Who needs writers, anyway? It's the OFFICIAL AMERICAN IDOL 7 THREAD

Yeah, he was, and he's one of my favorites AND that's one of my favorite songs AND I sort of predicted it's what he was going to do when they went into the commercial break.

btw wtf is MOMENT OF TRUTH!?!!!!!!

Oh and so I guess Chikezie has gone to one name!

Chikizzle

How do I find out who the drummer is?!

-- nickalicious, Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:03 AM (57 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

presumably Teddy Campbell, the same guy who rocked out on Elliott's Trouble

OK, so Chikezie was awesome, and so was Brooke.

There are some things that people do on the show that drive me nuts tho, and completely distract me from the performance. Chikezie was guilty of one tonight: slapping his ass while singing. Another is David Archuleta licking his lips constantly. I stop paying attention to the singing and start counting the times it happens. Is it just me?

I thought that hillbilly arrangement of "8 Days a Week" was totally impotent, especially within the context of what it was trying to do. It was a bootstomper without any actually stomping.

Kristy Lee Cook was so so bad...one of the worst finals performances ever?

That lead-in should have made David A shine but wow did he blow it. So many other people "brought it" tonight (with apologies to Randy), and he looked incredibly weak in comparison. Is that the performance of the favorite to win?

Overall though, this was one of the most enjoyable finals eps I've ever seen. The run from Chikezie to Brooke White was pretty great.

The great:

Carly Smithson (she looks better than she did earlier in the show (?), did she gain/lose weight/do something with her hair? Regardless, tonight was the first performance of hers I've enjoyed)
Chikezie Eze (the performance was verging on insane ut it was fun and entertaining and that's what it's all about)

The good:

Brooke White (she's the kind of person you'd see performing at a coffee shop...I really like her but she's not amazing)
Jason Castro
Ramiele Malubay (I actually really liked her performance)
David Cook

The bad:

Amanda Overmyer (over her)
David Hernandez
Michael Johns
Syesha Mercado

The so awful that it filled me with glee:

David Archuleta
Kristy Lee Cook

Predicted bottom three:

Syesha
Kristy
Danny
-dishonorable mention: Ramiele

I'm over Ramiele until she sings something other than a torchy ballad. Variety, girl!

Brooke's my personal favorite until someone else starts to blow me away for consecutive weeks. It's less about her personality than it is her actual singing voice, which I think is full and warm and cracks in all the right places.

Chikezie DID "bring it" tonight, and I'd like to see him keep turning songs upside down like that.

I seem to be the only person who HATED David Cook's "Eleanor Rigby" arrangement, and his totally Creed-ish performance of a song that's one of the most mannered in the whole Beatles repertoire.

Also, I'm surprised David, Kristy and Jason didn't claw all over each other to do "I've Just Seen A Face".

and lol @ Simon not knowing Carly's name

I'm not in love with David Cook either but I value him for messing with the arrangements (unlike Michael Johns) in a way that totally fits him (unlike Kristy/the Dannys/Syesha). His act might grow old fast or maybe he'll grow on me....I can't really tell yet.

um, I keep calling the "Davids" the "Dannys", wtf?

Well, here's the thing. I loved Cook's overhaul of the Lionel Richie song last week, but I thought the same treatment butchered the Beatles. Maybe he's going to hit or miss every single week.

Well, here's the thing. I loved Cook's overhaul of the Lionel Richie song last week, but I thought the same treatment butchered the Beatles.

Completely 100% agree with you Johnny. My opinion is that Brooke and Chikezie's performances were the two best performances of the season so far, and there's not any others that are really too close (I liked "Imagine" but thought it a bit overrated).

Cook is pretty close to being Daughtery redux, no? That would explain the Simon love.

Next week = more Beatles? Did I hear that correctly?

(SPOILER if you missed tonight)

Jim Carrey was in the audience—and in the top 11 at one point, after he figured he could slip into one of the remaining musical chairs unnoticed.

But instead it is the two Cooks, Mercado, White, Smithson, Archuleta, Chikezie (he's dropped the Eze, perhaps because Paula persisted in pronouncing it incorrectly), Ramiele Malubay, Jason Castro, Amanda Overmyer and Michael Johns who will be around to dip yet again into the works of John Lennon and Paul McCartney next week.

Hmmmm....

LEAVE DAVID COOK. NOW>>>>>>>>

Both Cooks suck. Chikeze on a serious rebound trip after a devastating performance. I'm totally missing the appeal of the chick who did Let It Be. Smithson should be deported on the grounds of bad taste.

1. I thought Carly was the best of the night.
2. I thought David Archuleta was much better than last week. Very pretty voice.
3. Ramiele improved from forgettable to pretty good.
3. Everybody else was less than or equal to their performance last week.

I don't know how I expected Brooke to react to eventual criticism, but rudely interrupting the judges because she's JUST THAT EAGER to admit how much she sucked was weird. It was defintely her worst performance to date. Is this the first time Simon has told somebody not to branch out and to get back in their box? He was right, anyways.

Great - Nobody
Good - Carly, David A, Chikezie, Ramiele
OK Vocal, Bad Song Choice - Michael Johns, Brooke, Jason
Forgettable - Amanda, David Cook
Actually Bad - Kristy

Why is Amanda the VFTW pick? Kristy is so much worse.

& Syesha - better than last week, but still so forgettable you actually forgot her!

Syesha was really great, I thought.

Yeah, that is pretty forgettable! I'd put her in the forgettable group, but ahead of Amanda. I like her, but she's going home some time in the next couple weeks and she probably deserves it.

Syesha's "Yesterday" was probably my favorite of the night. I missed the first four performers (which I guess turned out to be Kristy, Amanda, Michael and David Archuleta...none of which I find myself liking anyway), so my least favorite based on what I saw was Carly. WHY ARE PEOPLE SO ON HER JOCK? Four weeks ago when she did Heart, it was...okay. But everything she's done since has blown leprechauns. She oversings everything and makes her vocals and instrumentation all bloody in a fight with each other.

Oh, and David Cook ruined another Beatles song. Bravo! I think "Hello" three weeks ago must've been a fluke.

Personally, I really like the way that Carly is basically Celine Dion pretending to be a rocker chick. But I've found her performances to be extremely up and down.

It's too bad her solo career didn't work out six years ago, because it seemed to be heading in the right direction (although I'm a big Gregg Alexander/Danielle Brisebois fan and she was their pet project). But now, I dunno...it's like you said. She's Celine trying to be a rocker, and that's someone no one needs.

although I'm a big Gregg Alexander/Danielle Brisebois fan and she was their pet project

whoa! didn't know that...

either way, as i've said before, i hate her because, like Celine, she's sings with no soul.

and i really hate this group...so much that i'm actually genuinely wanting kristy lee cook to move on, because the rest bore me, because she seems super nice...ultimately, i'm kinda rooting for archuleta, though i thought he was overrated last night. and i agree with paula re: ramiele--if she picks more dusty-ish songs, she'd win me over. but mostly, i'm just rooting against david cook.

Here's Carly's old video "I'm Gonna Blow Your Mind"...totally sounds like a New Radicals outtake.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0xEvNlF42I

I just watched last night's ep and tonight's results show (thanks torrents) and last night sucked, but at least Amanda's gone...she was buggin me. If the whole VFTW thing can't work to save someone when there are 11 contestants and the voting is spread pretty thin, I'm not sure how effective they are at all.

-I'm already getting tired of David Archuleta...he's a little too "cute" and can't seem to sing anything but ballads.

-I'm actually digging the David Cook experience. I HATED Daughtry, but I pretty consistently have enjoyed David Cook so far.

-What was up with Simon's criticism of Carly's song choice: "Of all the Beatles songs blah blah blah, you picked the one about a black bird"? Waht?

I agree with what's been said about the group, they are a bit sterile and leave me cold. Even if they are the Most Talented Group Ever (TM)(C)

I totally preferred Melinda and a few others from last year over this bunch.

-I'm already getting tired of David Archuleta...he's a little too "cute" and can't seem to sing anything but ballads.

Really? I LOVED "Shop Around." Those last notes? the ones with the intentional stutter/echo effect? AWESOME

also, i miss season five

Archuleta and both Cooks suck really bad.

Yeah so it turns out I don't think I really like any of these people. I guess I'm still watching cause I like seeing Brooke White cry haha.

Nobody cares :( I almost died when Kristy sang "God Bless the USA"! It should only be sung on July 4th and after national tragedies.

Probable bottom 3:

Chikezie
Ramiele
Carly or Kristy

KRISTY WAS A GENIUS TONIGHT. I can't stand that song, but all those right wing country fans will eat it up...I assume that's what Simon was referring to...she nailed her niche. Also, she sounded good.

Oh, and Syesha did a r. good job with one of my all-time favorite songs, though it wasn't as good as Tamyra's...needed a bit more soul...still awesome though.

Yeah, Kristy was smart to sing that. I hate it, but I know I'm in the minority.

Ramiele will likely get the boot, but I think David Archuleta could possibly end up in the bottom 3.

CARLY IS PREGNANT (maybe)

(supposedly one of the contestants is, and all the bloggers think it's Carly, which makes sense and might even explain that odd bathroom remark)

She seems the most likely to be.

Brooke to perform http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46QAjaCg5Yc this in tribute.

Last night was probably the first full episode I've watched all year, and I was kinda surprised by how good most of them were overall, if never great. I never heard the Chris Cornell version of "Billie Jean," was that where David Cook got the arrangement from?

Thought that overall this was a pretty good week.

Performance Ranking:
Great: (Nobody)
Good: David Cook, Brooke, David A.
Pretty Good, but Getting Boring: Jason
OK Vocal, Bad Song Choice: Carly
Forgettable: Syesha, Chikezie
Bad: Kristy, Michael, Ramiele

Sometimes I hate America:

David Cook is not Chris Cornell, but that version is better than the Michael Jackson version.

Seriously, what is wrong with people?

Oh, and Syesha did a r. good job with one of my all-time favorite songs, though it wasn't as good as Tamyra's...needed a bit more soul...still awesome though.

Too bad Tamyra was on season 1...if she had been on any other season, I think AI would have had the means to build her up as a star.

David Cook is in this until the end, I think. If not legitimately, then with some tinkering and manipulation by AI's producers. They're very aware of missing out on Daughtry's post-show success and want to make sure it doesn't happen a second time.

Bye, Chikezie...David Archuleta, this is your fault!

he is the voice

I was afraid Ramiele was going to round out the bottom three instead of Jason...how awkward would that have been!

I think i'm saying this for the third time or something, but if you replaced david hernandez, kristy lee cook, carly and syesha (or ramiele) with alexandrea, asia'h, alaina and danny n., this season would have been the best/most interesting ever.

Ramiele has been so boring all year. What does anyone see in her?

I do think the cuts are going to get very interesting in about 3-4 weeks.