Tonight's show began with Randy stating that "the girls blew it out last night"?! Seriously?! Remove the words "it out" and you have a stronger description of the girls on Tuesday night. After enduring a painful night of singing (and style) with the girls, it seemed the boys didn't want to insult the girls and decidingly chose to echo their crappy performances on Wednesday night.
Todrick Hall, who has a lot of potential, started the night off and taking a page from the girls, he continued a streak of sh-tty song selection and crappy performances. Kelly Clarkson? Really? Besides picking the song of a fat girl, Hall had an awful arrangement. Hall definitely didn't follow in the footsteps of folks like David Cook, Kris Allen, and Chris Daughtrey who successfully re-arranged popular songs.
Little dweeb Aaron Kelly tried to channel Rascal Flatts ballad....zzzz. Thankfully my few minutes of sleep allowed me to miss this off-key poor substitute for the real group. I did wake up to Simon Cowell complementing him so perhaps I simply dreamt that part.
Jermaine Sellers followed with another wretched ballad, but this time it was near impossible to fall asleep due to Sellers' continued wailing. I thought someone was killing my cat.
Chris Golightly replacement Tim Urban showed that he truly didn't deserve a spot in the top 12 with the night's worst performance. How can these kids
not know what song is built for them? Note to Tim and others: if you can't hit a high note, don't pick a song that forces you to sing said note numerous times.
Seeing Joe Munoz for the first time essentially all competition, Munoz showed why he hadn't been showcased earlier in the competition when he performed a Jason Mraz song that sounded more like it was sung by Henry Iglesias than Enrique Iglesias.
Tyler Grady was the first "performer" amongst the guys when he brought his 70's vibe and "American Woman" arrangement to AI. While not the best vocals by any means, he at least made it a bit entertaining.
Lee Dewyze sang like the girl you dated in middle school...flat. Outside of his guitar skills, another forgettable performance.
As for John Park, he did not do the Asian-American community any favors as AI's first (I believe) Asian-American contestant...felt like listening to a wedding singer reject.
America's favorite teddy bear (since big Ruben) Michael Lynche continued a night that could be compared to what it must be like for the citizens of Afghanistan...bomb after bomb after bomb after his awful reimagination of Maroon 5. In Lynche's favor, he is the most personable of this year's contestants.
Adam Lambert is pleading with Alex Lambert to change his last name after the most embarrassing performance by this mullet-wearing, lack of stage presence, awful performer. As for Ellen's banana analogy, does anyone
really believe that she has ever eaten a "banana"?!
Kara Dioguardi had to wipe off her seat after Casey James' performance. Of course that wet seat had more to do with his looks than has lackluster performance that seemed to be an octave or two higher than it should have been. One a night when the performances were simply dreadful, the judges had only positive accolades for James.
Saving the best singer for last, Andrew Garcia made himself the clear frontrunner for the boys with an acoustic version of a Fall Out Boy single. While indulgent like Simon stated during his feedback, it was by far the best performance on a night of God awful performances...sort of like saying that the tall, gawky girl in the crowd is the best looking because she surrounds herself with short, fat girls.
Idol is gearing up to be the show's worst season on record. Simon, looks like you are getting out a year late.
Any chance that they can eliminate 20 positions tomorrow and speed this train along? I know it would save a lot of pain over the next 16 or so weeks...
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