yeeeeah, I know I sucked.  Oh well.”

Brooke White’s “I’m a Believer” last night was as Simon put it, “a nightmare”.  You know I’m a fan but seriously, Brooke??  Why would you do this to us?  That performance was horrible.  Her second song was much better as she seems to shine behind the piano.  But… as much as I’m a fan, the girl has got to go.

I’ll get to the next three contestants in the next post, but first… let’s go back to the judges for a moment.  After all 5 performers sang their first song, Ryan Seacrest asked the judges to comment on everybody.  Randy quickly ran through his thoughts and then on to Paula Abdul.

Here’s where the show went WAY down hill.

Paula tells Jason Castro what she thinks about his first song and then starts going into how he did on his second song.  HUH?  Ryan is panicking, the contestants are all completely speechless and wide-eyed, trying to remain calm on camera, Simon and Randy are listening to Paula with dread on their faces… finally, Randy speaks up and politely tells Paula that they are only judging on song #1.  And then Paula gets confused and says she thought that Jason had performed two songs.

How embarrassing!  …. So we cut Paula short, head to Simon and speed into a commercial break.  Talk about hilarity.

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