American Idol Review 5.12.09

Theme: The Sausage Fest that is the top 3 will be singing a judges choice and their own choice. Here we go…

Danny Gokey

“Dance Little Sister” by Terrence Trent D’arby: I’m not sure why Paula picked this song. Poor Danny had to dance around stage like only a true white boy could! I hate it when he dances. Why did they make him dance? Regardless, I’m not a huge Danny fan and this was just okay for me. I feel weird about giving him bad reviews as he didn’t pick the song. It was a little boring, a little hokey but decent vocals.

“You Are So Beautiful” by Joe Cocker: Simon was right, the vocals here were brilliant. It was one of the first times since the beginning of the season where Danny actually sang the crap out of something. When he’s good, I like him. But when he’s average, he bores me.

GCT Rating: 1st song 5, 2nd song 9

Kris Allen

“Apologize” by One Republic: I wasn’t crazy about this song choice but anticipated he could do something cool with it. I hated how he sang falsetto in parts and not in others (in the places where it’s usually used). It made it sound disjointed and odd. I didn’t love him behind the piano, and I’m not actually convinced he was playing much. I watched his hands and he was playing some very basic chords. Go back to the guitar boo, please.

“Heartless” by Kanye West: Talk about a brave song choice! I loved this! I think it might have been the best performance of the night. Kris definitely made this a competition with that song.

GCT Rating: 1st song 6, 2nd song 10

Adam Lambert

“One” by U2: Like Simon, this is one of my favorite songs as well. I’m not sure he did the best with it though. Watching it back this morning, I enjoyed it more than I did last night. It was decent, but the arrangement was weird and the end seemed extremely rushed.

“Crying” by Aerosmith: I really don’t understand this song choice. You know I love Adam to death, but I really wanted to see an interesting pick. He played it safe and picked a song he could do a little Screamy McScream with and it was just ok. The backup vocals were off-key as well, anyone notice? They made him sound worse in the beginning than he was. Again, an okay performance. I’m a bit dissapointed in Adam tonight.

GCT rating: 1st song 7, 2nd song 6

My ranking:

1. Kris

2. Danny

3. Adam

Prediction: I hate that Adam came in last, but based on the average score that’s where he’s placed. He really underwhelmed me tonight, and I’m a little pissed off. If he gets voted off I’ll be upset, but I’m thinking he has enough pull from the whole season to stay. Based on the last few weeks of trends, I’m going to assume that Kris will be voted off and will have an Adam/Danny final. I’m hoping Danny goes though…we’ll see.