Peace Out
March 6th, 2008, 10:53 am · Post a Comment · posted by patrickdonohue
GUYS
For a square-jawed dude with a five o’clock shadow, Menard sure does have an awfully girly-sounding voice. This was a long time coming. I think he could have gone home last week but managed not to suck as bad as Robbie Carrico and the cruise boat performer Jason Yeager. Not the case this week, on a night of pretty alright performances Menard opened with a Wham! tune, not at all helping his image as a girly singer. It’s lights out for Luke.
This kid is too bizarre for words and I think America has tired of his 80s Valley girl attitude, on stage and off, and his performances haven’t been strong enough to justify keeping him around. I hope he and his emo kid haircut are sent packing this week. I simply don’t think I can handle another week of Noriega strutting around the stage like Mick Jagger.
WARM UP THE BUS
I officially declared war on the dreadlocked one after he squeaked his way through Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah this week. I acknowledge that it is a tough song choice but if you don’t have the voice to really nail it, don’t even think about it. His vocals don’t match that of David Archuleta, David Hernandez and maybe even Michael Johns and when interviewed, he is only slightly more coherent than Paula. If you don’t have the voice, you need the personality to win over voters and unfortunately, Castro has neither.
GIRLS
Kady Malloy is the worst performer on the show, far and away. She’s genuinely awful and deserved to go home last week. If she’s not gone after tonight, there’s a fair chance Simon will resort to accuse her of war crimes next week to get her sent home.
No charisma. No personality. No stage presence. The worst dresser on a show chock full of bad dressers. The judges gave her credit for Country-fying Journey’s Faithfully but I didn’t think she went far enough. Yes, there was a steel guitar that appeared at brief moments during of the song and yes, she sang with a slight accent for certain parts but it just wasn’t enough but it just wasn’t enough. Simon was right, as he often is (except for this week, did he really like Jason Castro’s Hallelujah and Amanda Overmyer’s Joan Jett cover?), Cook is forgettable and I hope to start forgetting she was even on the show after tonight.
WARM UP THE BUS
Another contestant who managed to not suck bad enough to get themselves sent home this week. She is, behind Kady Malloy, the least vocally talented performer still in the competition. She predictably did a Joan Jett song, which I contend was carried mostly by the back-up singers, and it was typical Overmyer. Lost of wailing and howling and very little actual singing. She deserves to go home ASAP, it just may not be this week.
