- Interesting and entertaining episode of American Idol last night. Hollywood Week can be interesting as we follow our favorites form the auditions. The two hours on Sunday night flew by quickly as they got through solo performances and group songs with more to come tonight. Hopefully the final cuts are made to 24.
Last season Hollywood Week seem to drag on endlessly for weeks, so maybe the producers got the message and will save more time for the live shows. Back in the Simon-Randy-Paula days, the final 24 would sing live, 12 contestants per show and the group was then sliced down to 14 and ultimately the Top Ten.
My favorite, Ashley Hess, the dental hygienist, made it through but was only mentioned once, not a good sign. The guy who sang "Wind Beneath My Wings" by "Betty Midler" really butchered the song but somehow made it to the next level. He sang it to his ailing mom, who was having surgery the following day.
There were a few instances of singers forgeting the lyrics. As Simon used to lecture, that's the cardinal sin of Idol, forgetting the words. It's one thing to be nervous, but you have all day to practice and learn the words, there should be no excuse.
Rightfully so, a female contestant was given the ax for forgetting her lyrics, whereas another guy singer made it through, even though he completely messed up The Mamas and Papas "California Dreamin'", which he claimed he had never heard before. If you are gonna sing the song in such an important competition, why not Google it and listen to it?
Juan Pablo, the Mexican diva, is proving to be a drama queen. Georgies, an openly-gay singer, got the boot. The young widow, who's story was touching, got nervous and choked. The young kid with Cystic Fibrosis, the same kid Luke Bryan sang with and gave his guitar to, was sent packing.
Katie had a cold and was sneezing everywhere, but after some initial drama, the judges pretty much were seriously about their work of more auditions and scaling down the singers to 98.
There was the usual suspense of a contestant being taken to the hospital by ambulance ( supposedly form the flu, although I believe some of these kids can't cut it as singers and may try to gracefully ease out of the competition by claiming they are "sick."
The favorites such as Alejandro again shined brightly last night. He's a really good musician/guitarist, but as a singer? Not sure I would buy a CD of his. Shayy, the blind female singer, was just OK, but her group helped he quite a bit, as she was having a hard time learning the words to her songs because she can't read the lyrics. She made it, but she is limited in what she can do.
Can't wait for tonight. Hopefully things keep moving along and we don't get bogged down like last season.
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