The guys are singing tonight instead of the girls. Evidently Crystal Bowersox was rushed to the hospital... and they changed the girls performance to tomorrow night. Hey... I figured American Idol would just say, "Tough... we've got a schedule to follow". They are actually human! Well... tonight the guys continue singing from the Billboard charts. As always... I am blogging in "real time" AND... these are just my opinions. You don't have to agree. Here we go:Michael: This guy is HUGE! He benches 505!!! Are you kidding me? Did you see him curling Aaron Kelly? Impressive. He is singing "This Is A Man's World". WOW! He sounds fantastic on this tune. I love it! This could be a professional recording. Perfect song choice. Michael has definitely set the bar for tonight's show. NOW... I'm a fan.
John: He's doing a John Mayer tune, "Gravity" tonight. Here he goes: He has a nice tone. Pitch is a little unfocused. The song was pretty boring too. Hmmm. Not very strong.
Casey: He chose Gavin Degraw's "I Don't Want To Be". Great! He's playing his guitar on this one. Casey can shred. He is the first legit guitarist I have ever heard on American Idol. Here he goes: OK... I think I had rather hear him play... than sing tonight. He's good... but not anywhere near a Chris Daughtry rock vocal. AND... it IS a vocal competition. Simon is right on. Not enough grit to be a true rocker.
Alex: He's singing "Everybody Knows" (John Legend). I like his voice. Cool tone. The performance is a little boring... but he sounds really good. Great advice from Simon.
Todrick: He's doing a Tina Turner tune. Hmmm.... interesting. This guy is really into doing female artist tunes. Let's see what he does with this one. He is a little lose on this. I'm not a fan of this guy. I don't think he'll last much longer.
Jermaine: Sure hope this song picks up. Another sleeper. This sounds like an Al Jarreau arrangement of a Marvin Gaye tune. Oooh... the ad lib section is PAINFUL. He was doing OK... until then. Simon said that he will go to church with Jermaine. Woohoo!
Andrew: He is guitar-less tonight. He's doing a James Morrison tune. What is up with all of the slow tunes? His voice reminds me a little of Danny Gokey. He is not nailing this tune tonight. His pitch is everywhere. WOW. Surprising. I think Michael Lynche has got this night hands down. I am a fan of Andrew... but this performance just didn't do it for me. I wonder if he could hear himself. Weird.
Aaron: He's doing "My Girl". This has always been mine and Abby's tune. Interesting vibrato. I like the quality of his voice. His tone is very pure. The runs that he is doing are too much of the same thing over and over. Great vibrato??? Did Kara just say... GREAT vibrato??? WOW! I thought it sounded "nervous" and uncontrolled. Oh well.....
Tim: He is just not a very strong vocalist. The performance was very forgettable. Can you say... gone. OK... Simon just shocked me. He liked him?
Lee: WOW... I like this guys voice. The higher notes are a little bit of a struggle for him tonight. Ouch! The longer this song goes on... he is just not reaching those notes. You can tell that Lee can "bring it". It's just not happening with this song tonight.
Well.. again... (surprizingly) Michael Lynche was the only strongest performance of the night. He led off... and nobody could improve on his performance. I DO home that these guys pick it up a little from here on out. So far... it's been a pretty boring season. The girls are tomorrow night. Let's see if they can raise the bar a little higher.
Until then....
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