Everyone except DeAndre, Elise and Holly.Alan Gordon said:
My favorite performance tonite was by Joshua.
American Idol (Top 8) - 04/04/2012
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It was a weird night... MY THOUGHTS:
DEANDRE: He did pretty well for DeAndre...
ELISE: Elise has become one of my favorites in this competition, but she did NOT do well tonight. I'm very disappointed...
COLTON & SKYLER: I like Colton's voice better than Skyler, but I thought she outshone him on this... and that's not saying a lot.
PHILLIP: There were a few off-moments in this for me, but overall, I thought he did well.
JOSHUA: I was disappointed. He was good, but he was too close to screaming for me...
DEANDRE & HOLLIE: I actually LOVED this...
JESSICA: Vocally, it was great... but I don't think she FELT the song, so while it was good, it was still kind of a let-down for me.
HOLLIE: There were parts I liked... parts I didn't. She was sooo close, but...
ELISE & PHILLIP: OH SNAP!! I REALLY LOVED this... I'd buy this...
COLTON: It wasn't the slam dunk I was expecting, as he sounded like he had a cold ("meh", "tam after tam"), but overall, I enjoyed it.
JESSICA & JOSHUA: OH DOUBLE SNAP!! I REALLY LOVED this TOO... I'd buy this...
SKYLER: It starts off too nasally... I hate it, and then BAM.... WOW!! Beautiful... :eek2:
It was a weird night... I preferred the duets over the solos, and I didn't really have favorites tonight. I think DeAndre should be the next to go home, but I'm scared it's going to be Elise or Hollie.
~Alan
DEANDRE: He did pretty well for DeAndre...
ELISE: Elise has become one of my favorites in this competition, but she did NOT do well tonight. I'm very disappointed...
COLTON & SKYLER: I like Colton's voice better than Skyler, but I thought she outshone him on this... and that's not saying a lot.
PHILLIP: There were a few off-moments in this for me, but overall, I thought he did well.
JOSHUA: I was disappointed. He was good, but he was too close to screaming for me...
DEANDRE & HOLLIE: I actually LOVED this...
JESSICA: Vocally, it was great... but I don't think she FELT the song, so while it was good, it was still kind of a let-down for me.
HOLLIE: There were parts I liked... parts I didn't. She was sooo close, but...
ELISE & PHILLIP: OH SNAP!! I REALLY LOVED this...
I'd buy this... COLTON: It wasn't the slam dunk I was expecting, as he sounded like he had a cold ("meh", "tam after tam"), but overall, I enjoyed it.
JESSICA & JOSHUA: OH DOUBLE SNAP!! I REALLY LOVED this TOO...
I'd buy this... SKYLER: It starts off too nasally... I hate it, and then BAM.... WOW!! Beautiful... :eek2:
It was a weird night... I preferred the duets over the solos, and I didn't really have favorites tonight. I think DeAndre should be the next to go home, but I'm scared it's going to be Elise or Hollie.
~Alan
I guess my Holly pick for the Finale (not the winner) was a dud. I still like her, but clearly everyone else doesn't (meaning no votes ). Poor Elise, she had such a great week last week and what does she do? She murders a song I really love. :nono: OK, murders is probably too strong. Too bad she didn't stick with what worked and perhaps do something from Pat Benatar.
Phillip Phillips .. I thought he was going to nail this song to the wall, but I've heard the Phil Collins (Genesis) version so many times that when Phil hit the middle of the song he just didn't get the right musical phrasing for me to say it worked. I liked the beginning and the end of his version, but the middle just need to be a little more true to the original because what he did didn't work in my mind.
For me, Colton again was the best performance of the week. I think Joshua has gone full tilt into Gospel mode and that will be his downfall on this show. Another final four that I'm pretty sure I've gotten wrong at this point. Jessica gets his spot (I hedged that one anyway ).
My worry is that DeAndre is starting to get a following .. Sigh! I kinda liked his performance this week .. well, as long as he stayed out of the falsetto. Every time he went there I thought his voice sounded a thousand times worse than his natural voice .. again, sigh!
I guess Skylar saved herself I'm still not a fan, but she did this week what Elise did last week .. differentiated herself from the other girls.
I hope the ousted player tonight is either Joshua or DeAndre, but who knows ... :shrug:
). Poor Elise, she had such a great week last week and what does she do? She murders a song I really love. :nono: OK, murders is probably too strong. Too bad she didn't stick with what worked and perhaps do something from Pat Benatar.Phillip Phillips .. I thought he was going to nail this song to the wall, but I've heard the Phil Collins (Genesis) version so many times that when Phil hit the middle of the song he just didn't get the right musical phrasing for me to say it worked. I liked the beginning and the end of his version, but the middle just need to be a little more true to the original because what he did didn't work in my mind.
For me, Colton again was the best performance of the week. I think Joshua has gone full tilt into Gospel mode and that will be his downfall on this show. Another final four that I'm pretty sure I've gotten wrong at this point. Jessica gets his spot (I hedged that one anyway
).My worry is that DeAndre is starting to get a following .. Sigh! I kinda liked his performance this week .. well, as long as he stayed out of the falsetto. Every time he went there I thought his voice sounded a thousand times worse than his natural voice .. again, sigh!
I guess Skylar saved herself
I'm still not a fan, but she did this week what Elise did last week .. differentiated herself from the other girls.I hope the ousted player tonight is either Joshua or DeAndre, but who knows ... :shrug:
Occasionally, something happens that we don't expect, and takes us by surprise. That has happened twice this week; once when on the way to work I passed a man dressed as Jesus carrying a cross, and the other when I kind of agreed with Doug's post about "American Idol" above! Thankfully, I disagreed enough to not send my whole reality askew...
I was disappointed by Colton's performance... it was WAY too nasally at times last night. If not for that, I think it would have been awesome. The same thing kept Skyler from her performance being my favorite as well... it sounded great once she got going, but that first part was horrible in my ears...
My concern is that either Elise or Hollie will go home tonight. The judges might use their save on Elise, but I doubt Hollie would get it.
~Alan
Thankfully, I disagreed enough to not send my whole reality askew...I was disappointed by Colton's performance... it was WAY too nasally at times last night. If not for that, I think it would have been awesome. The same thing kept Skyler from her performance being my favorite as well... it sounded great once she got going, but that first part was horrible in my ears...
My disappointment in Joshua lately aside, he deserves to go further.Doug Brott said:
My concern is that either Elise or Hollie will go home tonight. The judges might use their save on Elise, but I doubt Hollie would get it.
~Alan
I like SOME Gospel music... I just don't like overblown Gospel music.Henry said:
Earlier this season, I compared Joshua to Jacob, except for the fact that Joshua is actually good, whereas Jacob was content to get up and squeal.
I don't really know any Joshua fans aside from my Mom. She and I are the only two people I know who really like him, and we were both disappointed with his performance last night.
I forgot he was only 19 though... WOW!! :eek2:
At 16, you might blame her disconnect on her life experience (the same for Hollie last night even with her age being a little older), but Jessica NAILED "I Will Always Love You", so how she managed to be disconnected with "How Will I Know", I simply don't know...Henry said:
I think they were a little harsh on her. She had problems... this is true, but she managed to get out there and show a little more youth and energy on stage. It's a shame she couldn't manage to put the same amount of quality in her solo performance that she did in her duet in which she was great, IMO!Henry said:
I'm sorry, but if it was intentional, he's a moron! I don't want to hear "Tam After Tam" being sung, or hear him refer to himself as "meh."Henry said:
The studio recording shows a slight improvement on some of the "me/meh" sounds, but a definite (though not 100%) improvement on "time/tam" sounds.
Really?! I thought that aside from the duets, the whole night was uninspired... seriously, I'd buy the duets between Jessica & Joshua and Elise and Phillip last night, and consider buying DeAndre and Hollie's. The people at American Idol made a mistake by not selling iTunes versions of those songs, IMO!Henry said:
Speaking of duets, I'd believe something was happening between Elise and Phillip before I'd believe Skyler and Colton...
Though far from perfect, Skyler at least managed to surprise me. I felt whoever sang that song would be DOA going into tonight, but I now expect her to be safe.
It was a far cry from last week's fantastic night...
Not when she's singing...Henry said:
~Alan
Steve said:
We KNOW Joshua can do some crazy runs and go all out... but sometimes, restraint can be a GOOD THING!! Jacob Lusk didn't understand that last year... and while Joshua is infinitely more talented than Jacob, I'm afraid that Joshua is starting to pick up some of his bad habits.Henry said:
Phillip has a tendency to not show enough restraint with his growl as much as I'd like either... but I think he's at least getting better about it.
P.S. Speaking of Jacob Lusk.... Pia Toscano tweeted a couple of pictures of her, Naima, and Jacob around the pool earlier today. Upon seeing the pictures of Pia, my face looked akin to a character out of a Tex Avery cartoon.
WOW... that's all I can say... ~Alan
I want to make it clear... I think the right person went home. I would have been happy had he left before several of the other people went home.hdtvfan0001 said:
However, I'm still rather surprised that you truly believe his last two performances were worse than his performances prior to them. I thought he was improving... not enough for me to want him to go farther over other contestants, but at least better than he was.
I was concerned for Phillip last night... but I don't truly believe it's time for him to go home... I'm glad too... I'd really like for him to do one of the "homecoming" concerts they have on "American Idol." There's not much to do around here, and even less that interests me, but THAT is something I'd have to attend.Henry said:
Skyler is my next weakest link... but I feel it's VERY probable that she will last longer than Hollie and Elise. I used to think that Elise might get the save with the strong performances she has been putting in, but I think the judges comments last night has now convinced me she won't get it unless it's the very last week. I don't think Hollie will get it either unless it's the same situation.
Jimmy's comments were interesting last night. I thought he was too harsh on Hollie (and even DeAndre), but I respected his comments on Colton (YAY) and Phillip, and found his comments on Elise to be VERY interesting.
I don't however feel that Joshua was at his best Wednesday. To quote my Mom, "he was BORN to sing." However, I don't like screaming messes and that's what part of that performance turned into for me. His duet was masterclass in my eyes though!
P.S.: A friend posted on Facebook last night that DeAndre should not have gone home last night as he wasn't the worst... he felt that honor went to Hollie and Joshua. While I don't think DeAndre was the worst last night, I think it was past his turn...
~Alan
Can you believe the girls outnumber the boys?! :eek2:Steve said:
She tried to save Heejun last week...Steve said:
The save is for a Daughtry or Pia situation.... not a Heejun, DeAndre, or Casey (Abrams) situation... kudos to Steven for figuring that out this season.
~Alan
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