March 4, 2009

• *IDOL TOP 36: WEEK 3*

  It's week 3 of the voting rounds, and the final 12 get their chance to
  make us love them.  Wait, let me re-do this intro.  Two flaming gays, a blind guy, and someone named Lil Rounds walk into a bar....I mean, Idol.  Ok, this week was comprised of two kinds of contestants: the ones we've seen too much of, and the ones we've never seen before.  Who among them is Top 12 material?  Who cares.  None of these are winner material.

  VON SMITH
  We all know gay guys like this -- a talented but showy queen so full of himself that you sometimes wanna bitchslap.  So it was nice to see him refrain from being all the annoying that he can be, for a change.  But you could see how hard he was trying not to let his inner black woman come out.  You know it's killing him.  He wants this opportunity so bad.  You feel like he would literally die if he doesn't make the top 12.  Well, he won't make it.

  TAYLOR VAIFANUA
  The 16/17-yr old quota has already been filled by Allison Iraheta.  "If I Ain't Got You" has been done so many times, and I yawn everytime.  Hers was no different.  My yawn was more melodic.  She may as well have sung a guy-group song.

  ALEX WAGNER-TRUGMAN
  We all know dorky guys like this -- a skittish super-nerd with a talent unbefitting his skittish super-nerdiness, and makes you cringe whenever he speaks, dances, or walks across a room.  In singing his dowdy Elton John song, the black woman within Von Smith apparently came out thru Alex Wagner-Trugman.  All that growling and guttural showiness, he may as well have done "And I am Telling You..."  Laughable and embarrassing.  His life is over.

  ARIANNA AFSAR
  I admire the ABBA song choice, and I was excited.  I wanted to like this so much because it's my favorite ABBA song, but it was a tortured mess.  I would love to see someone more capable do this song.

  JUNOT JOYNER
  I would've liked his delicate "Delilah," if every other person hadn't sung this during Hollywood.  He should've sung Jodeci's "Lately." 

  KRISTEN MCNAMARA
  I liked her.  Hated her song "Gimme One Reason" (Jordin Sparks also sang this at the same point in the competition) though.  But Kristen made the song better than it was.  Her stage presence and voice are confident and unwavering, which is a lot more than most other people's.  I feel like Kristen can sing anything, so she should totally attempt the Mariah, Leona, Celine songs. 

  NATHANIEL MARSHALL
  We all know gay guys like this -- a tortured but showy queen that lives and dies by self-created drama.... that you sometimes wanna slap.   The Meatloaf song he chose is manic, and he actually did an ok job mimicking the mania.  But the bottom line is, America will be scared of him.

  FELICIA BARTON
  Her Nelly Furtado look was thrilling to look at, and her vocals were thrilling to hear.  She chose an awesome Alicia song "No One," I would love to see her advance.  She's my dark horse of this group.  She won't make it now, but I hope they consider her for the wild card round.

  SCOTT MACINTYRE
  I winced throughout the judging of the blind guy:
  RANDY:  "Everytime I SEE you sing and hear you sing..."
  KARA:  "I want America to SEE you play and sing, because that's when they're really gonna SEE Scott." 
  SIMON:  "You're starting to believe in yourself.  I didn't SEE that when you first came in.  But in a SEA of forgettable people tonight, you're really the one I'm gonna remember."
  Although nothing was more cringe-worthy than Ryan high-five'ing him.

  KENDALL BEARD
  Who?  Next.

  JORGE NUNEZ
  I was prepared to not like him even before he sang.  But then he sang.  He belted.  And it was good.  The sun shouldn't go down on him. 

  LIL ROUNDS 
  The top 12 can't be without a strong black woman.  No it won't be Von Smith; it'll be Lil Rounds.  She's a female version of Fantasia, and could get pretty far in the competition. 

  SO WHO'S IS MAKING IT TO TOP 12?  
  1). Lil Rounds for sure. 
  2). Jorge Nunez who had the best vocal of the guys.
  3). Scott MacIntyre will get the sympathy vote from corny-ass America.  (although I'd rather SEE Felicia Barton or Kristen McNamara go thru instead).

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