April 29, 2009
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American Idol, Top 5
Tonight: The Great American Songbook
OOO! A guest judge…ummm…Jamie Foxx?! Interesting. He’s actually a pretty funny dude…OK, but onto my take on the show:
Oh wait–but first–just as a not-at-all-sponsored-reminder, all of these songs are on iTunes and you can downloadthemblahblahblah…yes WE KNOW. YOU SAY IT EVERY WEEK, Ryan. Shut it about iTunes. I know I can download the songs…
Kris Allen:
Who knew this guy would make it into the competition at all? Much less to the Top 5. Seriously, when he sang “Man in the Mirror” during the verrrrry first week, no one thought he was making it through. We had never even seen him up to that point!!! And especially during those initial “Top 32″-type shows, people vote mostly based on some sort of connection to the story of the person + the voice. We didn’t know anything about Kris because he never had any air time…so I thought he was a goner from day 1. But apparently not.
Apparently he’s pretty freaking awesome, even at the ole standards…Side note: If I hear the phrase, “Dark Horse” anymore on Idol, I’ll be throwing my laptop in your face, Kara DioGuardi. It’s not your fault though, you’re only the most recent person to say it…
Allison Iraheta:
There really is a stark disconnect between this girl’s age and her voice. It’s creepy. And I can’t say that I love her voice–I appreciate it a lot–and it’s certainly distinctive…if I heard her on the radio, I’d know who it was immediately–but I’m not a huge fan.
That said: she did really well tonight.
Also, I’m glad the judges are going in order again with Simon being the last to speak. That was always the order of things, and it should always be that way…the new stupid producers have been waaaaaaay too unpredictable with all of their random changes. Let’s not screw with the WHOLE show here people…get a clue. SIMON GOES LAST. He is the Judge of Judges, and the one we want to hear from most…to have him go 2nd or 1st or not at all is just lame. Blarp.P.S. I stop fast-fowarding my DVR for Mac commercials and Jack-in-the-Box commercials…both are hilARious…my favorite is Jack’s non-smiley face:
The marketing folks at JITB are truly genius…
Matt Giraud:
The luckiest guy in American Idol…and definitely the least consistent performer. Some weeks he’s good, some weeks he’s surprisingly bad. This week? Hm…not great.
Ooo. Emotional connection–some say it was missing, some say they felt it. ***This is why Daniel has never tried out for this show***
I stink at that aspect of peforming/singing, etc…dang. I mean, I’m usually freaking out so much about remembering the words to a song that I’m not even emotionally attached…is that just stupid-backwards, or what? Ugh. My greatest weakness (besides my love for jackets) would be this thing. I guess I can’t throw stones…
but Matt is not my favorite.Danny Gokey:
Trombone solo!
Wow. Danny and Kris win so far for classiest look. This guy’s voice is reallllly great…
OH SNAP.
DANNY WINS!!! THAT WAS FREAKIN AWESOME!I’m rewinding…
Wow…I hope he wins…
Side note: has anyone else noticed that Paula has been saying some coherent things this season? Christy’s theory: she has a script writer that sits through the dress rehearsal, takes notes, and she memorizes little quips about each performance. I know, it sounds crazy–but there’s no way to account for the limericks she’s been coming up with weekly…they’re completley out of character for her. All previous seasons she has been a consistent babbler, but with the arrival of the pretty-darn-smart-and-articulate Kara, she’s feeling threatened. Hey. I say–all the more power to ya. Whatever works.
Adam Lambert:
I usually can’t stand Adam. He is one of those people that you either love or hate.
I hate.Here’s why–HE’S TOO MUCH.
Adam, if you just saved the high notes for every once and a while, then I might think they were cool. But when you over-induldge in your high 80s-rock-stick-your-tongue-out scream/sing, I want to barf. It’s like eating a dinner plate full of ice cream. I would like something else, please. Save the ice cream for dessert, not for the whole song…blaaaaaah.
The judges love him. Ugh.
I don’t want Adam to win.
Please America, vote for Danny Gokey, not Adam.
And that’s all I have to say about that.
Comments (7)
I agree – that new JITB commercial is hillarious – we saw it for the first time yesterday!
I agree TOTALLY on the stick-you-tongue-out Adam high-note thing. It really is amazing the control he has in that range…but we get it. And we’re over it. Or some of us are.
That said. Here’s my two (totally worthless) cents on the matter…
I think AI is rigged. Well, maybe not “rigged” exactly, but I definitely think Simon has an agenda. One he pushes – heavily. I mean, he’ll say something negative about a performance (even if it was flawless – even if I think HE THINKS it was flawless) just to try to sway the voters. Take Allison for example. She was pretty darn close to perfection last night. Looked great, sounded amazing. Strong, pure power in her voice. What’s to complain about? Enter Simon, who claims she “doesn’t care about winning”. Ha! I think the man fancies himself a Puppeteer. Ooo ah ah… Pull the strings and watch America dance to my commands.
It really irks me sometimes.
Hmm. Perhaps I’m a tad too emotionally invested in this stinkin’ show. Whoops.
@KristyKrit - totally. The judges have SO much sway and influence over the voting public. I’m pretty sure Allison is going home tonight because of what Simon said…and I’m also pretty darn sure the same thing happened last year in the Blake/Jordin battle at the end. They wanted Jordin to win for SOOOOOOoooo long…it was just evident in the blind things they would say about her performances being so great when they clearly were not.
Ugh
I am with ya on the whole Adam thing….DANNY ALL THE WAY!!!!!
@ducky2day - I reallllllly hope he wins. He is truly the AWESOMIST!
I love Kris Allen – and Alison & Danny & Adam! All for different reasons. I certainly couldn’t choose who is the best, because they’re all good in different ways. I’d really like to see Kris or Danny win, though. I think . . .
@skwillson - danny danny danny danny DANNY!!!!