American Idol Season 7

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Last night marked the end of the road for Chikeze Eze.  Kristy Lee Cook managed to squeak by yet again - drats!  Syesha Mercado seems to be having a very tough time coming up with enough votes to lock her into the competition.  She did an amazing job this week and it still wasn’t enough to keep her out of the bottom 3.  Apparently America just doesn’t think she’s good enough.  Either that or Kristy is just easier on the eyes.  Whichever it is, it is not looking good for Syesha and I predict she will be booted off in the next 2 weeks. 

 Jason Castro was also in the bottom 3 this week.  I guess it’s time for him to either start packing or get working on wowing the judges.  He needs to do something spectacular if he wants to continue his ride with Idol. 

Anyway, Chikeze left the Idol stage last night so you know what that means - no more salmon suits, calculator wrist bands and Barry White impersonations.  Shucks!  He had a good run but I’ll bet he is kicking himself for going with such a dreadful song this week.  Guess you can’t win ‘em all!

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Michael Johns needs to get off the stage!  Okay so his Queen medley last night wasn’t the worst thing in the world but seriously dude, you need to just go already.  His performance was pretty decent and then at the end he tried to hit notes that were no where near his range of capability. 

David Archuleta picked a strange song I’ve never even heard of before called “You’re the Voice.”  While it started off kind of so-so it actually was very nicely done.  The catchy melody in the chorus made him shine.  Like Randy said, David manages to take songs that are pretty lifeless and turn them into gold. 

Brooke White sang and played piano to the Police classic, “Every Breath You Take.”  The first half was absolutely amazing.  Brooke is wonderful when she sticks to her guns and does everything solo.  The trouble came in during the second half as cheesy backup singers and the band chimed in to build the song.  It just didn’t work out very well.  But you know what?   This girl is going to go places as a solo artist. 

I hate to say this but HATS OFF TO DAVID COOK!  He completely blew me away with a very different arrangement of “Billie Jean.”  After seeing this performance I really think he has a chance of winning the competition now.  I know, that’s a pretty bold statement!  Let’s not get too carried away though.  I can’t stand David’s personality.  There is something incredibly fake about him.  It just seems like he tries to emulate other artists too much and his attitude is way too cocky to really get too far.  But we’ll see. 

Oh brother - Kristy Lee Cook is back again.  Somehow she keeps surviving from getting booted off the show every week.  The female Sanjaya decided to go with “God Bless the USA” last night which pretty much seemed like a desperate attempt to get America to vote for her.  I guess she figures if she pulls out a patriotic song then Americans will get sentimental and ignore the fact that she sucks.  Oops, did I say that out loud?

Let’s see… tonight is the results show and I’m hoping that if Kristy doesn’t finally get the axe then maybe Michael Johns will be on his way out the door.  However, I’m not so sure that Carly, Jason and Chikeze are safe.  Syesha hasn’t been getting as many votes but hopefully her stellar performance will keep her out of the bottom 3.

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 Well tonight’s results show was a bit of a disappointment.  Which contestants were in the bottom 3? 

Carly Smithson, Kristy Lee Cook and Amanda Overmeyer

Carly was shocked when Ryan announced that she was safe.  But come on now, she can actually sing.  It shouldn’t have come as such a surprise for her. 

My fingers were crossed as it got down to Amanda and Kristy.  Kristy has successfully slithered out of being booted off the show so many times now that I lost count.  Please, Ryan… tell me that Kristy is getting kicked off… pretty please?

She is STILL safe!  How on Earth is this even possible?  She’s like the female Sanjaya.  She just won’t go away!

Amanda Overmeyer ended her run with American Idol with dignity.  She didn’t cry, didn’t seem jealous.  She is a very humble lady and I respect her for that.  Granted, her vocals weren’t great all the time but I think we may see more of her in another field down the road.  Maybe as an entertainment news anchor or something.  Amanda performed “Back in the USSR” again to close the show.

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Tonight’s Idol was 2 hours of more Beatles tunes. How did the contestants do this time around?

Well Amanda Overmeyer performed “Back in the USSR” and while the beginning was a bit iffy, she managed to pull everything off from the middle to the end. Randy said the beginning was pitchy and Simon told her that if she doesn’t watch it she is “in danger of becoming a bit boring.”

Kristy Lee Cook looked terrible tonight in a glittery black dress with hooker boots. This time she “showed off” her lower range, probably to avoid being compared to Dolly Parton on helium again. She did “You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away” and it was absolutely horrible, no other way around it. Randy told her she was not emotional enough. Paula didn’t like it but told her “this is the best you’ve ever looked”. Come on Paula. Stop lying about it. Simon compared her to musical wallpaper – you see it but you don’t remember it. She said she was having fun but it really didn’t show. She didn’t even seem like she wanted to be on stage tonight.

David Archuleta came back tonight with “The Long and Winding Road.” Randy said he played it a little safe but did a nice job. Paula called him wonderful and Simon said “I thought you were amazing”. He pointed out that the performance was “a masterclass.”

Michael Johns is really getting on my nerves. His performances all seem the same to me. Tonight he did a little better than usual however. Really belted it out so I have to give him credit for that. I just wish he would do something else with his hands. His body language is very annoying week after week.

Alright, David Cook. You got me. Your version of “Day Tripper” was actually really cool. I haven’t been a big fan of yours but the arrangement on this song tonight was awesome and you really pulled it off. Nice going. Randy said it was another solid performance. Paula said he’s ready to go sell records. Simon said he looked a little bit smug throughout and he’s lost his element of surprise.

I totally missed Brooke White’s performance tonight! Drats!!

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Tonight was 80s night on American Idol for the top 8 guys.

Luke Menard should really just get a clue and get gone already. He actually went with Wham!’s “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” which was just as bad as the original. This guy has absolutely no radio-quality whatsoever. He scooped up to one high note that just made me cringe. Randy said he was ahead of the song’s timing in parts and it was corny but alright. Paula was surprised that he chose that song and wondered why he didn’t come out in those legendary George Michael short shorts.

David Archuleta did yet another great job tonight with “Another Day in Paradise”. He played piano for the first half of the song which was awesome to see. Randy said it was an interesting song choice that didn’t show off all his vocals but it was nice. Paula calls him perfect. And Simon said he wasn’t as good as last week. Then he warned David to stay away from performing too many gloomy songs.

Danny Noriega keeps getting more annoying every week. I liked him at first but my opinion has slowly been changing each week (if you haven’t already noticed). His version of “Tainted Love” was a combination of rock and androgyny. Simon called it “completely useless” and hated it all. I can’t say I disagree. The judges were yacking away when Paula mentioned something totally off-subject about chicken wings. Seriously, what is she smoking?

I’m sure you’ve all heard the news by now that David Hernandez used to be a stripper in a gay club. Does anybody really find that surprising? The Idol folks say they are not going to disqualify him which doesn’t make much sense seeing as how others have been booted out before for having similar pasts.

Despite all that, David did a really dramatic performance of “It’s All Coming Back To Me” and all I could really think about was whether or not the song was a tribute to his stripper days. Paula made a few comments that I construed as a dig at the whole situation, “I feel like you’re getting into your groove here” and “you’re a really good performer”. Well naturally somebody who used to strip knows how to put on a good show!!

Anyway, here’s his performance;

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It must be hard to be on stage and know you are up to be knocked out.And it must be even harder to contain the disappointment after you know you are not going any further.

You see, the reason I say this is because of what happened tonight.

Now, if you didn’t watch tonight’s episode, then you probably don’t know who was knocked out of American Idol 7. And if you don’t want to know, then stop reading now. I don;t wanna spoil it for you.

Anyway, tonight we see Alaina lose it when she loses and almost refuses to sing. I don’t know about you, but I felt really sad for her. I know she wasn’t the best talent and her song choice was all wrong for her, but to see her sort of cry and stuff made it a little sad.

Lucky we got Paula there to make things all rosey again.

… And even Simon chipped in too.

Anyway, there were 3 others who won’t be going on. And if you want to watch what happened, here are a few clips for you.

Enjoy 

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