So tonight we were treated to the mentoring of a girl who has had a long career in music...a whole three or so years! Granted she is prime jail bait, but of all of the musicians available, is Miley Cyrus really the person who should be mentoring the Idol contestants? Lets call this what it is...the movie company releasing Miley's newest movie, "Last Song" obviously paid off the Idol producers to get her on the show to promote the movie. With little quality advice, it looks like the movie company at least got their $$ worth.
Lee DeWyze, performing "The Letter" underwhelmed the crowd again with the band overshadowing a very karaoke-esque performance. Having listened to this amateur sing for a number of weeks now, I have yet to find any talent outside of an annoying raspy voice that hits the right notes 50% (being generous) of the time.
Performing Phil Collins' "Against All Odds", Paige Miles did not beat the odds as she failed to hit one correct note during the entire performance. Her surviving the week is definitely "Against the Odds".
Original Idol reject Tim Urban did nothing for Queen original, "Crazy Little Thing Called Love". Outside of his appeal to 12-year old females, Urban offers nothing to the music world. I liken tonight's performance to one of the Brady Bunch boys performing solo. After this train wreck, Paige Miles might be safe after all.
Idol's biggest dork, Aaron Kelly took on an Aerosmith's lead song from "Armageddon", "Don't Want to Miss a Thing" and did a mediocre job as he put me to sleep. Kelly is best suited for country and I would love to have heard more twang introduced in the song.
Crystal Bowersox continued her knack for finding the right song by taking on a Janis Joplin classic, "Me and Bobby McGee" and once again, knocked it out of the park. I still struggle with seeing Bowersox as a relevant artist in today's music scene; Bowersox, had she been born thirty years earlier, would have been a top performer along the likes of Joplin.
Michael Lynche went the safe route with "When a Man Loves a Woman" and failed to gain love from the judges. For such a big guy, Lynche has such a gentle voice and soul and while he still doesn't possess what it takes to win the competition, Lynche is a joy to watch in a season of extremely poor talent.
With another odd song choice, Andrew Garcia performed a very strange "I Heard It Through the Grapevine". With years upon years of Billboard #1 hits, I simply don't understand the song selection tonight...what happened to staying relevant and contemporary? Sh-t, after this song, it looks like Paige Miles and Tim Urban might be safe after all.
Katie Stevens didn't totally destroy Fergie's "Big Girls Don't Cry", but she also didn't do it much justice. After starting out well, Stevens became throaty and pitchy during the remaining 75% of the song. Unfortunately, contestants are judged on the whole song and this just wasn't great. Of course, compared to her competitors, she was friggin' Mariah Carey.
While not the most exciting of performances, Casey James' raspy and big band take on Huey Lewis and the News' "Power of Love" wasn't half bad. James has definitely established himself as the guy to beat...unfortunately there are still a few women in his way. If anything, James will find success as a guitarist after Idol concludes.
Didi Benami continued a trend for the night of taking on very old (and odd) songs with Linda Ronstadt's "You're No Good". While I won't go as far as saying that wasn't "no good", I wouldn't classify her performance as "so good" either. Benami did for the first time show a little personality and looked more comfortable than in weeks past. As the weeks progress, I unfortunately am unsure as to the range that Benami possesses.
Oddball Siobhan Magnus took on the mighty Stevie Wonder and his classic, "Superstition" and while it was okay, it paled in comparison to past performances. Magnus can sing, there is no doubt about that, I simply am tired of her screaming at this point. Whereas Bowersox doesn't fit completely in today's music scene, I have an even harder time seeing Magnus fit.
Overall, the season gets more painful to watch and like most of America, I think we wish we could just fast forward to the end of the season.
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