Last night, the judges could neither see nor hear a wrong note, a schmaltzy performance, a tired arrangement or anything remotely not fabulous about the boys. Wake up call. America voted. And if dialidol.com is accurate, Nigel ripped the judges new ones today for not giving the audience more *direction* in their comments. The voters did NOT cooperate with their plans and there will be some surprises on Thursday. So, the ladies take the brunt of the judge's dereliction of duty last night and almost none escaped the judges without at least a tiny criticism.
Erika Van Pelt, for whom I had high hopes, sings *What About Love*. Its a decent enough job but not a *moment*. I think it is Randy who says she has an Adele vibe. I don't know if she will survive the vote. I hope she does.
Speaking of Adele, why didn't they just give each girl a song from the Adele CD because clearly the judges and Nigel are obsessed with Adele (or at least her record sales). I'm late to Adele love and she deserves all the accolades and record sales and fame but if I want to hear Adele I will play Adele and not someone Idol has packaged to be an Adele copycat. We have had three Adele songs in two nights and that is enough copying Adele.
Jenn Hirsch sings Adele's One and Only. She has a good mix between power notes and restrained singing and I like her but she is not very showy and I'm not sure America will like her. She SHOULD be in the top six girls and I hope she is.
Next up is Snookie Brielle. And her mother.
Brielle is a cheerleader too! I wonder how many girls mama had to intimidate to make that happen?
Brielle starts off too low and enunciates drunkenly. Then she gets up and tries to bluesy it up. She got way too much praise for this mess. I hope she is gone after tomorrow night.
One of my early favorites, Hallie Day, is up next singing *Feeling Good*. I really wish she had done a different song because all I could think of was the Jennifer Hudson Weight Watchers Commercial and how I need to sign up for Weight Watchers. I think she did a very good job with it and hope she stays but she may not attract a following as despite her amazing good looks, she is rather low key. Randy pulls the same crap on her he did on Haley last year asking her *What Kind of Artist Are You Going To Be?* I really wish she had said *NOT Adele*.
Skylar Laine is the second of the country gals and she is the real deal. I loved her manic jumping around on the stage! I think she is going to get the country vote over Chelsea and Baylie. She is really authentic...love her or hate her.
Poor Baylie Brown. What is she doing there? She was another one who *came back* after being cut in Hollywood several years back after a disastrous group round with Antonella Barber and her sidekick mean Jersey girl. I think the country folk are going to vote for Skylar or Chelsea and Baylie had her last performance.
I love Holly Cavanaugh but Randy was right..that song was awfully big for her. I hope she makes it.
Haley Johnson sings Sweet Dreams and I didn't think it was as bad as Randy thought it was although it doesn't have a lot of range to it. She tried to add some range to it and that is where she got into trouble. It sounded worse to me when it was replayed at the end. She is just one blonde too many and I think she is going home.
Shannon Magraine, whose father is a former pro baseball pitcher who pitched in a World Series awhile ago, comes out in her virginal white pageant dress as if she is a finalist for Junior Miss Palm Beach (or wherever the mansion she lives in is located). There was no doubt in my mind she was going to sing some *We Are The World* big old ballad and she did. Shannon thought it was a risky song choice. Yeah, about as risky as Kristy Lee Cook singing *God Bless the USA*. If she progresses she will sing only ballads and only feel good ones. Randy thinks her vibrato is just marvelous. A few weeks ago, he said he hated vibrato when Angie Ziederman had one but now that some waspy blonde has one, vibrato is a good thing. Randy doesn't like quirky...it makes him wonder *what kind of artist* you are. He probably would have cut Adele in Hollywood because he couldn't figure out what kind of artist she was. Maybe, Randy, you just don't know s*!& from shinola when it comes to women singers. Shannon will probably make it through but I won't be happy about it.
Jessica Sanchez had voice problems all week so we are told by her not to expect much. Then she blows it out of the auditorium. I didn't like her song choice but she can sing and at least she doesn't come out wearing a pageant gown. I think she will make it through. If not, she will be a wild card. Randy mentions vibrato again.
Finally, Elise Testone. I'm sorry I said she was manly and looked rough. She is not manly but she does look a little rough (or as we used to say *earthy*). Did she sing the same Adele song as Jenn Hirsch? I like her and hope she stays but really...if they are going to repeat Adele songs why didn't one of them sing *Set Fire to The Rain* so we could at least hear it (as the only thing I heard when Eben supposedly sang it was the band).
Maybe its just me but I think the girls overall were far superior to the guys. That doesn't mean a girl will win.
And, a bit of gossip which may or may not be true. The contestants didn't really pick the songs they sang. They came up with a list of songs they might like to sing but the Producers told them which song they had to sing.
So, tomorrow we see what is up. I will give you a hint based on the Dialidol results for the men. I think we will be disappointed in the ones voted in, if Dialidol is accurate and therefore at least 2 of the wild cards will be men. Let me just say this...Nigel isn't going to be pulling any *surprises* for awhile.
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