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Last week, Megan Joy Caw Caw!-ed her way out of the competition, leaving just two girls and six guys left standing this week. Tonight they will be singing songs from the year they were born! That means hopefully lots of 80s goodness, and I really hope that this will be the last we will have to hear from Scott MacIntyre (dear VFTW: I understand what you’re doing and respect it, but I just don’t think I could handle Scott for one more episode!). Keep checking in with us as we will dish out our thoughts of tonight’s episode live as it happens!

Tonight we’re going to see lots of Idol contestants’ baby pictures, and first thing we see are little baby Randy, Kara, Paula, Simon, and even Ryan. My favorite was Simon, because I think he was holding a gun! Even a baby, he was a little bad@$$!

First up tonight is Danny Gokey, who as a child looked the same but had round glasses instead of square. He’s singing “Stand by Me”. He’s also the oldest contestant of the night. I actually don’t mind this.  Could I be going soft?  Randy:  “I didn’t love the arrangement, but I loved your vocals!” Kara: “You killed it!” Paula: “Wow, you have set the bar so high that everyone is going to have to run and catch up.” Simon: “The beginning was good, the middle was lazy, and the end was terrific.”

Kris Allen is next, and he looks much older for some reason…did he get a haircut?  He was born in 1985 and is singing “All She Wants to do is Dance”.  Hmm, I love his last few choices, but this isn’t my thing. Kara: “That felt like jazz-funk homework.”  Paula: “you’re one of the most likable contestants” Simon: “Likable, yes. But it was indulgent, boring, forgettable, and a stupid, stupid song choice.”  Randy: “I was listening to the instruments and the arrangement and lost you in the song.”

Next is Lil Rounds, singing “What’s Love Got to Do With it?” It’s very copycat to me, but there are definitely worse people she could be copying than Tina Turner!  Paula: “You should have created your own niche with this classic song, and it’s starting to become a beautiful karaoke rendition.” Simon: “Ghastly copycat performance, you’re not making the impact you should be making.”  Sidebar: Lil looks really good tonight!  Randy: “You’re not listening to us!” Kara: “You need to make that leap from a singer to an artist.”

Anoop is rocking an awesome 80s lime green and white striped sweater tonight. His song of choice is “True Colors”, and I’m hoping his rendition does his sweater justice! I know it’s his week to go, but I’m not ready to say goodbye just yet. There are worse people in the competition in my opinion (how about…everyone? Well, Kris and Allison can stay).  I really like his version…slow songs are his thang, dawg.  Randy: “Very nice vocal…I like that, dude!” Kara: “You controlled the song; you didn’t let it control you.” Paula: “Choice of song was flawless, and you showed your true colors; fantastic.”  Simon: “You’re like a singing yo-yo…one minute you’re down, the next you’re up.”

Following Anoop is Scott MacIntyre, who had childhood dreams of becoming a train conductor.  He’s singing “The Search is Over”, and he has a guitar instead of his usual piano.  Kara: “You had some good moments and off ones”. Paula: “I was confused when you pulled out the electric guitar instead of the acoustic guitar.” Scott’s reply: “That’s my punk side coming out!” Simon: “The song was atrocious, and the guitar wasn’t much better.”  Poor guy, I like him, but I really don’t want to hear him sing anymore.

Allison is the youngest contestant and the only person with a song from the 90s.  She’s singing “I Can’t Make You Love Me”.  Her outfit is still strange, but she rocks her vocals as usual!  Paula:  “I loved that you had some tenderness to this song that is so gut-wrenching.” Simon: “I thought this was very good, but we need to make you more likable.”  Randy: “You remind me so much of Kelly Clarkson!” Kara: “Let’s go make a record, man!”

Matt Giraud is singing “Part-Time Lover”. He was a really cute kid!  It sounds a little like Stevie Wonder, the original singer, but it’s good vocally. But he shouldn’t do any copycatting after last week!  Randy:  “Vocally, one of the best of the night!” Kara: Incredibly, unbelieveable!” Paula: “2 words: Standing O” Simon: “A million times better than last week”

One minute left in the show, and we’re on commercial break, and we still have Adam Lambert to get to! What will Fringe do?

Adam is singing “Mad World” by Tears for Fears.  I have a feeling he will do the Gary Jules version.  And he does!  It’s kind of pretty, one of my favorite songs ever, and he keeps the screaming to a minimum.  Simon lamented that they were out of time and he would be the only one talking, but he gave him a standing ovation! Might be the first ever for Simon.

Okay, here were my best and worst of the night:

Best:  Anoop, Allison, Matt, and Adam

Okay: Danny, Kris, Lil

Worst: Scott

What were your thoughts?

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