So after a lackluster night of the guy's, we were treated to an equally lackluster night of the girl's. After my initial reaction of the best talent in Idol history, I am wondering if I got bamboozled with the editing of the audition and Hollywood rounds.
The night began with Ta-tynisa Wilson. First off, seriously? Not only do I not know whether to capitalize the second part of her first name, but I am not sure if it is even worth writing about this talentless contestant. In the history of Idol, this could be the WORST performance ever. Now I know what Rihanna felt like when Chris Brown beat the sh-t out of her. And, equally as bad as this destruction of "Only Girl in the World" was, the fact that Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez thought this was a strong performance, shows how completely useless they are to this competition.
Speaking of Steven Tyler, did he snort his nose away early in his career? It looks like someone took Michael Jackson's nose and stuck it on this guy. Perhaps he should compare nose jobs with some of the wives on those Real Housewives shows.
Naima Adedapo showed she can sing with a jazzy take on classic "Summertime"...but also showed that she needs a dentist just as bad as last year's runner-up Crystal Bowersox.
Kendra Chantelle took on the music industry's newest drunk, Christina Aguilera, with "Impossible", a song that very few people know, and a song that only a few people can sing due to the complexities of an Aguilera-written song . I don't want to say it, but it is near impossible for this chick to make it to the next round. To her benefit, she looked pretty smoking dressed in black...stick Steven Tyler's nose on this girl and she gets even hotter.
Rachel Zevita, this year's most annoying contestant, had quite the interesting take on Fiona Apple's "Criminal". Definitely too much cabaret and reminding me more of the annoying character Rachel on "Glee", I will not miss Zevita should she not make it through to the next round. Annoying as she is, she happens to actually have a good voice.
Karen Rodriguez slowed down an already slow night with Mariah Carey's "Hero". In an attempt to secure the Hispanic audience and endear J Lo, Rodriguez mixed English with Spanish. While not awful, why don't contestants realize that they should not pick songs by singers like Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Christina Aguilera, etc.? Rodriguez will pass through strictly based on the fact that she wrapped up the Hispanic audience, something that the Latin guy last night failed to do.
After watching Lauren Turner, this must be what J Lo meant when she mentioned being beautiful inside and out, because she must be keeping it all inside. A solid performance, but I am not familiar with the song and it didn't really grab me.
Ashton Jones, perhaps one of the front runners this season, sang Monica's little known song "Love All Over Me". What could be one of the worst songs ever on the show, Jones showed she can sing. A mix of former Idol Tamyra Gray and Beyonce, Jones is one of only a handful contestants who has "it".
Julie Zorrilla, one of my personal favorites this season (perhaps because I find her so cute), got swallowed by taking on another powerful singer, Kelly Clarkson, with "Breakaway". Unfortunately like the song, I think she will soon "travel on a jet plane, far away and breakaway". Seriously contestants, pick a song by a singer who doesn't have one of the strongest voices in the music industry. Kelly Clarkson is no Mariah Carey or Celine Dion but she has a very powerful voice and Zorrilla definitely doesn't have that.
Haley Reinhart, unfortunately like the contestants before her, just didn't bring anything special to her take of Alicia Keys "Fallin'" tonight.
Thankfully, the second half of the show picked up with the more-talented ladies.
Thia Megia impressed with "On My Own" from the Fame musical...especially being at only 15 years old. While she is certainly a strong singer, I have issues with the fact that this girl made it to the quarterfinals of "America's Got Talent" not too long ago. Should Idol really be picking up the scraps from a silly show like "AGT"? Idol definitely needs her to continue on because they need the young people to tune in and because they have to show that lowering the age to 15 was a good decision.
Lauren Alaina, a contestant who does have the chops to take on singers like Kelly Clarkson, (country) rocked out to Reba Mcentire's "Turn on the Radio" and showed that she may be the female front runner in this competition. Able to sing country and rock, she will go far.
The night concluded with this year's most beautiful contestant, Pia Toscano, doing justice (and more) to The Pretenders' "I'll Stand By You" and made me want to stand by her (and more)....now only if I didn't have to worry about my wife finding out! A standing ovation by all three judges unfortunately puts a bullseye on her back and when I look at the talent of someone like Lauren Alaina, I simply don't know if Toscano has what it takes to last a whole season.
In summary, WTF contestants? Why is that year after year the contestants can't find the right song? Supposedly this year Idol hired a big-time producer to help and while I don't know if he is onboard this early in the competition, however if he is, it is time to find a new producer.
And, who would have ever thought that Randy would say what I write...happened in the past with Simon and I am a bit scared that Randy and I seem to be in agreement. Oh well, I guess it could be worse...it could be Steven Tyler or J Lo!
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