February 27th, 2007
Phil Stacey
I Ain’t Missing You At All – John Waite
I think that Phil has a really amazing voice, and he really impressed me tonight. He did even better than last week. He is definitely a top male in this competition. Paula said that his tone is wonderful. However, Simon found something wrong with it like usual. He warned him not to be ordinary but said he will definitely stay in the competition.
Jared Cotter
A Marvin Gaye song
Jared started out pretty well. He went into a falsetto part which I didn’t think was that good, but he had an overall good performance. It definitely wasn’t perfect, but he did much better than last week. His entertainment value was much better too. Simon said he did a good job, but it sounded a bit cabaret. He impressed me this week, both with his personality and his performance
A.J Tabaldo
You Know How I Feel- Michael Buble
I wasn’t too happy when I heard the beginning of this song. It’s a good song, but I just think it’s a hard song to get the audience excited. However, I felt that he had a lot of potential with the song, but unfortunately he did go off key a few times. His voice really did suit the song though, and I still think he has a very good voice. Simon even said it was good.
Sinjaya Malakar
As soon as he started singing, I thought Oh no. I feel like he didn’t take the judges comments from last week into consideration at all. He sang a song unfamiliar to anyone, and it was quite boring. It almost sounded very young and immature. This isn’t to say his voice isn’t good because it is, but he didn’t commit to the performance. I felt like he didn’t want to be up there. The judges really didn’t like it.
Chris Sligh
Trouble
I was so surprised to see that Chris has a wife. To me he still seems so much younger than he is. When Chris opens his mouth to start singing, I always feel surprised. He has such an interesting tone, and I really like it. I’ve never heard the song that he sang, but I still like him. I thought he did a very good job.
Nick Pedro
Fever - Peggy Lee
I thought as soon as he started he sounded really consistent. I actually do like his voice, and this song really let it shine through. I thought it would be boring, but the performance turned out to be quite good. He did 100 times better than last week. He started better than he finished and rushed a bit in parts, but it was still good. Although, Simon thought he lacked charisma which I thought was partly true.
Blake Lewis
Once again, I thought he chose a really appropriate song for his voice. I’d never heard the song, but I really loved his performance. What was even better is that he dedicated the performance to his parents which was very sweet, and would probably win him a lot of points with the woman voters. He even managed to throw in some beat boxing which was awesome. He completely reminds me of a Maroon 5 sound, and I thought he was amazing! However, Simon actually said he was very disappointed with him, but the other two loved it. My favorite by far.
Brandon Rogers
Time after time – Cyndi Lauper
The first note that came out of his moment was very shaky. I’m not sure if it’s because he was nervous or not. This is a really amazing song, and I think he had potential, but he didn’t quite do justice. It just didn’t really go anywhere exciting. The judges didn’t really like it.
Chris Richardson
I thought he had an interesting song choice. I had never heard the song before he sang it, but I thought it was a good choice. He has one of those voices that I think is complete record material. He sounded so awesome. Randy said it was even “hotter than the original.” Simon said it was the best tonight by a mile. He and Blake are my favorite. I hope that they both go very far in the competition.
Sundance Head
Mustang Sally – Wilson Pickett
His video clip was very endearing. His child was just born shortly ago, and he was saying how its really hard to miss his first year. I knew this song was going to be so much better for him than the other songs he’s been singing lately. He did 100% better than last week, and he finally proved to America that he can actually sing. Needless to say, the judges loved the improvement.
It is so hard to predict who will be voted out this week. They all improved a lot, but if I had to say, I think it would be A.J Tabaldo, and Sinjaya Malakar. Sinjaya wasn’t even close to being in the same class as everyone else. Another person I wouldn’t mind seeing leave is Brandon Rogers. Those were the bottom three tonight in my opinion.
Melinda Doolittle is one of my favorite American Idol contestants: she has a great voice, she sings extremelly well, she is lovable, she is shy with no big ego or attitude. She has been praised by all judges, including Simon, for the greatest talent and very low profile.
