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 13th, 2007

Top 12 Perform 

Tonight, American Idol is a show dedicated to Diana Ross. She was a member of the ever popular Supremes before she decided to start a solo career. She helped out with each of the contestants this week. All the songs tonight will be ones which Diana has sung.

Brandon Rogers
You Can’t Hurry Love
This is one of my favorite songs, and I think it’s a song that a lot of people will know and sing along with. There was one part in the song when his voice cracked really badly. Overall, it was a pretty terrible performance. There were quite a few notes off-key, and he forgot his words. Randy said that it needed to be a lot better than that, which I agree with. This performance puts him in a lot of danger.

Melinda Doolittle
Home
Melinda’s performance tonight wasn’t my favorite out of all her other one’s. For me, it wasn’t a perfect song choice, but of course she still sounded amazing. She actually ended up crying by the end of her performance, which then lead to Paula crying. Simon said that she made a boring song entertaining.

Chris Sligh
Endless Love
Once again, it wasn’t my favorite song choice. He started out a bit shaky, and I knew the song, but I didn’t actually recognize it. It wasn’t his best performance, but it was still decent. All three judges said that the arrangement was terrible, and Simon even said that he “murdered” it. He looked different this week, and I discovered later that it was because he wasn’t wearing glasses.

Gina Glocksen
Love Child
I thought she started the song in a really weird way. There was no easing into it, so it sounded like she started in the middle of the song. At times, I thought the register was a bit too low for her, because to me, she is much better in her upper register. I wasn’t impressed with her tonight at all. She often sounds like she is screaming.

Sinjaya Malakar
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
I was hoping that this song would help him give more into his performance. This is also a song which almost everyone knows, which I think puts a bit of pressure on him to live up to its expectations. I didn’t like his hair tonight, because it kind of looked like a perm gone wrong. Once again, his performance didn’t cut it for me. However, that being said, I do think he is getting better.

Haley Scarnato
Missing You
I really love this song, but it was too big for her. It was kind of a weird performance, in that I wasn’t too sure what to think of it. I couldn’t identify whether it was the arrangement of the song, or just her singing, but it was an interesting performance. This isn’t to say she isn’t a good singer, because I know she is. Her biggest problem is choosing songs. Simon actually encouraged her, which I thought was very sweet.

Phil Stacy
I’m Gonna Make you Love me
It wasn’t like it was an extremely entertaining performance, but I really liked it. I thought his voice sounded really good, and that the song showed off his voice. Randy summed it up by saying that the performance was a bit boring, but that his voice sounded great. Simon said that when he hits the big notes, he shouts a bit, which he needs to work on.

Lakisha Jones
God Bless the Child
This is another well-known song, but I wasn’t worried that she wouldn’t do it justice. I think her dress looked very beautiful tonight. She usually does a good job of picking her outfits. I thought it was an amazing performance, and the best part about it was that it seemed so effortless. I didn’t find myself bored at all during it.

Blake Lewis
You Keep Me Hanging On
He said in his video that he changed up the song a bit to make it his own, but I didn’t find anything really different about it. It definitely wasn’t his best performance, and I found it a bit boring, but I still think he’s a very good singer. He just didn’t sound as good as he has the last couple weeks.

Stephanie Edwards
Love Hang-Over
I liked Stephanie’s performance better tonight than last week’s. I think she chose good song for her voice, but all of the judges didn’t like the arrangement. One thing I liked was how it had a bit of attitude, which suits her. She also forgot her words, but I thought it was a decent performance.

Chris Richardson
The Boss
Chris has a very good falsetto, and I love it when he uses it. I actually really liked his performance tonight. There were a couple notes that were off-key, but it was up-beat and entertaining. I was glad that Randy mentioned not to overdue it, because now he knows what he can improve. I thought it was weird when Simon said it was terrible and he hated it. I don’t see how it was that bad.

Jordin Sparks
If We Hold On Together
This was a good song choice for Jordin, and I thought she sang it quite well. It displayed her vocals really well. I think that she is a top contender in the competition, which Randy apparently agrees with because he said that she has now made it to the level of Lakisha and Melinda. She has really improved with each week of the competition.

Wednesday, March 7th

Jordin Sparks

Heartbreaker - Pat Benatar

I really liked Jordin’s performance tonight, but I didn’t think she got the credit she deserved from Simon. I’m sure that this is a really hard song to sing, and she did it so well. It was energetic and fun and it showed a lot of personality. Simon said it sounded a bit shreeky, but then he also said that she would definitely be here next week.

Sabrina Sloan

I wasn’t pleased with Sabrina tonight. Paula really complimented her voice, but I think it was extremely shaky and very pitchy in places. I really liked the song though, but I don’t think she did it justice. It also sounded like she was just screaming during a lot of it.

Antonella Barba

This week, Antonella picked a song that suited her voice a lot better. However, it was still pretty terrible. The way she sang tonight was nowhere near the level that American Idol demands. It kind of sucks because she is the worst singer in the competition, but she never gets voted out. I think the only reason she managed to make it though each round is by her looks, and perhaps the fact that there are suggestive pictures of her on the internet.

Haley Scarnato

If My Heart Had Wings – Faith Hill

I thought this was another bad performance. It was an odd song choice, and she couldn’t pull it off. I have a feeling that she doesn’t really understand how to improve, because she has yet to choose a perfect song for her. It was so boring.

Stephanie Edwards

Stephanie has an amazing voice, but there is something that bothers me about her, and that is that she is too typical. She sounds almost identical to Beyonce, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but we already have a voice like that in the industry. Another problem I have with her is that she takes a song, and sings it exactly the way it is. There is no originality to it, and that worries me.

Lakisha Jones

I Have Nothing - Whitney Houston

Once again, she had an amazing performance. It probably wasn’t her best performance ever, but it was still amazing. You never see her make mistakes, and it’s really rare to find a person who alwaya has a good performance. The judges all really like it.

Gina Glocksen

Call Me When You’re Sober – Evanescence

I thought this was a much better song choice for Gina. It was a bit more rock, which I think really suits her. However, it’s a pretty hard song, and she didn’t sound near as good as Evanesence. Overall though, I thought she did a decent job. There were a few pitchy spots, but she has potential.

Melinda Doolittle

W-O-M-A-N

This performance was just so fun. You could tell she really had a good time with it, and that made the whole thing that much better. For me, Melinda is the most consistent girl of the bunch (and perhaps Lakisha too.) As the competition goes on, I can’t wait to see what Melinda will do next. She is amazing.

Tuesday, March 6th

Blake Lewis

I actually really liked his song choice tonight. It wasn’t the most exciting song in the world, but it really suited his voice. It was almost like a reggae type of song. As Paula and Randy said, they didn’t even know the song but they still thought the performance was really cool.

Sinjaya Malakar

Waiting on the World to Change – John Mayer

This time, Sinjaya sang a more modern song by John Mayer. I thought it was a good idea to try and be more up to date, but it was not good. Just like his last week’s performance, it was extremely boring. I think Randy is right in saying that his energy is really low. To me, it seems like he doesn’t even want to be there. You don’t see a passion within him that you see in some of the other competitors.

Sundance Head

I really wanted to like Sundance’s performance tonight, but I didn’t think it was good. It was a bad song choice to show America his true talents. I’d never heard the song, and all I could really identify in it was the name “Jeremy.” Surprisingly, Randy and Paula really liked it, but Simon was more accurate when he said it was worse than the week before.

Travis Tritt, a well known country singer, was actually watching in the audience tonight. He mentioned that he is coming out with a new album which is produced by Randy Jackson. I’m excited because he has some good songs such as “It’s a Great Day to Be Alive”

Chris Richardson

I didn’t expect Chris to sing a song like he did, but I loved it. He brings such an interesting flare to the competition. This is really the first year that they’ve had contestants who sound like they could already be on the radio. Simon said that he didn’t think Chris has had a performance that is up to his potential yet this season. I think Chris could do better too, but he is still amazing no matter what.

Jared Cotter

Stevie Wonder

I thought his performance was quite good. It had upbeat moments, and slower moments. He hit some good notes, but he also had some pitchy ones. I think he definitely has the performance skills to be a singer, but his singing isn’t perfect yet. Paula said that she would like to see him make his singing more colorful. Simon agreed with her in saying that he needed to be a bit more original. I’m still waiting for him to completely amaze me.

Brandon Rogers

It turns out Brian is a classical piano player. They showed a clip of him playing, and he sounded very good. I liked his performance tonight. This week, I found that it was much better than I’ve seen him do before. He reminds of a Lenny Kravitz in a way. It was a really good song for his type of voice. The judges weren’t thrilled, and Simon said that he is a bit worried for him.

Phil Stacey

I Need You-Leanne Rhymes

I was not happy at all with Phil tonight. He is usually consistent, but I didn’t even want to listen to him tonight. I think the worst part was the song choice. I also found that at times, he was almost screaming. Randy pointed out that he needs to work on his lower register. The judges cut him down quite a bit. One thing I did like though was how much he showed his personality tonight. Surprisingly, he’s quite witty.

Chris Sligh

I loved the way he started his song. Right of the bat, he sounded so amazing, and it instantly captured my attention. Further into the song, it wasn’t as good, but I still liked it. To me, he had the best vocal of the night. I found it extremely weird that the judges didn’t like it. I think he’s really good.

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 28th

Gina Glocksen

This song suited Gina better than her last week’s performance, but I still don’t think she has what it takes to be the American idol. To me, she just isn’t strong enough. I agreed with Simon when he said he was confused as to who she really was.

Alaina Alexander
I’m Not Ready to Make Nice – Dixie Chicks

She started out pretty well. She definitely did a better job than last week, but it still wasn’t very good. The song was a bit too big for her, but considering the difficulty, she did okay. On the bright side, she’s pretty.

Lakisha Jones
Midnight Train to Georgia – Gladys Knight and the Pips

Lakisha dedicated her song to her grandma who is almost ninety years old. I couldn’t believe it when I saw her because she looked so good and healthy. Once again she was very good. She took a different approach from last week, and chose a less upbeat song. I don’t think it was quite as good as last week, but she is still amazing, and is definitely one of the front runners of the competition. Simon said he didn’t like her outfit.

Melinda Doolittle
My Funny Valentine – Frank Sinatra

Her performance was by far the best of the night. There is no way you could find anything wrong with it. As Paula said, the arrangement was amazing, and Simon called her incredible. It gave me shivers.

Antonella Barba
Because You Loved Me – Celine Dion

Once again, her performance was borderline excruciating. I’m not sure what the judges were thinking when they chose her to be in the top 24. She just isn’t near the level that this competition demands. In my opinion, she did a better job than last week, but Simon thought it was worse. You can tell she doesn’t take criticism well.

Jordin Sparks
Reflection- Christina Aguilera

I really liked Jordin’s dress tonight. It was a teal colour and it really suited her. I don’t think she sang as well as she could have, but she is still very good. You can tell she is just such a sweet girl, and is and amazing singer for being only 17.

Stephanie Edwards
Dangerously In Love- Beyonce

I think she did an amazing job for the song that she sang. This song must be extremely challenging to sing, and it was even harder since she had Beyonce’s reputation to live up to. I don’t think many other competitors could have sung that. She did a very good job.

Leslie Hunt
I’m Feeling Good – Michael Buble

I thought the beginning was good, except that it went on a bit too long. She started acapella. It was a good idea, but she just kept it too long. I also didn’t really like the ending. Actually technically I didn’t really like the performance at all.

Haley Scarnato
Queen of the Night

I liked this performance in that we got to see a bit more personality from Haley. However, it wasn’t anything special. I’m not really happy with any of performances. It’s not like her voice is as terrible as some of the others, but there isn’t anything about her that stands out in my mind.

Sabrina Sloan
Whitney Houston

I’d never heard this song before she sang it. It wasn’t my favorite performance, but she definitely has a good voice. I actually agreed with Simon when he said that she was almost on the verge of shouting. She is a top competitor for sure.

I predict that Antonella Barba and Alaina Alexander. Or at least that’s what I hope.

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.

She performed great today and should definitively stay in the game. However I have some concerns about her image after tonights performance where she dedicated song to her two best friends. One of them happened to be her voice coach and the other her stylist.

Wow!!! I did not expect her to have such support asuming that she was somewhat lost in the real world. Or was she?

It appears that Melinda Doolittle is slowly but shurely building the image that should take her far in this competition. I am wondiring if this will backfire?

What do you think?

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.

 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.

Lately the Internet was flooded with controversial pictures of American Idol’s hot contestant Antonella Barba, one of them even shown below.

Many blogs and web sites use shocking words as nude, bitchy, lusty, topless, naked, obscene and so on just to get atention. Some of them suggested for the New Jersey contestant to be voted off just because of pictures.

My advise is to leave the girl alone. Pictures were taken years before the American Idol competition. They were not fabricated, and they were not extreme. Antonella Barba is young, hot and alive. She lives the life and why not. Pictures do not reveal any private party, they are not topless or nude. At the same token there is nothing wrong in going topless. It is so common in many parts of the world, civilized too as Europe. Leave Antonella alone.

These pictures were not intended for the public and I should not post them here. The only reason for sharing one of them is to show my point: normal picture of young galls on the beach. They happen to enjoy sun tanning topless, so what.

Leave Antonella Barba alone: she has a great voice and sings well. Isn’t American Idol about singing competition. Being a little crazy at young age should not have any consequences on American Idol contestants competition outcome.

And a word of warning: it s so easy to get unwanted exposure on the Internet. Don’t get embarrassed in the public if you cannot handle it. Antonella Barba has no reason to be ashamed of, or embarrassed with her holiday enjoyment. Let her sing.