Dueling Singers. . .
There seems to be an overriding theme on AI blogs this season. . . most of us just want the show to end. Is it too many seasons of AI or just that this season seemed so overwhelmingly mediocre?? Somehow, I remember that earlier seasons had a “wow” moment, when a contestant totally blew everyone away with a performance (Fantasia and “Summertime”, Chris Daughtry and “Walk the Line”) or that they were at least mostly capable of singing most genres. It just seems that this season’s contestants had their style strengths and genre favorites and everything else was jus okay.
Not really any surprises!! I’m beginning to think the show was at least more entertaining before Sanjaya left!!
Even Melinda’s exit didn’t get me worked up, because we know it can and does happen, but we’re okay because we know she’ll be okay.
So, it comes down to two very talented kids --- one with almost flawless vocals and one real entertainer. Say what you want about Blake --- he knows how to put on a show. We can forgive him his vocal flaws because he knows how to get the audience excited. Jordin will be great to listen to, but she can’t get an audience going like Blake can.
And, what it will come down to is how often each person’s fans can get through to vote.
Last night’s show saw the nation speculating on why Paula didn’t have bandages on her “broken nose” (for those of you in comas, Paula “tripped over her dog” Tulip this past weekend and, among other things, broke her nose). I’ve heard every rumor from “she was wasted” to “she’s had some work done”. The wasted one I can believe, but even Paula knows she could wait another week and have work done during the hiatus. . . unless she doesn’t care that everyone will know.
Randy looked like Michael Jackson (or MJ’s monkey friend) dressed him. Someone needs to be fired for letting him go on the air dressed like that. Paula needs a hairdresser (notice I didn’t say new hairdresser, because it didn’t look like anyone did her hair at all). Simon did the smart thing and didn’t try anything new.
Ryan was in rare form – surprise the “bitch” reference didn’t get cut from our “already aired” West Coast version.
Each contestant got to sing one fave, one previously unheard and the winning song from the songwriter’s contest.
It was no surprise that Blake chose “You Give Love a Bad Name” (Bon Jovi). When he sang it a couple of weeks ago he got one of the few good reviews from Simon, even though Jon himself was nervous for Blake that night.
Jordin came out next with “Fighter”, a Christina Aguilar song. More than a few people were hoping she would choose “Beautiful” instead. As always, her vocals were flawless, though she was extremely nervous (and rightly so, did you see the size of the auditorium??).
Blake returned with Maroon 5’s “She Will Be Loved”. This is really his genre, it really suits his vocal stylings. I thought it was great.
Jordin was next out with “Broken Wing” by Martina McBride. Again, wise choice because she did so well with it the first time, but I think Simon was coercing the voters when he stated it was better than Martina’s original.
Then came the songwriter’s contest winning song: This is My Now. No surprise that this song won – it’s really good and destined to be a hit.
It was interesting to hear it sung in two completely different styles. Blake sounded good doing it his way and Jordin sounded good singing it her way. I think it might come down to which version people liked best.
I totally missed Chris Daughtry’s performance (although I heard the eye-makeup was a bit scary --- I think the comment I liked best about this was: “I threw up a little. . . in my mouth!”). We have Tivo, and I love it because I can watch a one-hour show in about 35 minutes. However, Tivo follows what the cable guide says. If it says the show ends at 10:00p.m., Tivo stops recording at 10:00p.m. Although we have it down for hockey games (always extend the recording for at least an hour --- it’s not good when Dad misses the overtime upset), we didn’t think of extending the recording time and ended up missing Chris because the show went over a few minutes.
Maybe it was best. . .
I’m still predicting Blake will win. I think he appeals to the young 20’s audience who has the free time and the mad texting skills to vote for four hours non-stop.
Not really any surprises!! I’m beginning to think the show was at least more entertaining before Sanjaya left!!
Even Melinda’s exit didn’t get me worked up, because we know it can and does happen, but we’re okay because we know she’ll be okay.
So, it comes down to two very talented kids --- one with almost flawless vocals and one real entertainer. Say what you want about Blake --- he knows how to put on a show. We can forgive him his vocal flaws because he knows how to get the audience excited. Jordin will be great to listen to, but she can’t get an audience going like Blake can.
And, what it will come down to is how often each person’s fans can get through to vote.
Last night’s show saw the nation speculating on why Paula didn’t have bandages on her “broken nose” (for those of you in comas, Paula “tripped over her dog” Tulip this past weekend and, among other things, broke her nose). I’ve heard every rumor from “she was wasted” to “she’s had some work done”. The wasted one I can believe, but even Paula knows she could wait another week and have work done during the hiatus. . . unless she doesn’t care that everyone will know.
Randy looked like Michael Jackson (or MJ’s monkey friend) dressed him. Someone needs to be fired for letting him go on the air dressed like that. Paula needs a hairdresser (notice I didn’t say new hairdresser, because it didn’t look like anyone did her hair at all). Simon did the smart thing and didn’t try anything new.
Ryan was in rare form – surprise the “bitch” reference didn’t get cut from our “already aired” West Coast version.
Each contestant got to sing one fave, one previously unheard and the winning song from the songwriter’s contest.
It was no surprise that Blake chose “You Give Love a Bad Name” (Bon Jovi). When he sang it a couple of weeks ago he got one of the few good reviews from Simon, even though Jon himself was nervous for Blake that night.
Jordin came out next with “Fighter”, a Christina Aguilar song. More than a few people were hoping she would choose “Beautiful” instead. As always, her vocals were flawless, though she was extremely nervous (and rightly so, did you see the size of the auditorium??).
Blake returned with Maroon 5’s “She Will Be Loved”. This is really his genre, it really suits his vocal stylings. I thought it was great.
Jordin was next out with “Broken Wing” by Martina McBride. Again, wise choice because she did so well with it the first time, but I think Simon was coercing the voters when he stated it was better than Martina’s original.
Then came the songwriter’s contest winning song: This is My Now. No surprise that this song won – it’s really good and destined to be a hit.
It was interesting to hear it sung in two completely different styles. Blake sounded good doing it his way and Jordin sounded good singing it her way. I think it might come down to which version people liked best.
I totally missed Chris Daughtry’s performance (although I heard the eye-makeup was a bit scary --- I think the comment I liked best about this was: “I threw up a little. . . in my mouth!”). We have Tivo, and I love it because I can watch a one-hour show in about 35 minutes. However, Tivo follows what the cable guide says. If it says the show ends at 10:00p.m., Tivo stops recording at 10:00p.m. Although we have it down for hockey games (always extend the recording for at least an hour --- it’s not good when Dad misses the overtime upset), we didn’t think of extending the recording time and ended up missing Chris because the show went over a few minutes.
Maybe it was best. . .
I’m still predicting Blake will win. I think he appeals to the young 20’s audience who has the free time and the mad texting skills to vote for four hours non-stop.
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