Stephanie Edwards sang “Why Don’t You Call Me Anymore” (?) by ? I’m not sure, but boy did she open up the show right! Knock out job. Loved her.
Amy Krebs sang “I Can’t Make You Love Me” by Bonnie Raitt and I almost fell asleep in that short minute and a half. Sucked! “Personality of a candle.” Ha!
Leslie Hunt sang “Natural Woman” by Aretha Franklin. Ambitious! She didn’t do a bad job, but you can’t come out with an Aretha song and not knock it out of the park. It was mediocre.
Sabrina Sloan sang “‘I Ain’t Never Gonna Love A Man The Way That I Love You” by Aretha Franklin. She wasn’t bad, but I disagree with the judges saying she was the best so far. There was way too much yelling going on for my liking, but I did like her.
Antonella Barba “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” by Aerosmith. I want to like her since she’s a Jersey Girl! I wanted more from this performance. She was a little off-key in parts and didn’t bring enough punch. I felt so bad for her when the judges rated her, she wanted to cry right there on the stage, but she held it in. She’s gotta do better to stay!
Jordin Sparks sang “Give Me One Reason” by Tracy Chapman. Wow! Loved it. I actually got goosebumps listening to her. She gave a great performance. I really like this girl. Seems like the judges do, too.
Nicole Tranquillo sang something by Chaka Kahn. I’m not sure, but I didn’t like it. Again with the yelling. I don’t understand people who like that style at all. I think she’ll be okay, though, but she definitely should do a different genre next time.
Haley Scarnato sang by “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now” by Celine Dion. Hmmm. The beginning was very scary, but the middle wasn’t bad. I’m not sure she should have picked a Celine Dion song. And I agree with Simon, she needs to pick a younger song – something more fun and upbeat.
Melinda Doolittle sang “Sweet Sweet Baby Since You’ve Been Gone” by Aretha Franklin. Lots of Aretha tonight! Melinda actually did her justice, though, compared to the other girls. They need to take a lesson from her. It’s interesting to see her lack of confidence as a main singer since she’s been a backing vocalist so far in her career. I like this girl. Anyone else notice a weird thing with her neck and head though? What is it? Is it that she doesn’t have a neck?
Alaina Alexander sang “Brass in Pocket” by The Pretenders. Oh my goodness – bad. Real bad. She came no where near Chrissy Hynde. No where. Someone should have told her to pick a different song.
Gina Glocksen sang “All By Myself” by Celine Dion. Again with the Celine Dion songs. She did better than Haley. A lot better. I want to hear her sing different songs, though.
LaKisha Jones sang “You’re Gonna Love Me” by Jennifer Hudson. Whoa. That girl closed the show out!!!! Damn! I have to admit I was highly distracted by her dress, though. Wardrobe needs to get in there, pronto!
So my favorites for tonight are LaKisha, Jordin and Stephanie.
[tags]American Idol, Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, Randy Jackson, reality TV[/tags]
I totally agree with your opinions. Alaina and Antonella were DREADFUL!! *gag* Hayley has a great voice, but unless she changes her style, she’s not right as a pop singer at all! More like a wedding singer, or for Broadway.
Egads I couldn’t stand Antonella…ever since she proclaimed during Hollywood week with her “best friend” that “they could have any guy…believe me, any guy” I just wanted to puke, so it gave me a little satisfaction that she bombed…he he…Jordin Sparks is here from AZ so I’m definitely rooting for her but my ultimate fave and Idol winner I think will be Lakeisha. Gah she was incredible!!
That episode should be on our PVR list, so I look forward to watching it after reading your views.
I cannot abide the “scream your pipes out” style of singing that somehow became the norm and an excuse for “good” singing. I blame Whitney Houston and Mariah and Celine; they took yelling to abominable heights. Streisand was one of the original screamers, but love her or hate her, she had a voice that carried it off. And Aretha, of course. High notes, but CLASSY. None of these girls with their weirdly spelled goddman Egyptian queens names can hold a candle to the originals.
hey for all its worth i thought you did great
Wow, you have an amazing blog! I found your blog from My Blog Log and just love it. Where did you get the great theme?
I actually wrote all the names down of the girls I liked while I was watching the show, and Stephanie, Jordin, and Lakisha all have stars by their names :)