Caramba!

Wow, not blogging for a week is weird.  Okay, so I need to catch up with my American Idol posts.

For last week’s performances – I ABSOLUTELY LOVED David Cook’s rendition of Billie Jean.  It was an amazing performance.  The arrangement was unique, and it really worked.  And he sang and performed well.  AMAZING.  Next favorite was David Archuleta’s, even if I don’t know the song I really liked it.  I kinda agree with Simon – the song actually reminded me of The Lion King – but for me, that’s not a bad thing at all.  Brooke White’s performance was good.  I agree with the judges though – if she stayed with the piano only it would have been awesome.   My bottom 3 were actually Ramiele Malubay, Chikezie, and Kristy Lee Cook.  However, I KNEW she wouldn’t be part of the bottom 3 – the song choice was perfect really, what with everything that’s happening to the US right now.  Still, for me, it’s all about the competition, from the start until this week.  One week with a clever song does not make her a top contestant.  She didn’t even sing the song well!

For the results – I wasn’t surprised with Chikezie and Syesha, but I was very surprised with Jason Castro.  At this point I really believe that the “fans” come into play already.  So it doesn’t matter if Chikezie sang well (but I do agree with Simon with his “cheesy” comment) and Syesha nailed the song – they’re really just not as likeable as the others.  I don’t see them having FANS. Which is why I was very surprised with Jason Castro – I thought he had a very strong following.  Syesha should learn from David Cook and David Archuleta – the short interviews before the performances are PART OF the competition.  Both Davids chose really cute pictures that make the audience love them even more.  David A in the video was adorable!  Syesha, and also Ramiele, chose pictures when they were growing up and a bit awkward, and these didn’t help them at all.  

So, we have our Top 9.  Next week SHOULD BE Kristy Lee Cook’s time to go home.  Please, America, it’s about time.  She’s the Haley of this year, no?