Simon Cowell cannot predict who will win “American Idol”, this year’s show has come down to a choice between a “brilliant entertainer” and a “great singer.”
Jordin Sparks, a bubbly 17-year-old with huge voice, and spiky-haired Blake Lewis, 25, who puts a modern twist on classic songs, will square off in the two-part finale on Tuesday 5-22-07 and Wednesday 5-23-07.
“I can’t call it at this stage,” Cowell told reporters on a conference call. “For Blake, he’s a brilliant entertainer, but the negative is he’s not a fantastic singer. The advantage for Jordin is she is a great singer and the negative is she hasn’t done one performance yet which I can remember as a ‘wow.’”
Cowell said he was amused by the long “Idol” run of Sanjaya Malakar, a contestant known for extreme hairstyles and mediocre singing.
“The whole Sanjaya thing was hysterical,” said Cowell, who once threatened to quit if Malakar won. “I don’t think I’d be happy if he was in the final, but looking back I think it was quite amusing.”
Cowell said it was “unfair” that contestant Melinda Doolittle was eliminated from the show this week.
“When you allow the public to choose, you’ve got to live and die by the vote,” Cowell said.
Sparks and Lewis will perform three songs each: One provided through a separate “Idol” songwriting competition, one of their own choosing, and one that they performed on the show earlier.
Neither singer would give a hint of those choices or what the “Idol” song might sound like.
Sparks and Lewis praised each other, and vowed that losing wouldn’t be horrible.
“I really do want to win,” Sparks said. “At the same time, if I don’t it’s not going to be the end of the world and it’s not going to be ‘Oh my gosh, I’m never going to sing again.’”
Lewis said a vote for him is for “people out there who like to use their imagination and be creative every day to promote positivity.
“I won when I got into the top 10,” he said later. “I’ve already reached my goal, regardless whether I win or lose, I’m a winner already.”
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1 sara // May 23, 2007 at 10:50 am
thts my BLAKE!!!! ALWAYS thinking POSITIVE!!!!! U GO BABY! HOPE U WIN!!!! I LOVE U BLAKE!!!!!!!!!!!! I CNT WAIT 2 SEE U AT THE AI TOUR!!!!! LOTS OF HUGS AND KISSESSSSS!!!!!
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