Matheny Treco– I liked him last year before he lost his voice; he sounds fine now, and he picked a cool song to sing… it’s death to go first, though, and while he had plenty of nice moments in the… Read More ›
Month: February 2013
Let’s hear it – the second ten ladies
Melinda Ademi- Melinda is part of a growing pack of teenaged girls who never knew a world without Idol in it; Thia Megia, Jessica Sanchez, Jett Hermano (coming later tonight), Allison Iraheta; these girls are all besties with each other,… Read More ›
Let’s hear it – the first ten fellas
Paul Jolley- He has one of the best voices in the competition, but he needs to sing something that uses it, rather than doing a boring song, then remembering to go high at the end. He really needs to stop… Read More ›
Lets hear it – the first ten ladies
AMERICAN IDOL Final 40, first ten women Jenny Beth- Cool song, great voice, pretty sloppy performance. Like a lot of these really young kids who haven’t been working with a vocal coach since she was three years old, she… Read More ›
Top 40 – the female side of the draw
I spent several enjoyable hours this afternoon, looking up video of these kids and letting Youtube take me places. I found someone I’d never heard of named Lucie Silvas (British artist, I love her voice and her style) doing a video… Read More ›
Top 40 – the male side of the draw
If last year’s pool of good black male singers was deep, this year’s pool is the Mariana’s frigging Trench. Over half of the remaining contestants can claim at least a little bit of African blood, and every one of them is… Read More ›
Ranking the ladies
Here are the ladies, ranked based on how I like their chances, with my own feeble attempts to explain what they sound like tossed in to keep them from sticking together: 40- Zoanette Johnson, 19: An air raid siren… Read More ›
Ranking the fellas
I ranked all the males that Idol aired during the audition rounds. Next to each contestant I took a shot at describing who they sound like, for reference. If you think you have better comps, let me know in the… Read More ›
San Antonio
Vincent Powell, 29: Chubby bald black returning contestant, first one up. Apparently he’s the one who was sleeping in Adam Brock’s colon last year. Phat Gokey thought it was a woman, but I’m pretty sure it was this guy. He… Read More ›
Oklahoma City
Karl Skinner, 26: He reminds of a lot of Casey Abrams. At 26 years old (Casey was 19 when he auditioned) he should have a better grasp on his manic energy, and hopefully his colon works better. He’s more sleeper… Read More ›
