This week was Standards night with emphasis on the “Rat Pack” and so obviously our mentor would be Jamie Foxx. LOL However, with a male majority in the final 5 this theme makes perfect sense. So, how did everyone do? Did Allison hold her own in a male dominated game? Well, that’s what we’re here for, so let’s discuss…
First off, in this week as a contestant I would probably have chosen “Fever”. Enough said…on to the contestants. I will say this is the best Final 5 we have ever had on any season to date. Each of these contestants is extremely talented and will do well in today’s music market with no problems after Idol. So, I will rate from Top performance on down, as usual.
Allison Iraheta – The only girl remaining and she showed why that is the case. In my opinion, this was not only the best of the night, but Allison’s personal best ever in this whole competition! She showed she can actually sing and she used her raspy, smokey voice to its fullest potential tonight. At moments during her performance I realized that I literally had not taken a breath because I was completely caught up in her performance. Seriously, she deserves to be around another week. However, with a weak fan base combined with rave reviews from judges and her incredible performance, she is destined for the bottom, sadly.
Danny Gokey – My boy is back with a VENGENCE! Seriously, this is the Danny that I know and love and proclaimed the winner of this season from day 1. His vocals were powerful and his performance was passionate. Obviously someone (Simon?) talked to him about his lack of charisma and effort in his previous performances and it paid off. Seriously, he NAILED that song to the wall! I hope he keeps this up because he needs to if he stands a chance of making it to the end at this point.
Kris Allen – It's always scary to see one of your faves go first on any given week as that often times spells trouble for them on results night. I am hoping this is not the case for Kris. He had another great week. Kris knows who he is and what his niche’ is vocally and musically and he stays right in the pocket of that. My only criticism was him carrying the mic stand around…he should save that for “Rock Week” (which is rumored to be next week) as it looked awkward doing it during a Rat Pack standard song. He is still great and still heading towards a potential upset for the Finals.
Adam Lambert – Here is the thing with Adam…yes, his vocals are stellar and he is creative and a showman but he doesn’t surprise me anymore. He seems to be in a constant rotation where 1 week is subdued and he sits in a sole spotlight and then the next week he does a wild song and belts it out and is all over stage, then the next week a subdued performance with an overpowering spotlight wearing a suit. You know what I mean? I don’t know, I am just not as excited about seeing what he will do each week as I am about Kris. Either way, this was a good week per usual for him. I had a female friend call me and refer to Adam’s performance this week as “orgasmic”. LOL However, I was just not as inspired by him as I have been in the last couple weeks. He will make the Final 2, at this point I have no doubt. The REAL question is who will be joining him.
Matt Giraud – In a week where everybody was stellar and pulled out all the stops, Matt fell a little short. He started off the song with a bad note and the beginning of his performance just came off weak vocally and he did not seem confident in it. It picked up a little in the middle and he did much better, but a slow start on a night when everyone was basically flawless from the intro to the final note…well, he did not hold his own.
So, I am pretty sure that we will no longer have a Bottom 3 but instead will have just 2. This prevents AI from showing who the top 2 people are in these final weeks. So, that being said it is obvious that Matt and Allison will be the bottom 2. The only hiccup could be Kris performing 1st this week, which is usually the doom spot as people forget about you as the night progresses and they see other contestants. However, Kris’ fan base is obviously just as strong as Adam and Danny’s and none of them have ever been in the bottom 3, and I still don’t think we will see Kris there this week either. Who goes home? Matt.
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