Idol Tuesday

Martina McBride brings some country to Idol country. she's a little boring, and it looks like she doesn't like ANYTHING, but we'll see how our idols fare...

1. Phil - geez! beg much? he should have sung "Desperado", he's so desperado for a post-idol career (which begins tomorrow night, by the way). i worry for him tonight. i was wrong last week about him getting the boot, but i really feel it for tomorrow. the judge's comments were too good!

Song Choice: B+ (i'll give him the benefit of the doubt, since i don't know Mr. Kidman's music)
Performance: B+

2. Jordan - what a songbird!! great song choice, great performance, although i thought that it took a little too long to build up to the real juice...isn't this the song that pickler impressed the judges with at her audition? it's all i heard in the idol previews (THAT was an incorrect prediction)...anyways, kudos - jordan shows sparks, and i actually thought of that before realizing her last name was sparks.

Song Choice: A
Performance: A

3. Sanjaya - "well, everyone is talking about me already, blahblahblah..." uh-oh, sanjaya's drunken the kool-aid and really believes he can win this thing. in fact, he's stopped trying! great song choice, horrid performance!! the boy doesn't give two poops, it seems, because the vote is locked in...now exciting anymore! sanjaya has reached his saturation point!!

Song Choice: A+
Performance: poop

4. Lakisha - Underwood, YES!!!!!! wonderful wonderful choice. good thing, because Lakisha is slipping from people's radar. a pretty good performance, but i am always expecting to say "pretty great" and i can't. her voice is so thick and powerful, it swallows songs. hmm...i don't feel good this week.

Song Choice: A++
Performance: B

5. Chris R. - eh...what?!?!? bad song choice, Chris R. Chris put the flatts in Rascal Flatts. the song isn't bad, but i don't know it, and it has way too many different pieces for me to learn it and sing it back. and that's what you need for a memorable idol performance. did the violin mess up? is this the SECOND time an instrument failed on chris? he must poop in the band pit before tapings.

Song Choice: D
Performance: C

PS. Chris, DON'T FIGHT WITH SIMON!!! CHRIS, DON'T MENTION VIRGINIA TECH!!!!!!!!!! cheap cheap cheap. geez, chris is trying to scrape votes in the most desperado way. we have a new phil on our hands!!!!!

by the way, WHERE ARE THE DIXIE CHICKS?!?!!??! don't people know what songs to sing? i'm holding out for (please!) blake!

6. Melinda - nice hair! "Trouble is a woman" - finally, a brand new song...from 1999. it seems like she did what Simon wanted Lakisha to do with her song, infuse her own vocal style into the song. Melinda makes every song age like a fine wine. old old old, but solid.

Song Choice: A-
Performance: A

7. Blake - GREAT song choice - i was only familiar with The Corrs/Bono version. smart to cut to the chase right away (Jordan, learn how to cut a song from this guy). but i still don't see how people can't see that THIS GUY CAN'T SING. he is riding the strong, steady wave of amazing song choices, but he doesn't have the chops to hold it up. do not promote this guy to the top two. or do so, knowing that when they have to sing original material, that he is going to sink like a stone!!! when paula mentioned that blake was the "whole package", i think she was a little too focused on his "whole package".

Song: A++
Performance: B

Who's Out: PHIL, with CHRIS R. and SANJAYA in the bottom three.