The Top 7 finally had the chance to do songs from the last three years, which you would think would give zero excuse for the Idol hopefuls to actually pick a good song! Unfortunately, it looks like some of them didn’t get the memo… especially Hollie Cavanagh!
The American Idol hopefuls had this entire decade to pick some awesome and epic songs, but out of so many monster hits like Lady Gaga‘s “You And I” how were Kellie Pickler‘s “You Don’t Know How Much I Loved You” and Jazmine Sullivan‘s “Stuttering” some of the options? Regardless, some of the bad song choices led to good performances!
Skylar Laine: Skylar performed “You Don’t Know How Much I Loved You” by Kellie Pickler. While she made waves last week, she was given the dreaded opening spot of the show — which is never a good sign. But for a song that not even Kellie Pickler knows, she did it justice. That said, it was easily Skylar’s best performance of the entire season. The judges agreed and it looks like we have a serious threat on the American Idol stage that may have the potential to be one of the final two. Even with all of that, I think she’ll be in the bottom three – but if she continues to stay in the zone, she’ll be safe for a few more weeks!
Colton Dixon: Colton performed, “Love The Way You Lie” by Skylar Grey. The one to beat is Colton Dixon and tonight he did pretty damn good job. People remember this song with what Eminem and Rihanna did with it. Colton made it his own (he still should have picked a better song), but he is miles away from going home. He should be in the final two for sure. No questions asked!
Jessica Sanchez: Jessica performed, “Stuttering” by Jazmine Sullivan. You’re telling me out of the last few years this is the only song she could have picked? Seriously? I know I have gotten some heat from Jessica’s fans — but try to explain to me this song choice! It was just an awful song selection. She’s 16, why not do a song people have heard of and Jessica can have fun with? First three songs of the night have been terrible picks and performed drastically different. Her voice stuck out and was very good, but the song is boring and by the end of the performance, I was waiting for it to end. The judges loved it and said it was probably one of her better performances to date. I agree with Jennifer Lopez that she should mix it up and give us something different. If not she’ll end up the next Pia Toscano, voted off and forgotten forever.
Joshua Ledet: Joshua performed “Runaway Baby” by Bruno Mars. This wasn’t one of Bruno’s biggest hits, but a decent song, nonetheless. This didn’t show off Joshua’s voice, but it was nice to see something different from him. I think that he’ll be safe, but will find himself in the bottom three. The judges loved it and love Joshua. However, the real question might be what’s the deal with his relationship with his Dad? That was a very awkward moment toward the end of his performance. He should be commended for trying something different. Not the best and not the worst.
Hollie Cavanagh: Hollie performed “Perfect” by P!nk. Well, we found the person who will be in the bottom three and probably will go home. She never told the story that the song actually is meant to deliver. She just sang the song and didn’t tell the story. And then when the judges told her she was beautiful, you just knew it was over. If Hollie survives this week, it will be a miracle. It just wasn’t Idol material.
Phillip Phillips: Phillip performed “Give A Little More” by Maroon 5 and did the same thing he does every single week. It continues to work for him and he is in no way in trouble. He performed way better than last week, but here we go again with a song that nobody really knows at all. And then — in the biggest surprise of the night, that the judges were not wowed at all. I can’t believe it; the judges who don’t judge actually judged something correctly and possibly made Phillip do something completely different next week. Even the front runners need a reality check. And Phillip may have finally gotten his wake-up call.
Elise Testone: Elise performed “You And I” by Lady Gaga. Elise is obviously a favorite with the show’s producers and judges, who are basically having to do anything to keep her on the show. Her performance wasn’t bad but should have never seen the last spot of the night. It just wasn’t strong enough. It wasn’t a highlight of the night at all. She should be thankful that Hollie was so bad. However, if anything happens, it’s obvious the judges will save her — even if America votes her out.
So Hollywoodlifers, who will be in the bottom three and will this be the week that the judges use their save? Sound off below!
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Posted at 2:03 PM on April 12, 2012
russ, i think you’re way off base this week. and, you’re insane if you think that colton can win this thing or even be in the final 2. it ain’t happenin. period. you need to come to grips with that! (tho, i am joyfully anticipating your write-up from the day after he is cut!) do you have any idea who the ai voters are? they picked SCOTTY MCREARY last season… they picked some kid i cannot even remember- oh yah, kris allen (?) over adam lambert. i mean, c’mon! they aren’t going to be into some skinny legged mullett/mohawked indie trailer trash rocker… wake up! personally, i didn’t enjoy his performance at all last night. very meh to me. song didn’t speak to me, and his look hurts my eyes. also, the thing he does with his voice, wish i knew the terminology, where it sort of cracks switching from low to high— he does it too much. it’s too forced and gimmicky and comes across as such. not saying he’s bad, but for those of us not into his style, he is the one we fast forward through- NOT JESSICA SANCHEZ! so, re jessica— yes, they have to pick a song the audience knows, but they also have to pick a song they think speaks to who they are as an artist. if she doesn’t see herself as lady gaga, that’s okay! jessica is interesting and can take a song that nobody knows, and make us want to hear it— although apparently you disagree. i actually liked it, liked her connection to it, and didn’t got what you got from jennifer’s comments (tho i’ve misunderstood steven’s heejun comments before, so maybe i am wrong here, too!). what i got from jennifer is that jessica is a phenom, and to win this thing she needs to keep her climb going upward and take the audience on an emotional journey. not that she’s not doing it already, but that she needs to keep going up the mountain. i didn’t take it as a “you’re boring the audience” kind of thing- as was the case with philip. i think philip and hollie should be the next two to go, and i think elise will be right with them. i like elise, but i don’t think she’s american idol winner material… didn’t like her song choice at all, and didn’t like her performance or outfit. very karaoke to me, and didn’t seem to scream elise to me. she needs to put a joplin old school rock element into all she does, or else she’s a big yawner. looking at MY final four, skylar, jessica, joshua, and colton— maybe i shouldn’t count colton so far out. b/c i don’t think the audience is going to be as in to joshua as the judges are… and i don’t know if jessica has the audience either. i think she’s so damn good that she’s getting votes in spite of the fact that she’s not really someone the tweens are going to vote for… does she have the latin vote? is there a hip-hop vote, and if so, does she have it? i don’t know. in my mind, ai will be yawn if jessica doesn’t go all the way to the end. she’s the only one who is INTERESTING. i like skylar b/c i like country and she is a good performer, but it’s not all that unique… joshua, love his voice, but his performances always leave me a touch wanting. i would like to see genuine emotion from him- and i think we only got a glimpse of it, once.