I know I’m supposed to be providing commentary on this week’s performances, and I will, but first I need to have a heart to heart with you people while I have your attention.
This Sanjaya business has got to stop. Please, for the love of God, do your part to end this nonsense. If your husband, sister or best friend’s cousin is among those voting for Sanjaya for whatever reason, stage an intervention. I’m dying over here. And if you won’t do it for me, do it for the people staging a hunger strike to get him off the show.
Anyway, on to the performances. Gwen Stefani coached our contestants this week, and I think she had great advice for all of them. I can’t wait for her performance during the results show.
I loved Lakisha singing “Last Dance.” I’m so glad she picked something upbeat and fun this week. Her talent is undeniable, but she was especially entertaining tonight, too, which is always a plus.
Poor, poor Chris Sligh. I enjoyed him at the beginning of the competition, but he can’t seem to put together a good performance to save his life anymore. He was truly hideous this week. I feel terrible saying that because he seems like such a sweetheart, but there was nothing good about his singing.
Gina redeemed herself this week. She made a great song choice, avoided the “mouth of marbles” syndrome that plagued her last few performances and didn’t fall into the trap of yelling to project that oh so appealing rocker vibe. She did a beautiful job this week.
Sanjaya’s vocals were not so bad this week, but he still basically butchered the song. I suspect a lot of AI viewers don’t know No Doubt’s “Bathwater,” so they don’t know what a great song it is. What a shame. If you don’t know it, please do yourself a favor and give it a listen on iTunes. Gwen rocks it. But then, what else would you expect?
I love the song “True Colors,” but not when Haley’s singing it. I only need two words to describe her performance: bo-ring. I guess she’d better hope she looked hot enough to carry her through to next week. Unfortunately, she looked as frumpy as she sounded. Bring back the hot pants, Haley.
Again, I adore “Every Breathe You Take.” It’s such a beautiful, sexy song. I think Phil made a very smart decision in choosing it. He never blows me away, but this was a solid performance, and I think he pulled it off rather successfully.
So, are Melinda and Lakisha officially all synched up or what? Once again, they chose very similar songs. I guess they must be consulting each other because I can hardly believe it’s a coincidence. This was another in a long list of very strong performances from Melinda, but with the added bonus of a great song choice, particularly when you compare it to the past couple of weeks. She’s solid as a rock.
I’m just gonna say it: I think Blake is super sexy hot, so he can pretty much get up there and do whatever he wants as far as I’m concerned. Still, this was only okay. I assumed he’d do the same arrangement of “Love Song” as 311 did, so that wasn’t a huge suprise, though it was a disappointment. I adore 311, but I just don’t think this is a song that needed to be remade. And I assume Paula has no idea 311 ever did the song because (a) she’s probably never heard of them; and (b) he did it exactly like they did. Exactly. FYI, Paula, it was just about the polar opposite of original.
Jordin’s my girl! I expect a variety of opinions regarding her choice to sing “Hey Baby,” but I loved it. We haven’t seen her do anything at all like this yet, and she has a strong enough voice to sing anything as long as she does it with conviction. It was fun and pop, exactly what an American Idol performance should be.
Chris Richardson’s take on “Don’t Speak” was kinda cool. I liked the vibey, chilled out feeling he brought to it. Still, I think he’s completely out of his league.
I know I’m going to hate myself for ending with this, but I’m doing it anyway. Does anyone else think Sanjaya did well enough this week to warrant sticking around? It kills me to say it, but I don’t think he was the worst performer this week. And now may I be struck down by a random bolt of lightning.
Lawyerlee
I think Chris Sligh was the worst this week. Sanjaya wasn’t good, though. Nor Haley.