After intro’ing ‘the guys’ and giving the overall rundown of how things go…Paula looks pretty good..like the new hair color. Simon hasn’t changed his look in FIVE seasons of Idol….FIVE seasons..FIVE….ok, now that I have that out of my system….of course they are performing with Ricky Minor and the band…Ricky played on the Grammy’s most recently…oooh, a cheese montage to go to break….:)
Rudy Cardenas up first…”Come On and Take a Free Ride”….his notes seem on, he seems pretty excited, lots of energy…he’s an octave higher than he needs to be, nice long note and REALLY WHITE TEETH…..judges…Randy, any bar in America…Paula….ok, lets break this chick down a little…she’s great at the one word adjectives….fantastic, great, love ya..ok that was two words…Simon made a very valid point, that he will not be remembered and will be lost in the mix….he clearly shook out the butterflies being first and started off the show on a good note.
Brendan Rogers: He works as a voice coach, wedding singer and background singer for Christina Aguilera and Usher. His mother is a published songwriter…so he should be used to working in front of a crowd, perhaps more than any of the remaining guys left to perform tonight…. Well he’s playing to the camera..a little MJ..”Rock With You”…aaah, no shouts from the ‘Dogpound….pitchy used for the first time this year…Simon is actually making sense with what he is saying…saying Brendan is better than that…although, again butterflies, you gotta get them out with SAFE songs….something tells me we’re in for ten more of these….
Sundance…Not the Festival…Head up next...soul and blues in this guy…I’m intrigued…”Night in White Satin”….very pitchy…not a good choice for him…no smooth bluesy voice I wanted to hear….this may be his swan song….unfortunately he picked the wrong song, Simon quote: Dad at a Wedding…flat performance from Sundance..disappointing…we’ll see if he gets another chance…
Paul Kim…He’s a pool technician who enjoys gardening…he’s livin’ the dream…and he works barefoot…”Careless Whisper”..like the band arrangement..good vocals…oh and the wallet shot in his back pocket..looks pretty full….well, he was good but that one not could cost him….that was a YIKES moment…again, judges think its okay..pitchy..may be being too hard on him,,Simon: Put Your Shoes on next week..Ordinary…great word from Simon…no Wow’s from the first three…not that I’m expecting it in Week 1…
Chris Richardson…works in the restaurant biz, from a military family. “I Don’t Wanna Be”…first off, not a great song choice..but a SAFE choice…the most overplayed song in radio for 2006, and you can’t really make that one your own…is showing his personality, sounds like Justin Timberlake and Gavin DeGraw had a kid…great karaoke performance(kidding)…Judges…Randy says he made it work..Paula..great arrangement…Simon, liked Chris, voice sounded small…bad vocal…Chris has been the most lively of the night thus far…feels like the show has finally started after almost an hour….so far he’s the one to beat…
Nick Pedro…another interesting one…he made it to Hollywood last year and didn’t make the final cut so that’s why he’s familiar…some Richard Marx…slowing things down, on key..not a bad presentation, “Now and Forever”..nailed the high note…played to the camera very well, he’ll be back next week…judges..Randy was bored and pitched….uh, said it was pitchy. Paula, no emotion, flat..Simon, actually thought it was okay.
OK, the first six down, six to go…a Navy singer, a beat boxer and a shipping service supervisor…could make an interesting movie…..uh, NOT…
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