We’ve got a star-studded show lined up tonight with the launch of the new charity project “Idol Gives Back”. For the first 50 million calls, News Corp will donate $.10 per call, plus there are other sponsors who have made donations, as well. And, most importantly, my most beloved Bono is mentoring the contestants tonight. OMG! Chills. All songs tonight will be “Songs that Inspire”.
Chris Richardson is singing “Change The World” by Eric Clapton. This is a great song, and I think might be a good song choice for him. Let’s see. Uh, well if he could sing in tune, it might have been a good song choice. Wow, he is all over the place with this! And wait a minute – where is the footage of Bono mentoring Chris? What the hell? The song got a little better once Chris stood up, but I still hated it. And the judges do not agree with me – even Simon. Oh well, I stand by my opinion. And what in the world happened to Simon’s shirt button? Who is he showing all that man cleavage to? Weirdo.
Melinda Doolittle is up next singing “There Will Come A Day” by Faith Hill. I tried something different tonight and listened to her from another room, not intentionally, but nevertheless – and she sounded just incredible, as usual. Once I got back in the room, I saw that she looked awesome, too! Way to go, girl. Oddly enough, the huge conglomerate of a necklace doesn’t draw attention to her lack of a neck, in fact, I think it does the opposite. Interesting. But, again, no Bono. I’m starting to get a little pissed now.
Next up is Blake Lewis (my honey!) singing “Imagine” by John Lennon. I bet Bono loved that he chose this song – ha! (Bono hates this song, for the record.) However, this is one of my favorite songs, so Blake sticks to being in tune with me. We are soul mates, I’m telling you, people. Blake just sat there and sang, and very prettily, I might add. He could have used the falsetto a bit more, I think he was weak in that area. Overall, I liked it, though. Still no Bono. I’m about to jump through my TV screen.
And now we have LaKisha Jones singing “I Believe” by Fantasia. I’m scared of her boobs. Seriously. I thought they were going to reach out and touch me. Her weird mouth thing is really starting to bug me, too. I need to leave the room and not watch her like I did with Melinda, maybe. I didn’t love it. And neither did the judges, even if Randy and Paula had a hard time expressing themselves. Again with the no Bono. Not even in the Africa clips and we all know how often he is over there – they couldn’t get him on film anywhere?
The scary headed Phil Stacey is now singing “The Change” by Garth Brooks. He got good reviews after singing country before, he could be smart to do it again this week. His voice started out pretty, and had some nice tones in the quiet moments. When he hit those big notes, though, he went horribly out of tune – like real scary out of tune. And apparently Randy and Paula are tone deaf tonight. And Simon is delusional because he thinks people like him. Eh. Do I even need to say it? No Bono.
Finishing up the show is Jordin Sparks singing the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic, “You’ll Never Walk Alone”. Wow. That blew me away. Damn, I love this girl. She looks great, she sounds great, she’s got the whole package. Love her. Didn’t love not seeing Bono. That was such a total sham. Why even mention he mentored them? Ugh!
My favorites tonight were Melinda, Jordin, and Blake, as usual. I think LaKisha is in real danger of going home tomorrow night.
[tags]American Idol, reality television, Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul, Ryan Seacrest, Bono[/tags]