The Way You Look Tonight- The Guys Brought It. April is Child abuse awareness month

This Article Is Written And Owned By: Arnelle Durocher

Last week we saw the demise of Lil and Anoop. I thought that Lil was unjustly trounced upon by the judges through every performance.  However, if it is any constellation to Lil, In season three, a competitor was eliminated in the exact same round as Lil had been eliminated last week. This season three competitor was not ever given rave reviews by the judges, as Lil was not given this season. Her name is Jennifer Hudson and she PROVED the judges wrong on their critiques of her, to the point that Simon had to humble himself and apologize to her. I thought that was an interesting bit of Idol history to share!

Last Night’s American Idol proved to be quite interesting. Four out of Five performances lit a fire that was not about to go out. Jamie Foxx was the host performer in the house who proved to be great in his leadership of helping the idolteers with their vocals. The most inspiring show of the night was that the judges had separate opinions and individual thoughts last night. Of course, Simon was not without the personality of the grim reaper waving his scythe all through the night. Last Night’s theme was of the era of the “ Rat Pack” the pack had included the late great Icons of” Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr, Joey Bishop and Peter Lawford. “

The show opens and Ryan comes swaggering out, I see he has been working on his John Wayne walk. Swagger those hips Seacrest. With all the smirking that he could muster, Ryan made the big deal announcement that because there was such a great support last week, they are going to to have two phone lines this week. Whoppie! Um don’t they have two phone lines every year when it gets down to the final five? Yes they do! So in reality it was not because of the huge support but rather what American Idol practices every year. He introduces the dopey judges and gets on with it. A special mention that Paula as usual looks stunning. Paula always has nice attire on. ( Cough! Simon may want to take some tips from Paula on sprucing himself up). The idolteers were told that a mystery guest would be arriving and to their pleasure Jaime Foxx graces them with his presence.

Kris Allen gets the nod to show us what he’s got- He sang “ The way you look tonight”! Well Kris surprised all of us tonight, he did extremely well. Randy thought it was his best performance of the night, Kara thought he set the technical standard so incredibly high. Paula commented on his looks and called him a contemporary crooner. Simon naturally was not as enthusiastic as the other three doe heads, he thought it was a little bit wet! Simon went as far to say that he did not think that Kris could win the competition. Simon of course couldn’t resist using his scythe and testing it out all night. When Ryan asked what he meant by “wet”, Simon didn’t know what he meant, he said that it was not dry! Right! Nothing like giving a critique and not knowing what you mean when you give the critique.

Allison Irehata gets the calls to show second singing “ Someone to watch over me” On another night Allison would have placed OK and safe. However last night the guys brought it and Allison’s performance was simply not good enough or up to the standard of the other performances. Randy loved it and was not nervous anymore for Allison. Kara thought it was a gut wrenching rendition, deep emotional  and way beyond Allison’s years. Paula was gleeful and felt that it was innocent and tender. She was proud. Simon asked if Allison thought she could can win at this stage. Allison said yes, I however, personally don’t think so. Simon extended that he thought it was a great performance, but he felt she was in trouble last night. It was not a 10 in commitment and belief.

Matt Giraud steps up to the idol mat and sung “My funny Valentine.” – Randy, who had said earlier, he was looking to see who wanted to win it was not enthusiastic and thought it was a little pitchy, it did not quite come together. Kara felt Matt did not have an emotional connection to the song. Paula loved what he did with the song, and felt the connection, it was pure, simple, and really impressive, excellent job. Simon disagreed with Randy, and said it was the only believable authentic song he heard last night. He thought it was absolutely brilliant.

Danny Gokey- places fourth to show us his vocal prowess and sang “ “Come Rain Or Come Shine” At that point Danny proved again to be the best of the night. Randy was tickled and joyfully shared that Danny was the only one that he heard last night, that actually could have an album of the crooner theme and win idol title. Randy announces this is a singing comp and you can sing. What a revelation from Randy Jackson, that it was a singing competition. You think! Kara, thought he swagged and was the most creative and unbelievable. Paula, made it short and sweet, she quipped it was a stellar, stellar performance. Simon thought Gokey had confidence, proved a point with his vocals. The best he heard all week and that Danny should thank Jamie Foxx for working his vocals to the level he did.

Adam Lambert gets the last call of the night and sang ” Feeling Good”. He proved to equal Danny in the best performance of the night. I know some will argue that Adam did better than Danny however I disagree. On the contention that Adams song had its bright moments with high notes and the ending no doubt was spectacular, but it still equaled Danny in performance, when you really listen back. The Judges were all pleased as punch at Adam’s performance. Heck my kids were giving me that uh huh “ I told you so,stare after he performed last night”. You know that gleeful knowing stare that kids give their parents when they think they have one over on them. I don’t know who was more tickled the judges or my kids. I have also been advised by my kids that I am not allowed to criticize Adam in their presence. LOL ( I do it anyway)!

The top performances of the night- much to my kids delight ( Adam Lambert and Danny Gokey)

Second best: Kris Allan and  Matt Giraud also tied

Worst perfomance was Allison Irehata

Who I think should go home- Allison
Who will go home after America Votes- Allison

Dumbest comments of the night goes to Kara and Simon- Kara for her mouth drops/gapes open and Simon for his dumb wet critique.

The visual best dress award goes to Paula- She has not been outdone in her smart attire and dress. She always looks stunning.

Last night the four guys brought it and blew it out of the ballpark. I will be interested to see if they continue to be consistent. Tonight’s live result show will send an Idolateer walking. The final two seems to be leaning toward a Gokey vs Lambert sing off for Idol title. However, Matt and Kris have also shown they could have what it takes to win the title. Last night’s performances by the guys proved to be difficult for voters because all four overall actually did well.

Taylor Soul Man Hicks will also be in the Idol house tonight at the live results show and I can hardly wait to see what he brings us.

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