Melinda wore a Southern Girl tube top. Since this is the first Idol season without a single country singer in the coop, it makes you wonder why they bothered doing Country Night at all it just makes you miss Sundance Head, who could have given us a little version of I m the Only Hell My Mama Ever Raised, or maybe Antonella Barba could have sung Trisha Yearwood s Down On My Knees ? One thing s for sure: Nashville s next superstar?
Not in this crowd, since they couldn t hack country tunes any better than they handled the Miami Sound Machine songbook last week. Sanjaya, take the wheel!
Martina McBride was this week s guest coach; Ryan explained, There was really only one choice, for those of us at home wondering how many country stars said no before they got to Martina.
But hey who doesn t love Martina? The front-runners held their own: Jordin did a swell job with Martina s Broken Wings, while Melinda did fine with Trouble Is a Woman. Blake sounded suspiciously pseudo-Scandinavian on Ryan Adams When the Stars Go Blue, a hit for Tim McGraw, though I bet Blake was thinking of The Corrs version.
The judges hated Lakisha s version of Jesus, Take the Wheel, but maybe they were just miffed she didn t sing Before He Cheats instead it s not only Carrie Underwood s best hit, it s the best hit ANY Idol alum has scored, even including Kelly C s Since U Been Gone. Lakisha still sounded great, right?
Sanjaya, going his own way as usual, decided not to do a country song at all, since that would be too easy.
Instead, he sang the loathsome Something to Talk About, maybe the smarmiest, slimiest, most soul-crushingly awful soft-rock hit of the Nineties. Forget it, Sanji you can t make Simon love you if he won t. You can t make Simon s heart feel something it don t.
Ryan stepped in to cut off Simon s tirade, starting another one of their delectable bitch fests, though at least Simon didn t call Ryan sweetheart Ryan hates that! True to his high-school drama roots, Ryan said, Sometimes I think Simon hears different things because his head is so big. Right, Ryan!
And sometimes I think his head is so big because it is so full of dreams!
In fact, Sanjaya might have played his last magic trick, since he was terrible in a pretty down-to-earth way; this was run-of-the-mill terribleness compared to the epic terribleness we ve come to expect. But man, what was up with Chris?
He came on to sing a Rascall Flatts song and squealed like a pig. He defended himself to Simon with the instant-classic comeback, Nasally is a form of singing! It sure is, Chris.
Then he lurched into a desperate vote-scrounging plea to Virginia Tech, which might have sounded halfway sincere if he didn t save his best wishes until after he gave us his hissy-fit lecture in defense of the nasally community. Jesus, what a jerk. So is it Chris or Phil going home tonight?
Hard to tell. Phil did a much better job on Keith Urban s Where the Blacktop Ends, the kind of mainstream country ballad he should have been singing all along in fact, probably his best performance. But it wasn t the kind of thing anybody would remember an hour later, when the phone lines opened.
So I m guessing Chris s pinchable cheeks will get him the nod from the old-lady voters, and Phil will be going home. Unless tonight is the night that Sanjayamania hits a Bonnie-Raitt-shaped wall. You stink as a singer and have as much stage presence as an wet blanket laying there.
How are you NOT totally embarresed?
Get a grip people. American Idol has ZERO credibility in the music industry anyway.
Why not support someone with personality since thats what pop music is all about anyway.
Sanjaya can sing better than Spears Timberlake, and how many records have they sold?
If Sanjaya gets voted off, who in their right mind would keep watching the snore-fest?
Do the right thing America!
dear jordan,
you too are also a loser. and anyone who brings up the Vtech occurance as a means to draw himself votes is so low and petty they should have to be pissed on by a class of third graders after they chugged grape juice, and then pissed on my sanjaya himself.
I don t think its fair to call chris s prayer to those impacted by the shooting at virginia tech crocodile tears . He is from that area and college age and it is more than likely that he has many friends and aquaintenes from that area. Say what you will about his singing, whih isn t that bad at all.
But don t mock anyone who shows support for the people impacted by this.
And if america has half a lue they will send sanjaya home tonight. Most of the people I know that do vote for him don t even wath the show, they just find out his number and vote because a website tells them its cool.
I d like to see blake or jordan win. Sanjaya s repertoire is limited. I think he does well with light jazz and pop, but other genres throw him.
I don t think he should be cut tonight that honor should go to Chris for his crocodile tears about Virginia Tech but I would take it very amiss if Sanjaya won this competition instead of Melinda or Jordin. He simply does not have their talent.
That said, he seems like a very nice young man, and I wish him well in his career.
Sanjaya is awesome… There is this medocrity loving crowd that looks for the same same same ole crap. All they know is Prom night singing. You know the types.
You think.. Nina Simone would please these folks?
hell no.
Who gives a crap about Country Western anyway..
I’d rather take a nice dose of Bluegrass any day over the Nashville country crap.
I like sanjaya even more BECAUSE HE IS NOT COUNTRY.
I totally agree.
Sanjaya needs to stay for sure. I don t understand who will watch this show if he s gone.
The rest of the crowd is soooooo BORING .
yawn. Jordan is a pill. Melinda is sweet but dull.
Blake, Chris and Phil have no personality and neither does Lakisha.
KEEP THE FAITH SANJAYA! Looking forward to seeing you perform next week.
I think is time to get serious, like Simon said
That has Talent and pizzazz, like most of the other left in the competition.
Sanjaya is a great kid and has proven to take all the negatives well so fare, BUT..
Enough is enough to ridicule him by keeping him in this competition, is not fare to the other contestants that are voted out better then him week after week, he should quit on is own. (I thing he is in to all the future American Idol touring events anyway) … “So this is not going to go away soon thanks to all the Jackasses that keeps on voting him that have no class (by ridiculing him) or understanding of music and or talent For every crying Avril out there who makes love to the show every week (not the anti-Sanj crew) realize the more you swoon err vote for Sanjaya, the greater chance the show will die.
It won t return with Simon.
It will not return without him.
I am an AI fan from New Zealand. I have always watched AI, but this season is the best.
Reason?
His name is Sanjaya.
He might not be the best, but he is the only star.
Its surprising to see so many negative articles on a young man. Obviously he has a lot more class than a lot of journalists there. This is one of the only stories not focused on killing the kid.
Encourage and embrace your children America, dont crush them. He s not an embarrasment to your country, your the media on the other hand
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