The bright lights are on. Top 13 time..The theme this week is "Songs From Your Favorite Artist"...I'm going to guess Scotty's favorite is whoever sang baby lock them doors and turn the lights down low.
Here's how they fared in my eyes (in order of appearance):
Lauren Alaina shania twain.any man of mine
Not spectacular. She hasn't proven that she can hold a note yet...she always stops way short. Style-wise, you can tell she's getting some Idol-Top-13-makeup-team help - huge difference from when she first auditioned.
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Casey Abrams the beatles.with a little help from my friends
All the advice from Jimmy Iovine just means we're going to see a repeat performance of last week. He has perfected this sing/growl/talk thing. And yep, this feels like a repeat of last week - not that it was bad.
Ashthon Jones diana ross.when you tell me that you love me
Flat. Flat. Flat. That one note they worked on in the pre-performance clip better be bomb. I think that was it...if so, nope, now what they built it up to be. Her last note was decent, but not enough to save the performance.
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Paul McDonald ryan adams.come pick me up
He's actually the lead singer of a band, the Grand Magnolias. If he doesn't win, which could very well happen, he'll probably ditch his old band, get a new band, and get a record deal anyway much like Daughtry (S5) did. His prancing around the stage is akin to Megan Corkrey's signature hand-wiggling and hip-twisting. I wish he would've picked a stronger or more hype song. Randy agrees.
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Pia Toscano celine dion.all by myself
Judges always knock people on doing big songs and not doing anything with them. Hope this isn't one of those cases. Nice dress. "All By Myself" could be the perfect song for her. Damn! This is really good. Nothing else to say about that...other than that was really good. J.Lo's also at a loss for words.
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James Durbin paul mccartney.maybe i'm amazed
Where's the scarf-tail at? Going from screaming to a normal voice is quite impressive.
sidnote: Steven Tyler replaces Paula Abdul's WTF are you saying moments with comments like "If there was ever a review about you, you just sang it." What?
Haley Reinhart leann rimes.blue
She looks the exact same as she did when she was a baby. Okay, showing cleavage. And some gold glitter nails??...ballin! Some bad points; some great notes (like when she somewhat yodeled the blue's in the middle there). At least she ditched the awkward dance moves. Steven Tyler creeping, "So so fine"...not words you use to describe a song.
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Jacob Lusk r kelly.i believe i can fly
R.Kelly. I hope it's all 22 parts of Trapped in the Closet. Style-wise, gotta give it to him - he's looking sharp...grey suit, pink tie, red pocket square. 1st half = flat. 2nd half = wild and classic Jacob Lusk. The judges really liked it, but I'm not seeing it. Overrated.
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Thia Megia michael jackson.smile
No creepo, but this is the 1st time we've seen her without socks. I was beginning to think she had weird feet that she didn't want to show, since she wore socks even when she was wearing open-toe shoes. Not her greatest performance - 1st half was much better than the 2nd half. Steven Tyler, "You gave it up"...what kind of phrases are these? Everything he says can be interpreted as inappropriate.
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Stefano Langone stevie wonder.lately
Flat. Terrible so far. That suit/jacket is tight though. His performance ended okay. The judges, except for Randy, disagree and thought it was great.
Karen Rodriguez selena.i could fall in love
Meh. More average parts than spectacular ones. When she goes high, she sounds great. The judges weren't feeling it.
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Scotty McCreery garth brooks.the river
He did alright. He sings country, and he sings it well. No funny facial expressions from him this week, though.
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Naima Adedapo rihanna.umbrella
Rihanna? O no, please not Only Girl. We've been down that road before. Umbrella is her song. She actually looks better with less makeup, as she does in this pre-performance segment. Performance time --> "BOOM, Fire"...what is this?!? Rapping/reggae. This is so weird. What's going on right now? Props to a performance, but that weird and the vocals were off. At least she might get VFTW's backing. Perhaps she was trying to give a Cher Lloyd-ish performance.
RANKINGS (of their performances tonight)
1. Pia
2. Casey
3. James
4. Scotty
5. Haley
6. Thia
7. Jacob
8. Paul
9. Lauren
10. Karen
11. Stefano
12. Ashthon
13. Naima
Who I think should go home: Naima
Who America will send home: Stefano
Excluding Ashthon, it's worth noting that Idol started the show with 5 of the best contestants this week (Lauren, Casey, Paul, Pia, James), as opposed to ending with them. It'll be interesting to see who the bottom 3 are, since it will give us an idea of who America's not voting for. Will it be the same 3 wildcards from last week (Stefano, Ashthon and Naima)? Or will it be a new group of 3?
.rl.
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