AMERICAN IDOL....Season 11

Elise - no, but Phillip, oh my, so good!!!!!!!!!!!!  Teka, have you swooned? 

Seaside, just liberal visitation rights!  If he keeps going like tonight, he may be the next AI, Skylar is in the running too.

Sheila, I agree the judges are finally getting what it is with Jessica, and Skylar sings the first sentence and you are "at a party".

So just one going tomorrow?  I like Hollie, but she is still not strong - she has trouble keeping her notes all the way thru....I do not think she's top 3 ... so she has to go.

Really lived Skylars 2nd song too. She is just so good and I liked Elise also. Colton had some diff with 2nd one PP was just ok for me. Didn't like either of Jessicas or Joshuas tonight. JMO

Just started here in Cali, but DH and I have it on DVR so we  can FF through the commercials.

Later, Ladies!

AMERICAN IDOL RECAP - 4/18/12

ROUND ONE - SONGS FROM 2000

HOLLIE/"Rollin' In The Deep" - Adele   

For the first time, her stage presence looked mature. She had the right look, the right gestures, and finally came out of her shell.

Hated his outfit - looked like a raggedy pirate. At least it wasn't a dress made out of meat. Kind of weak in the low registers; I kind of liked the "Glee" version better.

Cue the blowers for Big Orange! (Not fond of that dress and the blowing fans...) Sang well, JLo said she got goosies. Told her to smile more! Come alive! Later, Elise commented to Ryan that she found out that her dog is sick and might not make it. Started to tear up and stopped talking. JLo later told her that vulnerability is what makes audiences connect with you. 
 

PHILLIP/"You Got It Bad" - Usher

He reminds me SO much of Casey Abrams from Season 10! I really liked him even more tonight. Randy said he was a "True Artist on stage!"

Maybe she learned something from her save. The judges sure are building her up! I did like her song choice and performance tonight, and - maybe I'm searching for it - her personality!

"Country Version?" "Lady Gaga?" Who knew! She always sounds the same, no matter what she sings, but I can't believe her confidence on stage - that of someone 30 years older!

JOSHUA/"Believe" - Fantasia

Jimmy was right when he said Joshua was like a deer in the headlights. I think being in the Bottom 3 really shook his confidence, and it shows in his personality. He was pitchy during the song, the choir backup was great (familiar), and he got a standing O from the judges. Really?

ROUND TWO - SOUL TRAIN ERA

I always associated this song with more of a country flavor, not soul. Parts of it showed her really straining her voice. When Ryan asked her later what was different this week, she said she had looked back at previous performances, and her face was flat. Ah, yes.

Main lyrics - eew. Chorus: great. Just a bad song choice for him.

ELISE/"Let's Get It On" - Marvin Gaye

Interesting "soul" song with a chamber string orchestra in the background. I'm not fond of women who growl, except for maybe Janis Joplin. Elise always looks kind of nervous, and I guess who wouldn't be if it were apparent that no one in America was voting for you? At least JLo took the time to talk to her about emotions and vulnerability and how "America doesn't connect to you." THEN - she tries to argue with the judges and gets another big honkin' critique, which she follows up with a whiny excuse about how she can't do this or that because she doesn't have six minutes on her stage to get to the important parts.....can you say "Buh-BYE!"????
 

PHILIP/"In The Midnight Hour" -Wilson Pickett

Again, another good performance, making me like him even more. JLo wants to get up there and do that little leg step with him. Steven calls him "brilliantly awkward"....

Ooookay....strange outfit! And I would love to see how she could move on stage without those ridiculous high heels....Really sounds like the judges are grooming her to be the AI!!!!!

SKYLAR/ "Heard It Through The Grapevine"

Was that a spray tan? Or really dark pantyhose? Did her thing, fun performance, kind of expected to see the Dancing Raisins (it's a Cali thing....) Steven: "You're like a wild horse that refuses to be tamed."

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O.K.! I made a mistake! Only ONE person is leaving tomorrow night!!!! We thought it was two.

And JLo's dress - VERY sexy! First thing I noticed were her abs. Awesome! Then I kept staring at her boobs...thinking "What does this remind me of?"

Finally, I remembered.

STERI-STRIPS!!!!!!

sweetangel - I don't think there's anything "wrong" with Jessica's personality, nor do I think it's because she's Asian....

I think we all want to believe our "celebrities" belong to us, so we think have the right to know who they are, inside and out. We want to know their thoughts, their emotions, who they are when they're not performing, etc.

Jessica is 1) young, and 2) possibly just very shy. But compare her ease in talking about herself to someone like Skylar, who is an open book, and you see the difference.

There's no denying that Jessica has probably the best voice in the competition. But the voters are looking for the whole package, including personality.

You just may be VERY happy with the outcome!!! I think PP or Jessica just may win!!!!

KTB I agree with you

Hi ladies!  Oh dear.....Elise seems a bit defensive.  Doesn't bode well for her.

I did notice JLo shaking her head in agreement with Elise though. I do think they are a little hard on her. I like her music. I don't think she appeals to the AI audience which is young girls and guys. Somehow she is left out in the rain.

She's definitely one of the oldest -- in her mid-twenties, maybe?  Compared to munchkins like Holly and Jessica, she practically ancient!