[Speed Gibson,
Wednesday March 19, 2008 at 8:13pm]
American Idol - 11 Finalists
I just finished watching last night's competition, with minutes to go before the results show. I know, it should obviously be Kristy Lee Cook going home tonight. And yet, Brooke White might have found a way to keep Kristy on another week. Brooke's act was silly and thin, with a "whooo!" tossed in. Her big mistake was stepping on Simon's lines, trying to parry his comments. She just didn't look right on stage at all, and she's my pick to go tonight.
Best of the night was David Cook, despite the guitar, despite the voice box, his best to date. Runner up was David Archuleta
I'll give Amanda, Carly, Jason, Syesha, and Chikeze a "B" for tonight. I like how Amanda works the stage. Carly gets a big plus for not tagging Blackbird with a big ending note. Jason and Michelle seemed a good fit, though Paula pegged it when she said it had a polka beat at times. Syesha is too young for a reflective song like "Yesterday" but she always seems to have the talent to power through such problems. Chikezie went to the well too soon, but it was still entertaining.
Near bottom was Ramiele as usual, ruining one of my favorite John Lennon vocals, but that said, sucked less than usual. Her hat kept throwing shadows over her eyes. With her was Michael Johns, who sort of had the right idea but Simon was right, ulitimately a mess, too complicated a song to do in 90 seconds. I wouldn't mind if either of them went.
AMERICA VOTED: Doug was pretty much right again, though we both had picked Brooke by different reasoning. As for Amanda, it had to happen sometime; she was never going to be a contender. Carly got a wake-up call while Ramiele was safe in the dog pound? Justice must wait at least another week.
Best of the night was David Cook, despite the guitar, despite the voice box, his best to date. Runner up was David Archuleta
I'll give Amanda, Carly, Jason, Syesha, and Chikeze a "B" for tonight. I like how Amanda works the stage. Carly gets a big plus for not tagging Blackbird with a big ending note. Jason and Michelle seemed a good fit, though Paula pegged it when she said it had a polka beat at times. Syesha is too young for a reflective song like "Yesterday" but she always seems to have the talent to power through such problems. Chikezie went to the well too soon, but it was still entertaining.
Near bottom was Ramiele as usual, ruining one of my favorite John Lennon vocals, but that said, sucked less than usual. Her hat kept throwing shadows over her eyes. With her was Michael Johns, who sort of had the right idea but Simon was right, ulitimately a mess, too complicated a song to do in 90 seconds. I wouldn't mind if either of them went.
AMERICA VOTED: Doug was pretty much right again, though we both had picked Brooke by different reasoning. As for Amanda, it had to happen sometime; she was never going to be a contender. Carly got a wake-up call while Ramiele was safe in the dog pound? Justice must wait at least another week.