Amanda - The song has 4 or 5 notes, and she missed ALL of them. Calling it speaking on pitch would be too kind. The other contestants would do well to learn from her stage performance and rationale for song selection, however. D+
Kristy Lee - A thousand times better than last week, bot that we're talking about a particularly high standard there. Next to Amanda, she's a great singer... compared to the ones coming after her, she was just "a'ight". Solid, but enough to save her? I'm not sure. B-
David A. - After last week's bomb, he rebounded well. Still has the "scared rabbit" look up there, and the tongue thing drives me nuts. But he sang the song really, really well, and the "tweens" love him. A-
Michael - The ASPCA called about that cat you strangled. And, while making Paula look even dumber than usual is fun, dude, if you can't hear, you can't sing. Use the monitor. Simon was right -- this was just a mess most of the way through. D
Brooke - Well, song selection and consistency is how she got up to #1 in my rankings, and she had none of that this time. She looked uncertain and it just came across as corny and amateurish, which is very surprising. Still, with most of the rest of the top tiers bombing, this won't hurt her too badly. C-
David C. - Solid, but not stellar. Good song for a concert, but I wouldn't want to rush out and buy the single. He didn't hurt himself with this one, but I don't think he helped himself much, either. B
Carly - Safe song choice, sang it very well. But I can't watch her and those demonic eyes. She is literally ugly while she sings, and it's a major distraction. B
Jason - Oddly enough, the French part was the only one he sang well. The rest of it was so corny as to come across as farce. His following will likely save him from this train wreck. F
Syesha - Performance of the night, and by a country mile. There may be a technical quibble or two with the singing, but she completely "sold" this performance and really looked and sounded like a true star. A
Chizeze - Stop picking obscure songs -- it's a good strategy once in a while, but the reason this one is obscure is because it wasn't one of Sir Paul's better efforts. Tried to recapture last week's magic, and failed to do so. Not as bad as some others, but he really needed to build some momentum. C-
Ramiele - Really, really not good. It was very corny and "cruise ship" quality. A couple of big notes ain't going to cut it. She should go back to ballads and deliver on them -- the problem isn't the tempo, it's the energy level she fails to put in. It's painful to watch good talent be wasted so. D-
Rankings for the night:
Overall Rankings after week #2:
Bottom 3: Ramiele, Kristy Lee, Chikeze
Who Should Go: Amanda
Who Will Go: Chikeze
They get a list to choose from each week. This week they got a different list than the first week of Beatles according to this interview.
American Idol 7: David Hernandez Elimination Interview - Hernandez was able to block out all the superfluous things from his mind. That includes all the male stripper story. He doesn't mention it specifically, but alludes to it. He's stayed away from TV and the internet and focused on his singing. He attributes his downfall this week to a poor song selection, at least in the judges' eyes. Next week, David was planning on singing “Yesterday” or at least that's what caught his eye on the new list.
Some of them have been having a real tough time singing in sync and in tune with the band that’s moved up to the second level 100 - 150 feet away.
The good news about that move, though, is that the vocals are no longer getting buried by the instruments on stage. We can actually hear the vocals now , , , , which is not good for some of the contestants.