American Idol Season 6

April 10^th, 2007

Jennifer Lopez is the mentor for the idols this week, which I thought was really cool. I can’t believe how many big stars they are getting this season. The idols are going to be singing Latin songs this week.

Melinda Doolittle
Sway

Jennifer said that Melinda’s biggest goal for this song is to be really sultry and seductive. I thought Melinda really did a good job of capturing that sultry style. It was another perfect vocal, but I’m actually starting to get a little tired of her. She isn’t a singer who takes a song and makes it more modern. She just kind of sings it the way it was sung before, so I would like to see something really new and different from her. Simon, for once, didn’t like her performance because he said she appeared much older than she was.

Lakisha Jones
Conga

I wasn’t a fan of Lakisha’s hair style tonight. It was a bit too flat to her head, and I also thought her dress was a bit too revealing. I don’t think it was the best song choice for her. It seemed like she wasn’t as good of a singer as we know her to be. Paula and Simon didn’t really like the performance, and thought that the song was a safe choice.

Chris Richardson
Smooth

I thought that this song would really suit his voice perfectly. The beginning was a little rough for me, and it wasn’t my favorite performance. He still did really well, and Randy and Paula really complimented it, but he just didn’t sound as good as I’ve heard him sound before. I liked it better than the first two, but I wasn’t completely thrilled.

Haley Scarnato
Turn the Beat Around

Jennifer said that this song was really hard to sing because the rhythm is so strong. I thought Haley’s performance tonight was a little bit fake. Her facial expressions were too exaggerated for me. This song is definitely very hard to sing, and she didn’t really pull it off. Even her big notes were unpleasant. It was supposed to be more of a fun performance, but it was actually a bit difficult to watch. The judges really cut her down.

Phil Stacey
Maria Maria

Phil sounded really amazing in his rehearsal with Jennifer. He definitely has one of the best voices, but I just don’t think he knows how to work it yet. I thought he sounded really good in the beginning, but then had a couple notes off-key later in the song. I’m not sure if it was the arrangement of the song or not, but it was a bit lacking entertainment-wise. His voice actually cracked a couple of times, and the judges cut him down a lot.

Jordin Sparks
The Rhythm is Gonna Get You

I really liked Jordin’s hair and outfit tonight. It was very classy. I thought her performance was pretty solid. It wasn’t the best vocally I’ve heard from her, but it was still really good. Simon didn’t like it because he is worried that she hasn’t been progressing lately. Hopefully next week she will pull out something a bit better.

Blake Lewis
I Need To Know – Mark Anthony

I loved Blake’s performance tonight. The song suited him so well, and his voice sounded impeccable. I don’t have a hard time picturing him on the radio already. Each week he comes out with something new and interesting and I just really love him as a performer.

Sinjaya Malakar

Jennifer was really impressed with Sinjaya, and complimented him more than anyone else. She thought it was an excellent song choice for him. I really didn’t like his mustache and beard this week. It didn’t suit him at all, and made him look as though he was trying to look older. Simon didn’t like the fact that he couldn’t understand the song because it was mostly in Spanish, but he actually admitted that it wasn’t completely horrible. I thought it was a good performance from Sinjaya, but still nothing that blew me away.