Theme: Each contestant dedicates his performance to their hero(s):
Phil Stacey: Alternatingly lifeless and then Jon Secada-styled howling rendition of John Waite's melodramatic '80s pop hit Missing You. Paula can hear him "right now on the radio." Figures. Her taste in radio is as bad as her manners. Simon's right: "Karaoke singer." As for Ryan, let Simon judge and shut your pie hole.
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Jared Cotter: Dedicating Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On to your parents is kind of ... icky ... don'cha think? As for the performance, eh, ordinary. Oversung. Pitchy. All over the place. Would never have been a hit had this guy originated this song. I liked his comeback to Simon's Love Boat crack, though. Good looking guy but not much in the vocal department.
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A.J. Tabaldo: An improvement over last week, but A.J. reminds me of the other "initialed" males from Season 1: AJ, RJ, EJ etc. Not memorable vocally, lookswise, personalitywise.
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Sanjaya Malakar: Such a nice kid, but just no voice. Too young, probably. Steppin' Out (With My Baby) works when Tony Bennett sings it. Tony's stepped out with babes. I don't believe it when little Sanjaya warbles it. This may have cost him his place.
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Chris Sligh: Chris' wife is kinda hot. He's right, how'd he bag her? Tonight he sang Ray Lamontagne's Trouble relatively well, minus a slight pitch error here or there. Only problem is Taylor Hicks introduced this song to Idol viewers last year and even tho Chris sang it better than he did anything that reminds me of Taylor can't be good.
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Nick Pedro: Singing Fever. Can't anyone sing a song written in the last century? Gee, all these fusty musty old songs. It's hard to get excited about anyone singing Fever now, let alone this drab rendition. Cute girlfriend. She'll be happy to have him back cuz he's going home, along with Sanjaya, this week. (Unless Brandon, who was even worse, gets the boot sparing Nick for one more week).
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Blake Lewis: This was actually awful from a vocal sense. Surprisingly bad. However, just for doing a Jamiroquai song, a track written in the last decade, puts him way out front from the other boring guys. But this was the worst Jamiroquai karaoke ever! These guys really stink. Idol is supposed to get better each season, not revert back to the lameness of Season 1.
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Brandon Rogers: Sorry, Grandma. This Time After Time was endless. Sung with a mouth full of Novocaine. Bo-ring. And Brandon's harping on how he was "feeling it" is bogus. You can feel a song and still sing it well. I felt it alright, felt like falling asleep. And memo Bradon: You're on TV, dress for it. That ratty old T-shirt looked like crap. Probably worst of the night.
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Chris Richardson: Dedicated Geek in the Pink to his grandma. Must be one funky ol' lady. Whatever the case, Chris' hip hop-inspired vocals and edge makes him the most contemporary of all the males and, unlike Blake tonight, Chris sang it well. Good moves, good energy, finally an Idol contestant tonight who deserves to be a contestant. "Best by a mile," Simon said. Simon's right-on.
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Sundance Head: I can't type the name "Sundance Head" with a straight face. I dunno, with a name like that I expect to see a bleached blond woman with a 40-inch chest and a leading role in a dirty movie.
Ahem, as to this Sundance Head, seems like a nice guy, should shave that glued-on goatee, and vocally delivers typical bar-band fare. You can hear this Mustang Sally in any bar U.S.A.
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Overall: Pretty lame show with the exception of Chris Richardson. Chris is the only guy I expect to see in the Top 5 come April.
Chris, or Fake-erlake is great. Has Simon hearing dollar signs. Sanjacko is going home. Blake is awesome. Loved that he did Jamiroquai and did NOT THINK AT ALL IT WAS KARAOKE! I challenge you, HoCo to sing it better at Shelborne! hahahah. AJ is FAB, too. Sundance was good this week. I'll keep him around. Chris Sligh was much better this week, too. Baldie was blaaaaah. So was Nick. I say bye to Nick and to Sanjacko. So far, Blake is my fave, Chris coming in a close second.
Posted by: Lesley | February 27, 2007 at 09:27 PM
Jamiroquai karaoke at Shelborne? Mebbe. But only if you do it with me as a duet, LeAb.
Posted by: Howard Cohen | February 27, 2007 at 10:14 PM