Spoiler Alert...Below are the results and some thoughts on this week's episodes of American Idol. So before reading any further, watch the eps, take off your guy-liner for an unplugged set, then read what I have to say.
I'm definitely not going to have to time to make two Idol posts throughout the season, so this post with results and dissection of performances will probably be the norm from here on out. This week's top thirteen was boring to say the least, and pretty awful to say the most.
My Top Three
James Durbin- I was really impressed with his ability to scale back his ridiculous screeching and give a nice and controlled performance of Paul McCartney's "Maybe I'm Amazed." I still can't stand this guy, but he did a really good job this week.
Casey Abrams- Just Casey at his best here. This guy has the voice, but it's about so much more than singing at this point. The way he ad-libs and performs his songs, increases his performances three-fold.
Good but So What?
Stefano Langone- At first I thought this was boring and too sped up, but on second viewing I kind of dug it.
Pia Toscano- Yeah she can belt out a ballad, but it's gonna get old quickly...like this week.
Scotty McCreery- There were definitely points in this Garth song where Scotty should have extended him self and wasn't able to. This is going to catch up with him.
Thia Megia- This was good, but what was that creepy part between when she switched "Smile" from normal to fast?
You Should Do Better
Lauren Alaina- I'm still waiting for her to live up to the early hype.
What were you thinking?
Jacob Lusk- Just all over the place here. He sped it up in the middle, he was doing crazy annoying runs at times. Then he went super high for no reason. Yuck.
Naima- The African Princess was once again terrible, but safe from elimination. There was hardly any singing in this Rhianna song, but her African/Reggae interlude must have had the fans at home out of their seats.
Karen Rodriguez- Really Karen? You sing in Spanish last week and now you are doing a Selena song? How desperate are you for JLo's compliments? Oh and this was just bad.
Ashthon Jones- God awful. She deservedly went home for this mess. Just because you have her 70s fro, it doesn't mean you have to sing Diana Ross.
So Ashthon went home, while Karen and Haley were in the bottom three. Per the usual, I expect the first few nominations to be girls, as the dudes will probably end up with five out of the final six or seven.
My prediction for bottom three this week was Ashthon, Karen and Paul. You like that reverse jinx I played on my boy Pauly? Keep up the good work.
Mags continues to dominate, as he probably will throughout this season. He sure picked a solid squad there.
Fantasy Scores
(2) Casey Abrams- Safe (5)= 5
(11) James Durbin- Safe (5)= 5
(14) Scotty McCreery- Safe (5)= 5
(23)
Top 13= 15 Total= 42
(1) Lauren Alaina- Safe (5)= 5
(12)
(13) Stephano Langone- Safe (5)= 5
(24) Naima Adedapo- Safe (5)= 5
Top 13= 15 Total= 34
(4)
(9) Thia Megia- Safe (5)= 5
(16) Jacob Lusk- Safe (5)= 5
(21)
Top 13= 10 Total= 24
(18*) Haley Reinhart- Safe (5), Bottom 3 (-3)= 2
(19*) Ashton Jones- Bottom 3 (-3), Eliminated (-6)= -9
(15) Karen Rodriguez- Safe (5), Bottom 3 (-3)= 2
(22)
Top 13= -5 Total= 18
*acquired from Larry via trade
(5) Paul McDonald- Safe (5)= 5
(8)
(17)
(20)
Top 13= 5 Total= 15
(6)
(7) Pia Toscano- Safe (5)= 5
(3*)
(10*)
Top 13= 5 Total= 6
* acquired from Tyson via trade
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