American Idol Mini-Recap
April 10, 2007 by Kath Skerry
Overall tonight’s episode of American Idol sucked. I do love me some Jennifer Lopez so there was that, but nothing else really got me excited about tonight’s episode. No, not even Melinda. What’s going on? It’s the final 8 – they should all be nailing every performance at this point. I watch “American Idol Rewind” on Saturdays on The CW, and the Season One contestants would blow most of this year’s singers out of the water.
It was Latin night, and although I’m not a big fan of Latin music I can get shake my conga when I want to. Unfortunately tonight’s performances only me want to shake my hand at the remote to turn the station. The diva’s started us off tonight, and neither Mindy Doo nor LaKisha blew me away. Melinda had no flavor to her song, and “Sway” felt more like a big band song than a sultry Latin tune. LaKisha took on “Conga”…but it was uninspired and boring – just the opposite how Gloria Estefan recorded it.
Chris Richardson had one of the best performances of the night with his take on the Santana/Rob Thomas hit “Smooth”. No, his voice hasn’t really improved but he is smooth (pun absolutely intended because I like to show how clever I am). Haley Scarnato and her legs sang “Turn the Beat Around”. Simon got it right, Haley’s looks are getting her through this competition, because it’s clearly not her voice.
Phil Stacey took on another Santana hit “Maria”. I don’t know what to say about Phil. I like his voice, but he never really nails it. There’s always something wrong. He’s hanging on by a thread and I think he’s going to be the one to go home this week. Jordin Sparks had probably the best vocal performance of the night (not that that’s saying much) with her version of “The Rhythm is Gonna Get You”. It got me…for the most part. She sounded great, but again, it wasn’t anything special.
Blake Lewis took on Marc Anthony’s “I Need to Know” and much like Chris it wasn’t the vocals that made this number, but his overall performance. Blake is a cool cat – he just is. I like him and I’d like to see him be there at the end. He’s got something. And this brings us to Sanjaya. I’ll say this – it wasn’t horrible. He sang a Spanish song that I’m not familiar with, but it suited his voice well. Is he a good singer? Absolutely not. Will that performance carry him over until next week? Yeppers.
I’m thinking Haley and Phil will be in the bottom two with Phil going home. It should be Haley…well it actually should be Sanjaya, but I’ve resigned myself that he will make it to the finals (that way if he goes home earlier than that I can be that much happier).
Oh and let me just say that it was pretty funny that no one asked J Lo for vocal advice; it was all about dancing. They know better.
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What a boring night. And is Jennifer Lopez really going to sing tomorrow night?
What did I tell you about “yeppers”?
At least Melinda looked beautiful! I’d take her style any day over Haley’s approach to “fashion.” Poor LaKisha! Why didn’t anyone tell her that the dress she was wearing was too small? It’s never a good thing to have flab spilling over where the material ends. The AI stylist did her no favors. Ditto with Jordin’s pants — not flattering.
And was Phil wearing a beret over a baseball cap? Strange. Was this the first time Blake has showed us his arm tatoo? Sanjaya was freaking me out with his creepy looks into the camera.
I guess I was so bored by the vocals that I overanalyzed the contestant’s appearance instead. I think Phil will go home, but Haley deserves it more.
Yeah – I agree with all of that GMMR.
I threw Phil a vote. Not because he was great but because I think Scarnato should go and that was my way of helping out.
But my real votes went to Chris R and, as always, Jordin.
What a boring week. Is it the music and the fact that none of the constants relate to it, or just that we are scraping the barrel on the talent level left after so many seasons of this show?