Tough Ten Tough Picks
1. Michael Johns deserves the top spot of week ten. Indeed, it was his shining moment after knocking out two of the Queen’s most famous and popular songs “We Will Rock You” and “We Are the Champions.” Freddie Mercury would be proud of you boy!
2. Despite committing mistake with her first key, Brooke White still managed to catch up with her rendition of Sting’s opus “Every Breath You Take.” Brooke staged the 1984 Grammy Awards Song of the Year by The Police with pride and glamour; whereas, the judges thought it was just a so-so performance.
3. Syesha Mercado is a performer who will undeniably give you goose bumps. Belting “If I Were Your Woman,” originally by a Grammy Award-winning R&B and soul singer named Stephanie Mills, Syesha awed all of the three judges.
Performance-wise, the following deserves to be at the bottom three for: (1) picking the wrong song; (2) messing everything because of the wrong song; (3) it was a bad choice of song; and so on…
8. David Archuleta – "You're the Voice"
9. Ramiele Malubay – "Alone"
10. Jason Castro – "Fragile"
Good thing the three of them still thrived ‘coz Chikezie Eze bade farewell that week. Poor Eze.Idol Says Malu-bye to Ramiele
It was quite not a shock to see this headline on Yahoo News. Although she was a personal favorite, her talents was not that enough to please the Americans. In the first place, she’s not a country singer, and she’ll never be one.
Consequently, Brooke’s “Jolene” version was not that convincing enough for majority of the judges to favor her performance, nor Jason’s rendition of “Travelin’ Thru.” By the way, I’ve been promoted already as the home-based fourth judge, in case you don’t know yet.
So as to enumerate, the top spots belong to the following contenders for belting their hearts out:
3. Michael Johns – “It’s All Wrong, But It’s All Right”
2. Carly Smithson – “Here You Come Again”
1. Syesha Mercado – “I Will Always Love You”
Down to Eight
Inspirational songs week gave the competition a soothing and tranquil ambience. And topping the eight finalists are the following:
1. Jason Castro’s ukelele version of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” This one is a notch better than the Israel Kamakawiwo’ole’s adaptation of the 1939 Academy Award for Best Original Song for the movie “The Wizard of Oz.”
2. David Archuleta’s piano version of “Angels.” Singing the Robbie Williams 1997 power ballad, this kid proved once again how talented he is. Bad thing is, he had been too comfortable with the same genre of music.
3. Brooke White’s version of “You’ve Got a Friend.” It was way too pleasant and perfect to close the evening, quoting Simon and Paula, respectively.
On the contrary, thou, it doesn’t mean that their performances were totally disastrous, here are the not-so-amusing contestants for the night:
6. Kristy Lee Cook – “Anyway”
7. David Cook – “Innocent”
8. Carly Smithson – “The Show Must Go On”
After the 30+ million votes, Carly was so shocked that she’s still in the competition.
It was MJ who unexpectedly went home that night.
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