Real Kato Blog: Television: Idol Update, Week 2, Part 2

Ranking the second week's performances. Part 2: The Men.

So, I've developed a weighted scoring average system, to give everyone a running score. It's a three-week moving average, with current weeks weighted higher than older weeks. Hey, I'm an engineer; this is what we do.

Among the men, we're seeing the leaders distance themselves from the pack.

THE MEN:

Chris Daughtry: 10/10. Overall=10.0.
Wow again. He's a natural talent, an excellent performer, and this is a good song choice. He's done it again.

Taylor Hicks: 8/10. Overall=8.4.
I had him rated higher until I heard Chris and Elliott sing. It's a good performance; he's really dead-on. Oddly, none of the judges liked it. I'll bet they change their minds when they hear it back on tape.

Elliott Yamin: 9/10. Overall=6.6.
Wow, that's an amazing transformation from last week. It's a soulful song, and his voice is crystal-clear. It's a good performance, if just a little bit lounge-y.

Gedeon McKinney: 7/10. Overall=6.2.
A little pitchy, but a better song choice than last week; it's got some soul to it. Finishes well.

Bucky Covington: 5/10. Overall=5.4.
He sings on key, but it's a safe song, and still just a rednecky barroom performance. Simon says he sounds like the warm-up act. Boring; he needs work on stage presence and his look.

Ace Young: 4/10. Overall=5.2.
Ugh, this is a terrible song choice. It makes him seem even more pretty-boy and boy-band than he did before. Pitchy, nasal, just a mess. Good thing for him he's good-looking.

Will Makar: 4/10. Overall=4.0.
"Lady"? Terrible song. He's got good tone, but this is like something from a bad high-school musical.

David Radford: 4/10. Overall=3.6.
Another crooner song, or a self-parody of a crooner song. This is getting old fast. He does his thing well, but YAWN.

Sway Penala. 2/10. Overall=2.0.
Starts poorly; the song is pitchy and wobbly. He seems really nervous. And it's a bad song to boot. Why do people like him so much?

Kevin Covais: 2/10. Overall=1.6.
Oh yeah, he does look like "Chicken Little". He certainly ain't no Marvin Gaye, which is what he tried to sing tonight. That nasal, lispy, flat singing is going to sound worse on tape than it did live, and maybe the judges will stop heaping praise on him.

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Posted by Ken in: television

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Comment #1 from Ken (realkato)
2006 Mar 2 - 9:05 pm : #

Bottom 3: David, Sway, Kevin. David is the bottom, he's out. And Sway is the next one out. Kevin hangs on.

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