CLAY!!! watched american idol yesterday, HIGH!!! it was billy joel night, but billy joel wasn't the guest judge, instead they got smokey robinson. well, he looks like... sorry but... i think he kinda looks like a red indian, you know that kind that we see in cartoons... anyway, they showed some clips of him when he was young. now i know... remember dozier said that corey looks "like a young and rising smokey robinson"? he sure does... anyway, the songs wre quite ok generally. i didn't really know billy joel's songs, but the tunes are apparently quite alright, not bad... kimberly caldwell was... quite ok... the song could be high, but she somehow didn't create that atmosphere, and she was a little off pitch at certain times. but it sounded quite ok on the whole, so i really don't understand why she got eliminated. ESPECIALLY when carmen was ultimate worst. carmen usually looked cute and pretty, and when she dances around on the stage, blah blah, it can cover her not-so-good voice and pitch problems, so i won't mind her staying on the competition. but, this week... she was awful. the song wasn't great in the first place, the dress was terrible on her, the makeup wasn't good, and her voice was a torture to the ears. PLUS, she was just standing there, stationary with the mic, and it just brought out th worst possible in her. my goodness... i have no idea how the people can betray the conscience and sense of hearing to vote for her. disgusting. well, bottom three anyway... trenyce sounded ok, song stunk (to me, first time round. maybe will sound better in time), not-nice performance. she just didn't shine. so i think it's justified for her to be in the bottom three. kimberley locke was good, looked great, good overall performance. josh sounded good to me for the first time in several weeks. i think i don't mind him when he sheds that pseudo-country voice. he's got a good voice in the first place, but it all screws up when he pretends to be country. not mentioning that he looks weird and distorted when he sings. but he doesn't stand there awkwardly at least. ok. ruuuuuben! as usual, he sounds good, he's got his own style (which is starting to bore me a lil, but no worry cos simon said that on my behalf. thanks simon!) and he got the best song. unfortunately i dunno why, he sounds pretty weird and unnatural when he ssang the lower parts of the song. he's smooth with the higher parts, but definitely should avoid the low parts... the performance was ok, though this time i didn't start swaying to his song like i usually do. so none of them blew me away. which brings me to... CLAY!~ hahaha... he really took my breath away. new clothes, new song, change in tempo was brilliant (credits to lighting) and he really can sing; he's got the range. i simply adore him. he is really the best to me... conclusion: ruben: best at creating atmosphere carmen: best at sounding worst, unless you like cute sheep josh: best without pseudo-country voice kim l: in her best state this time kim c: best at looking good trenyce: best figure, not necessrarily best dressing though clay: best range. he's the only one who REALLY does have range posted by Yee 12:41 AM . . .
