First, a moment of silence for the dearly departed. Top 11 week was the week that My Girl Alexis (yes, once a My Girl, always a My Girl) was wrongfully sent home in a monumental miscarriage of justice. Thank you for paying your respects.
As for tonight, I'm not even sure where to begin. It feels like cheating to be snarky when the targets are so easy. This was a night where I really wish I had a video blog of our family watching idol. Then you could have laughed along with us at such lines as:
"This is like slow burning death." (Didi)
"This is disgusting." (Tim)
"Is Pierre (our dog) crying?" (Paige)
"Just be silent Dad. We know you're in pain." (Andrew)
"GO! LEAVE! DEATH! DESTRUCTION!" (as written on the Omnipotent Idol Clipboard)
It is painfully - and I mean that in the literal sense (Diandra pointed out that I was holding my head in my hands while Didi was on) - obvious that there are five Idolists worth paying attention to: Crystal, My Girl Siobhan, Big Mike, Casey, Aaron. Instead of a Judge's Save, how about Judge's Coup D'etat where they just decide to ignore the votes of the people and banish Lee, Paige, Tim, Andrew and Katie. And along with that, finding a place within our penal code for Tim Urban voters.
So as to my Fave Five:
Crystal - is amazing. She is so good she gives me chills and she really threw down the gauntlet tonight in a major way. I agree with Ellen that all she needs is to physically connect with her audience as she started to do that at that fabulous double-time ending of Me and Bobby McGee.
Aaron - he can seriously be there at the end. Props to him for giving a professional performance under physical duress and for understanding what his voice could and couldn't do throughout the song. Hard to believe he is only 16.
Big Mike - totally disagree with the judges negative review. When a Man Loves a Woman can be a cheesy song in the wrong hands (see Bolton, Michael) but Big Mike took it straight to church.
Casey - I hate The Power of Love and never had any time for Huey Lewis, anyway. But he gave a solid performance of a bad song. And I really wish he would be able to do something with his guitar!
My Girl Siobhan - I saved for last because she is the most interesting. Simon is right, she is a lightning rod. I could have done without the screamo notes at the end of Superstitious but up to that point, she was brilliant. See - even within a song she can delight and make you nuts. She has an amazing, amazing voice but does need to be smarter about the big notes. But she does have that Adam Lambert-ish quality of making you wonder what she is going to do each week.
If we could eliminate someone on style points, it should be Tim Urban who goes this week. I mean, how bad is it when both Randy and Ellen crush you? But the reality is Paige was on thin ice already and she gave possibly the worst Idol performance of all time. So she has to be gone.
But lest I forget, let's give Miley her due. She was a good mentor as she stuck to advice about what she knows best - giving a stage performance and knowing how to connect with a live audience. She was personable and seemed to make the Idolists feel comfortable. And who knew that she wasn't even close to being the worst singer in the room tonight?
4 comments:
Is Pierre crying? LOL...that says it all, Ray. A video blog would've been awesome, by the way! :P
I agree with you on all points this week. Crystal was spectacular, Aaron continues to prove himself, Big Mike sang beautifully, Casey gave a solid performance, and Siobhan continues to mesmerize despite her weekly screams (which she needs to watch because people are getting irritated). All the other contestants are so mediocre that it's depressing.
I definitely stand corrected regarding Miley's mentoring. She pleasantly surprised me...she was gracious and didn't come across as obnoxious (which is what I was expecting). The pressure is definitely on for her to sing well tonight! lol
This week really made me wish that there was an option to call in and vote AGAINST a contestant. Although, there were so many bad performances that my carpal tunnel probably would have flared up from all of the rapid dialing. Tim has always been bad, but this week he also completely lost his coolness factor...that was a real "cheeser" performance....it made me wince and look away from the TV a couple times.
I'll start by agreeing with all that has been posted here. I would also like to add, were the judges listening to the same Katie performance that I heard? I didn't understand the praise.
I'll also add that I feel terribly sorry for Andrew. He is so likeable and has a great voice. Most of the time I agree with Simon but this week I think he was downright cruel to Andrew. Was he about to cry?
Results tonight should be interesting. Will Tim finally go? or will Paige's terrible performance buy Tim another week? Can't wait!
Agree with all above.
But I have to eat crow about Miley. She was indeed humble (admitting that she was rather intimidated by the superior talent of some of the contestants! How many professionals are going to publicly admit that. I admit a mind change about her from that point). She was kind and gentle and an encouraging.
It was a strange evening which turned out to be very enlightening: how vast the difference between the top five and the bottom six. We all agree about the top five so I will leave the bottom ones without commenting. Except to say it was awful.
It will be interesting to see who of the bottom ones will remain as part of the touring group.
The top five are truly, truly talented. Perhaps the others will improve as they tour.
am looking forward to tonight.
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