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Wednesday, March 18, 2009

American Idol Season 8 Top 11 Performances (Grand Ole Opry Week)

Was tonight an amazing night or a letdown???Let's see:

- Michael Sarver (what a mess!!Wasn't a disaster but a pretty bad performance. It didn't show his vocal strength at all and looked like an encore of Kristy Lee Cook's "8 Days A Week")
- Allison Iraheta (it's good but it's generic on the other hand. I didn't pick up any energy like what she's usually convey in her performance. But I still heart her)
- Kris Allen (OMG!! This was his best performance to date. So tender and lovely. I was almost crying watching his performance and the best of all,Simon said what I had predicted. Yay!!) ps: I posted yesterday on IDF that I want Simon to say that Kris might have a chance to win the competition or something like that.
- Lil Rounds (I still haven't quite get it why she's considered one of the frontrunner. Where is your vocal strength,Lil??? That was mediocre)
- Adam Lambert (oh woah,it somehow felt like Middle Eastern Week. I'll give him an A+ for arrangement & uniqueness. I think it's the most unique performance on Idol so far. Very bizarre. I like it)
- Scott MacIntyre (nice performance,I need him to step up though. I'm wondering why I haven't seen anything great from Scott. It's just the same week after week like some rendition on hotel's lounge)
- Alexis Grace (I felt like in a medieval funeral. It's so gloomy and nothing special at all. I prefer Brooke White's version last year. I'm really disappointed with Alexis. I thought she could blow me away this week but oh well......)
- Danny Gokey (BIG FAIL!!! He sang sporadically,he couldn't continue singing the notes to higher falsetto,so he did it again and again. Stop and continue,stop and continue like starting a mownlawer. I didn't feel any connection at all)
- Anoop Desai (Anoop's back!! Although I think he could've done better but that was a great performance)
- Megan Corkrey (I thought from rehearsal with Randy Travis that she's gonna do it in jazz but it didn't turn out that way at all. The melody is so old country for me. It's killing me although the performance is good)
- Matt Giraud (I gave my opinion on a song choice on IDF that I want Kris or someone to sing "So Small" and Matt fulfilled my request. And he killed it!! Yay!!)

Tonight was all over the place overall. The frontrunner got killed by the darkhorse. And what is that?? All the contestants talked back to the judges.

My ranking:
1. Kris Allen
2. Adam Lambert
3. Matt Giraud
4. Anoop Desai
5. Scott MacIntyre
6. Allison Iraheta
7. Megan Corkrey
8. Michael Sarver
9. Danny Gokey
10. Lil Rounds
11. Alexis Grace

Tomorrow Carrie Underwood gonna sing on the Result Show. I can't wait for that.

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