4/17/07 Top Seven (?) Performance Show

Haven't started watching yet. Hockey. It's 9:15. Usually by now I'm getting antsy. Wanting to watch the contestants do their thing. It's country week and I am just sitting here knowing that I'm going to be totally underwhelmed.

I just got back from the store. I met my sister at Target and we each bought a copy of Bucky's CD. I would have bought her a copy too if she asked me to burn it. Need to get those sales up. I was happy she said she wanted to buy it. yay. There are no Buckys this season. And there certainly aren't any Chrisses ~how the heck do you spell plural Chris?~ or Carries or Bos (who are all, admittedly, probably better than my sweet Buckylove). Love the CD though. Good stuff.

Penguins are losing, btw. It's two to one in a MUST WIN game. Four minuts left to go. Can I just say that I love Sidney Crosby? I'm not really into hockey like I was way back when. (When? The late 80s and early 90s, I guess.) This kid is amazing. On the ice and off the ice. Amazing.

Martina McBride. Mmmmm. “Have to believe what you’re singing.” Preach it, Martina. Absolutely.

Phil “Where The Blacktop Ends” - I thought this was really good. Great song choice. Looks good in the all black too. I’m already thinking I underestimated them tonight. I can’t imagine anybody being better than that (for me). It should definitely save him. *rolls eyes at Simon*
Jordin “Broken Wing” - She looks gorgeous. That was great. Great. I’ve been hoping she could do something like this and earn the praise she gets. I’m still not a fan. She loses something with me. I don’t know where or what it is but it’s something important that I don‘t get.
Sanjaya “Something To Talk About” - oh the hair. Oh honey. *sigh* He’d have Simon sing “Shiny Happy People” to show his true personality. Heh. I like him. Say what you will. I don’t think this was the perfect song choice for him but I do get why he picked it.
Simon was too harsh. It was in no way as bad as “anything we see at the beginning” during the auditions. The kid CAN sing.
Lakisha “Jesus Take The Wheel” - Does she have a lisp? Gold boots? Carrie Underwood? Yeah. I’m not loving it. She should be singing this like Lakisha instead of trying to sing it straight out. She definitely has a voice though. Just not for anything I’d listen to. Yep. I agree with Randy too. Judges were right on with this one.
Chris “Mayberry” - the dude playing the violin isn’t real good, is he? Sounds like somebody sat on a cat. Okay. That? Was karaoke. Still liked it. Didn’t love it. But the musicians and the background singers are not doing him any favors. He didn’t connect. I agree with that. He’s likable though. Ew. Simon rolled his eyes when he gave the shout-out to VA Tech. Dude is from Virginia. Of course he’s going to have emotion there.
Melinda “Trouble Is A Woman” - I’m impressed. Yes, I already knew she could sing. But there were like a lot of words to remember in that song. Personality all over the place. Nice. Real nice. LOVE that Simon asked her to lose the surprise when he complimented her. Mmhmm. Yep. I’ll be the first to eat my words if she does win. I won’t vote for her and I won’t buy anything she sells, but… yep.
Blake “When The Stars Go Blue” - Tim MmmmcGraw. Hmmm. I’m not really loving this. There were a couple really wow good notes but they didn’t help his total disconnect from the song. Dead eyes tonight. “Right song”? huh? No. No, it wasn’t.

“Have to believe what you’re singing.” I wish these people would have listened to her.
I love that nobody wore cowboy hats or chaps.
If I were voting tonight, I’d vote for Phil.

Rankings:

Melinda
Phil (I’d buy a Phil does country album. Yes, I would. If he does go that route, he might just be the only one I‘ll support post-Idol.)
Jordin (if we were doing voice alone, I’d put her up top)
Chris
Blake
Lakisha
Sanjaya