Did anyone catch Bones this week? I’m not a regular watcher but a friend tipped me off to the fact that American Idol hunk, Ace Young, was featured in the episode titled “The Wannabe in the Weeds.” He portrayed Tommy Sour, an aspiring singer who meets and untimely end. Kinda grim, I know, but I heard that the characters poked a lot of fun at Idol so there was some levity, at least. Fellow alum, Brandon Rogers, was also on the show but I’m not completely sure what his role was (anyone???).
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David Cook was saddled with a different and challenging song choice from Simon Cowell who assigned the American Idol Top 3 contestant with “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.” He did a great job, in my very humble opinion. I was surprised that he did so well on this old-school Roberta Flack tune but he worked it out.
Watch David perform “Dare You To Move” and “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” after the jump!
Syesha Mercado looked great all night during her Top 3 performances on American Idol. Before the start of the evening, I thought she was the clear underdog but, honestly, it was such a weird night and I think that she could surprise some folks tomorrow.
Randy Jackson chose “If I Ain’t Got You” for her “judge’s choice” performance and I thought it was good. It’s definitely a tough song to sing but, even though I don’t really have any criticisms, I also wasn’t blown away either. What did you guys think?
Watch her perform “Fever” and “Hit Me Up” after the jump!
David Archuleta performed three songs and as with the other two contestants on American Idol last night, I felt like he was a little off.
First he sang the “judge’s choice” from Paula Abdul, “And So it Goes.” I think it was great, actually. It was his best performance of the night, in my opinion. The segment at the beginning with no music and the very end were really impressive to me. Watch it here:
Watch David sing “With You” and “Longer” after the jump!
I was on my couch last night thinking about this year’s Top 3 and something occurred to me - I wasn’t appalled by any of them! I am very comfortable with American Idol’s trio this year (don’t you love this picture of them on the cover of TV GUIDE???) and it dawned on me that it’s been a while since I felt that way. Sure, there have been Top 3’s that I haven’t minded but this year takes me back to good ol’ season 2 when the winner could have been Ruben Studdard, Clay Aiken or Kimberley Locke.
Like now, the boys got a lot of attention and the girl was more than talented. The main difference, though, is that back then, there was a lot more hype around the show. People were glued to their television sets and when Kimberley was sent home, not many were shocked even if they were a little sad. If something similar were to happen, and Syesha is sent home I would face the same dilemma - which guy would I support. With Ruben and Clay, I liked them both so much and for such different reasons - I couldn’t decide. It’s how I feel now too.
I like Syesha and I think she deserves a spot in the final three (I also would have been happy with Carly Smithson). Syesha has a great look, she’s got good stage presence and likes to take risks. For me, though, her voice can border on annoying at certain registers and I think that, while it is important to take risks, it’s of equal importance to respect the boundaries of your voice. I think she pushes it sometimes and it could lead to her demise. She has a great personality and her hard-knocks life story makes you really root for her. In all honesty, I think she might be better off not winning.
American Idol season 7 Top 5 contestant, Brooke White, was on Total Request Live a few days ago and she looked great. She said that one of her favorite moments was getting to perform “Let it Be.” She was also asked about her emotional departure from the show and Paula Abdul getting flustered on the show. Brooke explained it as a “human moment” which it very well could have been. Who knows, right?
Last night on The Sauce, last week’s eliminated American Idol contestant, Jason Castro, was on where he was interviewed by Jared Cotter from season six. I am always really happy to see former contestants doing well because it shows that Idol really can open unexpected doors. They talked about Jason’s experience on the show and whether “I Shot The Sheriff” was really a Bob Marley or an Eric Clapton song (uhhhh, come on - it was written by Marley!!!).
American Idol superstar, Clay Aiken, was on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno where he joined actor Jack Black on the stage. Host, Jay Leno, asked about Clay’s new look and his lighter hair and Clay explained that he had darker hair and it made him feel old. That led to pretty comical exchange with Clay eventually pointing out that this “peers” in the music industry “are like twelve.” LOL! It got even funnier when Clay talked about how he compares to Justin Timberlake and being cut from his high school musical. Hilarious!
David Archuleta’s vocal coach, Dean Kaelin, was on The Early Show this morning talking about the reports that David’s father, Jeff, has been banned from rehearsals by American Idol. He said that in the six years since he started working with David, he’s never seen anything amiss with the family and he also claims that none of the allegations are true (for Idol OR Star Search) and added that Jeff wasn’t banned at all. Instead, his explanation is that American Idol asked Jeff to not be back there in order to be more fair to David Cook and Syesha Mercado who do not have someone behind-the-scenes providing guidance and support. Do you believe that?
I don’t remember any of the other teens having these kinds of issues with Idol? Honestly, I’m not perfect so if you can remember Jordin Sparks or Sanjaya Malakar’s parents causing such a stir, please remind me.
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