Friday, February 28, 2014

The Top 13 - Results

Nine months after her crowning as the Season 12 Miss American Idol winner Candice Glover’s "Music Speaks" sold 19,000 copies in its first week. "Music Speaks" enters The Billboard 200 at No. 14. Unfortunately, That's the lowest first-week sales tally for the debut album by an "American Idol" winner in the show's 12-year history. The old record was set in 2010 when Lee DeWyze's "Live It Up" sold 39,000 copies in its first week.

Her appearance on this week's results show will hopefully give her a sales boost. She performed two songs that both showcased her outstanding vocals talents and they were catchy as well. 

The bottom three turned out to be Kristen O'Conner, Malaya Watson and MK Nobilette. My only accurate prediction was that Malaya would be in the bottom three, and it came as quite a surprise that MK, who is one of the best talents of the group, was down there. 

It turned out that Kristen was the lowest vote getter and the judges decided not to use their "save". She is a very pretty and talented young woman and it is a shame that her time in the competition has come to an end too soon. 

Thursday, February 27, 2014

The Top 13 of Season 13 Perform

After the top 13 of Season 13 performed there were two stand out who I predict will make it to the finals. The first is MK Nobilette who performed satisfaction by Allen Stone. She delivered this unknown track with complete confidence and her vocals were flawless. The other contestant to watch is Alex Preston. He stood center stage lit up by a red spotlight performing A Beautiful Mess with his guitar. He was mesmerizing as he pulled the audience into his world.

My prediction for the bottom three this week is Sam Woolf, Jena Irene and Malaya Watson. America should definitely be sending Malaya home. She may have a lot of energy and personality but she does not know how to harness all that and put it into a great vocal performance. What she did to the Bruno Mars hit Runaway Baby should never be done again.