American Idol

I didn't think he did that bad on the song... but I think when they are going home they should be allowed to sing whatever they want. :lol:

 

Lee- Kiss From A Rose by Seal from Batman Forever - Nice voice, but he didn't do anything new with the song. I agree with Simon it was bordering on karaoke. Really good Karaoke, but Karaoke nontheless.

Michael- something by Michael Jackson from Free Willy- I didn't hear most of his performance because I was out in the garage, but what I did hear sounded okay.

Casey- Mrs. Robinson- Simon and Garfunkel from The Graduate- I thought he sounded good and I like the small guitar. He had on a really pretty bluish-green jacket too. Ellen cracked me up when she said "I wish they would have given you a big boy guitar". :guffaw:

Crystal- I'm Alright- Kenny Loggins from Caddyshack - She did okay, much better than the past two weeks... but it still wasn't up to par with her earlier songs.

I figured they'd choose songs from big hit blockbusters, but instead they chose songs from smaller movies. Batman Forever, Free Willy, The Graduate (which most of the younger Idol viewers have probably never seen... heck, I'm a little bit older than Casey and I've never seen The Graduate... premise sounds boring to me, so I never watched it) and Caddyshack? I'm just glad no one did the Titantic song (which has been done to death lol).

The Duets:

Crystal and Lee- What the heck were they singing? I didn't understand a word of it to be honest. They sounded good voice wise, but I couldn't make out much of what the words were. What movie was that song from?

Casey and Michael- Don Juan song "Have You Every Really Loved A Woman" (Bryan Adams). At first I was worried about the two of them paired together because of their differing musical styles, but they worked better together than I thought they would. And I thought it sounded pretty good. Casey started off a little rough and there was one note where Michael was pitchy/sharp on, but everything else was pretty good.

Simon hadn't seen any of those movies? :lol: I liked when Ryan said they were gonna rent Simon some movies after the show. :lol:

I'm gonna have to watch part of tomorrow's ep... well, tape and watch later most likely. Cause Bon Jovi's gonna be there! Woo-hoo. And Daughtry is back!

 

I've never heard of that movie. :lol:

Crystal and Lee sounded okay, but I couldn't understand it. I don't know maybe it was just my station messing up a little or something (CW does that a lot so its possible Fox did too).

 

And I'm sure the younger audience members were going, "Who is Captain and Tenille?" :lol: I've only heard about them in passing. The show was a little before my time I think. :lol:

DW, I agree with you that the song "Mrs. Robinson" is kind of a boring song, but I do think Casey did a good job with it. I just wish he had picked something else. Maybe Power Of Love from Back To the Future. Or GNR's You Could Be Mine from Terminator 2 or heck even Aerosmiths song from Armageddon. :lol:

 

jtd, seems you were right about who was leaving the show. I didn't watch it cause I was watching CM, but I was nervous too cause I thought for sure it'd be Casey. My mother told me Casey was the first person they said was safe. Imagine my shock. I'm glad Casey made it this far, but I didn't think he would. I still think the finale will be between Crystal and Lee though. I'll be surprised if Lee or Crystal is voted off next week.

 

They all sang their songs well, but... I prefer Jason Castro's version of Hallelujah to Lee's personally. To me Lee's version made me feel like I was in church listening to the choir. He sounded great though, I just didn't like the choir singing with him. :lol:

I have a problem with Crystal's last song. She sang "maybe I'm a man, maybe I'm a lonely man" to me that felt a little lazy. I think she could have changed it to "girl" or "woman" without too much trouble. But she sang it well. It was just like more singing along with the radio rather than performing. Most of the time the contestants change words like that to reflect them personally. She didn't and that really bugged me. I still think she's gonna win though. We've had a guy win for the last two years, so it's time for a girl to win again.

I love it when Casey does the vulnerable stuff, so I enjoyed his singing the John Mayer song.

I loved that Lee sang "Simple Man". I love that song and he did it rather well.

"Come To My Window" is so overused on this show though. :lol: I don't care for the song to begin with. She sang it well though.

I love all three of the remaining contestants and I'm fine with either one of them winning... so it doesn't really matter to me at this point. But I do think it'll be between Lee and Crystal and that Crystal will win.