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AMERICAN IDOL UPDATES - WEEK 5TH MAY 2008
This week's theme is Rock N Roll Hall of Fame, and I'm not sure whether is it just me, or the songs chosen by the contestants just didn't really give you the Rock N Roll feel, except for David Cook. And it was particularly true for Archuleta's choice of songs, Stand By Me and Love Me Tender? Hmm, that reminded me more of Most-Popular-Karaoke-Oldies rather than Rock N Roll Hall of Fame, don't you think? Anyway, like it or not, Archuleta is definitely smart when it comes to song choice. If you notice, he has been choosing ballads and mellow tunes nearly every week, as to me that's the only genre that he can do well. And true enough, he gets to be everyone's favourite again this week, including the judges.
David Cook is still my choice for winning the competition. To me he has the most to offer in the music industry when he leaves the competition. How he did this week? To me at least he gave us some Rock N Roll feel with his songs Hungry Like A Wolf and Baba O'Riley, although I wasn't sure I like those songs particularly, especially for a competition. But he showed prowess on stage and consistency. But do you all notice one thing, he does have that cocky Hey-Look-At-Me-I-Am-Mr.Cool look nowdays? Hmm...
Syesha has come a long way in this competition. From being the constestant we thought would leave the competition in the earlier stages, being at the bottom few (although now she still is!), she has shown the most improvement so far, and she is still around. I am still not sure I like her high notes, although powerful high range of vocals is her strength, it can also be her weakness, as she can be a little inconsistent when she hits the big notes. She sang Proud Mary and A Change Is Gonna Come. The 2nd song was definitely much better, as I thought Proud Mary was just too big a song for her. But I applaud her showmanship on stage, rarely we get to see an American Idol dance and show a little more than just singing on stage. Everyone (including herself) was rather surprised when she stayed in the Top 3, but good for her, she earned it much more than Jason, especially with his very poor two performances this week.
Jason Castro was very weak this week, especially when he forgot the lyrics to his second song Mr Tambourine Man. You cannot afford that in a Top 4!!! His first song was not any better, he chose I Shot The Syeriff. Definitely the worst song choice for the night. He could not carry such a song at all, and it was disastrous. Although everyone thought he would stay on (with his huge female fan base), he got the boot this week. To me although I feel he has quite a unique quality that could do well when he leaves the competition, he earned every bit of his elimination this week. I have a feeling he will do quite well with his albums in the future, singing songs similar to Jack Johnson's. Genre like this is getting popular nowadays, and Jason's voice does sound quite nice in recorded tracks, much better than his live performances. Well good luck, Jason!
So we had one shocker this week, Syesha gets to stay until Top 3. Will she continue to give us another shocker by breaking the highly-predicted acticipation of the Final duo David vs David? We'll just have to wait and see!
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Actually Brooke has got unique vocals too, but she's too emotional, and sometimes she mess up her own performance live on stage. I thought she would stay longer than Syesha, surprise surprise...