American Idol does movie night and who other to act as mentor than Quentin Tarantino, the master of film soundtracks. This could prove to be a very interesting night. We are still rejoicing over last week's results show that saw Scott leave the competition, once and for all. With any luck, tomorrow night it will be Anoop bidding us adieu. I am also hoping that the show doesn't run over again this week. It's getting very boring that the producers can't control the time of the show. I'm not a Fringe fan, in the least, but I think it sucks that for no legitimate reason whatsoever Idol is running over by more than five minutes each week. Cut the filler out and get to the performances.
Allison brilliantly opens the show with Aerosmith's I Don't Want to Miss A Thing. For the first or perhaps the second time this season, I am going to say this wasn't her best performance. She seemed to be too breathy and just lacking something but still is one of my favorites to win the competition and if for some weird reason, she lands herself at the bottom tomorrow night, the judges will, indeed, save her.
Anoop picks Bryan Adams' Everything Thing I Do, one of the most boring movie theme tunes ever and he does what he does best and delivers yet another forgettable performance. He can sing but there's just nothing about him that makes him stand out in the least.
Adam goes into the vaults and picks Born to Be Wild by Steppenwolf. The boy just does no wrong. I know I rave about him a lot and he's not everyone's cup of tea, but he has the total package. I am just wondering if he would do better if he didn't win the whole competition. Look at Jennifer Hudson, she didn't win and she now has an Oscar.
Matt picks one of my least favorite songs ever, Bryan Adams' Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman. I'm starting to think Bryan should have been the special guest tonight since almost a third of the contestants are opting for his songs. Matt takes to the piano again and it's okay. He seemed to get a bit of his Timberlake take on it but it by no means stands out.
Danny sans glasses this week (not sure if that will help or hurt his image) goes for yet another song aced in sentimentality, Lionel Richie's Endless Love complete with harp accompaniment. It feels more like an endless song than love. He's a good singer and has a personality but this was just boring but I am sure he won't be in any danger tonight.
Kris, who some say could just make it to the final at the Kodak, goes for one of the most obscure song choices that I think I have ever seen on my eight years of watching this show. He picks Falling Slowly by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova. The song won the Oscar for Best Song for the film Once. I was not a fan of the film. In fact, I turned it off after about twenty minutes. I am thinking this might hurt him tomorrow night. I guess he did well but not being familiar with the song at all, I have no idea. It seemed to come from the heart and was on pitch but didn't make me sit up and take notice.
Lil closes the show Bette Midler's The Rose. She had the gospel feel to make it her own but her voice just wasn't there tonight and once again lacked that wow factor. I hate to say it but she might be going home.
Our predictions for tomorrow night:
King and Queen of Carpal Tunnel Worthiness remain to be Adam and Allison.
Throw some votes Kris and Matt's ways.
Who will be going home? It's a toss up between Anoop for just being boring and cocky and Lil. She just hasn't found her calling yet and I am afraid it's a little too late but since she has Vote for the Worst behind her, she might just eke by.
So, I turn it over to you, who should stay? Who should go? What did you think?
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