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Another two bite the dust on American Idol

14 Apr

So after watching American Idol’s results show tonight, I can say that I batted a respectable .500 based on my posted  predictions of who I thought was going home.

Not too far into tonight’s show, Ryan Seacrest let the first of the two to-be eliminated contestants know that the end of the road had come.  Andrew Garcia received his walking papers and didn’t appear to be too shocked.  Andrew was my first pick for elimination, so I scored with that choice.

After performances from Season 7 contestant Brooke White and Justin Gaston and last night’s mentor, Adam Lambert, the ax fell on Katie Stevens.  She appeared to take it much harder than Garcia.  Katie butchered her swan song, understandable though as she was on the verge of tears the entire time.  I actually didn’t have Katie in my going home picks, but I’m not too disappointed by the decision.

The next mentor the contestants will have is Alicia Keys and next week will be the Idol Gives Back episode.  So the show is down to 7 singers, hopefully now things will start to get interesting.

American Idol update 4/13

13 Apr

Another Tuesday, another theme and another disappointing episode. 

I’m not saying that everyone was bad, but the overall quality just isn’t what it has been in the past.  This week the theme was Elvis and the mentor was season 8 finalist, Adam Lambert.  The cast of Glee could also be seen in the audience, a nice in-person plug of their spring premiere which followed Idol.

Up until he was giving advice, I was not thrilled with the idea of Lambert as a mentor.  But I will eat my words and say that he actually was probably the best mentor this season has seen.  He gave honest, constructive, useful feedback to the contestants.

Here is my breakdown of the singers:

Crystal - I won’t deny she is talented, but I can’t see her having a record that will sell to the masses.  What type of people would honestly buy her record?

Andrew – I actually thought that he showed more energy than he has all season.  His voice has a nice tone, but it never changes – it’s always the same sound.

Tim – He picked a great song, but it was still a bit on the boring side.  He had a few moments where he shined though.

Lee – Once again, he had a solid performance.  His voice is original and he should make a great record when the show is over.

Aaron – There is still something about this guy that is just not flowing.  He’s young and just doesn’t stand out.

Siobhan – She sounded like an old woman singing at the beginning of the song.  Then it seemed as if she started singing a completely different song, because she changed the entire way she sang.  The two parts just didn’t go together.

Michael - He has a good voice, but I find him to be boring.  He comes off as self-indulgent to me.

Katie – Again, another good voice, but the whole package isn’t working.

Casey – I wasn’t a fan of this performance.  There wasn’t anything necessarily wrong with it, but his vibrato stuck out more than usual and I couldn’t concentrate on anything else because of it.

2 contestants will go home on the elimination show and my guess is Andrew and either Aaron, Michael or Siobhan.

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