The stars were Melinda Doolittle, with her version of Peggy Lee's "I'm a Woman" (also done by Maria Muldaur), LaKisha Jones, with her version of Whitney's "I Have Nothing (If I Don't Have You) and Jordin Sparks, doing Pat Benatar's "Heartbreaker" surprisingly well. These three are definitely safe, with Sparks posting another huge leap for the third straight week. She's young, and the more comfortable she gets the more dangerous she becomes.
The next tier would be solely occupied by Stephanie Edwards, doing Chaka Khan's "Sweet Thing". Her nerves showed and her voice cracked a couple times, but on her best day she couldn't match the original, a problem that chronically plaques Idol contestants in their song choice.
The rest of the group is a pile-up. Antonella Barba did okay, performing Corinne Bailey Rae's contemporary hit "Put Your Records On", but Simon brilliantly disarmed her by complimenting her handling of the media pressures on her. There go the pity votes, and there might go Antonella.
Gina Glocksen screamed Evanescence's "Call Me When You're Sober", which is comical because Gina possesses the "not quite" level of attractiveness that attracts a lot of calls at 1a, but not a lot at 6p. I am somewhat biased, because I hate Evanescence, but I could see enough Goth teenagers floating her into the Top 12.
The last two are the most endangered, in my view, because they are completely forgettable. I can't imagine anyone grabbed their phone and frantically dialed for Haley Scarnato or Sabrina Sloan. Scarnato limped through one of Faith Hill's worst songs, "If My Heart Had Wings". Sloan did En Vogue's "Don't Let Go (Love)", which was popular around 1998, the last time En Vogue was on anyone's radar.
The official prediction for the women: Scarnato and Sloan will be singing swan songs tomorrow night.
March 7, 2007
American Idol Women's Recap
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Antonella and Haley are done. The top 4 in the whole thing are Gina, Jordan, Lakisha, and Melinda.
Every time I hear "Heartbreaker" I think of the Seinfeld episode when Steinbrenner can't remember the words.
STEINBRENNER: Um, I'm stuck on this song yesterday. I can't seem to get it out of my head. I don't know the name of that. "She's a heart breaker, love taker . . ..Oh. Oh" . . .very catchy.
Gina Glockenspiel? I can't stand to look at her OR hear her. That can't bode well for a competition that has 11 weeks remaining, some of which will force her to sing songs she doesn't know or like.
DialIdol has Stephanie Edwards in last by a significant margin. That's surprising for this week, despite her struggles, but not unexpected. She has the unfortunate position of being the third-best in her genre. LaKisha and Melinda killed, and DialIdol has them in front by miles. How many power-song R&B; fans are out there who voted for Stephanie too?
Gina's got a power voice though. I think Jordan, Lakisha, and Melinda are in the majors, Gina is in AAA, the rest of the girls and Chris Sligh range from A-AA, and the other seven guys are playing SALLY ball.
Also, the "jambalaya" thing that pops up EVERYTIME I open the blog makes me want to put my fist through the screen.
Gina's an awful screamer and I hate her. Unfortunately, we'll see at least another week of her.
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