i love this week's american idol!!! kimberley locke up first. she was good, i mean GOOD... the last note was chilling, was amazing, was impressive... but still, it didn't blow me away, unlike her "band of gold". i guess that's why i don't get all high over her performances although she's a strong contestant. lack of an appealing personality that will earn her constant fan support. the closest she got was telling simon that he sucked. but then that offended some people too, though simon was the last person to get offended by that. another thing, she hasn't had one performance as good as "band of gold", so somehow she hasn't met my expectation of her (which happens to be set by herself, ironically). plenty of room for improvement, but i'm secretly hoping she won't be a threat to clay and ruben... don't mind her nevertheless... CLAY!!! i dunno why i would want to watch the whole show when i only want to watch him!... it was a brilliant performance, my goodness... it was a different kind of song, different kind of voice. but yet, it still preserved his personality and style. it sounded a little country in the beginning (just a WEE bit), his voice was controlled and sounded soothing. that kind that would be a perfect recording voice. now THAT'S versatility. some people were complaining about his voice being controlled, but i'm totally convinced they're just picking on him. if he controls it they don't like it, otherwise they'll be complaining that he sounds too 'broadway'. what's wrong with them? not my business though. i thought it was a perfect flawless performance. as i watch his performance week after week, i compare with the other contestants' performances, i realized one thing. on top of being the only one with RANGE, he's the only one with totally NO PITCH PROBLEMS. not even a hint, a trace of it. you migh be saying ruben has none too, but i did notice a little but of shakiness when he sings the lower parts of the songs. really, clay's the only one with no such problems. perfect. wan2 mei3. think trenyce was next. frankly.... i don't remember her performance. i remember it as being nice, pretty, no obvious pitch problems, fine... but i remember what simon said, and i'm really impressed by simon's comments. he's really very experienced at this sort of stuff. as he said that, i realized... yeah, i don't know how trenyce is like... she looks nice and sweet all the time, but not much of her actual personality is shown. as a celebrity that would be good, won't cause any trouble for herself. but as a contestant, i really think showing some of her own personality would be of advantage to her. i like her anyway. =) who's next? carmen or josh? nevermind who, both were bad. but josh won hands down. i was just saying pianoman was good, and now, BHAM! what kind of performance is this? let's talk about carmen first. it didn't sound good, it was painful to hear and the song sounded wrose than ever when she sang it. she's a very pretty girl, i like looking at her, but she doesn't look as good when she sing. of course she doesn't look as constipated as josh when she sings, but it still looks kinda weird. nevermind that, the singing was awful. ok. josh. what is he up to? wasn't that a song of special meaning to him? how can he screw it up that badly? like randy said, it was sharp the whole song. he didn't go out of tune, he was just on a totally different key! i already heard something weird when they showed the pre-performance clip when he was practising with the piano. it sounded like 2 different keys. was that on purpose? was it supposed to sound nice? it was really, really disgusting. josh and carmen -- they have more poor performances than strong ones, always so inconsistent. that's why i don't think the two of them belong to the final 6. which is also why i was super duper high and happy when both of tham nabbed the bottom 2. yeah! ruben tried a new kind of song. but sounded the same nevertheless. a bit like "baby i need your lovin". you know, a lot of OOOUUUUUUOOOOOOUuuuooooooooouuuuuuu throughout the song. a lot of background singing. mic looked really skinny. ok. ok. i still prefer his usual stlye though it wasn't very refreshing. but really, i wasn't impressed. maybe it's because he's alwasy so good consistent, so i'm expecting a lot from him. but i think as an individual he's among the best in the competition. he and clay are of the same standard-- HIGH UP there. ruben is consistently good, clay's is fluctuating a little about the same level (axis). the difference is, over the past 2 weeks, clay's standard is increasing at a tremendous rate. it's getting much much better, and there's still room for improvement. he seems to know what people are talking about him on the internet, and he IS listening to them. he's making the right changes, and the result, as you can see, is GREAT. ruben listened too, and ditched that 205 shirt. maybe nobody gave any constructive criticism (except simon) cos they couldn't find anything about him that they can pick on. well, i have my own views... anyway, i'm really glad carmen's out and josh was in the bottom 2. based on ALL the perfromances so far and the room for improvement, josh ought to go next. bye bye. posted by Yee 10:32 PM . . .
