Comment by chip (Guest)

chip (Guest) — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:16:55 +0000

I always enjoy reading your comments about American Idol.

I think this week was very tough for the singers. Most of them have never spent time listening to Beatles songs so they picked what they knew last week and struggled this week.

In addition, you can tell many of the singers are "full of themselves" because they are getting attention.

A couple points...

Chikezie is a nice performer. I really liked what he did last night and last week. He shows a lot of creativity. So what if the harmonica was rough. He took a chance, made it fun, and won the night for me. He is "going for it" and it shows. I don't agree with you Kato or the AI judges. It was good.

Carly's "Blackbird" was bad. It just was not intimate. She should have sang a song like "Golden Slumbers".

Ramiele is so busy making friends and looking for support that she struggles finding material. She takes fun bouncy songs and drags them down through boring arrangements. She is so much better than this.

David Archuleta's "The Long and Winding Road" did not have conviction. In many ways it is not his fault. He is young and "green". He can't sing from experience and it shows. He was lucky to make it through last week. He went very safe this week. For a person who is suppose to be a front runner, he is so limited in song selection it may hurt his chances to win. (David can we have another slow song next week?)

Syesha's "Yesterday" did nothing for me. It was "capable" and did not have any creativity. "Going through the motions" would be how I would describe this week for her.

Kristi Lee is not creative at all. If she is going to try to be a country singer, someone will have to arrange her songs. She is a wet rag in her arrangements.

Michael needs to find Doors week or INXS week. He stumbled this week. The song was too complicated for the time. He needs to focus on simpler songs and delivery.

Brooke's song was wrong for her, too. I think the short week caught up to them. She definitely performed this week like she didn't know where to go from last week and the song to pick.

David Cook is ready for a recording contract. He is performing like he doesn't care if they vote him off because a band is ready to pick him up.

Jason Castro picked the wrong song. He is better than the song he picked and did not sell it very well.

Most of the time I think Simon is too hard on the contestants. This week I agree with most of the things he said.

American Idol 2008 Week 5: Top 11

Ken — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:55:02 +0000

It's the Beatles again... I guess tonight, we include Ringo and George.