American Idol...Can't Help Myself

Alright, I'm about to lose all dignity if I ever had any, but I am actually going to post about American Idol. I have been inspired by Amanda's previous posts, and I feel the need to let my voice be heard...

Thoughts on April 15's Show:

I must begin by saying I completely disagree with the judges after last night. I don't understand the logic that "since you are a girl, you will be compared to Mariah Carey, and if you are a guy you can sound like crap and it's okay, even breathtaking."

A run down of each contestants performance:


David Archuleta - began the night with black leather pants singing a Mariah song that I have forgotten the title to. My impression: horrible rendition. Boring, pitchy (yea dawg). I brace myself for the poor kid to get put down mercilessly, and they tell him it was a great performance. What? Once again I brace myself, it's gonna be a weird night.






Carly Smithson - Sang "Can't Live" and did a decent job. I liked her rendition, thought it was very good, but not incredible. She definitely outdid David A. though, so I thought "Man, they are really going to compliment her." Nope, so begins the logic mentioned above. If you are a girl and sing good it doesn't matter, because it is Mariah night, so too bad you weren't born a guy, or you could sing terrible and everyone would think it was great.




Syesha Mercado - seems to be the one that the judges just can't quite appreciate. She sang "Vanishing" and it was AMAZING (best performance of the year in my opinion). Week after week Syesha seems to blow the rest of the competition out of the water, and just can't seem to get credit for it. I was floored at how good her performance was last night. She is the most talented person left in my opinion. Once again, stupid comparison logic (the closer you are to being as good as Mariah, the worse it is).



Brooke White - Sang "Hero", played the piano "shoes off" as usual. I liked Brooke's "singer/songwriter" (as Randy puts it) renditions in the beginning. Somewhere around the "Here Comes The Sun" times Brooke lost my support. I also don't understand why she feels like the judge evaluation time is conversation time that somehow includes her. She did an okay job with the song, but Simon was right on this one - she doesn't really have a big voice, so this night was tough for her.




Kristy Lee Cook - Every week I wonder why she is still here. Her main criticism is that she is forgettable. Week after week she has expected to go home and continues to stay here. I was starting to compare her to the red-haired Sinatra guy in Season 3 who kept expecting to leave but somehow stayed. There has not been a single week that I thought she deserved to stay, until this one. Laura's belief is that somehow the teenage guys of America are keeping her on board for her looks :). Last night, she had what I thought was the second best performance of the night. Big voice, wonderful rendition...she should stay this week. Once again though, the logic mentioned above was given to her. Unfair this week.

David Cook - Okay, I've been a fan of this guy. Thought he has had some great weeks. I am starting to get weary though of the "special David versions" of certain songs. Some of them were good, mostly the ones he used from other people. Last night, his version of "Always Be My Baby" seemed to me to be the worst performance of the year so far. It was laughable, except for the cool scream note in the middle. Parallel Universe Logic applies though, Randy says it is the best of the season, and the judges seemed to act like it was great. I honestly don't understand. I think David is very talented, but that was the worst performance in terms of how it sounded and was arranged I have seen all year.

Jason Castro - If it wasn't for David C., this would be the worst performance I have seen all year. He managed to borrow the Ukelali (no idea how to spell it) sound last week for Somewhere Over the Rainbow, but this week it was a disaster. Terrible in terms of compared to the other competition. Once again, rave reviews from the judges except from Randy, who must have woken from his coma just before the song. Unfortunately, Paula was still in her 24/7 coma, and whatever they slipped in Simon's coke before the show was still working. Simon signs off with "the guys won the night."

I can't believe I gave an American Idol blog post. Luckily my friends don't think very much of me. Hope you enjoyed, feel free to bash or support my opinions...