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Many things can be said about American Idol, but if there is one thing the Fox producers can’t seem to get enough of it’s feeding the American people a steaming pile of corny crapola. Take for instance, last night’s opening. The show begins as the “let’s get ready to rumble” guy introduces the two contestants (who are decked out in Red and Blue boxing garb) like it’s some sort of cage match we’re about to witness. The whole idea of these two guys “duking it out” is really silly considering Archuleta’s oh-so-niceness and Cook’s humble graces.
That’s right… for everybody who bitched at me for poking at David Cook, well, I can’t really apologize because it was all in good fun and that’s what I’m here to do. But I will say that whatever the outcome of this competition, David Cook will outsell Archie’s record sales any day. You all know I love the little guy, but it’s time to think about who is ACTUALLY going to make it in the radio world and it’s definitely in Cook’s favor.
Back to last night’s ‘fight to the death’! Cook comes out with “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” by U2. He sang it with total conviction and seemed determined to make it memorable. I’d love to make a snappy joke here but the dude was excellent. Randy said it was a “great way to start off this duel of 2007″ (apparently Randy doesn’t know what year it is). Paula said “we have found David Cook” which isn’t really saying much of anything. And Simon said it was “very tense, very emotional. I thought it was phenomenal.”
Archuleta’s up next with “Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me”. He starts off sitting on the stairs which automatically makes it memorable. The kid nailed it and really shocked me here. He sang in this tone that he hasn’t even shown on the show before. He gave it all he had so there is much praise for him ahead. Randy goes absolutely wild over it. Tells him he’s got the “crazy hot vocals” which gets Archie all choked up. Paula tells him he brings the sunshine. And Simon said, “I thought last week you were okay. I thought tonight’s performance was the best you’ve done so far.” Simon declares that round one goes to Archuleta.
Can we STOP it with the boxing analogies?? This isn’t that serious!
Round two was a bit different this year as the producers decided that instead of making both contestants sing a really corny, poorly written song submitted by the viewers, the contestants got to choose from a batch of 10 really corny, poorly written songs submitted by the viewers.
David Cook went with “Dream Big” which almost could have been really good if it weren’t for the overly cheesy chorus. It was very Christian-rock-radio which I’m not knocking, but it seemed a little lame for David Cook. Plus there was nothing outstanding about it. It was as generic as they come. Randy said “you sang your face off”, Paula thought it was great and Simon said “the end was okay, you made the most of what you had”. But he didn’t feel like it was a winning moment.
Let’s continue this in the next post, shall we?
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