We’re down to five contestants and the best they could come up with was Neil Diamond? I can’t even type his name without yawning or inadvertently ducking rhinestones.
This recap will be like David Archuleta — Short and Sweet.
The contestants get two chances to pick a horrendously bland song for our listening pleasure. Judges’ comments will be held until after the second song is performed…except they won’t and we’ll get one of the best Paula Abdul blunders since the ear monitor bud incident with Michael Johns. When offering comments after the contestant’s first round song, Paula proceeded to tell Jason Castro how he did on both songs…before he actually sang his second song. Classic!
I have to admit, I went into tonight’s Top 7 Mariah Carey-infused episode fully expecting a suckfest. We’ve had some great examples this season of how bad things can go when song choices don’t work out, and I have always found Mariah to be a little too cliche for my (distinguished, I don’t care if I DO like Rock of Love a little too much) tastes. But thanks to some pretty-dang-solid performances, it was a good night, and definitely interesting. Here’s how it wizent dizown:
We start off this week with Brooke White and “Jolene.” It’s a nice start to the evening, as once again Brooke has picked a song that her sultritude (NAW) can shine on. Aside from one jerky, somewhat awkward number, of all the contestants Brooke has been the most reliable. Her stylist should get some kudos, ‘cause she’s managed to transform her from frumpy, Mary Poppins wannabe to frumpy hot rock star. Randy says it was alright. Paula rambles about something-something….consistent…emotional connection…something-something…you are Brooke White. Simon totally disagrees with Paula (apparently he speaks Paulanese), and thinks she was lacking emotion, and then says the violin player was weird.
David Cook does “Little Sparrow”, which is not one of the Boobied One’s biggest hits, but once again he rocks it.
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