Monchichi is actually very good at singing. If you guys closed your eyes, you’d hear a guy with incredible vocal control. You are all focused on his squinched-up “serious crooning” face, which is a mite phony for such a young dude. But he CAN sing. He is really good.
(I prefer David Cook, however.)
You addressed your comment to me, so I'll respond. However, painting with a broad brush, as you did, is never a good idea. I posted just last night that it isn't Archulett'a voice I have a problem with, but the fact that he sings every song exactly the same way.
Archuletta is 17 years old, but he sings like a bad Bing Crosby wannabe, for heaven's sake. Crosby was born 105 years ago and died 31 years ago. At the height of his career, Crosby was the #1 recording artist in the world. He was a great crooner and jazz singer. However, toward the end of his career, Crosby tried to remain current by singing the new music of the 1960's and he sounded horrible doing it. Why? Because his crooning style, developed in the 1920's and 30's, wasn't suited to 1960's pop and rock music.
Archuletta's 17, and yet he's making the identical mistake the 60-year-old Crosby made. As a result, Arculetta doesn't fit in any of today's commercially viable musical genres.
Give him a young, fun pop song, and he turns it into a syrupy ballad.
Give him a rock song and he turns it into a syrupy ballad.
Give him an R&B song and he turns it into a syrupy ballad.
Give him a beautiful ballad, and he turns it into a syrupy, over-the-top, lounge-lizard act.
Is Archuletta capable of anything else? Who knows. He sure hasn't shown us anything else throughout this entire competition. We've heard him sing every week for months, and he sounds EXACTLY the same every single time. Most of the time, he doesn't give even the slightest hint that he understands the emotional or lyrical point of the songs he chooses. All of his performances look and sound the same. Mechanical, phony, empty, dated.
Good for you, Yaelle.
I enjoy David A very, very much and I suspect many lurkers to this thread do, too.
David Cook is more interesting, IMO, but David A always makes me smile.
He does have vocal control, but he sucks wind when he breathes in. It annoys the crap out of me every single time. (Someone apparently got to him and made him stop licking his lips incessantly, at least.)
I prefer David C to David A, too.