I am watching tonight’s performances in Worcester, MA with my dear friends and fellow season 6ers Gina Glocksen and Melinda Doolittle. We are all really excited that Quentin Tarantino is the guest judge. Seriously! How cool is that?
So the theme tonight is “Movie Songs”… And apparently, because they talked so much and went over time last week, Simon will only be judging half the contestants tonight. Which is a little dumb. Simon is what keeps this show on the air. Fifty bucks says we’ll be back at three judges next season - no offense intended for the judge that will not be with us. Without Simon, how will any of us know what we think about these performances?
Week by week, Adam continues to set himself apart as the “artist” of the group. He came out and rocked the stage. Quentin referred to him as “the real deal”
One of the big surprises of the night was Allison Irahetta, who wowed Simon enough for him to say that he could see her in the finals. She sang “Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing”. Other great performances tonight came from Danny Gokey and Anoop Desai who has now gone two weeks in a row without the judges trashing him. Way to go Anoop.
I disagreed with the judges on Kris Allen and Lil Rounds. Both suffered criticism while I thought they both were fantastic - Kris in particular. It was one of my favorite performances of his.
Unfortunately, Matt seemed very nervous and a little worn out tonight. He is an extraordinary talent, but my gut tells me he will be sent packing tomorrow night unless he can convince the judges he deserves to stay.
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I didn’t really care for Kris Allen’s performance tonight. Actually, I’m kind of surprised to say that I didn’t enjoy Allison either. She is usually in my top three, but it just didn’t do it for me. My faves of the night were Anoop and Adam. Danny was good vocally, but I had to agree that he was a bit on the boring side. He is another that is usually in my top three
I agree that Matt had a bad night, it was not good, but I also thought Lil Rounds was poor. To mw she was quite pitchy and lacked breath control but I liked what it seemed she was trying to do with the song, but to me her voice sounded “nervous” never in control. On the other hand, I didn’t hear the pitchyness that Randy heard in Kris, I very much enjoyed his song. Danny did great again and is my favorite, but Adam is the best performer, will he be the first openly gay “Idol”? I hope not although I can’t deny his tremendous talent.