American Idol-The Cut to Eleven

It was brought to my attention that I have not been blogging as I should lately, and that has to do with the fact that I’ve had some personal things on my mind recently.  Despite that, I HAVE been keeping up with American Idol very diligently and have a few thoughts below.

The March 16th episode was overall a disappointment to me.  Even the really good performers didn’t stand out this week, and I’m thinking that may be because so many of them were fighting off colds.  Let’s hope that is resolved for this coming week.

There are a couple contestants that I really like because they have great voices, or unique voices namely Jacob Lusk and Paul MacDonald, but I have serious issues with both of them.  They are consistently off pitch!  I think in Jacob’s case his vibrato and excessive runs will eventually get him to the right note or pitch, but he is way off pitch quite often.  My other issue with Jacob is he could never be a pop star.  He wants to go the R&B route, but he can’t pull it off in my opinion, but gospel is another story.  He could really shine in that niche.  Paul’s pitch problems are covered up by his cool sounding voice, which I really like a lot.  It reminds me of a James Blunt in some ways, but he hast to get on pitch and stay there.  I think he could really be a star…he has the looks, and the uniqueness that can help him get there.

On to Scotty McCreery.  I think we can all agree he has an amazing sounding voice.  This week he stretched his range a bit which was a long time coming.  He needs to keep pushing that, and also push it with the music he selects.  Keep it country, but rock it out…maybe T-R-O-U-B-L-E by Travis Tritt.  Move around the stage and really get into it.  The number one thing he needs to do though is get rid of that annoying raised lip Elvis thing.  The grin and the cocked head when he sings is so distracting.

Thia Megia is very boring and cookie cutter.  Whenever I see her and think about the fact that she was also on America’s Got Talent, I have to wonder if she wants this, or her parents want this for her.  Like one of those child beauty pageant kids.  She is so stiff and boring, I can’t think she REALLY has the desire to be a star.  Contrast that with Lauren Alaina who has a great voice, but who also is also dripping with personality.  She WANTS to be a star.  It is in her blood and I really think she can be, whether she wins American Idol or not.  She is goofy, to the point where it is a bit annoying, but she is 15 and acts it so you can’t really blame her.  I Really hope she goes a long way in this competition.

Those are my comments for this posts.  Yeah, there were some great performances and some bad ones too, but these were the big thoughts that I had in my head regarding this week.  Let’s hope for a better showing next week!