The finalists are singing songs that were chosen for them by YOU! The public was given the chance to submit song choices and now this is what they were stuck with.
The evening started out with the Season 8 Miss American Idol 1st runner up, Adam Lambert performing the song that set him far apart from the rest of his competitors, Mad World. He came back to perform again later in the show. This time it was the debut of his brand new single, Welcome To The Show. Hopefully it will leap to the top of the charts after this.
The first finalist to be assured a spot on the show next week was Trent. The selected for him were Counting Stars and Simple Man. Trent seemed to struggle with the uptempo Counting Stars as he wasn't able to insert much of his stylish personality in the song. Simple Man was all about him being a southern farm boy, but overall this was the weakest we have seen him so far.
Dalton is usually very interesting as well, but he fell flat on both of the songs American chose for him. Numb was just straightforward and bland compared to what we have come to expect from him. While the Sounds of Silence was lyrically interesting for him, his vocals were the worst we have heard so far. It exposed the limits to his vocal range.
La'Porsha has already established herself as a wonderful performer. Her song choices were Ready For Love and No More Drama and they both allowed her to remain comfortable in her role as R&B Diva. She is consistent and maintaining her high standard week after week.
I can't figure out why people keep voting for MacKenzie. This skinny boy with a guitar is so boring and uninteresting I can't imagine ever wanting to buy anything he releases. He performed Wild World and Billie Jean. Wild World was just straightforward and boring while Billie Jean was supposed to be impressive because he did a slowed down acoustic version of a Michael Jackson dance song. He just sucked the life out of it and I couldn't wait for it to be over. His vocal range is minimal and his stage presence is just depressing.
That left Tristan and Sonika in the bottom two. They are both better than all three of the boys by leaps and bounds, but only one of them is going to be saved by the judges tonight and be moving forward in the competition.
Tristan performed a wonderful and heartfelt rendition of Independence Day while Sonika delivered outstanding vocals on Let It Go. The judges decided to keep Sonika who was able to come back and give another wonderful vocal performance on Clarity.
I was completely wrong in my prediction that MacKenzie would be eliminated this week but that's not going to prevent me from once again predicting him to be going home next week. I just don't ever want to hear him again.
While Sonika has sadly been one of the lowest vote getters two weeks in a row now, I still believe that she has the talent and the ability to release the most interesting and marketable album of all of the contestants. She will have a very fresh and contemporary mix of ballads and dance pop hits that will all feature her effortless and sensational vocal gift. She is the only finalist that I am voting for.
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