It is Wednesday and that means AI commentary, analysis and predictions.
Prepare yourself to feel like you are in Abu Graib tonight
-- it is an hour long results show. Thank GOD for TiVo... And before I get to my predictions...
Question: You have Hall and Oats sitting there. Why NOT have
them be guess judges? What? Were they just walking through Hollywood and said, "Hey, we don't have
plans on a Tuesday. Let's go see AI!" And then they get a little tunage on
the show as well. Needless to say, I'm suspicious.
My general take is that the judges were on crack last night. I guess that is assumed for Paula these days, but... I usually expect more from Randy and certainly Simon. But they were just totally off on several people. They raked Nadia, but I thought she did a great job. I hadn't heard of the song before, but I thought she sounded great -- and a bit improvement over the past few showings.
An aside... USAToday notes that Nadia's song didn't actually match the theme -- songs from the year of your birth.
Speaking of elimination, I'm afraid my longtime favorite Nadia Turner could be the toast of the round. Not only did she pick a dull country ballad (Crystal Gayle's When I Dream), and sing it listlessly, but in a week when the contestants were charged with choosing a song from their birth year, she didn't even get that right. (She said she was born in 1977; When I Dream came out on an album in 1978 and hit the country charts in 1979.)
Simon was right on the money with Scott Butterball and I don't know what Paula was thinking. Scott almost sounded like he was gurgling on those low notes. And his comments in response to Simon – that he was somehow brave enough to get up there and perform. Here it is exactly. “"I'm up here and there's, like, millions of people at home who didn't have the nerve to do this.” Ummm, what? And finally… talk about a ugly baby! He hasn’t changed all that much, I guess.
Bo seems to have peaked early.Constantine, however, seems to be improving week after week. It may just be song selection, but whatever he is doing, it is working.
Feteroff... his best showing... perhaps ever... but he is still way out of the competition. But he'll make the final seven. (Who would have guessed that?)
And I know I put Anwar in my final three, but I would vote him off. BORING BORING BORING I don't know what the judges were talking about giving him all the praise. He has a great voice, but he is just SO boring. By far my biggest disappointment -- and given AI's performance this year, that's no small feat.
Carrie... She has a bit of the 'deer in the headlights' look when she gets outside of her comfort zone (ie, country), and she did miss some of the very high notes, but she looks great and 98 percent of the time is a excellent singer. She is currently my favorite to win it all.
Best performance of the evening: Constantine, Carrie
Weakest performance of the evening: Scott
Who should be in the Bottom Three: Scott, Anwar, and Feteroff.
Who will be in the Bottom Three: Scott, Anwar, Nadia
Who should/will go home: Scott
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