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The American Idol contestants failed to inspire love tonight with their Greatest Love Songs theme. Honestly most of them just don’t have the passion required to pull off a really great love song.

Ryan Seacrest first started off the night talking about the departure of Ace Young. He told the audience that they still have a couple of heartthrobs on the show – Randy Jackson and Simon Cowell. Then, as tonight was featuring Andrea Bocelli and David Foster, we had a clip of how totally awesome Andrea and David are. Andrea has released a new album called “Amore” featuring duets with Stevie Wonder and Christina Aquilera. David said that “if you can’t cut it in my studio, you’re gone” then gives some criticism to several of the contestants.

First up was Katharine McPhee, who chose to sing “I have Nothing” by Whitney Houston. Coincidentally, David Foster wrote the song. David said that Kat has a great future, while Andrea said her voice is powerful and clean. Andrea and Kat sang an opera duet together. I wasn’t overly impressed with the performance. It was okay, but she seems to struggle with the low notes. It lacked the goosebump factor that Whitney’s version had. Randy called the song too big for Kat, saying she didn’t come close to Whitney. Paula told her that last week was her zone, but this week she had pitch problems. Simon told Kat that by picking that song it’s like saying you’re as good as Whitney, but she’s not.

Elliott Yamin decided to perform “A Song for you” by Donny Hathaway, which he performed at his audition. The background singer tonight is Hathaway’s daughter. David said it is dangerous to perform a song like this, as it’s so stylized. David wanted to make a change, but Elliott wasn’t getting the change. Vocally it was good, but it just didn’t excite me. Randy didn’t like the arrangement, calling it confusing. Paula was moved to tears and thus virtually incoherent. Simon, snickering (probably at Paula), said something about Elliott being one of the best vocalists in the competition.

Ryan asked Kellie Pickler if she would be dedicating her song to anyone. Kellie thanked Ryan for reminding her that she doesn’t have a boyfriend. And of course we had to have the standard stupid comments, this one centering around the movie Ghost, as Kellie was performing “Unchained Melody.” Andrea said the song is beautiful and sweet, like her voice. David said it’s a great song, but if it’s sung without passion it can be boring. Boring is exactly what it was, she sang it with all the passion of a doorknob. Randy told her the only good thing was the high note. Paula told her she wasn’t raising the bar each week. Simon told her it deserved tears for a different reason. He felt like it was never going to finish, that she was like a robot, and was then cut off by the music playing. It seems that AI is running a bit late.

Paris Bennett sang “Memories.” Andrea thinks Paris has volume like he does. Honestly, her performance was good, but she just still doesn’t do it for me. I didn’t like it. Randy thought it was good, but wasn’t over the top about it. Paula told her that she’s born to sing, but she oversang it a bit. Simon thought it was old fashioned, but a good vocal.

Andrea called Taylor Hicks a good singer with a beautiful instrument. David was drawn into the way he sang. Taylor was so far better than the rest with his performance of “Just Once” but I missed a bit of something tonight. Randy thought it was the wrong song for him. Paula said it wasn’t her favorite. Simon told Taylor that he looked uptight, and the performance was something you could find in a hotel lounge.

Last up, again, was Chris Daughtry who chose to sing “Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman.” David said that Chris’ problem is that he sings from his throat, so he forced Chris to lay on the floor. That made Chris use his stomach finally. His performance was… yeah, don’t make me say it, k? Randy called it amazing. Paula repeated over and over again “Love you.” Simon quickly said that it was a good choice of song and a great performance.

 

Top Two (in order )
Chris  Daughtry
Taylor Hicks

Middle Two (in no particular order):
Elliott and Paris

Bottom Two (most definitely in order):
Kat
Kellie (who is far far far below Kat. Very far. Kellie would need a massive ladder to reach Kat.)

So, who goes home tomorrow? Well I can hold out hopes that Kellie will finally leave us and I can stop being angry every Wednesday night. But ultimately the bottom will be Elliott and Paris as they don’t connect as well. I’d bet on Elliott leaving.
Source: Curlio.com

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