60’s night!! Is it just me, or is Paula already juiced?? After Seacrest pimps the new Itunes feature, it’s time to start.
David Hernadez: just me, and my bad ears… but that last note sounded a bit sour… Otherwise, a nice gospel feel to the song. Randy doesn’t exatly heap on the “dawg,” but Paula’s all peace love and kittens, already. Simon agrees with me about the last note…
Seacrest is annoying me with his constant trying to bait Simon.
Chikezie: What the heck is with the magenta pimp suit? Is that supposed to be red? Ugh. Ok… Dude has camera sense already, and he is good at workin’ the song (if that makes sense)…. but the outfit is distracting me. If I close my eyes, he sounds good. Randy tells him not to pigeon-hole himself into a throw-back artist, Paula is all kittens and sunshine and lovin’ the throw-back. Simon, big surprise, hated it… DUDE! HE agrees with me about the suit… Chikezie loses brownie points for arguing with Simon on the suit. Dude. Not cool to argue with the Judges.
Pimp Session with Seacrest. He he he! Colton Berry has a great sense of humor! Says he looks like Ellen DeGeneres.
David Cook: He ditched the mohawk, but I still want to give him a haircut. He’s doing a fairly good job rockin’ the song, So happy together. Is it just me or did he mumble a bit in the middle there?? Randy is dropping the “Dude” and “Dawg” and all that. Paula is trying to make fun of Simon with the “worthy” but… Simon gives him about as much props as any rocker is going to get from Simon at this stage.
Jason Yeager: Uh oh. He’s sitting. Ok.. it’s a slow song. It’s nice, but, as Simon would say, forgettable. Think I’ll check my email. Wow. Not only did Randy not dig it, and says that he kinda wandered in the middle and needs to keep his head in the game. The only reason Paula liked it was because of her very first Ballet recital. Dude dedicates to his Grandmother. Simon calls it “Cruise Ship,” and compares his to an old dog, and not one of Randy’s Dawgs. At least he’s not completely slamming Simon despite Seacrest’s attempts to make him do so.
Robby Carrico: One is the loneliest Number. The Strobe lights hut my head. He moves Randy. Paula can barely talk. Simon thinks it made sense. Since the guy used to be in a boy band and toured with Britney, pre-meltdown, Simon questioned his rocker authenticity. Dude totally swears off pop, and says, yes, I am a rocker.
David Archuleta: He’s a cutie-patootie. Dang. He looks so young he makes me feel old. Singing “Better Shop Around“. I don’t like the song really, but he did a decent job on it. Randy is trying to outdo Paula with the Kittens and Sunshine. Paula can barely make a coherent sentence. Simon calls him the best performance of the night so far. Aw. He gives props the to audience, and is totally humble and blown away by it all. Brownie points! He he he. Simons crack about apodting him was cute even if David didn’t quite get it.
Daniel Noriega: Ok… I love the Hollywood haircut in Season 6. This year’s ‘do makes him look incredibly feminine. Ladies and Gentleman, Elvis has entered the building. “Jailhouse Rock” and he’s having fun with it for sure. He’s got the energy. I think his pants are made of spandex. Not sure about the vocals, but he had fun. Dude, Randy agrees with me. Paula’s vocal ability is decreasing as the show wears on. Seriously, they need to screen her Coke cup before the show starts and make sure there is no additives in her soda. I think Simon is slightly put off by the skin tight pants. Paula won’t let Simon finish because Simon is saying bad things. Randy makes the point that Daniel was being Daniel, not Elvis, and Paula says simon just wishes he could pull off the outfit. Danny just lost cool points for snappin’ the neck at Simon. Dude totally looks fem.
Luke Menard: To be fair, I don’t like ballads and slow songs on this show. And I hate the falsetto or whatever… like.. guys are not supposed to sound like sopranos. Randy called him pitchy, Paula says he’s second coming of Kenny Loggins. Simon agrees with me and calls him forgettable.
Colton Berry: After the controversial decision that put him through and knocked the wanna-be politician out, dude had better bring it. We did not see much of this kid in the audition weeks, so who knows what this will be. “Suspicious Minds” Love the energy, and the hop at the end. I agree with Randy that it started rough but ended well. Paula, whatever they gave her with during the break, she can speak again. wow. Simon Tries to point out that there is a difference between a kid having fun with an old song, and a potential recording artist. Paula tries to clarify, and makes little sense. Simon says people have to spend more time on the arrangments and less on the hair. Seacrest disses Simon’s box cut.
Garret Haley: Pimp spot for him since he didn’t get air ahead of time. Dude seems about half baked, seriously. Huh?? what?? I’m sorry, his extremely slow rendition of “Breaking Up is Hard to Do” was… forgettable. Simon says he looks like he has been holed up in his room for a month, because he’s pale. Paula thinks it scary that Seacrest gets it, and for the first time all night, Seacrest isn’t trying to dis Simon, because he knows that Simon is right.
Jason Castro: He’ll be the first contestant to play an instrument on the final 12 stage there. He’s got to rock this “Daydream” song… The crowd is digging him. Dude! He looks like Juliet on LOST! On the faraway shots, the dreads and the facial structure make him look like Juliette. But! depsite that, he did a decent job. Didn’t blow Randy away, but Paula was. She declares he is a blend of colors, and Simon puts him in the top 2 performances of the night and declares that Jason’s “got it.”
Micheal Johns: “Light my Fire” Dude rocks. I like this guy for the top 10. Randy calls him “da bomb”, and Paula is starting to lose her vocal ability again. Simon calls him the most consistent contestent, and says he’s got the charisma of a lead singer. He’s good. I like this guy.
The judges are fighting amongst themselves.
So… Predictions?? I think it’s Garret Haley, and either Yeager or Menard. All three made the potentially fatal mistake of picking slow ballad type songs.