I Told Myself I Wouldn't
... but here i am doing it anyway.
WTF America! See, I'm so annoyed I'm using mixed case.
So I've been following American Idol via DVR and watched last night as they did eliminations to get to a final 12. I thought the cuts for this week were pretty obvious from a talent perspective, and found America only got it half right.
First with the women -- cutting Antonella was a no-brainer. I won't go as far as saying she sings badly... compared to most of the other remaining women she simply isn't up to par. She's pretty and has more of the look, but vocally she isn't there. However, cutting Sabrina and keeping Haley? Are you kidding me. To me, Haley was a lot like Antonella... has the right look, but just wasn't showing the talent. And to add insult to injury, Sabrina not only had the look, but also had the talent. In fact, I'd have put Sabrina in the top three women. Vocally behind LaKisha and Melinda. I was relieved that Gina made it through... I think she's got a good look, decent voice, but when she didn't pull off the Evanescence song (she is no Amy Lee) that sealed it for me that she isn't destined for even the final four. But I do look forward to her next performance and they better vote off Haley before her. My opinion. :-)
Now with the fellas. I'm not surprised Jared was let go. He sings well, but reminds me of Will Smith's cousin on the Fresh Prince show. What shocked me was that people voted for Sanjaya. I mean seriously. Jared was better, and Sundance (the other guy cut) was waaaay better. Clearly this boy is the focus of some joke to keep him on the show. He sings better than I do, but that doesn't say much at all. Are there just a lot of 16 year old girls swooning over this kid or what? And what's worse, I think it is pretty clear watching this kid in the brief interviews that he knows he is being kept over better talent. Sanjaya, dude, come on the show and do your own rap in the style of eminem... tell a story about how people are being assholes trying to keep lesser talented people on the show. then excuse yourself from the competition. don't let yourself be played that way.
so how do i see the show ending? given some of the crazy selections of late, g*d only knows. i do think the top two vocalists left in the competition are melinda and lakisha. neither of which have "the look". i won't say they are ugly, because that is mean and isn't true, but they aren't what most would call pretty either. jordin or stephanie have the look, but not the same level of talent. it should be interesting.
as far as the guys go, i'm digging blake lewis but he isn't going to win. he does his thing well and i enjoy his performances. i'm not sure any of the guys can give the top women a run for the title. phil stacy, perhaps, has the best chance, but he's going to have to step it up and get some help with song choice. chris sligh is a dark horse... he has an interesting look and if he steps up his vocals could be a surprise. chris richardson on the other hand has the look/image and while he makes some very good song choices and has been good with his interpretations, a lot of it has been the same. he needs to differentiate himself a bit more and show a little more range. brandon is decent, but too ordinary. and that leaves us with poor sanjaya. sigh. i'd have liked to have kept sundance in the mix as he was my other dark horse for reasons similar to chris sligh. unique look, strong voice... which fwiw, did a much better job on "jeremey" after he was told he was cut. i guess the pressure was off and he let loose.
one word for some of the guys that will certainly be cut... daughtry.
ac out.... (lol)
Posted by ac at March 9, 2007 01:55 PM