Idol – 8 Girls
On the plus side there were fewer horrible moments. Maybe because the show was only an hour instead of two. Maybe because the REALLY bad contestants are mostly gone. Maybe it was the company with whom I watched the show. Maybe it was the wine.
Of course it was the wine. (Although the company was good too.)
Katie Stevens – Short eggplant jacket over black tee and black pants that looked like they had grey clouds on them. Dreary outfit aside, she’s super cute with decent vocals and she’s comfortable on stage. BUT she did NOT Break Away. She has fallen victim to one of the classic blunders – the most famous of which is “never get involved in a land war in Asia” – but only slightly less well-know is this: poor song choices and mediocre performances will not get you enough votes to stay on American Idol. I had her doomed last week. This week I don’t think that even the man-in-black can save her.
Siobhan Magnus – Quirky black and red outfit with a skirt that was a pinch too short, but her hair looked a lot better than the last two weeks. She’s an odd one with a slow and slightly annoying talking voice, but when she sings she sounds great. This week in the House of the Rising Sun her vocals were silky and pleasurable. Like a well aged single malt scotch. The judges all liked it except for Simon, but he is wrong. It happens. Maybe she didn’t do enough with it in Simon’s eyes, but it should be good enough to call her safe.
Lacey Brown – Leopard top with black jeans and red shoes. Every year there seems to be a girl with unnaturally red, irregularly shaped hair who can’t win but who makes it into the top 12. I didn’t like her the first week but last week was a LOT better. So here’s The Story… All the judges liked it and I’ve grown to like the kittenish sound to her voice. So I hope she’s safe for now.
Katelyn Epperly – I know it was pointed out to me earlier, but I can’t remember what you call the high-waisted shorts with suspenders. They were light grey over a purple leotard top. I’ll pile on with ALL of the judges who loved her big curly blond hair. My friend Bob use to work with a guy who would have something colorful to say about that hair. The clean version is “Hot!” Unfortunately, that’s about all that was hot. I did not Feel The Earth Move under my feet. The vocals weren’t terrible, but she phoned in that performance. I sense she’ll be giving that EXACT performance on a small stage behind a casino bar someday. Possibly in trouble.
Didi Benami – Red dress with black belt, knee high boots and an acoustic guitar. Randy and Ellen seemed lukewarm with Rianna while acknowledging that it was better than last week, but Kara and Simon loved it. I thought it was a really good performance and it was good to see her back in the game.
Paige Miles – Black jacket over gold top with a black leather skirt and fishnets. Her performance made me cringe more than Smile. All the judges hated it. She seemed nervous and her vocals were possibly the worst of the night. I had some hope for her last week, but that’s pretty much gone.
Crystal Bowersox – Simple black less-frumpy outfit. She can keep the dreadlocks, but I wish she would take the stud out of her lower lip. She wowed us with another great song choice and vocal performance, which all the judges loved. I’ll bet you can’t Give Me One Reason to think she isn’t safe this week.
Lilly Scott – Cute sun dress of various shades of blue with small flowers. Odd, scrunched up crocheted balls of yarn for earrings. I love that she plays all the cool instruments – this week the mandolin. Perfect song choice for her quirky vocals. Judges mostly liked it. Simon seemed indifferent. I Fall To Pieces if she isn’t safe this week.
To summarize:
SAFE (for now): Crystal and Lilly
Hopefully Safe: Siobhan, Lacey and Didi
In trouble: Katelyn
Time for tele-bye-bye: Katie and Paige.
Wednesday night the guys sing. Could be rough.
– Christopher
Themocracy
Epperly wore a JUMPER… (I refused to wear that in second grade). If I thought she’d be around another week I’d suggest some PRODUCT for that hair. It doesn’t matter anyway – she’s a train wreck and she wouldn’t make it in a casino lounge (unless she was performing under the name The Cooler – hell, Red Lobster wouldn’t even let her do that in their lobby – the lobsters would go belly up in their tanks). She is bad for business dude, bad for business.
JUMPER – right! Name doesn’t seem to fit. Although when she wore it I kinda wanted to … wink, wink, nudge, nudge.
Take those big curls and flip me down that hair …And let me climb up to the ladder of her love!!
Actually, she’s not that hot. But cute. Definitely cute.
She’s admittedly gone soon, but she may surprise this week. Mostly because Katie and Paige were worse. Heck… She may make top 10 because next week the guys are in the same voting pool. That gives her an automatic bonus point this season.