Theme: Music From The Year You (Contestant) Was Born
The Three Bests:
Allison Iraheta – with I Can’t Make You Love Me (a personal favourite song). She managed to tackle an adult song with her personal juvenile flavor.
Adam Lambert – doing a mad version of Mad World (another personal favourite song). Very consistent. Got a standing ovation from the 4 judges. That says it all.
Matt Giraud – Did a wise move and returned to his falsetto R&B style with Part-Time Lover. And achieving it without being a Timberlake 2nd rate copycat.
The Worst
I have written off Anoop Desai but surprisingly, he did well with True Colors. He should stick with these types of songs. But I still think he within striking distance of an inevitable elimination. Unless a slumdog magic is in the works. Jai Ho!
I am not a fan but I am amazed at what Scott MacIntyre has achieved, considering her visual impairment. But looking beyond this predicament, he chose a bad and tired song and sang it badly. It was a risqué move for him to stray from the piano and it didn’t pay off. It was awkward to see him on guitars (unlike Kris Allen). He tried but failed to reach the high notes. And so his song came true...The Search Is Over for Scott.
The judges were pressured but did not use their “saving” grace on Scott. Which is OK in my books. This is a vocal competition. Not a special Olympics. So it was really time for Scott to go. But I’m sure he saw and got more out of this than we can ever imagine.
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