American Idol 10 Top 11 Motown Week Performance Live (3-23-2011)
It’s Motown Week at American Idol season 10 2011, and the Top 11 are sure to be butchering–I mean wowing us–with some classics. Will any of my chosen picks for the Idols be validated? Let’s find out together. Check out the comments for the snarkiness you’ve come to know and love (because I know you really come here for me, not American Idol, hehe), and feel free to add your two cents as well!
Here are my Motown Week Idols Suggestion Picks so we can compare and contrast.
Performer: Casey Abrams
Song: “I Heard it Through the Grapevine”
Judges: Steven–”You’re the perfect entertainer.” J-Lo–”There is nobody else like you.” Randy–”You are a true original. You can only do you, and that you is great.
Vote: 1-866-IDOLS-01
Performer: Thia Megia
Song: “Heat Wave”
Judges: Steven–”I’m good with it.” J-Lo–”Now we’re scratching the surface a little bit! Dig even deeper.” Randy–”You can really sing, and I’m happy to see you do something different.”
Vote: 1-866-IDOLS-02
Performer: Jacob Lusk
Song: “You’re All I Need to Get By”
Judges: Steven–”You milked it and at the end it was beautiful.” J-Lo–”You made us beg for those notes. You moved me.” Randy–”The great Barry Gordy is saying Oh My God. You were like a true professional.”
Vote: 1-866-IDOLS-03
Performer: Lauren Alaina
Song: “You Keep Me Hanging On”
Judges: Steven–”You ripped that song another beauty mark.” J-Lo–”You look amazing tonight, and there was so much attitude with that song.” Randy–”You’ve got your swagger on high dude.”
Vote: 1-866-IDOLS-04
Performer: Stefano Langone
Song: “Hello”
Judges: Steven–”I agree. You ramped it up a little early but your voice is so beautiful.” J-Lo–”Open your eyes when you sing. Mean what you sing” (paraphrasing) Randy–”The only thing you’re missing is that connection.”
Vote: 1-866-IDOLS-05
Performer: Haley Reinhart
Song: “You Really Got a Hold on Me”
Judges: Steven–”That was beautiful! You don’t look a day over fabulous.” J-Lo–”You have the most soulful voice of anyone in the competition.” Randy–”The Haley that we love came back in the middle of the song.”
Vote: 1-866-IDOLS-06
Performer: Scotty McCreery
Song: “For Once in my Life”
Judges: Steven–”That was beautiful! You took a big chance but I loved it.” J-Lo–”This was a great version of this song. It wasn’t your strongest performance, but it was great.” Randy–”I love that you’re taking chances. You are the young lady killer.”
Vote: 1-866-IDOLS-07
Performer: Pia Toscano
Song: “All in Love is Fair”
Judges: Steven–”You are the closest star in this American Idol Universe.” J-Lo–”Again you kill us with another killer vocal. But I need you to start connecting more.” Randy–”I agree with Jennifer, but give me something other than another ballad.”
Vote: 1-866-IDOLS-08
Performer: Paul McDonald
Song: “Tracks of my Tears”
Judges: Steven–”Like Bob Dylan, or Willie Nelson. Your voice is that different.” J-Lo–”You’re the complete package, and all you need is a good producer.” Randy–”You took it to a Rod Stewart-y kind of place. But when you sing tender, Oh my God dude.”
Vote: 1-866-IDOLS-09
Performer: Naima Adedapo
Song: “Dancing in the Street”
Judges: Steven–”The whole package.” J-Lo–”It was my first goosebumps of the night.” Randy–”I’ve been a little rough on you the last couple of weeks. But the Real Naima showed up tonight.”
Vote: 1-866-IDOLS-10
Performer: James Durbin
Song: “Living for the City”
Judges: Steven–”You’re great and crazy. You nailed it.” Randy–”It started out a little interesting, but by the end you had your power.
Vote: 1-866-IDOLS-11
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117 responses so far ↓
1 Jebbica // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:01 pm
Hello everyone. Come out of hiding.
2 Bayou // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:05 pm
whew. almost didnt make it….
be easier to find!
3 Bayou // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:06 pm
soooooo excited for the motor city master blaster….
4 Jebbica // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:07 pm
Sorry? I don’t handle anything but being a smart@$$ on this site.
I link on FB, though.
I like Motown. I’m afraid of what’s going to happen tonight.
5 Casey Ja-a-a-a-m-e-s Judges Save // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:08 pm
Hello
6 Jebbica // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:08 pm
Ruh roh. Casey is first tonight.
7 Jebbica // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:09 pm
My picks for Casey were “Super Freak”, “War”, “Do You Love Me?”, or “Let’s Get it On”.
He’s doing “I Heard it Through the Grapevine”
8 Casey Ja-a-a-a-m-e-s Judges Save // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:09 pm
Where are the raisins?
9 Bayou // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:10 pm
love the suit, but dammit casey why didn’t you pick “War” by Edwin Starr? seriously.
10 Jebbica // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:11 pm
J-Lo looks like a 5-year-old did her makeup.
11 Jebbica // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:13 pm
That’s what I said! I have it stuck in my head so badly that I posted the chorus as my FB status and incited a political debate instead.
12 Bayou // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:16 pm
I would really like to hear that 25 miles song from Adventures in Babysitting. The one where she is racing home to get Brad and Sara and Daryl home before the parents discover their evening of totally plausible antics.
13 Jebbica // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:18 pm
Thia is singing “Heat Wave”…I picked “I’ll Be There” by Jackson 5 and “Heat Wave” for Naima b/c I thought she’d butcher.
And “I Heard it though the Grapevine” I picked for Stefano.
14 Jebbica // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:19 pm
Thia and Pia are soooooo boring.
15 Bayou // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:19 pm
say whatever you want about thia but those pipes on a 16 year old?
solid. but a little…..loungy?
16 Casey Ja-a-a-a-m-e-s Judges Save // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:20 pm
Anyone else tired of these motown songs?
17 Cait // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:20 pm
I still think Casey’s head is on a stick in that picture.
18 Brian D. Hawkins // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:22 pm
Great news everyone, I made it.
19 Bayou // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:22 pm
im pickin midnight train to georgia for lauren…
20 Casey Ja-a-a-a-m-e-s Judges Save // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:22 pm
Cait, I can see where that might be the case.
21 Brian D. Hawkins // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:23 pm
I predict Thia just sang her last song on Idol.
22 Cait // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:23 pm
*Liked, Brian’s Comment*
23 Bayou // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:24 pm
and Shotgun for stefano….
24 Jebbica // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:24 pm
You could be right
: FAIL.
25 Jebbica // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:25 pm
Midnight Train for Lauren–YES! Why didn’t I think of that?!
26 Jebbica // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:26 pm
Casey James and I are breaking up. Over Motown.
27 Casey Ja-a-a-a-m-e-s Judges Save // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:26 pm
– You mean win
28 Brian D. Hawkins // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:28 pm
I hope cry baby chokes up today. Just saying.
29 Jebbica // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:28 pm
Jacob is singing “You’re All I Need to Get By”. I picked “Tracks of my Tears”.
30 Bayou // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:28 pm
unsurprising that jacob chose a duet. his voice is so big he needs two parts in the song…
31 Bayou // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:30 pm
nice range control tonight…
32 Jebbica // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:30 pm
Good choice Jacob.
Hey, in other Idol news, my hubby Anoop has a new EP, called “Zero.0″ Has anyone heard it?
33 Casey Ja-a-a-a-m-e-s Judges Save // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:32 pm
Jacob was pretty good, maybe he should try some U2.
34 Jebbica // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:35 pm
Lauren is singing “You Keep Me Hanging On” over “Midnight Train to Georgia” or “She Works Hard for the Money”
I hope she keeps hanging on.
35 Bayou // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:35 pm
no, I picked a great song. dammit lauren, if you weren’t so white you would have known…
36 Jebbica // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:36 pm
She looks pretty.
37 Bayou // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:36 pm
still pretty good tho….
38 Casey Ja-a-a-a-m-e-s Judges Save // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:38 pm
I see Alannah Myles in Lauren future.
39 Casey Ja-a-a-a-m-e-s Judges Save // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:38 pm
Laurens’
40 Jebbica // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:40 pm
So far, so good tonight. But Naima hasn’t gone yet.
41 Jebbica // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:42 pm
I wish my boyfriend would propose to me via flash mob.
42 Bayou // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:44 pm
ack. no non on onnonoono.
43 Jebbica // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:45 pm
Stefano, realistically, should do the best this week. He’s the closest to Motown. I picked “I Heard it Through the Grapevine” or “Superstition”. He picked “Hello”.
And we’re getting stupid weather updates messing up the TV, so hopefully we get to hear it.
44 lizaio // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:45 pm
OK, so I have a raging migraine and was going to sit out tonight, but SINCE WHEN IS LIONEL RICHIE “MOTOWN?”
45 Casey Ja-a-a-a-m-e-s Judges Save // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:45 pm
Ack at Hello,or flash mob proposal?
46 Jebbica // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:46 pm
Stefano has had better weeks.
47 Casey Ja-a-a-a-m-e-s Judges Save // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:48 pm
He wasn’t very good, ” a very karaoke performance , dawg.”
48 Bayou // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:51 pm
one of these chicas really should do midnight train….
49 Bayou // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:53 pm
Jebs: ack! for choosing LIONEL RITCHIE.
Where’s Temptations, Four Tops, Smokey Robinson?
He should have done “Can’t Get Next To You” or “Tears of a Clown”
50 Bayou // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:54 pm
oh wait, what if scotty mac does midnight train?
that would be BADASS.
51 Brian D. Hawkins // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:55 pm
I think this show would be even better with Ozzy Osbourne as a judge. He’d actually make Steven Tyler look smart.
52 Jebbica // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:57 pm
I picked “Upside Down (Inside Out)” for Haley, because I thought it would be funny.
She chose “You Really Got A Hold On Me”
from earlier…”Hello” is Motown because that album was on Motown Records.
53 Bayou // Mar 23, 2011 at 8:58 pm
haley you are kinda cute, but I don’t think you get it. hasta la pasta to you and your uncomfortable shoes.
54 Brian D. Hawkins // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:00 pm
I hope Haley’s old enough for me to notice those legs.
55 Jebbica // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:01 pm
Scotty could do Midnight Train…that is a freaking hard song to sing. I always thought I knew that song so well until I tried to do it drunk for karaoke. Not so great without Gladys backing me up. :p
56 Bayou // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:02 pm
I’m calling “Superstitious” by Stevie Wonder for scotty mac…
in any case this will be epic…
epic masterpiece, or epic fail.
57 Sheryl // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:03 pm
ACK! I’m reading these songs & feel like vomiting. 5 billions songs have been written and these people have to sing the same garbage that has been overdone by Idol contestants for years.
58 Jebbica // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:06 pm
: yes, I know. But it hasn’t been a total massacre like I thought it would be.
that would indeed be funny.
59 Bayou // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:07 pm
Half points for artist premonition!!!!!!!!!
60 Jebbica // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:09 pm
Scotty–rapper-esque hand gestures, country voice, Motown song. It’s throwing me off.
61 Bayou // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:09 pm
it doesn’t matter if this kid doesn’t win the whole thing, he’s getting a record deal.
100% Team Scotty Mac.
62 Bayou // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:12 pm
oooooo is pia doin superstitious?
63 Jebbica // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:13 pm
I think both Scotty and Lauren will get country deals. I mean, Gokey got one, and he wasn’t even a country guy. Apparently it isn’t that hard.
64 Bayou // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:15 pm
part time lover?
65 Brian D. Hawkins // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:16 pm
I’d like to hear “You Never Met a ?? Quite Like Me”. Is Kid Rock Motown? Maybe Paul will sing it.
66 Jebbica // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:16 pm
So, judging from my suggestion list, it looks like I picked all the right songs, just the wrong people to sing them. I picked ”You Keep Me Hanging On” for Pia. She’s singing “All in Love is Fair”
67 Bayou // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:18 pm
my disappointment with yet ANOTHER ballad is contrasted with me being impressed with such a deep track. get it girl.
68 Jebbica // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:19 pm
Peepee Tosnooz-o.
69 Bayou // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:19 pm
I’m going to be furious if not one contestant does a Temptations song with Otis Williams in the audience. wtf.
70 Bayou // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:24 pm
slides the haterade down to Jebs….
71 Sheryl // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:26 pm
I agree with Brian…in fact they should have Kid Rock week!
72 Casey Ja-a-a-a-m-e-s Judges Save // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:28 pm
Scotty singing Kid Rock would be awesome.
73 Jebbica // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:29 pm
I picked “Three Times a Lady” for Paul. He picked “Tracks of my Tears”. I hate him now. He’s going to kill my song.
74 Brian D. Hawkins // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:32 pm
Oh no, Paul’s sounding a little weak today.
75 Jebbica // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:32 pm
Paul’s best performance. But, he should be arrested for MURDER.
76 lizaio // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:33 pm
i think that just because a song is technically on Motown Records, that it should still be “eh, no” on Motown night. There are, as Bayou pointed out, too many other iconic Motown songs.
77 Bayou // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:33 pm
Holy crapballs! That was Bradley Cooper’s best performance of the season.
Love that interpretation, and thank you for not oscillating around the stage like a drunken marionette. I know you wanted to.
78 Jebbica // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:36 pm
Hehe, I call him Bradley Cooper too.
And that’s why I think it was his best performance, because he didn’t dance. He might make decent-sounding albums. But I shudder to think about him on the Idol Tour.
79 Bayou // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:37 pm
you must have some intense memory attached to that song for you jebs, cuz that was pretty ok.
80 Casey Ja-a-a-a-m-e-s Judges Save // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:41 pm
I agree with Jeb, that was pretty horrible, but at least he wasn’t shucking and jiving.
81 Jebbica // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:43 pm
I just love it. Midnight Train too…two of my favorite songs ever.
Naima sounds better tonight than she has the past few weeks.
82 Brian D. Hawkins // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:43 pm
Naima sounds great.
83 Casey Ja-a-a-a-m-e-s Judges Save // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:43 pm
That ending was pretty cool.
84 Eric Gehler // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:43 pm
NaimisucksOrosa — what ever her name is has to go
85 Eric Gehler // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:45 pm
Race to 100 Casey
86 Casey Ja-a-a-a-m-e-s Judges Save // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:46 pm
@ Eric, maybe.
87 Jebbica // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:46 pm
Best week for Naima for sure.
Autistic Koala closing out the night.
Based on tonight so far, Thia or Paul should go home. No one has been totally horrible.
88 Bayou // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:47 pm
ONE chance left for a Temptations song (with Otis Williams in the audience)
89 Casey Ja-a-a-a-m-e-s Judges Save // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:49 pm
Naima, did well. Bayou, I am pulling for you.
90 Bayou // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:49 pm
yar mateys.
the bottom three be stefano, haley, and thia.
91 Jebbica // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:51 pm
If Durbin fails you we can join in chorus on this blog. Here, I’ll start a line.
I’ve got sunshine, on a cloudy day.
92 Casey Ja-a-a-a-m-e-s Judges Save // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:51 pm
I will wait, and see how james does, before I make any predictions.
93 Bayou // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:51 pm
Is this our generation Liz? One that does Motown week with NO Temptations song whatsoever? I am in so much pain right now…..
94 Bayou // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:52 pm
when its cold outsiiiidddde
95 Brian D. Hawkins // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:53 pm
I love Stevie Wonder.
96 Casey Ja-a-a-a-m-e-s Judges Save // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:53 pm
James doesn’t sound that bad.
97 Jebbica // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:53 pm
I’ve got the month of May
Durbin was okay. Same old same old.
98 Casey Ja-a-a-a-m-e-s Judges Save // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:54 pm
Stefano, Paul, and Pia.
99 Casey Ja-a-a-a-m-e-s Judges Save // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:55 pm
Are my guesses for bottom three.
100 Casey Ja-a-a-a-m-e-s Judges Save // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:55 pm
Maybe the save will be used this week.
101 Bayou // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:56 pm
I
102 Jebbica // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:56 pm
All together now:
IIIII GUESS…YOU’D SAY
What could make me feel this way?
103 Brian D. Hawkins // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:56 pm
I can’t believe James is going to win. You’d think Obama just took the stage with that applause. Sickening.
104 Bayou // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:56 pm
My Jebs
105 Casey Ja-a-a-a-m-e-s Judges Save // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:56 pm
Maybe more will be commenting next week.
106 Jebbica // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:57 pm
Stefano, Thia, and Paul. I’m voting for Stefano.
107 Bayou // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:57 pm
talkin bout myyyyyyyyyyy jebs
108 Jebbica // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:57 pm
Bayou, I love your interpretation. You made it your own.
109 Bayou // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:57 pm
my jebs. ooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhh
110 Jebbica // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:59 pm
Paul’s recap sounded better than I remember. Now that I’m over the shock of him doing that song, maybe it wasn’t so bad.
This was a good night overall.
111 Casey Ja-a-a-a-m-e-s Judges Save // Mar 23, 2011 at 9:59 pm
Scotty needs to sing Baton Rouge by New Grass Revival.
112 Bayou // Mar 23, 2011 at 10:00 pm
until next week then milady….
113 Idol-Mania-Eric // Mar 23, 2011 at 10:00 pm
bit Karaoke on the My Jebs Version – I’m just saying.. LOL
114 Brian D. Hawkins // Mar 23, 2011 at 10:02 pm
To vote for Paul McDonald call
115 Jebbica // Mar 23, 2011 at 10:04 pm
Hehe Brian. You know I’m not going to do that.
SAVE STEFANO! I don’t even know why I want him to stay…he bores me as much as Pia and Thia. I just like his voice. Paul is interesting, I hope he stays even though he sucks. Pia or Thia. Those two can goooooo.
116 Brian D. Hawkins // Mar 23, 2011 at 10:07 pm
I know Jebbica. I actually voted for Naima tonight but I can’t let anyone know that because my YouTube video of Paul has over ten thousand hits.
117 Jebbica // Mar 23, 2011 at 10:09 pm
That’s awesome! I hope you have Adsense on it!
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