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My apologies for the late post! Did you guys watch Idol last night? Here’s what I thought of it (the contestants are in no particular order - I am going by memory, folks!)
The theme for last night’s show was songs from the year they were born. So it was mostly popular 80’s hits and some were definitely better than others.
Can I just take a moment before I start to say - What was Paula wearing??? I guess she’s trying to hide some trackmarks with those gloves. I don’t know, seems a little suspicious to me. She seemed either drunk or high on drugs all night.
Ramiele Malubay did a terrible job of “Alone”. She was incredibly pitchy and I just couldn’t get over how bad it was. Ramiele looked astounding although those 80’s style shorts weren’t really too sexy. Randy put it to her straight and told her it wasn’t good. But my opinion changed a little when Paula commended her for her performance despite being really sick. Well… if Ramiele was sick then I have to retract my previous statements and say that she had a good excuse for sounding like a train wreck.
Jason Castro, the birthday boy did Sting’s “Fragile”. He has a good handle on being sweet and even sort of soulful when he sings but as much as I like him I think his performances are really starting to get old quickly. Jason needs to do something else if he wants to stay alive in the competition and the judges agree.
Carly Smithson attempted to do a nice job of “Total Eclipse of the Heart” but wow did she miss the mark! She seemed WAY too into it and it even verged on sounding angry. I don’t know what she was thinking but it really didn’t work out for her. What I don’t understand is that she has such a great voice but she doesn’t really know how to use it. Her song choices never really seem to show off her skills.
Chikeze Eze looked pretty fly last night but boy does he need to stay away from these boring, corny love songs!! Everything about his performance was atrocious. I actually felt pretty embarrassed for him especially when he touched the hands of the screaming girls in the crowd. It was equally terrible as he hit some really low notes at the end. I guess it was supposed to be sexy? Seemed like a total gimmick to me.
Syesha Mercado blew me away with “If I Was Your Woman.” This was by far her best performance yet. She nailed it. The emotion and effort put forth was incredible so props to Syesha for a job well done! The judges loved the song although I do agree with what Simon said about how she probably pushed her limits and doesn’t really have much else to work with vocally. The girl is talented but let’s face it - she’s no Melinda Doolittle.
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