Ok, got through the whole thread and you all were above average humorous tonight! I definitely had to LOL and repeat comments from here!
My take on tonight:
James - near perfect, with his performance and emotions. I know it was not fake. People with aspergers do wear their emotions close to their sleeves and cannot help it. I love him as an artist and a sweet person. He will win AI. He deserves to. He will also be a successful performer.
Jacob - great voice but too much emphasis on the high screeching. I don’t think Randy was fair to him - why should he stick to one style when they praise so me contestants for versatility? Jacob remains very hard to watch, and one wonders what inspired him to wail about how “love hurts.”
Scotty - an excellent night for him. He had fun and was natural bopping all over the stage in the first song. And “you were always on my mind” is such a beautiful, sad, song, and at only 17 he really seemed to feel it. I love that song and his version was better than Willie Nelson’s - to me. He is definitely the closest in talent to James and should be in the finale with him.
Lauren - loved her first song. She felt confident and she brought the power to the notes. She totally screwed up unchained melody. She cheated and made it easy and didn’t go for any of the high notes. I didn’t want to hear a 16 year old longing for anyone’s touch, and she didn’t seem to have her same confidence. Weak. I was sad she didn’t pick something else.
Haley - my prediction for going home. The first song was Meh, I don’t even remember it, except that Iovine made her sing it - oh yeah, the un recorded gaga song: if gaga liked it, she would have recorded it. But the absolute worst performance of the night was Randy’s “best of the night” — house of the rising sun by Haley. Ugh!!!!!! She first didn’t change the lyric to “many a poor girl,” which would have made more sense - instead of being involved with hookers, inhere version she could have been brought to moral ruin by being a hooker. Instead, she is dressed like a sexy girl but singing as a Boy? And the lyrics are deep and dark. Her life is a failure, a ruin — but Haley just keeps on smiling hugely. She is so very phony and she growled way too much. She is becoming a “performer” and never getting into her songs. Someone said a female Paul, and I agree - she may even share his dentist. She was less “connected” than Jacob and so she might go home before he does.
” My take on tonight”
Nice review Yaelle.
Agree on your assessments especially Haley. I try to find those a cappella moments to hear the true quality of the voice, and to me Haley really falls down there.
James , in contrast shines.
Scotty very good for his genre in those moments.
Still not varied enough in his selections to show overall artistry, but if he wins I’ll be better with that than the last several years results.
Final 3 : James, Scotty, Lauren
Lauren looks good, she's continuing to work out..drop the weight, tone her body. Good for her..I think that every pound she dropped, Jacob's packed on..