Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Big shocker - yea I know

So Mike Johns is gone - nobody saw that coming. You could tell from the incredulous shocked looks on everyone's face. But it's understandable. It's the same reason why one of the 3 divas got dropped early in like season 2. He has far too much overlap (Cook, Carly = rockin, and an overloaded male talent pool) and people expected him to stay. So people voted for their 2nd choice to keep them safe and wham... perfect storm, enough votes drained to leave him hanging.

This week.. was another yawner. The skinny is - Brook, Syesha and Carly are on the bubble. Carly had so much early talent, but she has been in the game for a long time and had no room to grow, she hasn't gone up and it shows. Syesha is out of her league, it's ok.. she is a decent singer and incredibly hawt! She will definitely get a gig somewhere. Brook is artistic, but she is a church mouse... she's got no confidence and it shows. I called pitch problems, pacing problems and a quavering (scared) tone to her voice... all three were called out by the judges. She was scared and it caused her to rush her song. She has far more talent, but she isn't a star, not like they are looking for on idol... she'd do great performing at a 5 star restaurant or formal functions.

It's now a story about the two David's you have the young and vocally superb Archeletta and the spicy, creative Cook. Both are going to be block buster sellers. I think Archeletta will win due to his age and the tweeniebopper factor. He is a boy band front man for sure. Cook, while artistically more interesting may find his sales nitch a bit more restricted.

Jason and Kristy - Kristy did about as much as she could with the week theme, far better than I thought. Basically she stretched a triple out of a hit to the far right field corner. Jason was fine. I didn't dig it. I'm sure he is fine with his share of tweenieboppers he is fighting David for.

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