AI 7.3 - The Year They Were Born Apr 01 '08    Write an essay on this topic. Tweet The Bottom Line Season seven. Week Three. I like tonight's theme - it has potential. Choosing songs from the year they were born will mean that everyone should have plenty of options and nobody should be stuck with a really obscure song that doesn't suit them at all. Tonight should be great. If everyone's smart. I also want to say, I'm going to be rating a bit tougher as far as my numbers this week. I think I was not tough enough last week in particular and am going to try to be a little more realistic as far as rating the actual talent displayed. No promises that I'll succeed at that, but I plan to try. Ramiele Malubay Alone 6.5 Alright, I'll give her this much. She's improving. She's still not my favorite, but this performance wasn't that bad. She was a bit flat in some sections and oversang others, sounding almost shreikishly tuneless on the hook. But she started out strong enough, and actually had a couple of very nice moments. I think her fan base will carry her through to next week. I do want to see her with a bit more commanding stage presence one of these days though. All we've seen so far is awkward wandering, or awkward standing still. Bleh. Jason Castro Fragile 7 Brave man to sing a Sting song while I'm listening. He's put a very different groove on it than Sting , so there's no need to really compare them... I'm good with that. And overall? I liked it. Contrary to what the judges have said, I think he did it very different from Sting. I will agree with Simon that the guitar was a bit uninteresting, and the vocals really could have been stronger, but his pitch was good and the performance was ... nice. Not blow-me-away amazing, but nice. Syesha Mercado If I Were Your Woman 9.5 I'm not familiar with the song, but for the first time I'm convinced that Syesha could potentially be in the upper eschalon this season. This was probably her best performance of the season. I thought the performance was strong, sensitive, and believable. It's a record I would buy. The last note was a bit off pitch, but other than that she did a very good job. Chikezie If Only 6 I'm not sure the Chik chose right. It's a nice song I guess, but his pitch is off and it's kinda dull. He comes off as a second rate crooner to me. I'm not thrilled. I like his jacket though ... the stenciling is cool. The performance is not a home run though. Too bad. Brooke White Every Breath You Take 6.5 Ouch! Bad start. She had to start it over after a single clam. Could have been worse, but that's not good. Her voice is so pretty. But I'm sorry, I'm underwhelmed by the performance. Vocally it was ok if just a hair weak on the bridge. But it was sorta like a Police song set to the piano part from Music Box Dancer. Bleh. Boring. Besides, I'm not sure a stalker song is believable when it's 'pretty'. Michael Johns We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions 7.5 Hey - Michael is finally steppin' into that whole rock star vibe that he wants so badly to portray. and I really like how he starts it out... But wait. He bails on a really powerful rendition of We Will Rock You in favor of a somewhat crappy version of We Are the Champions. Maybe his problem is that he only has 16 bars of cool on any given night. It doesn't help that one of the backing vocalists was a bit off during the transition to the chorus... or maybe the mix on their mics was just off. Whatever the problem was, it detracted. Also, he is still hurt by not having an upper range. After listening to it again I didn't hate it, but I also didn't love it. Still, it's much better than he's been the last couple of weeks. Carly Smithson Total Eclipse of the Heart 8.5 I like this song. I hope she does well with it. And it's good. This was a really solid performance overall. Not perfect - there were a couple of flat notes and maybe she could have done more with it. But still, it was good and she'll still be around next week for sure. Or at least I hope so. David Archuleta You're the Voice 9 K - so we're back to singing the socially conscious songs. But that's OK I guess because it's just who he is. He does a good job with it, but I'm surprised to hear him with a couple of off sounding notes. Like so many others tonight, he didn't quite live up to his demonstrated potential from prior weeks. He is one of the best singers on the show this year, but that was not his best performance. Just to clarify... his not best is still better than most performers' wow. So whatever. Kristy Lee Cook God Bless the USA 6 One of my most 'not favorite' songs ever. But it's a a very anthemic country type song so maybe it will work for her. But no - she's boring. Her pitch is all over the place. Her timing is bad. And she still has the personality of a hash brown. Or maybe a scrambled egg, no salt. I was just bored to tears. Yuck. David Cook Billy Jean 11 Interesting. A completely different arrangement of a classic. Very alt. Very dangerous. I'm not sure he quite found the pocket at the front end. And I started to worry that it was not going to work at all, but once he hit the bridge it was all different. Perfection. Nobody else in this competition could have pulled it off. There aren't a lot of performers anywhere who could have pulled it off. But David is amazing. He wins. Hands down. Bottom of the barrel.... Well I've gotta say, I think Chikezie was overall the worst performance of the night. I don't know that he'll be going home because I still think he has great potential as a supah-stah - but he didn't wow me tonight. Joining him on the floor will be Kristy and maybe Ramiele or maybe Jason if his fans forget how to dial the phone. Although, if failing to inspire commentary is the kiss of death, it might actually be Carly on the floor again. She has so much potential, but she has to find her wow factor again quickly or she'll get lost in the shuffle. Still, I think this will finally be Kristy's week to finally hit the street. Country roads, take her home. Top of the heap.... No doubt in my mind at all... David Cook is probably the best Idol contestant of all time. He proved again tonight why he deserves to win the whole kit and caboodle. Also showing up to play this evening were Syesha, Babyface Archuleta, and even Michael Johns. Everyone else has to step it up or get left behind. RESULTS So here's the deal. I am almost a whole week behind at the moment. And I didn't even get to go to Cancun. So sometimes that's just the way things roll. Anybody who has been paying attention already knows that Chikezie was our bottom performer and was subsequently sent home. Not a gigantic surprise after having a really terrible week musically, but honestly I don't really think it was about the night's performance. I think Chikezie's problem was about image. He didn't know who he was and subsequently didn't manage to build and keep a solid fan base to vote him through at all costs. He was far from being the worst singer of this group. But one week he did southern rock, one week he did country, one week he did some schmoozy r&b thing... and if I remember correctly he mostly sang mainstream pop type stuff in the early eliminations. He had no identity so even though he had a lot of potential he ended up without many real, consistent fans. Bye Chickezie. I hope you do well for yourself - you have talent. originally posted at www.pearannoyed.com

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