Posted on 01/11/2010 5:59:29 PM PST by silent_jonny
DialIdol.com has only 2 gals scoring: Katie Stevens 25.36 and Crystal at 5.78
LOL!!
Okay, I’m going to bed. You will probably see this tomorrow. ;-)
Warm up by the fire :) 
LOL! That was our symbol for Ellen tonight :)
LMAO
My pleasure :) Good night
Night :)
Thanks!
LOL
Same here! I guess it is a Southern thing :)
They mostly sucked......
I completely agree. There's no reason for her to be there.
Ha! I saw it tonight--well it is almost tomorrow, 11:45pm here :)
Good night!
I can just see Ellen going to her hairdresser and saying, "cut my hair to highlight my gigantic ears and please charge me lots of money for it."
Tapatio, sorry for your loss.
Thanks for the Edward Gorey info, I never knew that. I hope someone asks Siobhan the signigicance of the tatoo. It's very unique. There must be a story behind it.
I'm so over the big stuff in the hair. What is this, 1979? Or 1958? Geez! And no more short leather! I thought Katelyn looked like a hooker, or on her way to the prom in 1999.
I also noticed the lack of divas, and no blues/jazz, a good thing imo. They may have gone a little too far in the Joni Mitchell direction, but I think talent will sort those girls out. Lilly will probably move in another direction to separate herself from Crystal.
My top fav is Crystal. You can't help but like her cause she doesn't care if you like her. Very talented, love the voice, love the style. Hope she has the will to see it through. Really like Didi, Lilly, Michelle has a beautiful voice but I voted for Janell cause I think she'll get better.
I think Lacey and Katelyn should go. Hayleigh should go for the outfit alone but she'll probably get the "how cute, and she's only sixteeeeen" vote.
I think when Ryan opened with "it's the girls year" and then half way through asked Michelle to explain that they only had one practice he was telling us not to be as hard on them as the judges were.
Ellen is going to have to be the comic relief, cause "I don't know if it was good but I liked it" is going to get real old.
Advantage to the guys, who have the chance to put tonight's criticism to use. But didn't this happen last year too, the first night was really bad?
That's all I got. Idol is so much fun. See you all tomorrow, same bat time, same bat channel ;)
Good catch on the tatt.
Yeah. A couple of them weren't as bad as the judges made them out to be, imo.
I agree with everything you wrote.
Ellen is going to have to be the comic relief, cause "I don't know if it was good but I liked it" is going to get real old.
And fast.
Sorry I am posting this so long after the show. I am taking classes on Tuesday nights this year and as a result have to watch the show after most everyone else. I have not looked at anyone else’s comments, so I am sure my ratings are probably far different from most.
I was not overly impressed tonight to be honest. It seemed to me that most of the girls mailed it in and played safe. There were some very talented singers, and some bright spots, but not a single “WOW” moment.
Enough rambling, on to the rankings and my excessive rambling there!:
1. Crystal Bowersox – Hand in my Pocket – First, Crystal is in a completely different league musically than any of the other female contestants. She is miles ahead in knowing who she his, performing, etc. However, as we have seen in the past, that can end up being a liability later in the season as she does not have a lot of room to grow, and historically the winner is someone who gets better and better each week. Now, this was not a blow your socks off performance by any means, but crystal showed that at least for now she is the best of the group.
2. Soibhan Magnus – Wicked Game – Soibhan really blew me away with this performance. She was already on my radar as a dark horse, but in my opinion she firmly stamped herself as one of the ones to watch tonight. Absolutely wonderful.
3. Michelle Delamore – Fallen – the surprise of the night for me. She has an extremely beautiful voice and the ability to use it. She is the complete package – looks, talent and charm. Michelle will be one to watch as the season progresses.
4. Katie Stevens – Feeling Good – A 17 year old sweetheart with a 30 year old voice. Was not totally blown away, but Katie has a lot of room to grow into that great voice. She is exactly the type that ends up going very far in the past. As she gets more and more comfortable I see her becoming a huge threat to win as the season progresses.
5. Katelyn Epperly – Oh Darling – Another pleasant surprise. I wasn’t sure what we would get from Katelyn. Wasn’t digging the look a whole lot, Kara was right on that, but vocally she was wonderful.
6. Lilly Scott – Fixing a Hole – She is this years ‘Unique’ performer. I can see Lilly fast becoming a Love her or Hate her contestant. I love her voice, but her quirkiness will keep her from advancing too far.
7. Didi Benami – The Way I Am – I really wanted to rate Didi higher. I absolutely love her voice, but I am sorry this song blew huge chunks of horribleness. Her performance was solid and I really dug her, but the song – oh god what a horrible song. Does anyone actually like this crap????
8. Haley Vaughn – I wanna Hold Your Hand – I loved the arrangement Haley did, I loved her bubbliness, but let’s be honest, she is a 16 yr old with a 16 year old voice. Best by far in a High School talent contest, but not ready for American Idol.
9. Lacy Brown – Landslide – this really tears me up to rate her this low. I thought parts of this performance were absolutely brilliant. Unfortunately there were a couple parts that were sheer torture, and as a result she is near the bottom this week.
10. Janell Wheeler – What About Love – Another one that had some great moments, but you could hear the nerves in her voice, and she never really brought in home. As a result she could be going home.
11. Paige Miles – All Right Now – this was just like the title, All Right. Not great, not horrible, but I am rating her here because she got the kiss of death at the end of the show, by the time the show was over I had already completely forgotten her performance. That does not bode well for Paige.
12. Ashley Rodriguez – Happy – this was just flat out bad. I found myself just wondering when the torture was going to end.
SHOULD GO HOME: Janell, Ashley
WILL GO HOME: Ashley. The second vote off will probably be Paige, but Janell, haley and Lacey all need to sweat it out.
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