Idol Recap

I’m up way past my bed time, but after a week off, the blizzog had to give you tonight’s American Idol review. Ahhh, Motown. This is a pretty good idea for a show. Part of me thinks they’ve done this before, but I can’t remember.

A few random thoughts before we get to the reviews. So who exactly the hell are the Funk Brothers again? They did a mini-tribute to these guys during the Grammys and I thought it was a joke. Apparently they are real live actual dudes. They sure can play.

Since we’re down to the Top 10, that means two things. One, since we have 10 people left and only an hour of show there is no time for lame-ass Old Navy skits this week. That’s good. Two, since we’re down to the Top 10, it means it’s time for scary-ass past-their-prime music celebrities as guest judges. That’s bad.

Isn’t this the most popular show on television and isn’t it in it’s third year? They really can’t get anybody better than Ashford and Simpson? It’s funny how when they showed their little vignette, they played about 3 different versions of “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” to make you think they actually had more hits than they did. Oh well, this should at least be good for some comic relief. Our thanks to the Newark Holiday Inn for giving them the night off.

And now for the reviews….

Camile Velasco – I was looking at Camile’s bio on the site and saw that she was from Haiku, Maui, so I thought I’d write a Haiku about what I thought of her performance.

You’re not a hood rat.
Stop trying to keep it real.
I hope you’re gone soon.

Not my best work, but I don’t think Camile’s performance was worthy of it. She seems like a nice enough girl but I just don’t think this competition is for her. She comes off as kinda fake to me. I get this ghetto-fabulous vibe from her yet she’s from the very un-ghetto Hawaii. She just grates on me and I think she’ll be gone soon.

John Peter Lewis – JPL, as the kids apparently call him now, stood for “Just Plain Lousy” tonight. When he’s not being Crazy Little Dancing Guy, it’s just not happening. AG says that she could see him being the front man for some nutty rock band, and I think I agree. The outfit was very bad tonight. My grandpa called during the performancce and wanted to know who that kid was wearing his pleather sofa. Bad times.

LaToya London – LaToya got her hair did before tonight’s performance, and it got did wrong. Her performance was so-so for me, but it was hard for me to concentrate on her voice between the bad weave and a very non-flattering dress. The good news is that there were worse performances tonight.

Amy Adams – Eh. She sang well during her performance of “Dancing In The Street”, but she didn’t really sell it. It’s a pretty high energy song, but she just kinda stood there and stared intently in different directions instead of really dancing. It was more like she was looking both ways before crossing the street instead of dancing in it.

John Stevens – Holy crap was this awful. AG, for the record, can’t stand John. She has grown very tired of his schtick. This one-trick pony may have ejected himself from the competition tonight with this “performance”. The whole thing was out of tune and just plain bad. The cheezy head nod and finger snapping only made it worse. I think he’s gone. But look on the bright side, John. You still have seventh period Jazz Band.

Jennifer Hudson – As we used to tell Ed Cota his freshman year at Carolina, someone needs to tell Jennifer Hudson, “Don’t Spaz!” She has a really good voice, but I don’t get the impression that being showy or flashy is in her personality like it is in Fantasia’s. I think she overcompensated for that tonight by flailing herself all over the stage. She sang well, but her spastic gyrations made the whole thing a bit comical.

Jasmine Trias – I really like Jasmine. Her performance the first week was just incredible, but she was not good at all last week. She was definitely back this week with “You’re All I Need To Get By”. Great performance. I could see her being Top 4 material.

Diana DeGarmo – This performance made me feel like I was sitting in the FestHaus in Oktoberfest at King’s Island, eating a hot dog and watching some college chick from the show choir at UC doing “Motown Revue On Ice”. Ugh. She sang well, but the poodle skirt and the pony tail and just the whole package made it all come off very cheezy for me. I think she might be headed for the Bottom 3 again.

Fantasia Barrino – This was probably my least favorite of her performances so far. It didn’t really seem like she put a lot into preparing this week. Not that she needed to given the crap that most everyone else put forward, but still. I was a bit disappointed. I didn’t like her in Princess Leia’s Christmas sweater either. That outfit was just not right.

George Huff – JT.net is huge on G-Huff, and I can see why. George had the performance of the night tonight. I can’t believe that he was a replacement for someone else. Unreal. I think this competition is shaping up to be between George and Fantasia. It will be a fun one to watch.

blizzog bottom 3 prediction
1.) John Stevens
2.) Camille Velasco
3.) Diana DeGarmo

Audi 5000
It should be Camille, but I bet it will be Diana.