A review of last night's "American Idol"...
The Best Vocals of the Night:
Melinda Doolittle: Once again she set the bar. Melinda has been consistantly strong and professional throughout the competition. And her reaction to the audience's applause at the end of her song proved she's genuine as well.
Blake Lewis: I don't care what the judges thought...Blake's interpretation of "You Keep Me Hanging On" was stellar. He brought a classic Supremes song into the 21st Century. The boy proved he has the ear for hip, upbeat arrangements.
The Worst:
Send. Sanjaya. Home. Good God! As I listented to him hack through "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" I thought to myself he wouldn't have made it through the first audition had he sung that badly. Then Randy proved my point by saying he didn't know what to make of the performance and telling Sanjaya how bad it was.
Bottom line: Sanjaya is not Idol material. He can't sing, and if he isn't voted off tonight then the producers need to think long and hard about whether the voting is rigged by outside forces or whether they need to put the decision making in the judges hands.
Chris Richardson: I've never understood all the hoopla around Chris. Yeah, he's not a bad singer...well...until last night. "The Boss" was the wrong song for him and he could be in real danger of going home.
Chris Sligh and Brandon Rogers also sucked but should stay on another week because, in the end, Sanjaya needs to go the hell home.
The rest of the gang performed ok. As Randy kept saying, these weren't the best performances but they weren't the worst either.
Except for Sanjaya.
Have I mentioned that I think he should go home?
