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Country music proved to be an Achilles heel for many of our American Idol contestants. The night started off on a good note, with baldiePhil Stacey doing a decent job on Keith Urban's "Where the Blacktop Ends" and Jordin Sparks doing an even better job on coach Martina McBride's song "Broken Wing" (which is a lot of chutzpah for a 17-year-old).
Then came Sanjaya.
With permed hair in a do-rag, he butchered a song we liked: Bonnie Raitt's "Something to Talk About." He tried to be sauve and ultracool, but his performance just showed the audience the true Sanjaya: an awkward, geeky teenager who might place 5th on a good day in his high school talent show. But we'll stop there because he's gotten enough publicity.
We disagreed with the judges, though, on LaKisha Jones's performance. We thought she did a great job with former Idol winner Carrie Underwood's "Jesus Take the Wheel" and think that the judges have a tendency to be a little overcritical of her performances. Simon, Paula and Randy were right on with Chris Richardson's take on Rascal Flatt's "Mayberry." It was second worst of the night. He was off-key and nasally, which means he probably just wrote his ticket off the show.
Next up, standout Melinda Doolittle sang her ass off with a song -- "Trouble is a Woman" -- we'd never heard before. And Blake Lewis closed the show with a Ryan Adams' song "When the Stars Go Blue." (Yes, we know that Tim McGraw did it, but Ryan Adams' version is far superior). We still find Blake an intriguing performer, no matter what the genre.
Tune in tomorrow at 9 pm to see who gets the boot.
>> Side note: Did anyone else catch Simon's mea culpa? When Chris gave a heartfelt shout out to Virginia Tech, the camera panned to Simon rolling his eyes. Then later during the show, Simon himself gave heartfelt condolences to Virginia Tech, in the middle of another performer's critique. It was a little jarring. Way to try to save yourself Cowell.
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In Simon's defense, I rolled my eyes, too. Chris' timing with the shout out was very odd, and one could say it was calculated to garner votes... Not saying that was indeed his intent...just sayin'... Simon's timing at the end was also strange, but he probably figured that it was his last chance to speak, so...
I'd just rather they not mention it at all. I don't like my entertainment mixed with my real-life tragedy. It's like those weirdos that mix their apple sauce and cottage cheese, or their religion with their porn.
I've said too much.
Kiki was bad. It seemed like she sang two songs: one quiet and one loud and brassy. It just didn't go together.
Blake is lame. He lamely covers a lame cover, so that it's basically colorless. Ruined a perfectly good Ryan Adams song.
Chris, I like him and all, but nasally isn't a form of singing. It's an affectation. Stop slurring your notes!
brent - AGREED and you said it perfectly.
Not only was Simon's shoe-horned condolence to victims of the Va. Tech tragedy awkward, but his buzzkill after-the-fact comment to Phil Stacey about whether his performance would be enough to save him was poorly timed and executed as well... as was his joke's over statement about Sanjaya. All that did is get more people to vote for the punk.
In other STFU news, Chris would've been better served if he hadn't felt the sudeen defensive imperative to remind Simon that "nasally" is a style of singing. Gah. And doofus is a style of idiot.
I agree Melinda's turn was a showstopper, I continue to be blown away by Jordin and Blake is the only hope for a male to be left standing near the end of the season. I love LaKisha, but I detest the song she decided to oversing. So her perf was a wash for me.