The Top 10 girls were supposed to perform but with Crystal Bowersox having been rushed to the hospital, the guys were up. They didn't say what happened to Crystal but I'm guessing it was due to malnutrition from years of eating canned foods in her trailer park just caught up with her.
So, here's how the guys played out:
First up is Big Mike Lynche singing James Brown's "This Is A Man's World." I'm not a fan of the song but Mike got into it. He showed off his chops getting down and giving us some well need soul. Hell, I'll book this performance on Soul Train any day. He did a great job and showed that is not the next Ruben Studdard and can be his own artist. If he sings like this one more week, he's in the Top 12. It was a great way to kick off the show.
We then went for the high of Michael to the low of John Park who has gotta be the stunt double for John Cho in the Harold and Kumar movies. John doesn't have a terrible voice; he just doesn't know how to sing. He told us that English was his second language so he probably would have been better off singing a song in Korean. He sings a song by that dick, John Mayer, called "Gravity." It wasn't a good song choice for his voice. It wasn't good singing. You know the history of the Billboard charts how well Asians have done. Actually, after doing some research, I was wrong. Back in 2006 there was a girl named Adrienne Lau who debuted at #16 on the charts. Who knew. I never heard of her. Probably most have you haven't either. I don't believe John Park will be the 2nd to make the charts.
Next up was Casey James who continues to make Kara drool. She is making jokes of it but she stares at him with her "F**K ME" eyes. Anyway, I think Casey is going far and is one of better guys in the competition but he picked a song that so many other idols have sung in the past singing "I Don't Wanna Be" by Gavin DeGraw. It still is a great song choice for his voice but I know that Bo Bice, Chris Richardson, and Elliot Yamin each did this song and I'm sure others have as well that I can't even remember. Also, they need to so something with this Bucky Covington hair...put it in a ponytail or something. Anyway, despite all of that, this guy can sing. If you close your eyes, you can totally hear this guy on the radio. Plus, the fact that he's doing it with a guitar can make him a star. It surely doesn't hurt that girls love this guy. He has nothing to worry about this week for sure.
Then we get to see the always nervous Alex Lambert perform. The idol staff need to fix this guy's mullet or odd hair comb. He has no stage presence but if you close your eyes, he sort of sounds a bit like a young Rod Stewart. When I open my eyes, I can't stand it but with my eyes closed, the guy's voice is actually pretty good for parts of the song. He sings John Legend's "Everybody Knows" and I was pleasantly surprised. He definitely needs to work on his image and stage presence but he's someone that could get better each week. I just wish I didn't have to look at him. Maybe he could perform like the Unknown Comic and sing with a brown paper bag over his face.
Todrick Hall was next to take the stage. They showed Todrick as a kid dancing in "The Nutcracker." I hate the "Nutcracker." Todrick has this thing about taking a GIRL song and putting his own spin on it. Last week he changed up a Kelly Clarkson song. This week he went with a Tina Turner song called "What's Love Got To Do With It." When I hear this song, most guys can think of one thing - Tina's legs in the video. So, not sure if this was the right song choice for Todrick. He may have nice legs but I don't want to see them and thankfully, he didn't show them. Anyway, I did like the way he changed it up again but the judges think he's changing it up too much. Not sure whey they are so on this guy's back with changing up the songs. In the past, they'd praise any singer who could change up a song like this but for some reason they are not liking what he does. Todrick has a great voice. I hope he stays another week and takes their advice and just sings a song and not change it up at all. And make sure that the song is a GUY song. This way, he can show that he does have the voice to remain in this competition. I got your back Todrick.
Then came Jermaine Sellers, a Todrick twin. These guys are interchangeable except for the fact that Todrick can sing and Jermaine can not. Jermaine uses a steam mask before performing to loosen up his voice. Maybe he should try some other approach as this approach is surely not working. Jermaine sings Marvin Gaye's "What's Goin' On" which is such a Kereoke song. Who hasn't heard this in college a zillion times on an Open Mic Night. Come on Jermaine. You have millions of people watching and you destroy this song? His voice was all over the place and it was just off. He didn't put any emotion into the song and it was like he was just going through the motions. Hey Jermaine...what's going on? What's going on? Yeah, What's going on? Jermaine needs to go back to his church to do some praying as he's on the bubble this week.
Andrew Garcia is up next singing James Morrison's "You Give Me Something" and puts a bit of his own spin on the song. It wasn't my favorite Garcia performance but it was more than enough to keep him in this competition. He needs to pick a better song but he still sang the song great and has a unique voice. The judges keep on talking about how good his "Straight Up" was but he's not going to sing that song again. Let's get over the whole "Straight Up" thing and judge him based on what he did. And compared to most of the evening's contestants, he was still one of the better singers despite not being one of his better performances.
We then get to hear Aaron Kelly. He chooses another Kereoke song in the Temptations' "My Girl." I actually didn't agree with the judges saying he was better this week. I thought he was much better last week. He totally sounded like Kevin Covias this week and that's not that great. I still think he has that little girl vote, the same girls that make the pathetic Justin Bieber a star. So, Aaron Kelly could squeak by this week but he needs to get much better in next week's pivotal performance.
We then get Tim Urban who somehow survived over Tyler Grady last week. When I watch Tim Urban, all I see is Dirk Diggler. When I hear Tim Urban, all I think of is when the song is going to end or when I'm going to hit the fast forward button on the DVR. Ellen even said to Tim that he would be good on Glee. PLEASE...that better NEVER happen. The Glee singers could sing circles around this guy. Simon shockingly, actually liked Tim's performance thus shocking Tim after his rendition of "Come On, Get Higher" by Matt Nathanson. I surely didn't get it so maybe I need to get a Q-Tip and clean out the ear wax.
Finally, they saved Lee Dewyze for the end. Lee is a total dark horse as he got so little play in the auditions but for two straight weeks, he was one of the more dominant male singers. He went with Hinder's "Lips of an Angel" and it sounded like it could totally be on the radio right now. He needs a little work on the stage but as for his voice, he's this year's rocker and could battle it out later in the competition against Casey James. A great way to end the show.
So, based on the night, I'm going to say that Jermaine Sellers and John Park are going home.
Until tomorrow night, Birdman Out.
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