American Idol Top 6: Why Mormons Shall Not Sing About Broken Hearts

Top 6…out of their comfort zones? Not quite. We will just have to see…D-Cook did major in musical theater for awhile in college. And his hair seems to be in a better spot tonight.

There are the Idols in Vegas! I bet Brooke and Eunuch were both wearing their maximum-strength magical underpants in the City of Sin! Gotta keep all that bad sinful stuff out!

Supermercado (One Rock & Roll Too Many)
Nice to see she is doing something a bit up-tempo…so this was the first time she felt she could be “animated”? Maybe she should have put a little of that into her other performances, that’s all I’m saying. Now I’m wondering if the band can see up her skirt, but nice touch, a little Fabulous Baker Boys-esque piano action. This may actually be the best I’ve ever seen her perform. She looked both engaged and alive. Definitely her best performance. The Broadway route is not such a bad idea. (Was she barefoot?)

Stoner J (Memory)
I still find his interviews the absolute best. “I didn’t know a cat was singing it.” AWESOME. AWESOME. That was kind of sweet and simple, or maybe I just always enjoy watching him because he always seems so “himself.” It wasn’t his strongest performance, but I think he injected a sad vulnerability into the song. I quite like this sweet stoner boy and really do not want him to go home.

(Who is Betty and how did she get trapped in the Most Pit? Where are the Keno Babes?)

Wholesome Hemmeroids (You Must Love Me)
Ha. “I don’t think that girl had a clue what she was singing about.” How is this girl a musician and unable to grasp the meaning of a song through lyrics upon first listen (i.e., Jolene). WOW. SHE BIFFED IT BIGTIME. “Can I start over???” Yeah, honey, I wish I could start over on a lot of things. Her “pained” face is getting on my nerves…these Mormons, Christ, they are missing out on the human experience. Recovered semi-nicely at the end, but she still biffed it bigtime. I think it may have been a little too late in the game for her to start learning how to emote a song’s true meaning. But any tiny iota of sympathy I have for her is lost once I see her pout to the judges. She always looks like she’s gonna just bawl. I can’t imagine being around this girl when she has PMS. (Uh, she said she had never asked to start over before. I distinctly remember this happening during Every Breath You Take and once during Hollywood Week.)

(NOTE TO BROOKE: Even Bambi has enemies.)

The Chosen Eunuch (Think of Me)
Once these little girls hit high school, they will no longer think the Eunuch is soooo cute. See? These Mormon kids are real tough to coach, and “opening his eyes” is gonna throw him off of everything he’s ever been taught. I vaguely remember liking this song, as I can handle some showtunes about broken hearts and unrequited love. Some, but not all, and I think he had kind of bastardized this song because he lacks the emotional capacity to truly “sing” it. (And did he forget a lyric?) Its become a happy little song sung to a little girl he met on the boardwalk and now they have to go home for the summer after chaste kissing while sitting on cabanas during sunset. ARE THE JUDGES BLIND? DEAF? The arrangement blew, the Eunuch blew, and yes Simon, it was definitely one of his weakest performances.

(I actually backed up to this Acura commercial while fast forwarding because the guy in it was smoking hot. Or maybe not. Maybe just kind of smoking hot. Smoking hot hair and profile.)

Carly (Jesus Christ Superstar)
I think this could really be her week. Andrew Lloyd Webber gave her the best advice of the whole season. WOW. It’s like a completely different singer. And holy shit, she actually looks like she’s having FUN. Damn. That was her actually pretty great. Oh come on, Randy, that was her best performance. (Of course, part of me really wants to see Amanda Overmyer belt that number out for some reason.)

D-Cook (Music of the Night)
The pimp spot of the night obviously, after last week’s performance. Was calling him “Lloyd Andrew” (or Lord…as Webber was knighted) deliberate? No guitar. No bombast. He’s going out of his comfort zone and singing it…as is? But I think the husky low ranges kind of go with it nicely, yet he did effectively hit that high note. And I quite like the way he ended it. He’s proved he’s an “artist” and now I think he quieted any doubts of vocal prowess.

Rankings

1. David C. / Carly
2. Syesha
3. Stoner J.
4. Eunuch
5. Brooke

Bottom 2

Stoner Jason
Brooke

Hopefully, Brooke’s big time BIFF will get her the HELL out. I’m a bit fearful of losing Jason, as the producers of this show seem to be plucking them off boy-girl-boy-girl. But if Brooke goes, its going to be incredible entertainment. She’s gonna lose it. It’s going to be AWESOME, even if I try not to take pleasure in the pain of others…

(Thanks to Rickey for the photos!)

Ode to Amanda Overmyer

I still miss you, chile, I really do!

You don’t need Idol when you already have your very own DOLL!!!

American Idol Top 6: Andrew Lloyd Webber Preview & Possible Song Spoilers

This already sounds a tad bit scary:

From the L.A. Times:

Although Lloyd Webber was barred “under pain of death” from revealing the song choices, he was allowed to speak of being struck by one moment in particular. “The girl who I was really quite impressed with was Brooke. She was really — I got something out of her. I mean, whether or not, you know, that is there at the end, I really couldn’t tell you.”

Lloyd Webber summed up the experience of watching the “Idol” cast perform his work. “I hear my songs all over the place, all over the world. You hear versions of them where they work, but they’re not necessarily what I would do if I were there and were able to have input to the artist, which is why it is quite interesting to have a bunch of kids singing my own music. Very strange choices some of them made as well.” He laughed. “But I’m not allowed to tell you about it.”

Well, here’s hoping if Kristy Lee gave Mariah “chills”, and Brooke is Webber’s favorite…well, you know what that means! Nary a blonde left in the bunch after Wednesday!

Very strange choices = Stoner J and D-Cook
(And yes, I’m looking forward to the strange choices more than any of the other crap, uh, cough, songs.)

As reported by both MJ and Rickey, Jason is rumored to do Memory and might be sick. Let’s hope he’s not sick, because I’m going to blame the Eunuch’s Father for any mysterious Idol ailments from here on out. And not that I don’t like Jason’s dreads, but both him and David Cook should stay away from any Cats songs because of their respective hairstyles.

Personally, I’m hoping Carly chooses a song from The Beautiful Game, which is the only ALW musical I’ve seen (although I have some familiarity with music from his other works through simple osmosis). It was never released in the U.S., but did play for a year in London’s West End (2000-2001). It’s all about footie-playing teenagers in Ireland who take separate paths in the late 60s and early 70s, meaning a few join the IRA and the others do not. It was actually quite enjoyable, but since few people know about it in these parts, it may not be the best, sigh, song choice. And I’m not suggesting this just because she’s Irish, just because I preferred the music and story more than other ALW musicals. However, Andrew Lloyd Webber suggested Smith is doing Jesus Christ Superstar.

With no more Japanese robots since Kristy Lee is gone, EW’s Idolatry can now splice in kitten, puppy and Gizmo videos for The Chosen Eunuch. (Not to mention Bambi for Brooke!) Like me, they also wonder if he can perform a song without words such as miracles, hope, heaven, angels and Jesus. I’ll most likely need a stiff drink when The Chosen Eunuch and Brooke perform this evening.

Apparently, the Chosen Eunuch will be performing Think of Me (from The Phantom of the Opera), according to some postings on the Idol forums (courtesy of MJ’s Big Blog). And supposedly, Supermercado is going first, which means the producers figure her time is up. Brooke will doing You Must Love Me (from Evita), no Brooke, I will never love you. Syesha is doing One Rock & Roll Too Many (from Starlight) which I am not immediately familiar with, but does that mean its not a ballad? And David Cook will be performing the well-known Music of The Night. Interesting to see what he does with that one. I hope he doesn’t wear a Phantom mask, though, that would be really stupid.