Top 6 - Results
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Hello readers. I am feeling pretty crappy. I think I'll probably skip the majority of the commentary (stop celebrating, will you? Have some respect) and just go to the SAFE/NOT SAFE tally. Then, I'm going to bed.
Wow - SHOCKER! The judges still look like... the judges! What's up with Ryan's hair? It's uncharacteristically flat. I'm kind of tired of the loving-Blake-fest. He took a risk and it was interesting, but dude - the vocals just weren't that spectacular. And I have to agree with Jimmy - regardless of the theme or the song, Blake always has a Spandau Ballet moment. We get the recaps - yawn. It's that they don't do it well, I'm just really tired. Yawn with me over the click for more recappery.
Must we be back at the Farmer's Market? Is that necessary? Ryan's jacket is really awful. I thought it was funny that the random people busted on Jordin HARD. She's a sweet girl, but the last two weeks were painfully bad, regardless of what the judges say. That's why it's funny that she's talking now about "having her bad week" because frankly, I think she's had more than a few weeks that weren't very good. This Simon Lakisha thing is disturbing.
OMG. Reuben Studdard. He's pimping Idol Gives Back! I find that really... odd.
I did NOT like Robin Thicke. Was that a joke?
Ah... Ford commercial time. It's kind of creepy. They let Blake be the uber-creepy dude instead of Phil, though. Results time.
Melinda
Phil
Lakisha
All standing at center stage. Melinda's first and she's SAFE. Phil and Lakisha stand there now. Phil and Lakisha get their reviews. Lakisha is SAFE. PHIL is going HOME. That's so wrong. He was without question the best male voice in the competition this year. Phil also seems to be a genuinely nice person. I'd have lost Jordin in a heartbeat over Phil.
I'm so pissed off I'm skipping the rest of the show and heading to the remainder of the results (I DVRd it). Wait - pause rewind - that was Taylor!! I'm glad to see him pimp IGB, and he was sincere when he spoke. I miss Taylor and last season!
So apparently Jordin's safe and I missed it while fast-forwarding. Dunno - sure wish she was gone and not Phil. At any rate, that leaves Blake and Phil. They are dragged to center stage, and we learn they are BEST FRIENDS (BFF BABEEE!). Blake and Chris are giggling with each other as they get their recaps. Blake is SAFE and Chris is going HOME. So I got one of the my two predictions right.
All right. I feel like poo, so goodnight, and I'll be posting some YouTube later in teh week.
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posted by RenaRF @ 8:26 PM,
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Top 6 - Predictions
I'm just a skosh under the weather today so this and the results show recap will be a bit brief.
For the bottom three, I'll put it at Phil, Chris, and Lakisha.
Who SHOULD go are Jordin and Chris.
Who WILL go are Chris and Lakisha.
See you for the results!
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posted by RenaRF @ 6:57 PM,
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Top 6 Perform - But I'll be late with the recap.
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Well, my slavedriving husband nee bandleader is cracking the whip on rehearsals again tonight. I had hoped we would get through everything quickly, but no luck. So, recap willt be late but it will be tonight!
Ok. 9:30pm Eastern and I'm sitting down to watch. Here we go! It's six again this week, but we'll be eliminating two tomorrow night. Tonight is Bon Jovi night, and somehow since we're eliminating two, Ryan states that the pressure is doubled (not sure I get the math on that). AH - Taylor is BACK in the AI intro (he was gone for at least a week, hat tip to MJ's readers for catching that). We see Gina Glocksen in the audience. Ryan forgot to fall onto a razor today. Last week raised almost $70M. We re-meet the judges for the upteenth time. Simon's sporting a tan. Follow me over the click for the rest of the recap.
We get the Bon Jovi tribute package. Wow - did they have some HAIR in the 80s! I had hair like that at one point. Gotta say - I like John better with the flatter hair. The Idols meet John and his keyboard dude, and we learn his kids love American Idol. John thinks the singers have to bring a sincerity in their delivery - they have to make it their own. John looks good, by the way. Better looking as he gets older, no doubt.
Phil Stacey is in the bad first slot. He'll sing Blaze of Glory. Probably a good choice - John was knocked out by him. Phil starts out in the audience. No hat tonight, but his jacket is WAY cool. He starts out flawlessly. His vocal is really really good. He looks comfortable - I think the performance aspect of this song, so far, is as good as the singing of it. And let me tell you - this is a TOUGH song to sing, male or female. I just hope the lyrics aren't prophetic! He gets a solid A.
Randy: He's happy for Phil. It was his best performance ever on the show. It was the bomb.
Paula: Best opening they've had all season long.
Simon: He thought it was ok (lots of booing). He didn't hear authenticity - in the middle he thought he was like a bad actor playing a role. He doesn't think he's done enough to last next week.
I'm not feeling Simon here. I thought it was absolutely magnificent. 1-866-IDOLS01 or 07 or text 5701.
Commercial, then Jordin.
Back - we see Gina. Jordin Sparks is nervous meeting John Bon Jovi. She's singing Living on a Prayer - we think that perhaps John's not all that sold on Jordin. Hm. He's finding other notes for her, and that's a good idea. She has to sound good with whatever she does. Jordin's got rocker hair tonight. She's on stage with two low-slung guitar players. She has some fun red streaks in her hair. I thought the first verse was ok - I'm not sure I like the changes. She's doing what she does, though - she's pulling just flat on some of the notes in the lower register. She's much better in the chorus, I'll say that absolutely. She performs this well with the other two dudes on stage - she works them well. But again - she pulls flat and it makes me crazy. She took a key change and now she's screaming the chorus. Overall, I'm completely underwhelmed by this. C.
Randy: This was interesting for him - he knows it was tough for her. The verses were rough, he said. She agrees. It wasn't her best.
Paula: She gives credit because Jordin went for it.
Simon: He didn't like the look (but Randy did). He thought the singing was out of control, verging on shrieking at times (finally, Simon gives her a fair review). It was "terrible" he says. I agree.
Jordin was nervous about rock week. She's glad she was here for it. 1-866-IDOLS02 or 08 or text to 5702.
Back from commercial, and we're getting ready for Lakisha Jones. She makes a joke about the camera getting her "slim side". Hah. She gets a question about what kind of training she had - none. She learned in church. She is now with John, and she admits she's never listened to him. She's singing This Ain't a Love Song. John explains the sentiment to her. John really liked her. She starts out behind the mic stand. I don't know this song, and I have to say - this look she's got is not the best for her. The verse goes really really low but she handles it better (e.g., in tune) than Jordin. I think the chorus undersells her natural ability but she's in tune and she seems more engaged from a performance perspective this week. She takes a key change and she gets to go to a power note, and one that fits with the song. Overall, I thought this was very good. A-.
Randy: He thinks she's back this week. He thought the start was a bit rough, but she sold him midway through to the end.
Paula: She thought it was good.
Simon: He could actually kiss her after that (and she comes down and gets a kiss on the lips from Simon! Ha!). "You were so good", he tells her. She rose to the challenge and absolutely nailed it. And Simon likes her lips (oooh - little creepy eyeplay there).
I liked her, but I liked Phil better. 1-866-IDOLS03 or 09 or text to 5703.
Back from commercial, and Ryan's with the judges. Blake Lewis is up next, singing You Give Love a Bad Name. He's with John, who thinks Blaks is doing "an adventurous rendition". John tells the camera that Blake has to sell a version of a song that a lot of people know and "don't want messed with" (people, John? Or you?). Blake knows he's taking a risk on it. John's not sold - he thinks Blake is rolling the dice. Blake dyed his hair, and he starts off best boxing. The percussionist is on stage with Blake. He's definitely changed the feel of the song. He beat boxes in this one. His vocal is ok - it's a little flat in spots. He plays the chorus pretty straight and true to the original. Now we're into the beat-boxing/percussion call-response. I actually kind of liked that. It's not singing, but he's smart - because this genre and Bon Jovi's song do NOT suit his voice and never will. He gets a B+ (gotta knock him down on the vocal - it was only ok) for knowing his strengths and weaknesses and giving a performance that maximized the former and minimized the latter.
Randy: Blake gets the award for the most original version. He thought it was hot.
Paula: She acknowledges the risk - she thought it was amazing.
Simon: He thinks half of the people hated it and half loved it - he thought it was the right thing to do.
1-866-IDOLS04 or 10 or text to 5704.
Ugh. We're back with Chris Richardson. I can hear the nasal now on those high notes - ugh. Chris doesn't like being called "Justin Timberlake" by Ryan. He gets a viewer question - what does he do before he walks out on the stage? Just have fun. Chris is doing Dead or Alive. I can tell from the rehearsal that I'm going to hate it. Chris didn't know the words in rehearsal and he was appropriately contrite. Chris starts out. The very beginning of the first verse is is decent. I think this is REALLY high, frankly, and he's pulling just flat on the highest notes. I don't like his phrasing and interpretation, but so far it's not nasal. This is a ballsy song for him to do, because even he mentioned Chris Daughtry doing it last season, and he is not nearly as good as Chris D. was. But he's not hideously awful and he's pretty much sticking to the original version. He's shouty at the end, and he does NOT find the "blues" note Jon BJ referenced, but I liked him slightly better than Jordin this week. Only slightly. B-
Randy: He thought Chris did his thing. He liked it.
Paula: She liked it, too. Good job, she says.
Simon: He thinks Chris did as much as he could possibly do with the song, but he's not sure if Chris will survive another week.
1-866-IDOLS05 or 11 or text to 5705.
And we close the show with a pro talking to pro. Melinda Doolittle is with John. She admits right out that she's bad at rock. John says he can teach her. She's singing Have a Nice Day. John knew Melinda would bring soul to the song - he said she nailed it. She's on stage with another low-slung guitar player. She starts out and I have to say - she's discovered her edge in this first verse. She sounds a little reminiscent of Tina Turner at the beginning. She's got TONS of attitude during this song and it fits the song perfectly. Need I say that her vocal is absolutely perfect? Not a bad note yet in the competition. This song, again, is not different but I really admire the way she brought rock to herself so she could credibly pull this off. She gets, again, an A.
Randy: Great performance again.
Paula: She loved it.
Simon: He thought it was like a young Tina Turner and vocally it was in a different league than everyone else tonight (duh).
1-866-IDOLS06 or 12 or text 5706.
OMG. MUST I have my American Idol experience ruined by an address from George Bush, a man who has done NOTHING to honor his commitments made at the G-8 summit to end extreme poverty in Africa? What a hypocrite. Ooops - did I say that out loud?
Here are my final rankings:
Melinda Doolittle
Phil Stacey
Lakisha Jones
Blake Lewis
Chris Richardson
Jordin Sparks
Let me say - I thought Melinda, Phil and Lakisha were WAY better vocally than anyone else tonight. Blake gets pulled up from where his vocal should have put him by his creativity and performance skills. Chris did better than I thought he would, though it's still substantially below the other four imo. And Jordin? I don't get it. Last week, I thought, was flat through the verse and screamed in the chorus. This week was flat in the verse, shrieky in the chorus, and totally uncontrolled. She had a GREAT night during country week - but she is WAY oversold by the judges as far as I'm concerned. Just my $.02, and it's my blog, so I can say what I want. ;-) See you tomorrow for predictions and results, and thanks for reading!
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posted by RenaRF @ 6:47 PM,
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Top 6 - Results
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Hellloooo! I'm not going to recap every iota and nuance of the Results Show tonight. As we all know, tonight is the Idol Gives Back marathon-telethon-etc. chock full of stars and performances. I'm only going to recap the actual results. So with that said, let's get going!
For fun, I'd like to take just a moment and talk about my traffic to this blog. I have quite a few loyal returning visitors (THANK YOU!). In my site traffic reports, I can see they get here without clicking from another location. MJ's Big Blog refers a lot of people as well (THANK YOU, TOO!). But sometimes people have done a Google or web search and have found my blog. Here are a few of the recent search phrases that got them here:
- "handicapping who will get voted off idol next"
- "song you will never walk alone again-jordin sparks"
- "Season 6 Haley Scarnato Photo boob"
- "Predictions american idol who's going home top 6 season 6"
So many paths to one location... And at least one goes through Haley's 'boob'. ;-) Follow me over the click for random comments and results.
OMG. "Most Shocking Result In Our History"??? WTF? If it's Melinda I think I'll run into the streets screaming.
Celebrity/Star Performance Tally:
Ellen Degeneres
Earth Wind & Fire
Quincy Jones
Ben Stiller
Teri Hatcher
Forest Whitaker
Whoop. Ryan's queued up with the six on the couches. First is Melinda - She's safe. Melinda's ouster would have been the only thing that would have shocked me, so I guess I won't be shocked.
Back to the cavalcade of stars and celebrities:
Il Divo
Dr. Phil
Dr. House (sorry - don't know his name)
Wow. They're pimping a $50 donation from an audience member to come up on stage and introduce an act. Yet they pull the seat # for Jack Black. Stage things much? Cute though. I bet he can actually singing when he isn't lampooning. He doesn't sound bad, and he's interesting at least! I also like that he referred to his "stones". First time EVER on AI, AND Sanjaya gets smacked (poor Sanjaya!!) So continuing the celeb tally:
Jack Black
Seal
Ryan's heading back over to the Idols. We know Melinda is safe. Blake's up now. Blake is safe. So apparently we're picking them off one at a time. And is it my imagination or do they have FEWER commercials tonight than ever before? Back to the star tally:
Carrie Underwood
Her piece was heartbreaking. More stars:
Rascal Flatts
Tom Anderson (MySpace Founder)
There's my new favorite commercial again - http://www.one.org. One of THE best charities in existence. It stays out of politics and manages only to try to relieve extreme poverty by securing commitments from world and business leaders and by raising money and awareness. We're on to the celebrity "Staying Alive". I like it! Funny. I can't say I can name all the stars, though.
More results - the SHOCKING results. Phil is up - he's SAFE. That leaves Lakisha, Jordin and Chris and we'll get to them later.
WOW - Ellen Degeneres just donated $100K. More stars:
Josh Groban
The African Children's Choir
Kelly Clarkson
Just for the record - so far tonight, Kelly Clarkson's performance was hands down magnificent. Back to the stars:
The Simpsons
Back to the results. We have three left without a verdict - Jordin, Chris and Lakisha. Lakisha stands - she's safe. That leaves Chris R. and Jordin. Remember - they said it was random order. More celebs:
Celine Dion
Elvis Presley (this is a little weird)
Madonna (who is in Malawi - one of the most horribly poverty-stricken countries in Africa)
Annie Lennox
Final results - Chris and Jordin stand. Over 70 million votes came in. Chris is safe. Jordin is also safe. They are all safe. This week's votes will be added to NEXT WEEK'S votes and they will send home TWO next week. Cool! I'm happy with that.
Meaningful things to remember from tonight:
Every 3 seconds a child dies in extreme poverty.
Every 30 second a child in Africa is orphaned by AIDS.
How can a child die for want of $.50 worth of medicine?
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posted by RenaRF @ 7:14 PM,
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Top 6 - Predictions
Ok. Since there are only six left, I'm going to go from a bottom three prediction to a bottom two prediction. Zabasearch (which accurately predicted The Daughtry's ouster last season) is back in swing and they say it's Phil tonight, joined by Chris and Lakisha. Dial Idol has it MELINDA and Chris.
I think the bottom two will be:
Chris R.
Lakisha J.
And going home will be:
Chris R.
I really can't tell at this point - the season's been so incredibly screwy for me. But Chris appears at or near the bottom of BOTH Zaba and DI, so that's my story and I'm sticking to it. See you for the results recap!
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posted by RenaRF @ 6:36 PM,
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Top 6 Perform - Back in the Saddle Edition
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Ok. I'm back this week, on time, and live-blogging. I missed last week's performances because I was at Taylor Hicks' show in Baltimore - TOTALLY worth it. If he's coming to your town, GO SEE HIM. The show is awesome.
I did finally get to see last week's performances - I watched them Thursday night. I thought Jordin was the best with Phil close behind. It goes without saying that Sanjaya was awful, but I want to know - what is UP with Lakisha? My mother describes her performances as "phoning it in". I made the comment that she looked like she was on tranquilizers these past few weeks. What gives? Thoughts? I thought Chris R. deserved to be in the bottom 3 more than Blake, but Jimmy, loyal watcher and reader of this blog, pointed out to me that he constantly sounds like the singer from Spandau Ballet. BINGO! That is exactly it. Let's hope he just sounds like Blake this week. Follow past the click for this week's recap!
So we're off! This week is the "special American Idol". Same three judges, same six finalists - but the calls for votes will save lives in Africa. Let me pump www.one.org here yet again as we launch into Idol Gives Back. So I guess that means tomorrow's results show is the extravaganza bonanza, right? Cool. I can get into that.
Ryan enters in another great suit and the crowd goes wild. We are reminded about Idol Gives Back. If we don't know what it is already, though, I don't know how we would get on board at this point. But hey - they're trying. They're pushing it - pushing the sponsors, pushing the money. Tomorrow's results show is 2 hours long, and it will function like an elimination telethon. Bono will be joining (newly added name). That's like a gold-standard blessing of the entire effort. We meet the judges. I haven't heard any more about the so-called "controversy" of Simon's comments after Chris Richardson sent a shout out to Virginia Tech. Thank God - what a tempest in a tespot that was. Now Ryan directs us to watch the footage of his and Simon's trip to Africa. We're pulling out the tearjerker footage this week - good. These people live in horrible, abject poverty. These children live in this hopeless environment. They are completely deserving of our compassion and should receive a whopping proportion of our generous nature. Not for nothing, I totally believe and buy Simon's outrage when he sees the conditions and refers to Africa as "hell on earth". I bet that was a quietly life-changing event for him.
Ok - back to the show. Each contestant will have TWO numbers that you can call. Chris Richardson is up first, singing Change the World by Eric Clapton. Lovely song - hope he doesn't sing it through his nose. Chris starts seated. The opening vocals are a little bit shaky for me. As he goes to the higher notes at the beginning he gets the nose thing, but some of his interpretation is quite lovely. He's in the chorus and I think he sounds flat. Not consistently flat, but noticeably flat in spot. He rises and does a run that distracts from the song (bummer). He dances around as he goes to the second chorus. Overall, I would say this performance is mediocre. We're in the final 6 - not good enough. C.
Randy: Randy loves this show to see who's in it to win it and he thought Chris was (???).
Paula: Chris did fantastic - great song choice. She's proud of him.
Simon: It feels that the competition starts properly tonight. It reminded Simon of the very first time they saw him - good vocal, more soul, sexy performance - he did really well.
I'm flabbergasted. I really didn't enjoy that. 1-866-IDOLS 01 or 07 and text 5701 (only one text number). There will be four hours to vote (did they tell the donors this??!! Heh.).
www.myspace.com/idolgivesback is the MySpace pimp for the charity week. We are returned to the poverty subject right here in the USA, the richest country in the civilized world. Yet some of these kids live in a form of poverty every bit as obscene as that we saw in Africa. Randy goes back to Louisiana and visits Katrina survivors. They also go to Kentucky, and the Navajo nation in Arizona. Ryan went to Atlanta to see the devastating effects of homelessness. Seen but ignored - obscene. Paula went to Oklahoma, and they've teamed with programs all over America. They pimp donations for these kids abroad and at home.
Melinda Doolittle is singing There Will Come a Day by Faith Hill. I don't know this song. Melinda starts off center stage. She seems to be feeling the words. She sounds great. It's obvious that she feels the meaning of this song - she conveys it through her performance. I like her look. They've softened her up. She takes the key change beautifully. She's a skilled pro - I hope that doesn't get her in the long run, because right now, she's absolutely the most deserving in the competition. She shows up EVERY WEEK and tonight is no different. She sounds perfect. She gets an A.
Randy: Every week he sees her she's dope and has it all together. He doesn't know waht to say anymore.
Paula: She thinks it must feel great to get the praise and love and critiques week after week. She's magical.
Simon: What he loved was that it wasn't a copycat performance. She took it and made him believe she recorded it originally. A vocal master class.
1-866-IDOLS 02 or 08, or text to 5702.
We're back. We're changing thousands of lives. The target is 50 million calls and they'll make $5 million off of just one sponsor. Excellent.
Blake Lewis gets to answer the viewer question. From Eric in VA - what's the biggest sacrifice he's had to make? A: He's missing is family and friends at home but he has their support being here. Blake's singing John Lennon's Imagine. I can hear that. I dig his hair this week. This is one of the most beautiful songs ever. Blake starts off softly - very appropriate. He's seated, almost reclining. He is singing the song straight so far and his vocal is the dominant sound on the stage. He transitions from verse one to two nicely. This song carries itself and Blake really seems to believe what he's singing. He goes to the bridge and so far I am really liking this performance. This isn't power-challenging like Melinda's song, but this song speaks for itself and Blake just owned it, imo. A.
Randy: Great choice of song. An amazing song. It was just ok for him performance-wise, though - wanted him to do more with it (NOT).
Paula: She talks about the beautiful simplicity of that song and she really loved it.
Simon: This is a tricky one because he chose one of THE big songs of all times and it's not a belter song. It felt sincere, but it didn't go anywhere, but he sang it with sincerity, so it was good.
1-866-IDOLS 03 or 09 or text to 5703. I thought it was lovely, if anyone's asking.
Ok. We're back from commercial and our votes are saving lives. iTunes and Ford will donate videos from tomorrow night's performances. You pay, they give the $$ to the needy. Cool. We're back with Ryan in Africa, and he's in a town where 1/3 of the children are malnourished. ONE THIRD. The children are orphans. They are at a feeding center that not only feeds them but helps them get into school so they can have a future. It costs FIFTY CENTS a day to feed these children three meals a day. That's about $15 a month, folks. Dig deep and do it.
Lakisha Jones is singing I Believe by Fantasia. Interesting choice. She's dressed beautifully and the girls are reasonably tucked away. I think the key sounded a little weird in the beginning - like she started one place and the music went another, but I can't tell if it was just the way the song goes. The verse was a little rough for me vocally but the chorus is much better. She's gesticulating a lot but honestly - it doesn't really reach her eyes or her face. While her vocal is very diva-great, I have to say this is one of my least favorite Lakisha tunes. It was weird for me pitch wise. B-.
Randy: Great song choice - a few pitch problems - not her best but he did like it.
Paula: No doubt that she's a powerhouse vocalist. She took on a monster song - and Paula can't get past Fantasia but it shouldn't take away from Lakisha's vocals.
Simon: He thinks Paula preferred the Fantasia version. It was very emotional - he's having an issue with the shouting. Before he thought that she was... (and we don't hear the rest).
1-866-IDOLS 04 or 10 or text to 5704.
Two left to perform, and Phil Stacey is one of them. He gets a viewer question: What do you miss most about home? A: He misses his two baby girls most, but he knows it will be all worth it. Phil's singing The Change by Garth Brooks. It had a profound effect on him. Interesting that he's doing country again, and probably smart. He starts stading next to a pianist that is on the stage. No hat tonight. The beginning of this song is very nice - I don't know the song - but I find it sweet. As with Melinda's performance and Blake's, I think Phil feels this song. You can see it all over his face. He vocal through the verse and chorus is nice. He's in the bridge now. He has to watch a bit of shoutiness, but it doesn't distract (at least I don't think so) - I'm just nitpicking. His vocal is lovely. I give him an A as well.
Randy: Back again this week with another strong performance.
Paula: She feels like he found his comfort - it was fantastic. His best.
Simon: Good song choice. The only thing he'd advise is that the country tone from last week suited his voice and he needs to connect that up to his performances. People like him.
1-866-IDOLS 05 or 11 or text to 5705.
We're back. And for the record, I REALLY loved that One.org commercial. We're back with just one left, and that's Jordin Sparks. But first we're going to see another pitch for the charities (which is good). Simon is at ConAgra and he's at a food bank. There are 50,000 food banks in the US. Simon states the obvious, yet it needs to be said: he had no idea there were places like this in the US. There are fifty people at the bank yet only four are paid - the rest are volunteers. And it's America's Second Harvest - another of my fvorite charities. www.americassecondharvest.org. They do wonderful work.
NOW we have Jordin Sparks, singing You'll Never Walk Alone. This is a beautiful song - a classic. Jordin looks beautiful and sophisticated. She's singing softly at the start and I have to say - there are a few tiny pitch problems through the softer parts in the first verse. She recovers nicely into the chorus and does some beautiful phrasing and intonation as she sings. She means this song - she looks like she's going to cry. My one criticism is that she shouts a lot of it. Love her generally, but not my favorite performance from her. A for sincerity, B for vocals.
Randy: One of the best vocals by any contestant every in six seasons (that's a huge stretch).
Paula: Picked a haunting song and she did a lovely job. She's glorious.
Simon: He thought she was fantastic (apparently she's the annointed one).
1-866-IDOLS 06 or 12 or text to 5706. Don't get me wrong - I thought it was a lovely performance and I truly believed she felt it. But the vocal was sporadic for me - pitchy in some spots and shouty in others.
Here is the final rankings on the night:
1. Melinda Doolittle
2. Phil Stacey
2. Blake Lewis
3. Jordin Sparks
4. Lakisha Jones
5. Chris Richardson
I'll think about it more tonight, but I would say my bottom two are the two I have listed here tonight. I'll make it official tomorrow.
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posted by RenaRF @ 6:54 PM,
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