This year’s crop of American Idol contestants is the best in many years. Of the 11 remaining, my favorites are Casey Abrams, Scotty McCreery, Thia Megia, Pia Toscano, and Lauren Alaina. No one was more shocked than I with last night’s bottom three announcement.
The first three performers to learn of their fate were Pia, Lauren, and Jacob. Pia is smooth and in control of her magnificently polished voice – a little disconnected with the audience on Monday night’s show, but nonetheless, she really has star qualities like Celine Dion. Lauren is a nature born singer, singing effortlessly and moving across the stage like Diva. Jacob is good but tends to be too dramatic in his performances – over sings.
Lauren Alaina
Scotty McCreery
I failed to see Scotty sing, but DH reported an excellence job of Stevie Wonder’s Motown hit “For Once In My Life” covered country-style. That boy has fabulous, rich tones. He’ll make it as a country singer for sure, even if things don’t pan out for him as the next American Idol.
The rocker, James, strutted his stuff across the floor. He knows how to work the crowd. What I’d love to see is James singing without yelling. He has a good voice I think, but… it’s difficult to see how good it is because of this edgy twist he places on all of his songs.
The judges loved the return of Haley’s growling jazz vocals. There are too many other young girls out there trying to mimic the same sound. Boring, right? And, what’s up with Paul and Naima still in the running? Paul is a bad version of Rod Stewart and Naima…well lacks what the other female vocalist have in this competition – superb talent, in my opinion. Why is it these two did not in the bottom three?
Thia Megia
I was utterly blown away with Casey and Thia being given the lowest scales, but Stephano I was half expecting him to come up short.
Despite, Casey’s wolf-man appearance, his friendly boyish grin captures your heart. He is a jack of all trades in the performance industry. He can not only totally own any song he performs, he is a talented instrumentalist. You’re awesome Casey!
Thia is poised with confidence and grace. It boggles my mind to think she’s the youngest contestant on the show. I love that she has a certain elegance and when she sings, WOW! Monday, she stepped out of her comfort zone taking a risk exposing some of her energy. I thought she did a marvelous job. An American Idol, yep I think so!
Stephano has a nice voice. The one thing that bothers me with him is his inability to express himself through his music. He needs to live and breathe the words, not just sing them. This is something he can acquire, but it’s not nature to him. I was for sure Stephano was the man out.
However, I was proven wrong when my jaw hit the floor when Ryan revealed, Casey was in jeopardy of elimination. Giving it one last shot, Casey began performing. But within seconds of singing, Randy called Casey’s song to an end. The judges unanimously agreed that something was terribly wrong and decided to spare Casey giving him another shot to continue with the competition.
Casey Abrams
Relief doesn’t even begin to touch the expression on Casey’s face last night and it relieved me. Good save, judges!
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