American Idol Season 7

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 The second half began as the magnificent Brooke White sang “Let It Be” at a piano.  This girl rules!  Simon called it a “brilliant choice of song”, said her performance was very believable and praised her for having 3 weeks of great performances in a row.  Go Brooke!

David Hernandez sang “I Saw Her Standing There”.  It was good.  He was dancing all over and seemed to get out of breath at one point.  He had a big finish with all kinds of runs.  Randy told him that there was too much going on so he was a little lost from the jump.  Paula says she loves his voice but thinks he overdid it.  Simon said, “no no no” and that it was “corny verging on desperate”.  I don’t think it was as bad as the judges made it out to be.  It almost seems like since the stripper news hit the airwaves that the judges are trying to get him booted off the show.  I could be wrong though.

Amanda Overmeyer blew me away tonight.  She looked incredible and she sounded awesome!  It’s about time, Amanda!  She rocked it out to “You Can’t Do That”.  It was definitely the best performance I’ve seen her do.  Randy said “that is the true mark of great songs” and that she “rocked it in a southern bar sort of way”.  Paula says she is a star up there.  And Simon didn’t think it was as good as last week but called her a “breath of fresh air”.

And then came Michael Johns.  He did “Across The Universe” tonight which is one of my favorite songs.  It was no where near as good as the original.  In fact, I haven’t really cared for Michael’s performances in a while.  It’s a shame because the guy can really sing.  Randy wasn’t crazy about it.  Paula thought it was a brilliant performance.  Simon agreed with Randy and said it was good but not good enough.

Kristy Lee Cook is becoming the queen of trainwrecks on Idol.  She has got to go!  Tonight she sang “8 Days A Week” and the arrangement was absolutely terrible.  I mean the music sounded so hectic and the tempo didn’t work with the melody.  It was a mess!  Randy’s thoughts? -  ”half of me likes it, half of me didn’t like it.” Paula didn’t enjoy it and flat out told her she “didn’t get it”.  And Simon “thought it was horrendous” and that she “sounded like Dolly Parton on helium”.  He called it a “very brave but probably foolish thing to do.”

David Archuleta closed out the show but tonight he didn’t bring all the energy and star quality as usual.  He sang “We Can Work It Out” and it was good but it couldn’t top his previous performances.  Paula told him that if he makes a mistake he needs to make sure that the audience doesn’t know about it in the future.  Simon said it was his weakest performance this season.

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