Hello,
Due to issues with my DVR, I wasn't able to see these two episodes until last night. They were originally aired April 13th and 14th. This episode featured the Top 8 and the theme was Songs of the Cinema.
The performance show started out with a review of Pia Toscano's emotional departure. That was when this season it jumped the shark. Also there was plenty of love given to JLo for being named People's Most Beautiful Woman. "AI" has certainly revived her career, which is why she signed on with the show in the first place. Now that her career is revived, I don't think she'll be back next season. I do appreciate her rooting for the girls to remain on the show. A woman isn't going to win, but an all male show this early would suck. Live long and prosper Lauren and Haley.
I honestly thought this show was the worst of this season's live performance episodes.
8) Jacob Lusk (Up 1, again he had nowhere to go but up) destroyed Simon and Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water". I appreciated Jimmy telling Lusk not to preach to us. Thanks Jimmy. Lusk astounds me each week when he survives. Has he given one good performance yet? Hell, has he given even one mediocre performance yet? Lusk should be arrested for committing assault and battery on that poor Simon and Garfunkel song. What did "Bridge Over Troubled Water" ever due to Lusk? What was the song that Lusk originally picked? It was horrible. I wish Jimmy would have let him sing it, maybe we could have got rid of Lusk. I also liked at the end of his performance he had to think how many fingers to hold up when he was advertising the phone number to call.
Review break: I would love for someone to explain to me what the appeal of Jacob Lusk is. I'm serious. He's a mediocre singer at best, if I'm in a real generous mood. He's painful to watch perform and he has no coordination or stage presence. For some reason he's cocky and arrogant.
Back to his "performance", it had no redeeming value. There wasn't one good thing to say about it other than mercifully it was only two minutes. This performance was the most atrocious of his many horrid performances. Obviously some people like him, why?
The judges continued the theme of hype. Remember what themusicaddict says, if you are hyping something that's a way to cover up something that's terrible. Tyler said "how angelic you sing". JLo called him a "gifted vocalist". And on a night where Randy sucked as well, he also had praise for Lusk. Jackson said Lusk was "so special".
Another review break: Randy was truly awful tonight. I wish he would learn the ability to be concise. Randy when you don't have any thing to say, you don't need several words to not say it. I have a new nickname for Randy, it's Repeat Randy. Again I'm reminded how much he repeats himself. Please can they cut off his microphone once he starts repeating himself. Randy, in an attempt to mixing up things I'm guessing, started out his love fest with "yo" drawn out. That's different than his "yo, yo, yo".
Lusk's grade, the very bottom of the F grade. Jackson's grade: same
7) Casey Abrams (down 3) sang Nat King Cole's "Nature Boy". I actually like this song, but his performance of it was terrible. Casey says it's "hard to find a song that fits his style". Jimmy I. urged him to sing something else, he didn't like it when Casey ignored him. Abrams got on the stage and the song started off very slowly and why all of the grimacing? Then while he was playing he said, "hey Ray let's show them what we can do". Then they did nothing. Abrams shares that same undeserved overconfidence of Lusk. Then the judges gave him a standing ovation? Why? The unrelenting love fest continues unabated as the judges overpraise again. Casey said that he wants to "play and educate". He won the douche bag contest of the night with that comment. Jacob Lusk will be sad he didn't win, that's the only award he wins.
Randy went off on his too long critique of "education and embracing who you are". That was a gaggle of crap coming out of his mouth. Again on his off night, he was terrible. Grades: Casey: D+, Randy: F Meanwhile Pia Toscano is hanging out with Mark Ballas and will be performing on "Dancing With The Stars". She's winning by not being on this show. Pia: A+
6) Scotty McDreary (Up 2) sang George Strait's "Cross My Heart". Why would he sing Harry Nilson's "Everybody's Talkin'", he might have to stretch. I'm wondering why doesn't he just sing the same song each week as he gives the same performance each week. Jimmy pulled out one of Repeat Randy's favorites, "you can sing the phone book". Jimmy I'd actually like to see that as that would be something different. Scotty said he was "going back to his country roots", when did he leave them? At least he chose a better song, especially over the previous two songs. Both "End of the Road" and "The Climb" are terrible songs. He also knows where the camera is and keeps eye contact with it. I know a lot of people love him, I'm sorry but he leaves me cold. Steven said he "just loves his voice".
Randy continued his run of idiocy. Amongst the things he said to McDreary: "a star is born on this stage", "grown so greatly" and "ginormous". Randy you are such an idiot. He's right a star was born on that stage and it was Pia Toscano. How can McDreary grow so greatly when he gives the same performance each week? Randy you know that "ginormous" isn't a real word right? Scotty: D+, Randy: F again
5) Stefano Langone (Up 2) sang "End of the Road" by Boys 2 Men. That's a terrible song. His performance started out slowly. While Lauren sang an equally boring song, she's a better singer than Stefano so gets a better grade. Another one of those performances where the chorus was repeated too much. His performance couldn't get over soon enough. This was his second bad performance in a row. The judges continued their nearly praise only reviews. Steven said this is "so not the end of the road for you, just the beginning". I'm wondering if that dead end dirt road that Tyler was referring to.
Then Randy spewed a bunch of gibberish, including "yo" several times. Jackson also said his favorite repeat word of the season when he said Langone "slayed" it. Then Repeat Randy also said one of his all-time classics "in it to win it". That's a phrase he has repeated several times this season. Grades: Langone: D+. "The Barnacle": F Why does Randy remind me of an uncool kid that gets invited to the cool table in high school. He then does what he has to do to prove that he belongs.
4) Haley Reinhart (Down 2) sang Blondie's "Call Me". Blondie was my favorite band growing up. My favorite song of theirs is "Heart Of Glass". I'm sorry Haley but you aren't even in the same league as Debbie Harry. In Hailey's defense I do think she has a good voice. But she did have an off night. The disappearing producers actually made an appearance in her time with Jimmy Iovine. Haley has been wearing very sexy outfits, she's using every advantage she can. I just didn't buy her performance, she's too innocent. Also one of the many night's performances that went on too long. With Pia gone, she's the best looking woman remaining.
Randy: "yo yo yo", gave his goofy laugh, and he said it "was not a singer's song". What the hell does that mean? Then whose song is it? He managed to have one intelligent critique in his review though. He was right on when he said that song was not "a showcase for her voice". That was true. Grades: Haley C-, Randy: C.
3) James Durbin (up 3) sang Sammy Hagar's "Heavy Metal". This is how bad this episode was, Durbin with his craptastic performance was the third best. He said he had "deep seeded passion for my music". He gave another one of his Lambertian screeches. I'm not wanting the day to hurry and come when we have to hear that music. I wouldn't call that a heavy metal song. He's trying to carry the flag for metal, does anybody from the metal camp want him to carry that flag? I can just see Ozzy saying "get Durbin on the phone, he needs to lead the charge for metal". Um, no. Durbin is nowhere in Sammy's league. It was great to see Zakk Wylde on stage, someone with some real rock cred. Although I had to laugh he didn't realize he was suppose to get off the stage when the performance was over.
The judges were clueless as always. Again Randy was trying to show how much he knows. He then only shows how little he knows. He said how Zakk plays with Ozzy. Actually Randy he hasn't played with Ozzy for several months. Grades: Zakk Wylde: A, Durbin C-, Randy: F
2) Lauren Alaina (up 1) sang Miley Cyrus' wretched "The Climb". Iovine was absolutely right when he said Alaina has a better voice than Cyrus. Lauren has a great voice and I can see why she was the odds on favorite to win this season. Her score is hurt by the lameness of the song. As Haley Reinhart had recognized in this same show, it's all about song recognition. "The Climb" is just not a good song.
Steven Tyler said the "song brings me to tears", this from the same man who sings the song "Big Ten Inch Record"?
Randy: "yo" and Repeat Randy says "amazing job amazing". Grades: Lauren: C, Randy and Steven: F
1) Paul McDonald led off the show with a pretty good version of Bob Seger's "Old Time Rock & Roll". He was the night's first performer and the show plummeted downhill once he was done. I liked seeing will.i.am overruling Iovine. McDonald was wearing some nasty looking clothes. I liked the sax solo, that was a great sax solo. After his performance Ryan said "if you liked sax with Paul" vote for him. That Ryan.
Again the judges were idiots. Randy said "I'll tell you what man" and that Paul is "not a typical singer". Um, what? Grades: McDonald: B-, Randy and Steven: F
Now on to the less than inspiring results show.
"Rio" week continues! Is that why will.i.am stuck around for so long? The judges constant hype was shown again. Also at the start of the show, "AI" shows the pictures of Lee Dewyze and Kris Allen. Whoever wins this season is going to join that bunch of under acheiving male singers. We already know the best singer isn't going to win this season. There were 53 million votes for this schlock fest.
Lauren and Scotty sang Lady Antebellum's "American Honey". I'm even getting more tired of Scotty McDreary. McDreary you ain't all that. Yes you'll probably win. However that's not a reflection of how good you are. It's a reflection of how bad this show is getting to be and the terrible voting system in place.
Next up: behind the scenes on the Ford commercial. Oh good this show needs some more filler. No surprise that James wanted to wear zombie makeup. I loved how in the commercial it was Lauren and Jacob eating lunch. In reality I think both of them would have picked much better looking guys to eat with. And as Randy would say "yo, yo", goofy laugh, "dawg stupid that was stupid man".
Casey and Haley then took the stage, reportedly the two are an item. I loved Haley's part on "Trouble I See". That clearly was suppose to be a showcase for Casey, but it ended up being a showcase for Haley. That possibly was her best performance of the whole season. I loved that Haley through off the producers plans.
Then we have the first of the predictable results. Scotty is safe, really? That's not a surprise. Also Lauren and Casey are safe. Again Haley is in the bottom three. Again she's wearing a very sexy outfit.
Then Rob Reiner brought some much needed humor to this humorless show, especially with Simon Cowell no longer around. I loved his tweaking of "When Kelly Met Justin". Thankfully they only made that movie after the first season.
Next Kelly Clarkson and Jason Aldean sang "Don't You Want Me To Stay". I'd never heard that song before but it's pretty good. Kelly Clarkson is so amazing, they just don't make Idols like they used to. She seems so likable, has charisma and that amazing big ol' voice. Can you even see McDreary in the same league as her? Jason Aldean came off as a doofus, wearing the "real" cowboy clothes that it looked like he picked up at Wal-Mart. When are county singers going to stop wearing cowboy clothes? I know they wear it for their image, but it has become a cliche now.
In a group number they let Jacob Lusk sing another Simon and Garfunkel song? Hasn't he done enough damage to their impressive catalog? I love the song "Sound of Silence" and I think that's something that Lusk should practice.
More results Jacob Lusk isn't even in the bottom 3, how is that possible? Both Paul and Stefano are in the bottom 3.
Then a true superstar took the stage, Rihanna, singing her new song "California King Bed". As usual she rocked it, that's a pretty cool song as well. She has a great voice and she was looking amazingly gorgeous. I love her red hair as well. Also there was another great guitar solo. "AI" upped it's rock cred that week for sure.
Then the final results, Paul is going home. Again the person near the top of my list is out. I might have to make Jacob Lusk my next #1 singer.
themusicaddict
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