For me, this is my favorite phase of Idol, because each contestant sings two songs a night from here on out. Tonight they’re singing a song from the year they were born as well as a current top 10 song. Which means they’re singing one song that I know and another song that I’ve never heard. Off we go.
Elliott Yamin –
“On Broadway” – A George Benson song seems like a pretty obvious choice for him – and I like that he tried to do a little something different with it. His vibrato got on my nerves a little bit…I think he spoiled me with last week’s performance.
“Home” – Nice. Eh. A little boring. But he’s good regardless. David and Simon made the exact same comment: “I’m not so sure I would sing a song that says, ‘I wanna go home’ at this stage in the competition.”
Paris Bennett –
“Kiss” – NO ONE should sing this song besides Prince. NO ONE. The end.
“Be Without You” – Her mouth was moving, but all I heard was blah blah blah blah. Apparently, according to the judges, she did a good job with the song, but it’s not my bag.
Chris Daughtry –
“Renegade” – David and I both loved this song when we were little. I loved it again tonight. His version of this song would actually be a great single now, and I thought his performance was really, really fun. LOVED the instruments dropping out at the end, too.
“I Dare You” – Please quit screaming at me. I didn’t do whatever it is that has made you so angry.
Katharine McPhee –
“Against All Odds” – Okay, only one of my most favoritest songs from the 80’s (which isn’t saying much, since I’m not a big fan of 80’s music in general). But I didn’t think Katharine sounded good on this song. Randy would say “pitchy.” David said, “cruise ship performance – wouldn’t have gotten her through auditions.” We didn’t like it very much.
“Black Horse and the Cherry Tree” – I hope I got that title right. I’ve never heard of it before. Very, very fun performance. She totally redeemed herself from that first song fiasco. She seemed much more comfortable – and now I want to hear the original version.
Taylor Hicks –
“Play That Funky Music, White Boy” – I like any performance where Taylor starts off saying, “Okay, y’all, get up!” BACK IN HIS ELEMENT, HE IS. I smiled the entire way through this song – and will immediately be searching out a clip on YouTube.
“Something” – Now y’all, this is dangerous territory, because Taylor is singing the Beatles, and I think I’ve made my feelings about the Beatles very clear. Honestly, I was bored.
Best of the night: Chris’ first song
Should go: Paris
Will go: Paris
What would I do without you? I was blogging away and totally lost track of time, and missed the first half of the show, which maybe wasn’t such a bad thing.
When I tuned in, I caught Simon telling Katharine it wasn’t her best performance. Bummer.
I did get to see Taylor (yaay!) and enjoyed it muchly.
Hate that I missed Chris’s first song, but I don’t feel bad for wasting cable when I left the room until Katharine’s 2nd turn. She done good, I thought.
I liked Taylor’s 2nd song as well.
Thanks for the recap!
Just one little OCD note. Taylor sang “Play That Funky Music” by Wild Cherry. And, I loved it. Simon can’t seem to get over his impression that Taylor reminds him of someone who’s grabbed the mic at a wedding reception, but I think that all harkens back to the fact that he never was on board with Taylor’s “vibe” from the get-go.
AND, Taylor gave a very moving rendition of “Something,” you Beatle-blasphemer.
Still loving Katharine.
Can’t help but think every week how wonderfully my Mandisa would be doing. :(
Duly noted, Daphne. I got so caught up in his performance that I got all mixed up.
I loved Katharine’s second song. Loved it.
And Mandisa – oh, how I do miss her.
Being an Idol addict I loved reading your recap of the show. My husband phoned from out of town and wanted to know the scoop. Wish I could have just sent him to your blog! Your comment on Chris – whatever youre mad about, I didnt do it – great! I love his voice, but like you wish he’d stop screaming. Thanks for the show summary. I’ll check here next week for more. :-)
Paris…will not go. I think it will be Taylor. To many white guys left. I think it will be Taylor of that other guy with the bad teeth.
Ok, the results show has ended, but I am tivoing it and waiting on Terry to come home and watch it. I will post that I think it could be Paris or Elliott going home. Great recap!
Robin – I think you have ESP. :-)
Totally agree…I’m watching it now!! Glad I found another Idol fan blogger…I vote on TiVo and I voted Paris will go this week.
Nice recap and rather accurate…right up till that whole beatles bored thing *EYES YOU* this is TAYLOR “sneaking a 30 year old song” into the hits of the week. I mean ..really lol.
I’ve been onboard with Taylor, Paris, Mandisa and Bucky (and Kelli but darn you can’t cheer for everyone) :) I was quite happy to see the backside (ahem pun intended) of Ace and cried when Mandisa bit the dust. Mind if I come back?