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Only 10 Left - Tuesday Night Performances: Part II

by Jason on March 27th, 2007

Thanks for joining us again for the second half of tonight’s performances.  

Phil Stacey
Starting off the last five contestants is Phil Stacey. “Every Breath You Take” by the Police. Gwen was surprised by how good it sounded. Just stick with the melody and let his voice deliver the song. Phil is pulling out a little flashback from last season with Ace Young knit hat look. Not quite the same, but definitely reminiscent. Phil is doing well with the song, the last run was a little weird sounding though.

• Randy: actually kind of liked it, solid performance for him, didn’t push it and that was good
• Paula: so much personality and color to his voice, but the verses he plays it safe. Build more character into the verses
• Simon: actually thought that was very good. Great song choice. Only time he felt like he is taking it seriously and trying to do well in the competition.

Melinda Doolittle
Gwen says she blew her away watching her sing. I would say “good luck” but doesn’t think she needs it that much. Melinda is doing her usual. Delivering as expected. Strong, stable and dependable. She comes out every week and delivers a top-notch performance. Has she had a single non-stellar performance? Is it all about experience?

• Randy: the reason I called you a pro is that you look at the song and deliver the song every week. That was the bomb again!
• Paula: you have charisma from the word go. tell the story from the first word out of her mouth to the end. I look forward to hearing you perform each week
• Simon: don’t think this is the best performance. Vocally though she was outstanding as usual

Come back for Blake’s performance after the jump.

Blake Lewis
“Love Song” by The Cure is Blake’s choice. Gwen warns him about when he does the beat-boxing because it could distract. It wasn’t until this past week that I realized how many songs by The Cure I really like, and this is one of the top. This style fits Blake’s tone of his voice. It will be interesting to see where he weaves in the beat-boxing. He’s really letting his vocals rise to the forefront on this performance and trust himself with that alone. Maybe he won’t do the beat-boxing at all. And he doesn’t. Blake so reminds me of Sting.

• Randy: not sure if it’s the perfect song choice, made the most of it
• Paula: Loved what you did with the song. Taking risks and being original. Making the whole competition hip
• Simon: definitely the strongest guy in the competition, doing his Chris Daughtry thing and not become to self-indulgent. It confuses me when Simon commends one contestant for knowing who they are and bringing it every week as he does with Gina, but then encourages Blake not to get caught up in the rut.

Jordin Sparks
“Hey Baby” Cute and refreshing is what Gwen says. Not her best performance, may have taken a step down this week, but it was a tough song to come out with. I think it was a bad choice because it doesn’t allow her to really show off her vocals that well. It was high energy though, and maybe that’s what she was going after this week. Expanding the image the audience has of her a bit. Not sure if it’s going to work for her though.

• Randy: very risky thing to do, she can sing anything and that was brilliant
• Paula: and your adorable, hip and young. Love seeing you in this mode
• Jordin: probably most improved contestant we’ve seen, a bit copycat’ish though

Chris Richardson
Doing the classic No Doubt song, “Don’t Speak”. Gwen hopes he just sticks to the melody and just focuses on the song and the emotion behind it. I think it’s starting off well for Chris. Hopefully he stays within the ropes that Gwen wanted him to with the performance. He doesn’t appear to be embellishing it too much. Personally though, I’m just tired of the nasally, pinched sound he’s got. He can sing and I’m sure lots of people like it, but just not for me.

• Randy: very interesting, liked the R&B style, not his best vocal, liked his twist on it though
• Paula: you’re good Chris, you’re good, just good
• Simon: song choice got you in trouble last week, much better song choice this week and liked the arrangement. Didn’t like the vocals though

Who will it be then folks? Can we finally get rid of Sanjaya, or will he keep pulling it out again? It’s going to get really frustrating if he makes it through a couple of more weeks. Let’s vote for the right people this week gang, DO NOT VOTE FOR SANJAYA!

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