Because I’ve been transferring my one blog home to another, I didn’t have too much time for a full-blown recap of Ramiele’s elimination this week because of all the blogging problems I’ve been having. Also, in particular, because the only shocker was that KLC is still standing. Thanx, America. Or VFTW.
Just to briefly recap – the group number was performed as if these kids were drunk on moonshine, with no one giving a particularly pleasant-on-the-ears vocal during “9 To 5”:
Happily, Syesha’s fine if imperfect performance of “I Will Always Love You” garnered her enough votes to avoid a bottom 3 showing, as I incorrectly predicted it would. And that Brooke crash-landed there is testament that perhaps we are tiring of her goody-two whose act and her incoherent responses to the judges.
Dolly’s written some of the greatest songs in Country Western history. Unfortunately, she’s written a lot of crap too. This song, from her new CD “Backwoods Barbie” – her first “commercial” country CD in years – floats between both. What’s amazing to hear, though, is that she sounds exactly the same in 2008 as she did in 1978. I’d like to see Mariah achieve that hat trick:
And here are the results:
Too bad they couldn’t send two Idols home this week. That would have been tastier than a down-home tasty ol’ mayonnaise sandwich. Nest week we’re in for 4.5 hours of Idol – including the 2.5 hour 2nd annual Idol Gives Back Extravaganza. I think my head is going to explode.
