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AI Review
Did any of the rest of you catch Simon's question to Ryan after he introduced Simon's girlfriend Terri? "Where's Arthur?" What, is that Ryan's boyfriend?
Kim L.: The only thing I didn't like about her performance was her too tight, too short pants. Not good. She can definitely sing, though (if she can do opera, too, she can play me in the FB movie even though she's the wrong color).
Clay: Hooray hooray, his annoying facial and vocal mannerisms seemed somewhat diminished. He still as the problem of giving every song the same emotional reading, but he, too, can definitely sing, smoothly throughout his range. Did it sound to anyone else like Kim L. was singing backup?
Trenyce: You know, I was a big fan of hers after her initial semifinal performance, but I don't recognize that great singer in Trenyce's last few performances. It's like, as time has gone on, she's completely forgotten the basics of good vocal production. She doesn't support, she just opens her mouth wider and uses only part of her vocal cords. This is risky because she has much less control, evidenced by strained notes, pitch problems, and cracking. She needs to go to singing rehab. She wasn't the worst tonight though; that dubious distinction goes to . . .
Josh: I don't think he's ever sucked quite so hard. Not a single part of the song was solidly in tune, and the whole beginning section sounded boy-bandy in a very bad way (like, worse than O-Town). It was almost as if he was channeling one of his high school performances.
Carmen: Oh, her poor skin is looking worse and worse. She sounded better than she has in several weeks; she was right to pick a song with a little more range (of course, anything has more range than "Call Me"). Her last note was dreadful, with bad vowel placement, bad intonation and a scary ovine warble.
Ruben: He's ba-aack. Clay could take a few lessons from this guy in how to put appropriate emotion into a song. He was a little weaker at the end of the song, but overall just great. When he opens his arms wide, you just want to run into them (at least that's what my sister said).
Bottom three: Trenyce, Josh, Carmen. Of course Carmen should go home (she should have gone home weeks ago), but if last year's voting is any indication the audience pays more attention to performance trend than overall quality. Remember how Tamyra Gray was eliminated last year instead of Nikki McKibbin, because of one sub-par performance? Tamyra's overal quality was exponentially better than Nikki's, but Nikki was more consistent. I'm at a loss to read the audience's mind on this one. If anyone other than one of these three goes home, it will hit me almost as hard as Rickey's untimely departure.
I feel kind of bad for Carmen. In spite of her bravado when asked (what's she supposed so say? "I think I should go home"?!??), I think she knows she doesn't belong there, but there's nothing she can do about it. Bless her heart, she's working hard and trying to make the best of it, but I can't help but think she's secretly wishing to make it home in time for senior prom.
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