American Idol Season 6

March 14^th, 2007 The Top 12 Results Show

Bottom three: Brandon Rogers, Phil Stacy, and Sinjaya Malakar
Voted out this week: Brandon Rogers

They did a recap of last night, showing the highlights and the lowlights. After the video clip ended, the top 12 sang their medley, which of course was a tribute to Diana Ross. I thought they all sounded really good. I was actually impressed with how everyone stepped up. It included such songs as “Stop In the Name of Love” and “Baby Love.” Chris Sligh was one that really stood out to me in it.

This week was the first week that they did a Ford commercial. It was pretty decent. Once again Chris Sligh sounded really good. When they finally got to the results, it was said that the bottom three consisted of Brandon Rogers, Phil Stacy, and Sinjaya Malakar.

Before we found out who would be leaving this week, Diana Ross came out in a bright coral dress with a huge poofy shawl. I think her prime years were definitely when she was younger because she didn’t sound as good as I thought she would. I love almost every one of her songs, but tonight’s performance didn’t show her true talent.

I thought the bottom three was pretty accurate. I was a bit surprised to see that it was all boys, but I thought America did a decent job. I was pretty unhappy with the final decision. I thought for sure that Sinjaya would go. Brandon was never my favorite, and I thought he would have gone soon anyway, but he was a bit better than Sinjaya.

March 1st

Voted out tonight:

Nick Pedro
A.J. Tabaldo
Alaina Alexander
Leslie Hunt

Ryan Seacrest announced that Kelly Pickler would be singing tonight. As always, they did a recap of the night before, which usually takes up a bit of time.

Then there was a group performance. I just hoped that would be better than last week’s. They sang. “Joy to the World” which I thought was a much better song choice. Three guys that sang a harmony at the beginning was terrible, but other than that, it was pretty entertaining. I think that sometimes the music it too loud for them to hear what they are singing, so it’s hard for them to stay perfectly on key. It’s easy to hear a lot of off-notes.

The first contestant voted out was Nick Pedro. This is the point in the competition when voting people out starts to get really difficult. I thought Nick was quite good, so it sucked to see him go. Simon thought it was due to his lack of charisma, which is a plausible explanation.

The first girl to be voted out was Alaina Alexander. I felt so bad that she had to sing one more time when she was crying. I don’t get why they make them do that. To me, it seems really mean and unnecessary.

Before the final vote-offs, Kelly Pickler came out. I loved Kelly last season because she was so candid and funny. Ryan asked her if she’d spent her money on anything, and she said “shoes.” Her personality is hard to explain, but she always keeps me laughing. I thought she looked really cute with her blonde bob. It was definitely a much older look that she had on last season’s American Idol. She sang “I Wonder,” which she co-wrote. I thought she sounded really good, and a bit of Reba McEntire.

The final guy to be eliminated was A.J. Tabaldo. I wasn’t too upset with this decision. I never expected him to win the competition. However, it’s still sad to see him go. I thought he was quite a good singer. The final girl to be eliminated was Leslie Hunt. It was weird because two of the people to be eliminated sang Michael Buble’s “I’m Feeling Good.”

I think America did a pretty good job this week in voting.

 February 22nd, 2007

Ryan Seacrest mentioned some stars that would be on this season of American Idol. They are:

Diana Ross
Jon Bon Jovi
Jennifer Lopez
Gwen Stefani
Tony Benet
Martina McBride
Lulu and Peter Noone
Barry Gibb

For the first bit of the show, they just showed a recap of the previous two nights. Then the contestants sang a song medley together. I thought they chose a terrible song to do a group performance too. All of the singers sounded pretty decent, but the song was boring and it didn’t give them a chance to really shine. Some of the male-female harmonies sounded horrible. Usually I enjoy the group performance, but this was just border line embarrassing for the contestants.

Finally, they advanced to the elimination. This week, four people will leave in total, with two girls and two boys each. The first guy to be eliminated was Paul Kim. I was happy with this decision. There were quite a few guys that I thought deserved to go, and he was one of them. They let him sing for one last time on the stage. I felt a bit bad because I think that with the right song choice, he wouldn’t have gone first. He does have a good voice, but he just chose the complete wrong song to show America his talent.

The first girl to be voted off was Amy Krebs. I thought that was a fair decision because she didn’t give a memorable performance. I was fine with this decision too. I didn’t ever think she was going to make it very far.

In between the eliminations, Fanatsia Burrino, came out to perform. She was the American Idol winner of Season 3, but I haven’t really heard about her since she won. I didn’t even know she was still singing. She announced that she would be starring in the Broadway play “The Colour Purple.”

The final girl to go home was Nicole Tranquillo. I was very glad to see her go. She seems like a sweet girl, but I really didn’t like her singing voice. She sang again, just like the other eliminated singers. Everyone who has sang tonight has sounded terrible hence the reason they are going home.

The final male to be eliminated  was Rudy Cardenas. It was between him and Sinjaya, and they said that Sinjaya was in the top four male contestants. Rudy seemed very bitter that he was going home, especially when Simon insulted him for a final time. I was actually surprised that America chose him to go home, because to me, there were other guys that sang worse than him. He didn’t give his best performance on Tuesday, but it was certainly better than some of the others.

The first four conestants eliminated from American Idol season six, based on America’s vote, are

* Paul Kim
* Amy Krebs
* Rudy Cardenas
* Nicole Tranquillo