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February 20, 2008
Girls night!
Cold and flu season hits tonight.
Kristi Lee Cook - At least Amazing Grace isn't a 60s song. I know she can sing that but let's see what else she can sing. What's with the cutesy eye stuff? Rescue me. She's cute but this performance is dull and the squinting, winking crap needs to stop. Also, it's a little early in the competition for the Idol power squats. I liked her better during auditions.
Joanne Borgella - She's from NJ and I like her from auditions so I am hoping for the best from Joanne. She's doing ok but she needs to relax a bit more and work the crowd. People wanted to like this song. Still much better than Kristi Lee. Damn Simon. That was rough.
Alaina Whitaker - Unlike my feeling that David is young and annoying, I find Alaina adorable. Ugh that shirt though. How dorky is Danny Noriega over there listening? Hahaha. I think she did alright but again it was a bit karaoke. She might have to realize that cute won't win this. She has a good voice so hopefully she'll trust it and not rely just on looks. Best so far but tonight that isn't saying a lot.
Amanda Overmyer - I want to like her but I am not sure that I'm not going to get tired of her. And oddly, she reminds me of my cousin which is very disturbing while I'm watching. She's kind of a one trick pony. Randi loves her "trousers" and the thought of him wearing them is frightening. Ha! Paula said one trick pony. She must be reading along while I type. She'll stay around. "Sorry for pulling out in front of you dude." She's fun.
Amy Davis - Ouch. Please hit a note. Just one right note. Shame since I really like her voice in the clips they played. Maybe it's nerves or she's one of the ones with the flu but that was painful in a night of painful performances and she's in really trouble this week.
Ouch. Ouch. Ouch.
Brooke White - Better than I thought. I hadn't liked her at auditions but she's growing on me. And at least she wasn't winking and mugging for the camera. Good song choice. Good performance. "Washing up liquid?" Ok Simon. Not your cuppa tea. Simon is upset because he just presumes that she is just going to be nice for the whole competition. She is the anti-Simon. She's fun and Simon's fun with her.
Alexandrea Lushington - Her voice was a bit rough but I liked the performance. She's young but you forget it when she's on stage. Good sign. The judges are so damn happy to have someone to give a good review to. Ok, not Simon. He's right about the vocals. They weren't as strong as they could be but I think that the performance was good.
She'll stay.
Kady Malloy - Don't start off with the slow ballad. Nice voice but wasted on such a dramatic song. A pencil could imitate her? Not nice Simon. Pick it up a bit Kady or your in trouble.
Asia'h - Loved her during auditions but her voice wasn't as strong tonight. Picking a song that someone else already did is a bit dicey as well. Simon's favorite? Really? I liked it. I liked her. But I wasn't blown away.
Lame night so far. Please let my two favorites do something tonight. Come one Carly and Syesha.
Ramiele - I am going to call her Ramen noodles because it's just easier to remember. Nice voice but I don't think a ballad is the way to go on the first night. I figure you get one a season per contestant and it better be good. This was good, especially for tonight's group. I like her more than i wanted to.
Syesha - Finally. Finally someone came out and I thought they deserved to be out there. Yes, some trouble in the middle but she was great and had a fantastic presence up there. Best of the night so far. Easily.
Carly - Hrumph. Again with the ballad. Pretty voice. We already know that. But I'm going to have to agree with Simon. It was dull and if we didn't already like her we would forget her.
Syesha is far and away the best tonight.
Safe this week - Joanne, Syesha, Brooke, Alexandrea
In trouble - Amy, Kristi Lee, Kady
Going home - Kady and Amy
Posted by michelle at February 20, 2008 08:27 PM