Topic: Idol-Talk
I'm just going to briefly and quickly go over last week's results show:
31 Million votes were cast.
Group song: I think it was very rude to place Scott behind the piano for the group performance. They have had him do choreography on the show before, so let him join in with the rest.
Brad Paisley performed.
Carrie Underwood and Randy Travis performed "I Told You So." This is one of Randy's songs, and Carrie covered it on her current CD, Carnival Ride. Granted, I've never heard the original, but I think that Randy was dragging the performance down. Carrie carried the whole thing with her powerful voice and proved why she is an American Idol.
Bottom 3: Allison Iraheta, Michael Sarver, Alexis Grace.
Why was Allison in the bottom 3? Thankfully, she was the first to sit back down, leaving Michael and Alexis. When it came down to those two, Michael should have been eliminated. But unfortunately, it was Alexis. Everyone was shocked, including me. Even though she didn't do well during country week, it was not her time to go. Part of why I was really disappointed by the Top 11 results was because now it means she won't be going on tour. There are many contestants who I am looking forward to seeing in concert, and she was one of them.
American Idol Season 8: Top 10
Airdate: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 [8-10pm]
Theme: Motown
The Idols were in Detroit where Motown all started. Smokey Robinson was the mentor this week. Ryan announced that this week's iTunes songs will have the original Motown recordings behind the singers voices.
- Matt Giraud ["Let's Get It On"]: Combining last week and tonight's performances, he is definitely moving up the ranks to challenge Adam and Danny. This song shouldn't be sung by an average singer, and his voice suited it perfectly. The song allowed us to hear how soulful his voice is.
- Kris Allen ["How Sweet It Is to Be Loved By You"]: He's always been forgettable in my mind, but tonight, for the first time, he's made me pay attention to him. The guitar along with the style he brought to the song was a great combination. His voice was great tonight.
- Scott MacIntyre ["You Can't Hurry Love"]: I'm really glad Simon was extremely critical of Scott's performance tonight, because it was deserved. The only good part was that it was more uptempo, but his voice was horrible and not in key. The focus was too much on the piano playing, and the background singers, who were obviously there purposely as distraction away from Scott's voice.
- Megan Joy ["For Once in my Life"]: I can't believe we found a performance tonight that was worse than Scott's. Her voice was out of tune the entire time, which ruined the entire song. I don't know what else to say; what I already said pretty much sums it up.
- Anoop Desai ["Oh Baby Baby"]: He's starting to hit his stride these past couple weeks. Even though a little bit of a lack of personality was evident, his voice was excellent and he continues to show how pure his voice is.
- Michael Sarver ["Ain't Too Proud to Beg"]: His voice is, and has always been, just okay. He won't even make it as a country artist, as evident by last week. And tonight, he gave a completely karaoke performance. There was nothing special about it at all, and I won't remember it once the show is over.
- Lil Rounds ["Heat Wave"]: When I heard that she would be singing this song, I thought she could do great on this song. And she did. Even though the first half was a little low for her, overall, her voice was powerful and a great performance.
- Adam Lambert ["Tracks of My Tears"]: No matter what people thought of last week's performance, this week proved how in a different league he is to the rest. Only someone like him, who we see as a certain kind of artist, can change it up, slow it down, and make us see him in a different way. On American Idol, the only others like this were Chris Daughtry and David Cook.
- Danny Gokey ["Get Ready"]: His voice is unmistakable at this point. The soulfulness and raspiness to his voice on this song was really enjoyable to hear. I agree with the judges that it wasn't his best, but he hasn't had a horrible performance yet.
- Allison Iraheta ["Papa Was a Rolling Stone"]: She has one of the best and most powerful voices in the competition. Once again, she gave an extraordinary performance. The song suited her perfectly and a great end to the night. Of the strong female singers (Lil and Allison), I am starting to like Allison more than Lil now.
Favorite Performances: Matt Giraud / Adam Lambert / Allison Iraheta
My Vote: Adam Lambert [20 votes]
Elimination Prediction: Michael Sarver
My Season 8 Vote Tracker:
Matt Giraud: 10 votes
Alexis Grace: 10 votes
Allison Iraheta: 10 votes
Adam Lambert: 50 votes
Lil Rounds: 10 votes
Total: 100 votes cast so far this season
It is obvious that the bottom three should be Scott, Megan, and Michael. I don't think Scott will go home, because I think that he will have at least one more week on the show. Since Michael has already been in the bottom 3 before, I think that it will be him that is eliminated.
I loved it when Paula brought out the crayons and paper for Simon. With the way he has been acting lately, this insult was deserved. And Simon was extremely rude to Allison when he was drawing on Paula when he should have been paying attention to Allison.
If you want to buy any of the studio performances from tonight, visit americanidol.com/itunes.
See ya...
