American Idol Top Five

Kris was great last night. He is one of my favorites, as he voice is always pitch perfect on. I think he may have surprised a few people by the enthusiasm Jamie Fox showed. Allison is always spot on with song choices, so she was predictable, but enjoyable last night. Seems like her voice has improved over the last few weeks. She has more control. I thought Matt did a really good job. I think at this point in the competition, the whole group can see themselves winning. Danny Gokey was good as always, and I'm glad he showed his range more this week. That boy can sing! Adam was perfect as always. He is such a drama king though isn't he? I loved the way he walked down the stairs. His song and all his notes were flawless. He is so perfect, I am so impressed that week after week, he continues to surprise and perfect his vocals. I'm looking forward to this week when Taylor Hicks will be back to sing. Its his genre. I think that Matt will probably leave this week. At this stage of the game, I love them all, but I know someone has to leave. I'm not sure why Simon thinks Allison will leave, because I believe she has a good following. We will see later, won't we?

Late... but comments about American Idol this week

I intentionally haven’t been on-line until I could watch recorded American Idol this week. (That’s ok, didn’t have time either)
PART 1 OK, now is the week for Lil to go home. I’ve said this repeatedly, but who is listening to the judges for real? Her song was so all over the place. She is no American Idol winner.
Kris’ version of “She works hard for the money” was amazing. Paula’s comment of it being like Santana was a hot compliment! Wow! I would buy that single.
Danny Gokey is still one of my favorites. Even though he can really sing, I am not a fan of the song he sang. He is still so entertaining, even though he was singing a not so great song…. He was fabulous!
Allison’s rendition of her “disco” song was really well done. But, I would have liked to hear her sing something a little more up-beat. Doesn’t she have amazing vocals?
Adam Lambert is so above the rest. His voice is so perfect. I would buy him singing the phone book, or my grocery list. He took such a risk and I loved it! I also really like his humbleness. He has never been catty or egotistical. I love it!
Matt is so much fun to watch performing. He took a really well known song and made it kind of bluesy and hip. I think he will be around the entertaining world awhile, even if he leaves American Idol before the final. His talent is similar to Justin Timberlake in that I believe he is not just a one hit wonder. I knew that Simon wouldn’t like his song. I think he might have a different opinion if he was female.
Anoop sang a rendition of disco that I couldn’t really even recognize when he started. That was really a risk and I hope it works for him. It was to say the least, original. He is going to be a popular “pop” singer. If he stays in the genre, I think he will sell, sell, sell. He can really hit those notes too. Ballads are great for him, I agree with Kara.
My prediction is Lil and Anoop will leave. Anyone else leaving will surprise me. Will the judges wish they had saved their save? Stay tuned for Part 2
(I’m going to post these together, even though I watched the Tuesday night show first before writing above, and then watched Wednesday and wrote the following.)
Part 2 Paula is still an amazing dance choreographer! What a talent! The seven did a great job of dancing, although you could tell they were lip singing. Finally, Lil leaves! It didn’t make me sad except that we had to listen to her sing one more time. I admit I fast forwarded through her song. The medley of disco songs was interesting… songs were recognizable but the singers were not.
David Archuletta was awesome as always. He is such a sunny voice to hear. I love his upbeatedness! (new word for the day)
I was right on about who was leaving. But I know that Allison being in the bottom three was pretty hard for her. When it gets down to the final few, someone good leaves. Anoop has such class, and has demonstrated that throughout this competition. He is a true gentleman.
I'm looking forward to the rest of the season. Bring it on!

Judges save Matt!

I am so confused! What is wrong with America's vote? If someone can explain why Lil is still not in the bottom, I would really appreciate it. I knew when Lil was not in the bottom that the Judges would have to save Matt. He was better than she was period. I am seriously doubting what people are thinking about when they vote...proving Simon wrong? So the good news is, Matt is saved. The bad news is two fold: Next week two people leave, and the genre of music will be disco. I don't think its completely bad news, there are some good songs from disco, which is my era. But, there is a bunch of bad songs to choose from too. If Lil doesn't leave next week, there definitely needs to be a re-count. Logically, Matt and Lil leave next week but, American Idol defies logic.

American Idol does songs from movies

Allison starts off the show with one of the best movie songs! She has really stepped it up and seems to be in it to win it! She has such a recognizable voice that I am looking forward to her first cd release. Anoop did a better job this week than he had been doing. He may not win American Idol, but I believe he has a good career ahead of him. Adam was amazing as always. He and Allison are just in a league of their own, aren't they? Matt did a good job on the piano with his song, but I would have preferred he sing something else. Danny Gokey chose such an emotional song and sang it well, but I think he got caught up in choosing a song he liked instead of a song he should sing. That is two different things. I'm sure its easy to over analyze song choice when its down to the last few. Randy was so far off with Kris' song. What was that about? I totally agreed with Kara that he did an amazing job. So the song was obscure? I was glad for that, it makes it interesting to hear a song not so popular. I almost feel asleep when Lil sang this week. She really looked good, but her song was abysmal. I like gospel, but I didn't feel like she really measured up to the other six singers. Anyone leaving besides Lil will really make me question the voters. More later after the results.

Good-bye Scott

I really liked Scott and his final performance was one of the songs I really liked him singing. I had to wonder if his ego wasn't kind of topping out. I know in the "heat of the moment" you can say things you might filter out if you had a chance. But, I didn't really like it with the attitude. I was right on about Lil being in the bottom three. I think that the judges might actually save her. They only have 2 more chances to use their veto, so we will see if that happens. Remember its just a one week reprieve. After they use the veto, the following week two people will leave.
The entertainment for the show was different. I wasn't familiar with Flo Rida and I'm not a fan of rap, but the song was entertaining and the dancers were really awesome. I'm a Kelly Pickler fan, but I didn't like her performance. She looks like she lost weight and her dress and shoes were adorable. I almost felt like her song was a little "off".
Can't wait for next week.

American Idol does song of their birth year.

Danny Gokey kicked off American Idol with a great song. He is really pretty adorable, and I really like his gospel flair. Chris did a song with guitar and though I've always liked him yikes it stunk. He has an amazing voice, but it was off tempo, no riffs, boring yuck. I agree with everyone about Lil. She was karoake Tina Turner. I like Tina, but I think I've seen a better copy in drag. Poor Scott, I don't know if he is getting bad advice or what, but his performance was an awful mess. Chords were off and his voice was flat in places. The only thing I can give him is he did try something different. DON'T TRY IT AGAIN, or you are gone Scott. Matt was so good! I liked him before but his song was like a Justin Timberlake and Toby Mac combo. Both good singers and awesome talents. He made the song his. I would have loved to see that performance in person. Allison keeps growing and growing as a performer. I keep having to remind myself that she is only 16. What a voice! She is quickly becoming one of my favorites. If she doesn't win, I would still buy her songs for my i-pod. It did help that she sang one of my favorite songs. Anoop was good, and I really appreciate that he was apologizing for his "bad look" to the judges. What can you say about Adam. He is so far above the other singers, unless he gets a bad vote, I believe he will be in the finals with someone else. I'll let you know later who I think it might be, but it will probably be female. My guess for who will leave tonight? I polled my family in Oklahoma. My guess is Scott, my niece guesses Scott too. My sister says Scott or Lil. My nephew says Lil or Anoop. We watched it in HD, wow, I loved it! Talk to you later....

I did watch American Idol last week

As some of you know, I left for Oklahoma on Monday, March 30 and I am coming home April 17. If you facebook, you can check the status there for all the truly current happenings.
American Idol last week was viewed in Oklahoma "live". (I usually record and watch it the next day) There really weren't any surprises. I was pretty sure that Megan would go home last week, so no big shock that it was this week instead. I missed the show on Wednesday. I thought the show was pretty good. The only thing was although Lil is a good singer.... she just doesn't appeal to me. I think because I keep waiting to see (actually hear) her do something to WOW me, and it hasn't happened yet. I enjoy watching Scott, but I think his songs are beginning to sound the same. All the other singers were good. Megan was just off, musically and fashion wise. Sorry, I did like Allison's outfit, she is young and that's the way you look. She wasn't just dressed "rocker" but youthful. I usually agree with Simon, but not always with his fashion sense. He is older, and he speaks of fashion as not only a man, but a father figure. Chris is a really good musician, although I don't think he will make it to the finals, I hope he continues on for awhile. Did you like Adam? He is always so good, and this week, keeping his hair a little like last week was a good move, showing he will always be full of surprises. I never heard what tonight's genre will be. I do know it's only an hour show. (If you have never seen FRINGE, its good too) More next time after Idol.