I was skeptical about tonight because the theme didn’t excite me too much (nor did the songs), but I was pleasantly surprised. Here’s my late night recap of the performances:
Haley - Tell Him. I’m with Simon, people aren’t going to be talking about the singing, just the bouncing boobs, jirating hips, and daisy dukes she was sporting. Her personality and sex appeal is what will carry her in this competition, but not too far.
Chris R - Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying. An efficient enough performance tonight. He still needs to develop his vocals a bit, just don’t know if he’ll have time to do so.
Stephanie - You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me. Girl, I used to. She was the weakest female tonight. I don’t know if the pressure of the competition is mounting for her or what. The past two weeks, she’s disappointed me. Uh, I’m no fashion maven, but those boots were the wrong kind for that dress.
Blake - Time Of The Season. While he’s got the moves and the ability to pour his personality into his songs, he doesn’t have strong vocals. Like we’re reminded so many times, this IS a singing competition after all. He’ll get far enough in the competition w/ his looks and versatility, but I don’t see him in the finals.
Lakisha - Diamonds Are Forever. Strong vocals. Boring song. Fake bling. Hello girls.
Phil - Tobacco Road. Attempting to pull of some Chris Daughtry and Bo Bice moves tonight didn’t work for him. I had to turn down the volume on my tv because of his yelling.
Jordin - I Who Have Nothing. I think that will go down as one of the best performances in AI history. If she keeps it up, she’ll be in the finals, easily.
Sanjaya - You Really Got Me. Uh, no you don’t. Please go home so people don’t have to listen to you on tour this summer.
Gina - Paint It Black. She has the advantage of being the only rocker this year and the only non-R&B female singer. Now if she’d just knock it off with all the yelling and mumbling. Maybe I do prefer the Celine ballads for her. She has a voice, but we haven’t heard it in a few weeks and soon we’ll all forget about it. I think her weeks are numbered.
Chris S. - She’s Not There. Besides the panting that started half way through his performance, it was overall decent enough to keep him around another week. He’s continues to be inconsistent to me.
Melinda - As Long As He Needs Me. While I do think she had the second strongest vocals of all the contestants tonight, she just bored me. Again. Sorry.
My top three: Jordin, Melinda, and Blake
My bottom three: Stephanie, Phil, and Sanjaya
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I thought the same thing about Melinda. Seems she got a standing O, but I honestly was bored. Jordin has the best performance last night, I think.
And what was up with that ponytailed chick sobbing hysterically over Sanjaya? Please.