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I can’t believe how late I am on AI this week. I am sick of 5 hours of Idol a week. It’s so much! This week was 70’s week. It was disappointing.

Michael Johns, singing Go Your Own Way by Fleetwood Mac.

Mike loves tennis. He says he is a bit of jock. He’s definitely something that rhymes with jock. I didn’t like how he sang this week. I’m not talking about the vocals, I mean his stage presence. His acting like he was in a trance was a bit over the top. Nothing really impressive!

Jason Castro, singing I Just Want to Be Your Everything by Andy Gibb.

Jason hates interviews. Ok then. What kind of pop star are you going to be if you can’t do any kind of interview? He hides behind his arrangements and his haircut.

Luke Menard, singing Killer Queen by Queen.

He’s in an a capella group. What a hipster. His haircut bugs me, the two curls by the temple. Just brush it over. I didn’t like this performance.

Robbie Carrico, singing Hot Blooded by Foreigner.

Colton Berry was eliminated for this dope? He loves drag racing and wearing wigs. This was so bad! Perhaps he was afraid to headbang and lose his wig. Paula says that he is authentic. HE IS WEARING A WIG.

Danny Noriega, singing Superstar by The Carpenters.

Danny was in a crappy band. Hilarity ensued. “We were just a bunch of rebellious kids playing instruments.” His performance was boring. I didn’t really care. Simon brings up the fact that he said Danny’s performance last week sucked. Danny said that he agreed with Simon’s opinion…ISH. ISH. Awesome!

ISH!

David Hernandez, singing Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone by The Temptations.

David used to do gymnastics while crossdressing. Oh David. I’m hoping he grows his hair out a bit more over the next few months and gets a blowout haircut. Why not? David can sing (I knew it from the beginning!) and now he finally has some attitude to make him stand out.

Jason Yeager, singing Long Train Running by The Doobie Brothers.

Jason is full of himself! He brags about how he taught himself how to play some instruments. Self-taught self-taught self-taught, aren’t you talented Jason?? Again, the overacting with Jason was hilarious. But everything else sucked. well, except his dancing. His dancing is so, so terrible. Simon says he sucks and Jason threw a hissy fit. See ya Jason!

Chikezie, singing I Believe to My Soul by Donny Hathaway.

Chikezie’s story is that everyone pronounces his name wrong. Well, correct them fool! I know who Chikezie reminds me of now. A young Forrest Whitaker without the lazy eye. Dressed like Kanye West, he came out of nowhere and did a good performance of Donny Hathaway. Well, it wasn’t the best vocally but the stage presence was there. Chikezie is gonna do a James Brown song this season, I can feel it!

David Cook, singing All Right Now by Free.

David likes crossword puzzles. Cool. I think David is pretty boring. He’s got the voice to fit with the image he is carving, much more so than Michael and Robbie. I am also tired of him singing with his head pointed to the ceiling. Simon calls him out for being boring and David throws a hissy fit. Seriously, this season sucks with contestants. Everyone fights with Simon at the drop of the dime. It loses its appeal quickly, especially when Simon is right.

David Archuleta, singing Imagine by John Lennon.

David’s most memorable moment of his life was singing for a bunch of losers of past Idols and not winning Star Search. Yah right. David can sing, sure. His act is getting so old! Plus, he choose Imagine and sang the third verse only. He did this because it was he “favorite verse.” Let’s look at the first verse of Imagine to see why David didn’t singing it…

Imagine there’s no Heaven
It’s easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today

Mmhm.

Carly Smithson, singing Crazy on You by Heart.

Carly is a bartender. Thanks for doing us Irish folk well Carly. She says Crazy on You is one of her favorite songs. Every performance that the judges like becomes the contestant’s favorite for that song. She hasn’t done anything to make her stand out and she isn’t as good as the judges say she is. Yet she is pimped out. It’s getting annoying.

Syesha Mercado, singing Me and Mrs. Jones by Billy Paul.

Syesha does commercials. She was on the beach and she was hot on it! But the baby cry, what the hell was that? Syesha was bordering on boring but she held some notes well. I like Syesha so much more than Carly.

Brooke White, singing You’re So Vain by Brooke White.

Brooke’s a hairdresser. This was great! I hate the country contestants on Idol but Brooke is getting me hooked.

Ramiele Malubay, singing Don’t Leave Me This Way by Thelma Houston.

Ramiele hula danced. Hot. I love this song. I mentioned this earlier this week, but this is a bad Idol song. Especially for Ramiele’s big voice. That being said, I actually liked this, but I think it is my bias for the song taking over.

Kristy Lee Cook, singing You’re No Good by Linda Ronstadt.

Kristy is a tomboy. She’s no good.

Amanda Overmyer, singing Carry On Wayward Son by Kansas.

Oh what a disaster. It’s not really funny this week though. It’s just bad.

Alaina Whitaker, singing Hopelessly Devoted to You by Olivia Newton-John.

She hates mixing her food. Nothing that’ll endear her to this country. She can sing and is cute. But the judges hated it. Well, I guess it was a little boring without any redeeming qualities, like in Syesha’s performance. But she is a much better singer than some of the others left.

Alexandrea Lushington, singing If You Leave Me Now by Chicago.

No Alexandrea! Didn’t you notice Rudy Guiliani do horrible in this election? Namedropping 9/11 isn’t going to help you at all! Her performance didn’t help her at all. I don’t know what happened to this girl since last week. The cargo shorts to this song was hilarious.

Kady Malloy, singing Magic Man by Heart.

She does opera. She says you can hear opera in her performances. Uh, what? THIS WAS SO BAD. It was a boring arrangement and Kady herself is boring.

Asia’h Epperson, singing All by Myself by Eric Carmen.

She used to be a cheerleader. I was expecting her to kill this. Then she started singing, and literally killed it. It was bad. She lost her voice while try to hit a note. After that, she just basically screamed.

Rankings this week. It is mostly based on my own preference, but I also have to begrudgingly accept sometimes when Carly Smithson is in fact better than a Kady Malloy.

Males (Last week)
1. Chikezie (8)
2. Danny Noriega (3)
3. David Hernandez (7)
4. David Archuleta (2)
5. David Cook (11)
6. Michael Johns (6)
7. Jason Castro (1)
8. Luke Menard (12)
9. Jason Yeager (5)
10. Robbie Carrico (9)

Females (Last week)
1. Brooke White (2)
2. Syesha Mercado (5)
3. Ramiele Malubay (3)
4. Alaina Whitaker (4)
5. Carly Smithson (8)
6. Alexandrea Lushington (1)
7. Amanda Overmyer (6)
8. Asia’h Epperson (7)
9. Kristy Lee Cook (12)
10. Kady Malloy (9)

I was expecting Luke and Jason to go for the males. For the females, Amanda and Kady.

Boy was I wrong.

This is when the show gets really interesting. Jason and Robbie were thrown out. Jason was a douchebag and Robbie was a fraud. No surprises that they didn’t get any votes. Alexandrea was pretty boring this week. I personally liked her but I can understand her being voted off. Alaina, I have no clue. There were three young and blond contestants this year. Kristy Lee’s personality is genuine and she let’s it (not talking about her personality) all hang out so I can see her getting votes. I’m not sure how Kady is more appealing than Alaina. She is stuck up and clueless. Well, perhaps I have answered my own question.

Posted on February 29th, 2008 by broomhead. Filed under Reviews, TV.
Tags: American Idol, Danny Noriega, Ramiele Malubay