So a few nights ago, I had a dream in which Lindsay & I were either at a Penguins game or the Idol tour - I'm sorry, I can't remember which, but I know I was excited to be there - and sitting next to us were Blake Lewis & Elliott Yamin. This means that obviously at this point in my life, I am dedicating entirely too much time to just two things, only one of which giving me any satisfaction whatsoever (guess which one that is, folks). On to the gaping black hole of my week, the results show. Only good part? Lindsay is here watching with me!! Welcome to the VA, Linds!
I left my notes from last night at home, so I’m winging it today, but luckily last night’s show was a whole lot of nothing. Seriously, these results shows need to go back to a half hour. After Ryan reminds us that we voted a bajillion times, he wastes some time with the judges before going into this week’s group sing. Guys, these things get worse and worse every week. This time it’s “Reelin’ in the Years” by Steely freakin’ Dan (not related to Steely freakin’ McBeam). Is it me, or do the group vocals sound more and more prerecorded every week?
The recap reminds us what a lackluster show Tuesday was – the Cookster and his playoff beard were just sort of breezing through, and reminded us why a Who song should never be boiled down to one and a half minutes; Archuleta continued his crusade to become the next Josh Groban; Syesha (who has been growing on me) took on two huge songs and sort of came out on top; and Jason continued his nose-diving attempt to get the F out of there. This is our top 4? Give me Melinda, Jordin, LaKisha, & Blake over these people any day. Or half of Chris, Elliott, Katharine, & Taylor. Hell, I’d take Nikki freaking McKibbin at this point in time. This is the most underwhelming season ever.
Two performances this week - we’ve got an hour to fill, remember! – by Bo Bice and Maroon 5. I wasn’t here during the Bo/Carrie season so I really don’t have an opinion of him. I heart Maroon 5 so bad and want to have a beer with Adam Levine.
In between all this, we get a lot of filler including a really terrible FORD! commercial set to “Ring of Fire” (we all agreed the Cookster should’ve sung this song himself and would’ve been awesome), a trip to Vegas to see the Cirque de Soleil Beatles show (because Idol is still paying for the Beatles songbook), and an especially hilarious call-in segment in which a girl from Pittsburgh asks the Cookster out on a date but, despite being on national TV, did not say “Go Pens.” (Cookster, do it. She’ll take you to Primanti’s.)
I neglected to mention that somewhere in this hour of product placement and commercials were some results. Of course, the Davids are safe. And of course, Syesha and Jason are the bottom two. The best moment of the last four weeks of Idol comes at approximately 9:20, when Ryan starts his usual “we’re going to tease you but of course we’re taking a break and you have to wait another half hour for results” routine. Jason, being Jason and therefore being high as shit, says something to the effect of “You’re gonna tell us now?”
Of course not. But at approximately 9:55, Ryan finally does tell us that Jason is out and Syesha is in, making me immensely happy. Never have I seen a contestant so clearly not want to be there, and I’m glad he gets his wish and goes home. Now all I need is Syesha to somehow take out Archuleta, but we all know that’s not happening. Did you notice how many times they showed David & David in the same shot? Could the producers be any more clear about the finale they want?
Linds is taking on all of next week, since she’s leaving me to recap the final two nights on my own. It should be interesting, to say the least. Will this be the most anticlimactic finale ever? Or will Syesha still refuse to go away? Stay tuned! Go Pens!!!!!!
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
But I did not shoot his deputy.
Hey guys, Lindsay here. It's my last time blogging from our house in North Carolina. As of tomorrow night, Bren and I will officially be residing in the same state. WOO! Our house is totally packed up with the exception of an air mattress, the TV and the computer, because let's face it, I couldn't miss Idol tonight.
Tonight is Rock and Roll Hall of Fame night, and I'm still not really sure what that means. I guess just songs by artists who've been inducted into the HoF--which is probably a ton of songs, so just a "sing whatever you want!" kind of night is coming up, I'm thinking. Hey, there's Luke! Man, Luke Menard would have been awesome these past few weeks. I could totally see his cheesy hot ass getting into Neil Diamond week. During the RnR HoF video package, we see Ike Turner, which clearly means Syesha's going to sing "Proud Mary", right? I am so good at this show.
The Cookster's up first singing "Hungry Like the Wolf" by Duran Duran. If I'm not mistaken, wasn't that the song used in the scene in the movie "Old School" when Andy Dick was teaching that blow job class? My speakers are packed, so I can't You Tube this to be certain. Can someone out there confirm or deny? Thanks.
Anyway, the Cookster's okay. He's not doing anything special with the arrangement which is something we've come to expect, but I guess you can't do that every week. I'd still rather listen to the Cookster on an okay day than to Archuleta on his best day. The judges give it a "just okay" label, which is exactly right.
Syesha's up second, doing the predictable "Proud Mary." What did I say? I own this show. Or else I'm really sad. Apparently, this song has been covered over 100 times. Damn. And Syesha being Syesha of course has to take it on. I mean, she's already done Whitney, Mariah (though they've all done that) and Fantasia, so might as well round it out with Tina. The whole thing is very showgirl-Ike and Tina go to Broadway. Randy tells her she was "in the zone", and Syesha shows us that she's taken on Brooke's personality by interrupting the judges. Shut uuuuuuuuuup. Simon tells her it was a bad impersanation of Tina, which, word. Next.
Hey it's Carly! I miss her and Gramps so bad. Jason's up doing "I Shot the Sheriff"--is he shitting us with this? Bren forwarded me an interview with Jason this week where he basically told the interviewer he was ready to go home. I am so not down with that. So I'm already biased going into this performance, and it's predictably terrible. I have to say, I've never seen a performance quite like this on Idol, though. The judges all pretty much hate it, and seem extra vicious. I wonder if they read his interview. I have a feeling Jason's going down this week.
In the pimp spot for like the sixth time this season is little David. Is it me, or does he look younger every week? He looks like he's 11 this week. What the hell are those pants he's wearing? Oh sorry, he's doing "Stand by Me", but I got so distracted by his outfit I forgot to mention that. I am not a huge little David fan, but this is probably the best we've seen from him in a while. The judges have been all over his shit the past few weeks, but I don't think the performances have been up to snuff with the critiques. Tonight he is pretty good though. During the critique, Simon gets in a dig at Jason, which I think is kind of effed up--leave the criticism of the previous contestant WITH the previous contestant, Cowell.
The Cookster comes out for round two in some kind of sparkly blazer/shiny shirt combo. Yikes. I'm a little worried for the Cookster this week, actually. He's in the Daughtry spot right now--the rocker guy left in the top four, and we all know what happened two years ago. Not that Daughtry's doing that badly, but still. He's doing "Baba O'Reilly" by The Who, which is a song that for years I totally thought was just called "Teenage Wasteland." Whatever, I'm an airhead. I would totally buy a ticket to see the Cookster in concert. I heart this guy so bad. He's growing some sort of playoff hockey beard, I see. I bet it's for Pittsburgh. LET'S GO PENS! The judges all love it, and I hope people don't think he's safe and let him go the way of Chris.
The guys from Rascal Flatts are in the audience. Have they even had a new song in the past two years? Out comes Syesha in some kind of crazy gold dress singing "A Change is Gonna Come"--I swear someone has done this on Idol already. I don't feel like looking that up--anyone know? I am so bored by Syesha. She really has a beautiful voice, and I'm sure she's a lovely person, but she just leaves me cold. After Randy gives her the critique, she proves once and for all that she's taken on Brooke's personality and she loses her shit all over the stage. God, STOP CRYING. She seriously can't even speak. WTF? I'm over this. Fast forward.
Jason's doing Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man." I feel like this should get us back to classic Jason, the Jason we fell in love with during "Hallelujah" a zillion weeks back. No dice. It's boring, blah and he forgets the words at one point. Jason's totally checked out, man. He's probably all, This isn 't what I thought this show was gonna be...where's the free weed? I heard Seacrest keeps the good stuff in his dressing room. You know what I would have loved to hear him sing? Time in a Bottle. Man I bet he could rock the Croce. OK, I've now totally derailed. Simon tells him he should pack his suitcase. I kind of hope he's right.
Oh. Ma. Gawd. Little David is closing out the night with "Love Me Tender" by Elvis?! This is totally going to be deja vu from when Kevin Covais sang "Part Time Lover", isn't it? Why do these teenage boys insist on singing these songs? He's predictably good, but boring. I think he should have been behind the piano instead of on that stool. I mean, there's really nothing left to say about this kid. He's totally going to be in the final two, and you either love or you hate that, so he could just phone it in tonight and next week and still be gravy. Simon tells him he "crushed" the competition tonight, and I don't know if I agree with that. I mean, Jason, yeah, maybe. But the Cookster brought it on his second song, and Syesha was still decent if boring. She was no less boring than little David.
Anyway, obviously either Syesha or Jason will be going tomorrow, and I would say that my money is on Jason, but all the nasty criticism may have put his fans into overdrive. Bren will blog your results tomorrow night. Cheers!
Tonight is Rock and Roll Hall of Fame night, and I'm still not really sure what that means. I guess just songs by artists who've been inducted into the HoF--which is probably a ton of songs, so just a "sing whatever you want!" kind of night is coming up, I'm thinking. Hey, there's Luke! Man, Luke Menard would have been awesome these past few weeks. I could totally see his cheesy hot ass getting into Neil Diamond week. During the RnR HoF video package, we see Ike Turner, which clearly means Syesha's going to sing "Proud Mary", right? I am so good at this show.
The Cookster's up first singing "Hungry Like the Wolf" by Duran Duran. If I'm not mistaken, wasn't that the song used in the scene in the movie "Old School" when Andy Dick was teaching that blow job class? My speakers are packed, so I can't You Tube this to be certain. Can someone out there confirm or deny? Thanks.
Anyway, the Cookster's okay. He's not doing anything special with the arrangement which is something we've come to expect, but I guess you can't do that every week. I'd still rather listen to the Cookster on an okay day than to Archuleta on his best day. The judges give it a "just okay" label, which is exactly right.
Syesha's up second, doing the predictable "Proud Mary." What did I say? I own this show. Or else I'm really sad. Apparently, this song has been covered over 100 times. Damn. And Syesha being Syesha of course has to take it on. I mean, she's already done Whitney, Mariah (though they've all done that) and Fantasia, so might as well round it out with Tina. The whole thing is very showgirl-Ike and Tina go to Broadway. Randy tells her she was "in the zone", and Syesha shows us that she's taken on Brooke's personality by interrupting the judges. Shut uuuuuuuuuup. Simon tells her it was a bad impersanation of Tina, which, word. Next.
Hey it's Carly! I miss her and Gramps so bad. Jason's up doing "I Shot the Sheriff"--is he shitting us with this? Bren forwarded me an interview with Jason this week where he basically told the interviewer he was ready to go home. I am so not down with that. So I'm already biased going into this performance, and it's predictably terrible. I have to say, I've never seen a performance quite like this on Idol, though. The judges all pretty much hate it, and seem extra vicious. I wonder if they read his interview. I have a feeling Jason's going down this week.
In the pimp spot for like the sixth time this season is little David. Is it me, or does he look younger every week? He looks like he's 11 this week. What the hell are those pants he's wearing? Oh sorry, he's doing "Stand by Me", but I got so distracted by his outfit I forgot to mention that. I am not a huge little David fan, but this is probably the best we've seen from him in a while. The judges have been all over his shit the past few weeks, but I don't think the performances have been up to snuff with the critiques. Tonight he is pretty good though. During the critique, Simon gets in a dig at Jason, which I think is kind of effed up--leave the criticism of the previous contestant WITH the previous contestant, Cowell.
The Cookster comes out for round two in some kind of sparkly blazer/shiny shirt combo. Yikes. I'm a little worried for the Cookster this week, actually. He's in the Daughtry spot right now--the rocker guy left in the top four, and we all know what happened two years ago. Not that Daughtry's doing that badly, but still. He's doing "Baba O'Reilly" by The Who, which is a song that for years I totally thought was just called "Teenage Wasteland." Whatever, I'm an airhead. I would totally buy a ticket to see the Cookster in concert. I heart this guy so bad. He's growing some sort of playoff hockey beard, I see. I bet it's for Pittsburgh. LET'S GO PENS! The judges all love it, and I hope people don't think he's safe and let him go the way of Chris.
The guys from Rascal Flatts are in the audience. Have they even had a new song in the past two years? Out comes Syesha in some kind of crazy gold dress singing "A Change is Gonna Come"--I swear someone has done this on Idol already. I don't feel like looking that up--anyone know? I am so bored by Syesha. She really has a beautiful voice, and I'm sure she's a lovely person, but she just leaves me cold. After Randy gives her the critique, she proves once and for all that she's taken on Brooke's personality and she loses her shit all over the stage. God, STOP CRYING. She seriously can't even speak. WTF? I'm over this. Fast forward.
Jason's doing Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man." I feel like this should get us back to classic Jason, the Jason we fell in love with during "Hallelujah" a zillion weeks back. No dice. It's boring, blah and he forgets the words at one point. Jason's totally checked out, man. He's probably all, This isn 't what I thought this show was gonna be...where's the free weed? I heard Seacrest keeps the good stuff in his dressing room. You know what I would have loved to hear him sing? Time in a Bottle. Man I bet he could rock the Croce. OK, I've now totally derailed. Simon tells him he should pack his suitcase. I kind of hope he's right.
Oh. Ma. Gawd. Little David is closing out the night with "Love Me Tender" by Elvis?! This is totally going to be deja vu from when Kevin Covais sang "Part Time Lover", isn't it? Why do these teenage boys insist on singing these songs? He's predictably good, but boring. I think he should have been behind the piano instead of on that stool. I mean, there's really nothing left to say about this kid. He's totally going to be in the final two, and you either love or you hate that, so he could just phone it in tonight and next week and still be gravy. Simon tells him he "crushed" the competition tonight, and I don't know if I agree with that. I mean, Jason, yeah, maybe. But the Cookster brought it on his second song, and Syesha was still decent if boring. She was no less boring than little David.
Anyway, obviously either Syesha or Jason will be going tomorrow, and I would say that my money is on Jason, but all the nasty criticism may have put his fans into overdrive. Bren will blog your results tomorrow night. Cheers!
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Bye, bye, Miss American Pie
Longest season ever, right guys? Jeebus. I have to say, I haven't been this disinterested in the outcome of this show since season three. I think my husband summed it all up the best on Tuesday night: if these are supposed to be the best, what the hell did they already eliminate? Anyway, time for the hour-long results craptacular!
45 million people voted on Tuesday night...this number gets higher every week. After Ryan introduces the judges and gently tells America that Paula was NOT high Tuesday night, our ragtag group of kids comes out to perform a Neil Diamond group tribute number. Seriously, more of this? I was totally 100% with Bren on her comment yesterday about the limited themes. This is just too much. Wow, Syesha's dress is really unflattering. This is a terrible group number. Brooke and Syesha sound weak as hell. I think the medley is in too low of a range for the entire group, they all sound like they are struggling.
EW! Constantine! In a sequined shirt! Showing the camera his gross, smoldering eye! BOOOO! OMG, poor Gina Glocksen. They have to host a show together?? She's probably going to get an STD just from sitting next to him. And now on to the recap of last night. Brooke was totally manic and "Eight Days a Week" shades of crazy, the Cookster did the best he could do with the limited songbook, Jason was Jason and found out ahead of time that Paula was apparently going to hate his second song, Syesha was good but about 10 shades of bland, and Little David was predictably cheesy yet somehow hilarious. I would have loved it if he came out in like, a red white and blue sequined jacket.
Ryan's diving into the results pretty early tonight. Must be a lot of filler for later. He brings out Jason and after a lot of jibba jabba, Jason is safe. This surprises me a little bit, but I guess maybe he picked up some of Carly's votes? Little David comes out next, and come on, this isn't even suspenseful. Without even watching the next half hour, I could have told you that the Cookster would come out third and be safe, leaving Brooke and Syesha in the bottom two. Little David is of course, safe. Oh and next week is apparently "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame" week, which could be kind of awesome or treacherous, depending.
After a long ass So You Think You Can Dance (dance! dance! dance!) preview, we get a shot of creepy Uncle Nigel backstage, which, ew. Also apparently, there was a contest to design the Coke cups, and some guy won, and the judges show them off. Scintillating! I have to say, Paula's publicist really cranked it out after Tuesday night--notice Paula's demure, age-appropriate hairdo and her non-cleavage showing, 3/4 sleeved top. Nice work trying to make her not look batshit, but we all know the truth.
So we find out next that the Cookster is safe, natch, and Syesha and Brooke are in the bottom two. There is way too much filler in this show, man. I'm surprised they didn't make both of them sing again like last week. Probably because Brooke will be eliminated and they want to torture her already fragile mind by making her sing her song after she just got the boot. Anyway, one of the TWO musical acts for tonight (really?) is Natasha Bedingfield. I really hope she comes out wearing that kicky skipper's hat she's been photographed in recently. I totally fast forward through her performance. Sorry guys. Oh wait, I pause it long enough to watch her come over to the couches and molest Little David and then tell him she wants to go to prom with him. HAHAHAHA. Awesome.
Shit, it's the return of the viewer calls. I fast forward until I see something on the screen about a woman kissing Simon in the garden when he was nine, and then come on, I HAVE to stop and rewind. What follows is probably the most hilarious of the viewer call in segments. Apparently, the British lady on the phone was Simon's first kiss when he was nine, and lots of cheeky antics follow.
OK, I'm going to wrap this up, because I'm at work and I'm getting my monthly chair massage in like five minutes. Neil Diamond comes out, sings, fills up some more airtime, blah blah blah, FORD! commercial that's actually kind of cute, and time for the result. Ryan calls Brooke and Syesha to the stage, and Brooke looks like she totally knows what is coming. Ryan delivers the news that Brooke is eliminated in probably the gentlest manner we've ever seen from him. I think he knows she's unbalanced. What follows is Brooke completely losing her shit all over Syesha, her Ruben-infused video package, and her babbling incoherently before being forced to sing her song again. All the Idols come out and hover around her while she sings, and it's the trainwreck you would expect.
As much as I've turned on her in the past few weeks (and truly, I don't think I've EVER turned on an Idol so fast), it makes me a little sad that she's going and that she's so obviously not okay about it. Well, she'll make a record anyway, and I'm sure it will be nice and I'll probably download a couple of the tracks on iTunes. Bye Brooke! They're taking you to a nice place now, don't worry!
So we're in the final four, and I have to say, I didn't think Syesha would be there. Next week should be interesting. I'll be blogging the performance night and Bren will take the results. Have a great weekend, all. Cheers!
45 million people voted on Tuesday night...this number gets higher every week. After Ryan introduces the judges and gently tells America that Paula was NOT high Tuesday night, our ragtag group of kids comes out to perform a Neil Diamond group tribute number. Seriously, more of this? I was totally 100% with Bren on her comment yesterday about the limited themes. This is just too much. Wow, Syesha's dress is really unflattering. This is a terrible group number. Brooke and Syesha sound weak as hell. I think the medley is in too low of a range for the entire group, they all sound like they are struggling.
EW! Constantine! In a sequined shirt! Showing the camera his gross, smoldering eye! BOOOO! OMG, poor Gina Glocksen. They have to host a show together?? She's probably going to get an STD just from sitting next to him. And now on to the recap of last night. Brooke was totally manic and "Eight Days a Week" shades of crazy, the Cookster did the best he could do with the limited songbook, Jason was Jason and found out ahead of time that Paula was apparently going to hate his second song, Syesha was good but about 10 shades of bland, and Little David was predictably cheesy yet somehow hilarious. I would have loved it if he came out in like, a red white and blue sequined jacket.
Ryan's diving into the results pretty early tonight. Must be a lot of filler for later. He brings out Jason and after a lot of jibba jabba, Jason is safe. This surprises me a little bit, but I guess maybe he picked up some of Carly's votes? Little David comes out next, and come on, this isn't even suspenseful. Without even watching the next half hour, I could have told you that the Cookster would come out third and be safe, leaving Brooke and Syesha in the bottom two. Little David is of course, safe. Oh and next week is apparently "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame" week, which could be kind of awesome or treacherous, depending.
After a long ass So You Think You Can Dance (dance! dance! dance!) preview, we get a shot of creepy Uncle Nigel backstage, which, ew. Also apparently, there was a contest to design the Coke cups, and some guy won, and the judges show them off. Scintillating! I have to say, Paula's publicist really cranked it out after Tuesday night--notice Paula's demure, age-appropriate hairdo and her non-cleavage showing, 3/4 sleeved top. Nice work trying to make her not look batshit, but we all know the truth.
So we find out next that the Cookster is safe, natch, and Syesha and Brooke are in the bottom two. There is way too much filler in this show, man. I'm surprised they didn't make both of them sing again like last week. Probably because Brooke will be eliminated and they want to torture her already fragile mind by making her sing her song after she just got the boot. Anyway, one of the TWO musical acts for tonight (really?) is Natasha Bedingfield. I really hope she comes out wearing that kicky skipper's hat she's been photographed in recently. I totally fast forward through her performance. Sorry guys. Oh wait, I pause it long enough to watch her come over to the couches and molest Little David and then tell him she wants to go to prom with him. HAHAHAHA. Awesome.
Shit, it's the return of the viewer calls. I fast forward until I see something on the screen about a woman kissing Simon in the garden when he was nine, and then come on, I HAVE to stop and rewind. What follows is probably the most hilarious of the viewer call in segments. Apparently, the British lady on the phone was Simon's first kiss when he was nine, and lots of cheeky antics follow.
OK, I'm going to wrap this up, because I'm at work and I'm getting my monthly chair massage in like five minutes. Neil Diamond comes out, sings, fills up some more airtime, blah blah blah, FORD! commercial that's actually kind of cute, and time for the result. Ryan calls Brooke and Syesha to the stage, and Brooke looks like she totally knows what is coming. Ryan delivers the news that Brooke is eliminated in probably the gentlest manner we've ever seen from him. I think he knows she's unbalanced. What follows is Brooke completely losing her shit all over Syesha, her Ruben-infused video package, and her babbling incoherently before being forced to sing her song again. All the Idols come out and hover around her while she sings, and it's the trainwreck you would expect.
As much as I've turned on her in the past few weeks (and truly, I don't think I've EVER turned on an Idol so fast), it makes me a little sad that she's going and that she's so obviously not okay about it. Well, she'll make a record anyway, and I'm sure it will be nice and I'll probably download a couple of the tracks on iTunes. Bye Brooke! They're taking you to a nice place now, don't worry!
So we're in the final four, and I have to say, I didn't think Syesha would be there. Next week should be interesting. I'll be blogging the performance night and Bren will take the results. Have a great weekend, all. Cheers!
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
My spirit really is broken.
Hi folks, Brenna here. Lindsay was traveling, so she’s taking results night off my hands, and I’m here to guide you through Neil Diamond night.
First, let me go on a tirade about the themes this year. Why have they been so limiting? In the past, we've had a celebrity mentor and a broad theme (a la country, or love songs, or movie soundtracks) or at least have had a more versatile artist catalogues to work from (a la Bon Jovi, which gave us 5 out of 6 stellar performances, or Elton John from season 3, which gave us a homerun from J-Hud). And why have the contestants been given exactly one week (Mariah week) to sing anything written later than 1989? I'm not knocking Mr. Neil Diamond at all. He is a very talented musician and songwriter. I’m just saying that at this point in time, when you have the top five contestants on what we’ve been repeatedly told is the best, most talented season of Idol ever, you expect them to have some good source material to work with. Oh well. On to the show.
Jason forgets his lyrics in front of the man who wrote them. Geez, is this guy trying to piss off every mentor this year?! He then sings “Forever in Blue Jeans,” which I think suits him rather well. I’m not blown away, but it’s ok. I’m bored in general by him lately. Apparently there’s no judging for this round of songs, and they’ll be singing again. This whole hour is really chaotic. I’m stressed.
OMG Bret Michaels and his bandana will be on “Don’t Forget the Lyrics” this week!!!!!!!! YESSSSSSS.
The Cookster sings a song called “I’m Alive.” I’ve never heard it before. It was ok. This week is going to suck, I can feel it.
Also, dear Cookster: please shave. You had like two weeks where you looked good and you're drifting back into Amber Alert territory. We really, really like you now. “Always Be My Baby” has been in constant rotation on my iPod. We don’t want you to be skeevy. That’s a road best left to this guy.
Anyways. Brooke, dear Brooke, who I feel is on the verge of a nervous breakdown, is singing “I’m a Believer.” Am I the only one who didn’t know this was a Neil Diamond song? Oh nooooo, this is cheesy. Is she wearing shiny bell bottoms? It was really, really bad. Someone needs to tell her that up-tempo songs just don’t suit her. I’m sure Simon will later.
I miss Michael Johns.
The Most Predictable Song Choices Ever are now presented by David Archuleta. He’s singing “Sweet Caroline” first, and he sounds… I’m sorry, I can’t do this. I can’t take this seriously. It’s SWEET M-F’ING CAROLINE. This song belongs either in a bar or at a sporting event. Preferably alcohol are involved in both. I can’t handle this tonight.
Syesha sings “Hello Again.” I don’t know any of these songs. The mosh pit needs to stop waving their hands. She’s good, I suppose. I think she oversang it a bit.
At this point we have a weird, impromptu speed judging sequence in which Randy is forced to actually be concise, Paula is clearly off her meds and thinks Jason sang twice, leading to the most awkward moment in Idol history when she tries to cover it, and Simon basically tells them they all sucked. Thank God for Simon. He’s not taking any crap tonight. And oh, goody, we get to do this all over again.
Jason sings “September Morn” and it sounds exactly like every other song he’s ever done on this show. His vocals are a little shaky throughout and he gives some BS excuse for it. DUDE. At this stage of the game, there are no excuses. You either nail it or go home (or, in some cases, nail it and still go home). This show is on my last nerve tonight.
I miss Carly.
The Cookster sings “All I Really Need is You,” and I actually like it. It’s still not the greatest performance I’ve ever seen, not anywhere close, but at this point the Cookster is so far above any of the other contestants that I’ve pretty much stopped caring about grading him against his own personal curve and am just happy he's not sucking as bad as everyone else tonight.
Brooke sings “I Am I Said.” Halfway through, I go, “ohhhh, this song!” Neil had suggested she change New York to Arizona to make it more her own. I say that’s stupid. A) Changing it to Arizona makes the song make no sense, since Arizona is not on a different coast than California, it’s not on any coast at all, and half the lyrics sound stupid now. B) Duh, obviously these kids aren’t singing songs true to themselves. You really think Kevin Covais was your part-time lover? Or that Jordin knew half the crap she sang about, since she’s only a teenager and has no life experience?! Come on. The performance itself is actually quite nice. It’s the best (and most put together) we’ve seen Brooke in weeks. I have a bad feeling it’s too little, too late, but stranger things have happened on this stupid show.
The Most Predictable Song Choices Ever presented by David Archuleta continues with “America.” It is Cheese with a capital C. More bland ass freedom, flag-waving Cheese. At least he’ll get the KLC vote. I think he flubs a lyric again, and his voice totally cracks, and the judges say nothing about it. Of course not. We’re getting a David/David finale whether we like it or not.
INDIANA JONES COMMERCIAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was easily the highlight of this hour.
Syesha closes the show with “Thank the Lord for the Nighttime.” Eh. I think she should have switched the order of her songs, the first one was better. I do like her singing sassy, up-tempo songs though, and being told she is good at Broadway stuff is not an insult.
I’m not even going to bother figuring out a bottom three. I’m pretty much over tonight. I’m over this whole season. Let’s not even declare a winner, just fast-forward to November when the Cookster’s CD comes out, and we can forget this whole debacle of a season ever happened. Kind of like we forget about Taylor Hicks.
First, let me go on a tirade about the themes this year. Why have they been so limiting? In the past, we've had a celebrity mentor and a broad theme (a la country, or love songs, or movie soundtracks) or at least have had a more versatile artist catalogues to work from (a la Bon Jovi, which gave us 5 out of 6 stellar performances, or Elton John from season 3, which gave us a homerun from J-Hud). And why have the contestants been given exactly one week (Mariah week) to sing anything written later than 1989? I'm not knocking Mr. Neil Diamond at all. He is a very talented musician and songwriter. I’m just saying that at this point in time, when you have the top five contestants on what we’ve been repeatedly told is the best, most talented season of Idol ever, you expect them to have some good source material to work with. Oh well. On to the show.
Jason forgets his lyrics in front of the man who wrote them. Geez, is this guy trying to piss off every mentor this year?! He then sings “Forever in Blue Jeans,” which I think suits him rather well. I’m not blown away, but it’s ok. I’m bored in general by him lately. Apparently there’s no judging for this round of songs, and they’ll be singing again. This whole hour is really chaotic. I’m stressed.
OMG Bret Michaels and his bandana will be on “Don’t Forget the Lyrics” this week!!!!!!!! YESSSSSSS.
The Cookster sings a song called “I’m Alive.” I’ve never heard it before. It was ok. This week is going to suck, I can feel it.
Also, dear Cookster: please shave. You had like two weeks where you looked good and you're drifting back into Amber Alert territory. We really, really like you now. “Always Be My Baby” has been in constant rotation on my iPod. We don’t want you to be skeevy. That’s a road best left to this guy.
Anyways. Brooke, dear Brooke, who I feel is on the verge of a nervous breakdown, is singing “I’m a Believer.” Am I the only one who didn’t know this was a Neil Diamond song? Oh nooooo, this is cheesy. Is she wearing shiny bell bottoms? It was really, really bad. Someone needs to tell her that up-tempo songs just don’t suit her. I’m sure Simon will later.
I miss Michael Johns.
The Most Predictable Song Choices Ever are now presented by David Archuleta. He’s singing “Sweet Caroline” first, and he sounds… I’m sorry, I can’t do this. I can’t take this seriously. It’s SWEET M-F’ING CAROLINE. This song belongs either in a bar or at a sporting event. Preferably alcohol are involved in both. I can’t handle this tonight.
Syesha sings “Hello Again.” I don’t know any of these songs. The mosh pit needs to stop waving their hands. She’s good, I suppose. I think she oversang it a bit.
At this point we have a weird, impromptu speed judging sequence in which Randy is forced to actually be concise, Paula is clearly off her meds and thinks Jason sang twice, leading to the most awkward moment in Idol history when she tries to cover it, and Simon basically tells them they all sucked. Thank God for Simon. He’s not taking any crap tonight. And oh, goody, we get to do this all over again.
Jason sings “September Morn” and it sounds exactly like every other song he’s ever done on this show. His vocals are a little shaky throughout and he gives some BS excuse for it. DUDE. At this stage of the game, there are no excuses. You either nail it or go home (or, in some cases, nail it and still go home). This show is on my last nerve tonight.
I miss Carly.
The Cookster sings “All I Really Need is You,” and I actually like it. It’s still not the greatest performance I’ve ever seen, not anywhere close, but at this point the Cookster is so far above any of the other contestants that I’ve pretty much stopped caring about grading him against his own personal curve and am just happy he's not sucking as bad as everyone else tonight.
Brooke sings “I Am I Said.” Halfway through, I go, “ohhhh, this song!” Neil had suggested she change New York to Arizona to make it more her own. I say that’s stupid. A) Changing it to Arizona makes the song make no sense, since Arizona is not on a different coast than California, it’s not on any coast at all, and half the lyrics sound stupid now. B) Duh, obviously these kids aren’t singing songs true to themselves. You really think Kevin Covais was your part-time lover? Or that Jordin knew half the crap she sang about, since she’s only a teenager and has no life experience?! Come on. The performance itself is actually quite nice. It’s the best (and most put together) we’ve seen Brooke in weeks. I have a bad feeling it’s too little, too late, but stranger things have happened on this stupid show.
The Most Predictable Song Choices Ever presented by David Archuleta continues with “America.” It is Cheese with a capital C. More bland ass freedom, flag-waving Cheese. At least he’ll get the KLC vote. I think he flubs a lyric again, and his voice totally cracks, and the judges say nothing about it. Of course not. We’re getting a David/David finale whether we like it or not.
INDIANA JONES COMMERCIAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was easily the highlight of this hour.
Syesha closes the show with “Thank the Lord for the Nighttime.” Eh. I think she should have switched the order of her songs, the first one was better. I do like her singing sassy, up-tempo songs though, and being told she is good at Broadway stuff is not an insult.
I’m not even going to bother figuring out a bottom three. I’m pretty much over tonight. I’m over this whole season. Let’s not even declare a winner, just fast-forward to November when the Cookster’s CD comes out, and we can forget this whole debacle of a season ever happened. Kind of like we forget about Taylor Hicks.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
I call shenanigans.
You guys, this ep was off the HEEZY fa SHEEZY. So many times in my notes, I just wrote WTF? because it was all I could muster up at the time. In the first ninety seconds of the show, we see Ryan practically get molested by some woman in the audience, Price is Right style, we see Paula's boobs again shoved up to her chin, and we see Ryan deliver a forehead kiss to Simon that I don't even wanna discuss any more. Keep it at home, gentlemen!
So 38 million gazillion google squillion people voted last night, but before we get to the results, the kids get to jack up one more of poor ALW's songs. The man himself is at the piano to accompany the group on "All I Ask of You", and he could not look more over it. The three guys actually sound halfway decent together, but the girls sound all sorts of effed up. I mean, really, you have three totally different vocal tones trying to mesh here, and it's not good. Also, WHY the hayell are the people in the "mosh pit" raising their arms and swaying? It's BROADWAY, not Bon Jovi! Christ.
After the group number, Ryan announces that the Idol tour will kick off its 49-city jaunt in Glendale, Arizona on July 1. All I have to say is--Idols in DC on 8/14, what whaaaat? We jump into a recap of last night--Syesha was kind of fierce, Little David sounded like Michael Bolton, Jason was a totally stoned, utter mess, Brooke was maybe the biggest trainwreck this show has ever seen, Carly rocked the hell out of Jesus Christ Superstar and the Cookster (tm Brenna) saved this whole damn thing again and maybe made ALW feel like he didn't want to kill himself after all.
Ryan brings out ALW for a chat, which is kind of nice. Really, it's probably because none of the other mentors could string a cohesive sentence together. I mean, don't get me wrong, I love Dolly and Mariah, but MENSA members they ain't. His eyebrows are a force to be reckoned with. Ryan brings up Brooke's disaster for the ninth time this ep, which clearly means she's safe, and ALW sticks up for her. Sorry, Brooke fans, but at this stage of the game--top SIX--it's not the time for shit like this. Anyway, bye ALW! Sorry your song book was clearly never meant to grace the Idol stage!
After commercials, we have the FORD! commercial of the night. I actually kind of enjoy this one to "Tainted Love"--the Cookster looks hot with those red streaks. OMG, you can get Idol winner stamps!! YESSSSS. Bren, even though we're about to live less than two miles from each other, I am totally sending you a letter with a RUUUUUUUUUUUUBEN stamp on it. I hope his pic is him with one of those GIANT 205 jerseys he used to wear.
Elimination time--Ryan brings out the Davids. After jibba jabbing at them for way too long, we find out that--clearly--both guys are safe. Foreshadowing of our final two, some may say. Oh Jesus, Neil Diamond is the mentor next week. If the Cookster doesn't sing "Sweet Caroline", I quit. Have you guys ever seen the SNL sketches where Will Ferrell does Neil Diamond. Love it.
And what's this? Instead of our weekly "viewer call in" segment, we get an Idol where are they now? video journey? OMG, Tamyra Gray and Clay Aiken on Broadway. Holy shit guys, Randy was 'UUUUUUUUUUUGE (tm Donald Trump) in season two. Bren and I were JUST discussing Clay today and how we missed the transformation when he apparently became a woman.
Commercials, and tonight performing we have Leona Lewis, aka keep keep bleeding, aka Simon Cowell's protege. 10 bucks says Simon's banging her. I have to say--I am totally 100% sick of this song, but she really does have a beautiful voice. And her cheekbones are SICK. Whoa, big flames on the power notes. Nice touch there, Fox.
OK, Syesha and Brooke are up next. Brooke looks like she's about to have a nervous breakdown. I seriously think she cannot handle this show. They should just boot her for her mental health. All this buildup about how Syesha was soooo personable and Brooke effed up sooooo bad is clearly a ploy so we're SHOCKED and clutching our pearls when Ryan announces Brooke is safe.....and there we go. I swear, if she effs up her lyrics when I'm paying to see her on the Idol tour, I will throw a can at her.
This leaves Carly and Jason the last two battling it out for a spot on the couch. Wow, it's 9:48--and NO VIEWER QUESTIONS! YAY! Maybe they are doing away with that. Ryan asks Carly if she had more than one song picked to sing and...didn't we already see the answer to that? On her video package last night? When ALW TOLD US he told Carly to change her song. Jeez, Seacrest. Jason is totally stoned again...and also safe. Oh man, I have a bad feeling about this. For realsies guys, Jason and Brooke were totally the worst last night.
OK, Carly's singing, fast forward fast forward, Syesha's singing--wtf, Carly and Ryan? They talked through her whole damn song. After 38 kachillion votes...it's Carly who's out. Man. I have to admit, once I knew the Cookster was safe, I said I didn't really care about the rest of the five but now that Carly's out, I'm bummed. She was awesome last night. She and Syesha hug for about five years and RUUUUUBEN's here to sing her out. Her video package is kind of depressing, yikes. Well, I think America got it wrong, but then, I didn't vote, so who am I to judge--LOL. Anyway, bye Carly! I hope you figure out how to dress yourself better once you leave. We'll be back next week--I'll be recapping Neil Diamond night, dear God, and Bren will hand you your results. Cheers!
So 38 million gazillion google squillion people voted last night, but before we get to the results, the kids get to jack up one more of poor ALW's songs. The man himself is at the piano to accompany the group on "All I Ask of You", and he could not look more over it. The three guys actually sound halfway decent together, but the girls sound all sorts of effed up. I mean, really, you have three totally different vocal tones trying to mesh here, and it's not good. Also, WHY the hayell are the people in the "mosh pit" raising their arms and swaying? It's BROADWAY, not Bon Jovi! Christ.
After the group number, Ryan announces that the Idol tour will kick off its 49-city jaunt in Glendale, Arizona on July 1. All I have to say is--Idols in DC on 8/14, what whaaaat? We jump into a recap of last night--Syesha was kind of fierce, Little David sounded like Michael Bolton, Jason was a totally stoned, utter mess, Brooke was maybe the biggest trainwreck this show has ever seen, Carly rocked the hell out of Jesus Christ Superstar and the Cookster (tm Brenna) saved this whole damn thing again and maybe made ALW feel like he didn't want to kill himself after all.
Ryan brings out ALW for a chat, which is kind of nice. Really, it's probably because none of the other mentors could string a cohesive sentence together. I mean, don't get me wrong, I love Dolly and Mariah, but MENSA members they ain't. His eyebrows are a force to be reckoned with. Ryan brings up Brooke's disaster for the ninth time this ep, which clearly means she's safe, and ALW sticks up for her. Sorry, Brooke fans, but at this stage of the game--top SIX--it's not the time for shit like this. Anyway, bye ALW! Sorry your song book was clearly never meant to grace the Idol stage!
After commercials, we have the FORD! commercial of the night. I actually kind of enjoy this one to "Tainted Love"--the Cookster looks hot with those red streaks. OMG, you can get Idol winner stamps!! YESSSSS. Bren, even though we're about to live less than two miles from each other, I am totally sending you a letter with a RUUUUUUUUUUUUBEN stamp on it. I hope his pic is him with one of those GIANT 205 jerseys he used to wear.
Elimination time--Ryan brings out the Davids. After jibba jabbing at them for way too long, we find out that--clearly--both guys are safe. Foreshadowing of our final two, some may say. Oh Jesus, Neil Diamond is the mentor next week. If the Cookster doesn't sing "Sweet Caroline", I quit. Have you guys ever seen the SNL sketches where Will Ferrell does Neil Diamond. Love it.
And what's this? Instead of our weekly "viewer call in" segment, we get an Idol where are they now? video journey? OMG, Tamyra Gray and Clay Aiken on Broadway. Holy shit guys, Randy was 'UUUUUUUUUUUGE (tm Donald Trump) in season two. Bren and I were JUST discussing Clay today and how we missed the transformation when he apparently became a woman.
Commercials, and tonight performing we have Leona Lewis, aka keep keep bleeding, aka Simon Cowell's protege. 10 bucks says Simon's banging her. I have to say--I am totally 100% sick of this song, but she really does have a beautiful voice. And her cheekbones are SICK. Whoa, big flames on the power notes. Nice touch there, Fox.
OK, Syesha and Brooke are up next. Brooke looks like she's about to have a nervous breakdown. I seriously think she cannot handle this show. They should just boot her for her mental health. All this buildup about how Syesha was soooo personable and Brooke effed up sooooo bad is clearly a ploy so we're SHOCKED and clutching our pearls when Ryan announces Brooke is safe.....and there we go. I swear, if she effs up her lyrics when I'm paying to see her on the Idol tour, I will throw a can at her.
This leaves Carly and Jason the last two battling it out for a spot on the couch. Wow, it's 9:48--and NO VIEWER QUESTIONS! YAY! Maybe they are doing away with that. Ryan asks Carly if she had more than one song picked to sing and...didn't we already see the answer to that? On her video package last night? When ALW TOLD US he told Carly to change her song. Jeez, Seacrest. Jason is totally stoned again...and also safe. Oh man, I have a bad feeling about this. For realsies guys, Jason and Brooke were totally the worst last night.
OK, Carly's singing, fast forward fast forward, Syesha's singing--wtf, Carly and Ryan? They talked through her whole damn song. After 38 kachillion votes...it's Carly who's out. Man. I have to admit, once I knew the Cookster was safe, I said I didn't really care about the rest of the five but now that Carly's out, I'm bummed. She was awesome last night. She and Syesha hug for about five years and RUUUUUBEN's here to sing her out. Her video package is kind of depressing, yikes. Well, I think America got it wrong, but then, I didn't vote, so who am I to judge--LOL. Anyway, bye Carly! I hope you figure out how to dress yourself better once you leave. We'll be back next week--I'll be recapping Neil Diamond night, dear God, and Bren will hand you your results. Cheers!
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Don't cry for me, America.
Guys, I’ve been looking forward to tonight since Seacrest first announced the mentors back in week 1. Andrew Lloyd Webber is amazing. His music is amazing. And that’s what had me so worried that tonight would be a train wreck. Was it? On to the recap.
Syesha leads off with “One Rock & Roll Too Many,” from Starlight Express. I’ve never seen this show, but have always wanted to. The actors are on roller skates!! How awesome is that. But anyways, back to Syezzzzzzzsha. Technically, it’s very good. She’s sassy, she sounds great, and I should be feeling it, but I’m just not. There’s no connection between her and the audience. It’s like her…… brick wall……. us.
Jason is next, singing “Memory,” from Cats. ALW says something great about a man with dreadlocks singing this song. Jason acts dumb and doesn’t realize it was sung by a cat. Dude, stop hitting the bong and do your homework. ALW is already regretting agreeing to this show. Anyways, the song isn’t terrible, but it’s nothing to write home about. He kind of speeds up in the bridge, and it never reaches the climax we’re all expecting it to, and his voice is breaking, and it’s kind of all over the place. Randy makes one of the dumbest Randy comments of all time, telling him there was too much melody. What?! In the audience, ALW looks for the exit.
Brooke sings “You Must Love Me,” written for the movie version of Evita. With all the great songs from this show, I’m a little disappointed she chose this one. ALW blatantly tells her she doesn’t know what she’s singing about and proceeds to fill her in that this isn’t a happy song, that a woman is singing on her deathbed, and, like, OMG, Brooke gets it. She then throws it away by stopping the band after just a few words and starting over again, and she never quite recovers. Ohhh, Brooke. What happened to you? At least she was quiet during the judges’ critiques, which is an improvement.
Seacrest is on the stools with Archuleta, who looks absolutely terrified, as per usual. He is then attacked by like seven girls who run up from the audience, and we cut to his session with ALW, who is again laughing that a guy will be singing a song he wrote for a woman, this time “Think of Me,” from Phantom of the Opera. Seriously, it perplexes me too. You have this massive catalog of music available to you, and you can't find a gender appropriate number? ALW wrote this song – and this role – specifically for his wife at the time, so I can imagine he’s a little annoyed that Archuleta sings a version sounding like the Backstreet Boys circa 1999. It’s good, I suppose, and the judges all love it, but I’m with ALW, looking pissed off that this little boy commandeered one of his signature songs and made it sound like it belongs on Light FM.
Carly, please save this show. She starts off with ALW singing “All I Ask of You” (also from Phantom) until ALW cuts her off and tells her to sing “Jesus Christ Superstar,” from the musical of the same name. It’s all good, I suppose, but again, I just can’t get excited by her. It’s one of her better performances in weeks though, and I’ll give her points for picking the most upbeat song of the evening. But all around, to me, she’s just eh.
And finally, thankfully, the Cookster is in the pimp spot. And he’s singing “Music of the Night”!!!!! And he’s not messing with it at all!!! He listened to me!!!! ALW talks about how sexy the song is, and tells David to think of him as a 17-year-old girl, which we all know would be a tad inappropriate. At this point, I really want to have a beer with ALW. He’s so cool. So the Cookster sings with the original arrangement, and doesn’t do any fancy stuff with it, and it’s awesome. See, this is something that’s been lost in all the discussion this season about David – the guy can sing. It’s kind of lost sometimes, because we’re talking more about how he arranged the song, but he very rarely sings an off note. And tonight, when he’s just singing, he’s singing very well. It sounds great, and it’s sensual, and it’s dark, and (coming from someone who has seen Phantom about five times) it’s exactly what this song should be. Bravo, David.
The split this week, to me, is simple. The first half of the performers (Syesha, Jason, & Brooke) will be the bottom three. Syesha was rather good, but forgettable in the lead spot. Jason just picked the wrong song, and Brooke was a wreck. My money is on Brooke to go home, which makes me sad, but someone has to go every week. At this point in time, though, I wouldn’t be surprised by anyone outside the Davids. This is when the competition gets good, people!
Syesha leads off with “One Rock & Roll Too Many,” from Starlight Express. I’ve never seen this show, but have always wanted to. The actors are on roller skates!! How awesome is that. But anyways, back to Syezzzzzzzsha. Technically, it’s very good. She’s sassy, she sounds great, and I should be feeling it, but I’m just not. There’s no connection between her and the audience. It’s like her…… brick wall……. us.
Jason is next, singing “Memory,” from Cats. ALW says something great about a man with dreadlocks singing this song. Jason acts dumb and doesn’t realize it was sung by a cat. Dude, stop hitting the bong and do your homework. ALW is already regretting agreeing to this show. Anyways, the song isn’t terrible, but it’s nothing to write home about. He kind of speeds up in the bridge, and it never reaches the climax we’re all expecting it to, and his voice is breaking, and it’s kind of all over the place. Randy makes one of the dumbest Randy comments of all time, telling him there was too much melody. What?! In the audience, ALW looks for the exit.
Brooke sings “You Must Love Me,” written for the movie version of Evita. With all the great songs from this show, I’m a little disappointed she chose this one. ALW blatantly tells her she doesn’t know what she’s singing about and proceeds to fill her in that this isn’t a happy song, that a woman is singing on her deathbed, and, like, OMG, Brooke gets it. She then throws it away by stopping the band after just a few words and starting over again, and she never quite recovers. Ohhh, Brooke. What happened to you? At least she was quiet during the judges’ critiques, which is an improvement.
Seacrest is on the stools with Archuleta, who looks absolutely terrified, as per usual. He is then attacked by like seven girls who run up from the audience, and we cut to his session with ALW, who is again laughing that a guy will be singing a song he wrote for a woman, this time “Think of Me,” from Phantom of the Opera. Seriously, it perplexes me too. You have this massive catalog of music available to you, and you can't find a gender appropriate number? ALW wrote this song – and this role – specifically for his wife at the time, so I can imagine he’s a little annoyed that Archuleta sings a version sounding like the Backstreet Boys circa 1999. It’s good, I suppose, and the judges all love it, but I’m with ALW, looking pissed off that this little boy commandeered one of his signature songs and made it sound like it belongs on Light FM.
Carly, please save this show. She starts off with ALW singing “All I Ask of You” (also from Phantom) until ALW cuts her off and tells her to sing “Jesus Christ Superstar,” from the musical of the same name. It’s all good, I suppose, but again, I just can’t get excited by her. It’s one of her better performances in weeks though, and I’ll give her points for picking the most upbeat song of the evening. But all around, to me, she’s just eh.And finally, thankfully, the Cookster is in the pimp spot. And he’s singing “Music of the Night”!!!!! And he’s not messing with it at all!!! He listened to me!!!! ALW talks about how sexy the song is, and tells David to think of him as a 17-year-old girl, which we all know would be a tad inappropriate. At this point, I really want to have a beer with ALW. He’s so cool. So the Cookster sings with the original arrangement, and doesn’t do any fancy stuff with it, and it’s awesome. See, this is something that’s been lost in all the discussion this season about David – the guy can sing. It’s kind of lost sometimes, because we’re talking more about how he arranged the song, but he very rarely sings an off note. And tonight, when he’s just singing, he’s singing very well. It sounds great, and it’s sensual, and it’s dark, and (coming from someone who has seen Phantom about five times) it’s exactly what this song should be. Bravo, David.
The split this week, to me, is simple. The first half of the performers (Syesha, Jason, & Brooke) will be the bottom three. Syesha was rather good, but forgettable in the lead spot. Jason just picked the wrong song, and Brooke was a wreck. My money is on Brooke to go home, which makes me sad, but someone has to go every week. At this point in time, though, I wouldn’t be surprised by anyone outside the Davids. This is when the competition gets good, people!
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