American Idol Auditions: The Final Seven
Martina McBride is in the house tonight. Let's see what else American Idol country music night can deliver ...
- The difficult task of going first falls to Phil Stacey. McBride calls the initial part of the practice session "stiff." Hey, she's a great judge already! We have to say, though, this genre does sort of fit Phil. He sounded really good and almost entertained us even.
- That's almost a tough act for Jordin Sparks to follow. But, wow, she certainly does the job. We can't say it any better than Simon just did: Of course she can win this thing.
- Sanjaya Malakar is singing "Something to Talk About." Which might as well be his hair and presence on this show, as opposed to whatever Bonnie Raitt intended it to mean (love or something). Simon tells it like it is ("utterly horrendous") and Ryan yells at him for some reason. What else can a judge say about that performance?
- Lakisha Jones is up next. She wants Jesus to take the wheel. And probably wants the judges to stop talking about they all criticize this rendition. Might she be in trouble tomorrow night?
- We don't have time to ponder that because Chris Richardson is on stage. The judges all agree that there was no emotion in the song - and we agree. It's like C-Rich just wanted to get off the stage. Maybe he had a date with Lauren Conrad.
- Melinda Doolittle plays up the humble card in the pre-performance interview. She may need to ditch that after she keeps impressing the judges and viewers like this, though.
- And Blake Lewis closes the show with a decent enough rendition of a Tim McGraw song. Nothing too fantastic, but he's certainly not going anywhere.
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April 18th, 2007 11:42 AM
I have been an avid American Idol watcher.
However, Sanjaya is making a mockery of American Idol. The show is a singing competition
not a hair, freak, or fashion show. My wife has
already stopped watching the show, because of the HORRIBLE competition and regret for the talented persons that could really sing that have already gotten voted off. You are losing ALOT of promising watchers - please stop this and let the TRUE AMERICA IDOL competition continue.
April 18th, 2007 11:41 AM
I have been an avid American Idol watcher.
However, Sanjaya is making a mockery of American Idol. The show is a singing competition
not a hair, freak, or fashion show. My wife has
already stopped watching the show, because of the HORRIBLE competition and regret for the talented persons that could really sing that have already gotten voted off. You are losing ALOT of promising watchers - please stop this and let the TRUE AMERICA IDOL competition continue.
April 18th, 2007 3:48 AM
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It was Country night on AMERICAN IDOL although, judging by the wardrobe the final 7 selected, it might as well have been Tony Orlando night. I’m not saying they all had to wear spurs but come on, Jews dress more country! Where were the Levi’s? The suspenders? The boots? Where were the fringe and rhinestones? At least on Ryan.
Martina McBride was the mentor. She looked fabulous, gave great advice, and the best moment of the show (maybe the season) was when she said “far klempt”.
I wasn’t familiar with some of the songs and they all sounded similar to me so I just assigned titles of actual country songs I know.
Phil Stacey got the evening going in fine style with “How Can I Kiss the Lips at Night that Chewed My Ass All Day Long”. I thought he was fantastic. Gr