Tuesday, February 17

Time to Vote - first group of 12

Holy Moly - How did these people make it to the top 36? Honestly, only like 4 or 5 that I could handle watching again. I'm blaming it mostly that it was their first time on Live television and it's the first night of performing for votes, but sheesh, get it together people! This was their chance and so many blew it. Let's discuss.

Stevie Wright - Can we say that you are in waaayyyyy over your head. She went with a Taylor Swift song that was so giddy and teenagery it was reminiscant of "Tiffany" at the mall when I was in 4th grade. Hated the outfit, couldn't sing the lower range, and was a horrible song choice. I felt bad for her because she is so young and I knew the judges were going to tear her apart. She is over,,, she should come back in 10 years. It was so high school musical, without any talent. Gag.





Now, we we have the infamous Tatiana del Toro. We all know her as the drama queen, annoying laugh girl, or the one who can sing so you just want to punch her. I hate to admit it, but she sang well tonight. When they announced she would be singing a Whitney Houston song I just thought, "good luck." Well the girl has some pipes and she was really weird on stage. She didn't say a word, stood there and didn't smile much. Even the judges were like, um, where's Tatiana? She mentioned that she is generally not like what we saw last week. I don't know if she's sticking around, but she can sing.


The judges mystified me when they put Stephen through. He screwed up his song twice in Hollywood and eventually walked off stage when he couldn't remember the words. So, how would he do tonight? He sang Rock with you by Michael Jackson. Corny and just bad. I guess he needs his piano? But I don't know if he'll get that chance.






Now, this girl knows who she is, and it's an ADD/HD spaz on stage with a screechy voice. Is she fun? - sometimes. Can she sing? - I just don't know yet. Crazy outfit,,, I just don't like the sneakers. She's entertaining regardless. She sang an Elvis song and it didn't go too well.






Danny Gokey is one who we all know can sing. He'll for sure make it through to the next round. I'm just not sure of his song choice. Mariah Carey's "Hero" is just kind of a cheesy feel good song. I want to hear something more raw from him. The guy does sing with emotion, and I love it.






Now this guy I'm not sure I've ever heard before. Ricky Braddy can definitely sing, but like Simon said, there is no stage or star presence up there for me. The judges were all goo goo over him, except Simon, but we'll see if we get more from him.









My oil rig guy sorta disappointed me tonight. It was an alright song, but I don't think it suited him. I want more soulful songs from him instead of rock. I really love that song by Gavin deGraw, but just not him. I hope he makes it through. Yes, he is kind of boring, but I just want him to do well.







Anoop Desai is a funny character. He's so not what you expect. He sang Monica's "Angel of Mine" and it was just alright. He has a great quality and tone to his voice. It seems he has a big fan base already, so I hope he goes through.







This chic was the absolute worst thing of my life. Can you believe this?? Can you believe you were watching this,, this whole minute and a half of wretched wretched disasterous acting/singing?
She winked at the camera twice, stroked her neck for the part in the song "everything you do just turns me on", and oh my, she sang a Police song for her first performance?? She was horrible!!!!! The judges were harsh and rightfully so. Please America do not make me watch her again!
Brent Keith, I wasn't feelin' ya. The song "Hicktown" was just a little too bland and blah for me. He has potential, but it was just so monotonous. The last 10 seconds he threw in some riffs, but it won't be enough to save him. I think the road ends here.




um, hello?? Where did this little shorty blondy come from? I don't remember seeing much of her before this, but she nailed it. Not too showman-y, not too sexy, just raw voice talent. She sang Arethra Franklin and did it pretty well. Simon said she could be the dark horse in this competition which I agreed with.







This Anne-Marie character tried to sing "Natural Woman" and did ok. She tried, and tried real hard, but it may not be enough to save her. I like her too, but just not singing this song. I could see her in a certain niche though, I hope she makes it through so she can improve and find that song that will make her stand out.

Well tonight's results ought to be interesting. I like how they're doing it this year by the way. It's always good to switch things up.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I liked Danny of course, and Anoop, and the short blonde haired chick. The oil rigger guy you could tell can sing but his nerves definitely got the best of him. The Braddy guy should go to Broadway for a while and get some personality. And Tatiana should just drive herself over to a mental health institution. What was the whole Stepford wives thing going on?!!! NUTS! The rest of them all kinda sucked unfortunately. It really ticked me off to see Danny's best friend in the audience watching while some of those train wrecks were on stage. He could have destroyed most of them!

Mike said...

Okay, where to begin? While I agree with you on most of the contestants, I totally disagree with you on Tatiana. She is obnoxious, clueless and was HORRIBLE last night! I thought her song choice was terrible and her delivery even worse. I was dumbfounded as I listened to the judges say it was alright. I had to fast forward through part of the song because I couldn't stand to hear anymore.

I like Anoop and hope he stays on. The Braddy guy wasn't bad and Danny is the bomb. He did a great job, even if it was a cheesy song. He's the kind of guy that can pull it off. His friend should have made the top 36. Some of the people that they put through were pathetic!