The Top 4 finalists opened the show with a group performance of Beyonce's 1st #1 hit as a solo artist, 2003's Crazy In Love. Amber really stood out from the group with her exceptional vocals and sense of style.
The Season 7 Miss American Idol winner, David Cook, returned to the Idol stage to perform his latest single Laying Me Low. Hopefully this fun pop rock song will get him some success on the charts.
Will.I.Am then delivered some big band/hip hop fusion with a song called Bang Bang that is in the new film version of the Great Gatsby. It was pretty strange but still an interesting musical production.
This week's mentor, Harry Connick Jr., has a new album coming out in June and he took the stage to perform the title track. It's called Every Man Should Know.
The top three Season 12 finalists are Angie Miller, Candice Glover and Kree Harrison. That means that the wonderful Amber Holcomb has been eliminated. It's such a shame as she is very talented and would have made an outstanding Miss American Idol winner. She performed I Believe In You and Me one last time.
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010
The Results - Sinatra
The top four boys opened the show with a medley of Frank Sinatra hits. The first one was The Lady Is A Tramp and Crystal was quite noticeably absent from the performance. Thankfully, her wonderful voice and talent was saved for a grand entrance leading to the second verse. She proved once again that she's the only finalist this season with any star quality.
Lee was the first to learn that he has safely made it to the Top Four.
Lady Gaga has successfully accomplished the impossible feat of teaching millions of fans on dance floors all over the world to chant "Ra Ra ah ah ah, Roma Ramala, Ga Ga oh la la" at the top of their lungs on a repeated basis. It's amazing that her smash hit Bad Romance only peaked at #2 on the Billboard HOT 100 while it's still a huge crowd pleasing popular favorite. Tonight on the American Idol stage, Lady Gaga brought her impressive avante garde style of performance art to introduce the world to her latest single Alejandro. It's sure to be the latest in her ongoing string of hits.
This week's mentor, Harry Connick Jr., then took the stage and stepped away from the Sinatra songbook to sing a song from his latest CD. This time he is interpreting a song from another legendary songbook. The Beatles hit #12 in 1964 with And I Love Her and Harry's version was just as classic and jazzy as you would expect. The Top 5 finalists then attempted to entertain us with a medley of Harry's music, but their efforts fell flat.
Crystal and Casey are both safe leaving Michael and Aaron as the bottom two. After weeks of hoping for this to finally happen it turns out that Aaron Kelly was the lowest vote getter and we are finally through listening to his whiny little voice.
While I predicted that Casey would be going home, I am very pleased that I was wrong and Aaron is being sent packing instead.
Lee was the first to learn that he has safely made it to the Top Four.
Lady Gaga has successfully accomplished the impossible feat of teaching millions of fans on dance floors all over the world to chant "Ra Ra ah ah ah, Roma Ramala, Ga Ga oh la la" at the top of their lungs on a repeated basis. It's amazing that her smash hit Bad Romance only peaked at #2 on the Billboard HOT 100 while it's still a huge crowd pleasing popular favorite. Tonight on the American Idol stage, Lady Gaga brought her impressive avante garde style of performance art to introduce the world to her latest single Alejandro. It's sure to be the latest in her ongoing string of hits.
This week's mentor, Harry Connick Jr., then took the stage and stepped away from the Sinatra songbook to sing a song from his latest CD. This time he is interpreting a song from another legendary songbook. The Beatles hit #12 in 1964 with And I Love Her and Harry's version was just as classic and jazzy as you would expect. The Top 5 finalists then attempted to entertain us with a medley of Harry's music, but their efforts fell flat.
Crystal and Casey are both safe leaving Michael and Aaron as the bottom two. After weeks of hoping for this to finally happen it turns out that Aaron Kelly was the lowest vote getter and we are finally through listening to his whiny little voice.
While I predicted that Casey would be going home, I am very pleased that I was wrong and Aaron is being sent packing instead.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
The Top 5 sing Sinatra
The modern day crooner who is keeping jazz standards alive for a new generation is Harry Connick Jr. Tonight he worked with the top 5 finalists to help them prepare to sing the songs of Frank Sinatra. In addition, he personally worked with each one to arrange the music for their performance. And not only that, Harry is going to be up on stage playing with the band as they sing. Let's see if these kids can learn from his good advice...
Aaron Kelly is just a little kid playing dress up. His voice was mildly pleasant as he sang Fly Me To The Moon, but the performance completely lacked any integrity. His stage presence is completely diminutive and forgettable. There was nothing cool about this at all. It was actually quite whiney.
Casey James had nothing but his voice to carry him through his performance of Blue Skies. No guitar, no swinging of the blond hair, no shaking of the hips, nothing but that bland and lifeless voice. The sad fact is, without his standard gimmicks, he put in a very sad performance.
Crystal Bowersox walked out on stage in a glamorous long gown and with her dread lock hair styled in an up do to sing Summer Wind. She is showing off even more of her seemingly limitless range and versatility each week. We already know she has a great voice and this week we learned that she can be just as convincing with jazz as she is with bluesy rock.
Michael Lynche is really getting better each week. He has a wonderful ability to interpret a song and bring it to life. He did a fantastic job introducing his smooth vocals to The Way You Look Tonight and elevating the performance to a professional level.
Lee DeWyze has this empty and blank expression on his face every week and he always looks like he has very tired eyes. It's depressing that this complete lack of personality is passing for talent. His attempt at That's Life was so totally dreary and lame there are no more words to describe it.
The prediction this week is very easy - Michael and Crystal were very good and Aaron, Casey and Lee were totally lousy. Since my ideal to have a three way tie and have all three of them go home, I'll predict that it will be Casey being sent packing this week.
Aaron Kelly is just a little kid playing dress up. His voice was mildly pleasant as he sang Fly Me To The Moon, but the performance completely lacked any integrity. His stage presence is completely diminutive and forgettable. There was nothing cool about this at all. It was actually quite whiney.
Casey James had nothing but his voice to carry him through his performance of Blue Skies. No guitar, no swinging of the blond hair, no shaking of the hips, nothing but that bland and lifeless voice. The sad fact is, without his standard gimmicks, he put in a very sad performance.
Crystal Bowersox walked out on stage in a glamorous long gown and with her dread lock hair styled in an up do to sing Summer Wind. She is showing off even more of her seemingly limitless range and versatility each week. We already know she has a great voice and this week we learned that she can be just as convincing with jazz as she is with bluesy rock.
Michael Lynche is really getting better each week. He has a wonderful ability to interpret a song and bring it to life. He did a fantastic job introducing his smooth vocals to The Way You Look Tonight and elevating the performance to a professional level.
Lee DeWyze has this empty and blank expression on his face every week and he always looks like he has very tired eyes. It's depressing that this complete lack of personality is passing for talent. His attempt at That's Life was so totally dreary and lame there are no more words to describe it.
The prediction this week is very easy - Michael and Crystal were very good and Aaron, Casey and Lee were totally lousy. Since my ideal to have a three way tie and have all three of them go home, I'll predict that it will be Casey being sent packing this week.
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