Final Five -- Glambert Shines, And Other People Sing

Posted by Professor Chan on April 28th, 2009 at 11:22 PM
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"Rat Pack" night threatened to put me to sleep and keep me there if not for the awesomeness of Adam and his wildly entertaining, 100 miles over the top performance of "Feeling Good." 

Jamie Foxx as an inexplicable vocal coach was helpful and amusing and he was willing to put up with Gokey's garlic and sardine breath.  Also, the show has a manageable 5 singers and is only an hour long.  So yay for the small things.

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Kris Allen -- "The Way You Look Tonight"

At least Kris is honest about his weak voice, apologizing to Jamie Foxx before he started singing.  Kris' can-do attitude is likable and part of the reason he's still on the show.  He sings the song well, if not exceptionally, but when you sing the standards you need a strong voice to carry the tune.  Kris sounded fine but the tempo was torturously slow leaving Kris' thin voice just hanging there.  His voice just doesn't have that oomph to impress.

GRADE: C -- Not bad, but boring.  Simon calls the performance "wet" but I think he meant Kara, who was trying to set a world's record in ass-kissing tonight.  She's trying so hard to please her critics and Idol Producers that she's going out of her way to heap praise on everyone's performances, no matter how bad they were.  Her ridiculously over-the-top praise made her seem like that drunk, disheveled girl with vomit on her breath and missing a shoe.  In other words "Desperation" personified, also known as Paula's Monday nights.
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Allison Iraheta -- "Someone to Watch Over Me"

Allison has better hair and a nice, non-slutty outfit tonight.  And her voice is big enough to carry the dirge-like arrangement of the song.  She sounded really good, with her raspiness and silly "h-pronunciations" put to good effect.  Of course she was over-emoting and over the top, but that's kind of called for on this show.  At least it showed she was giving maximum effort.

GRADE: B -- I originally thought Simon was full of crap when he said Allison might be in trouble, but after hearing the rest of the performances I see what he was talking about.  Allison is good, but does she have that breakthrough appeal needed to win the show?  She's almost there, but not quite Idol-worthy. 

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Matt Giraud -- "My Funny Valentine"

Matt either has balls of steel or a VFTW streak a mile wide if he wants to sing "My Funny Valentine" after Melinda Doolittle thoroughly ruled with this song last year.  Matt's version is predictably much worse.  Matt ignores all of Jamie Foxx' advice to just sing the damn song in his normal voice.  Instead Matt goes to the Piano Bar singer bag of tricks with falsetto, trills and melisma.  It's pretty bad. 

GRADE D -- Matt is already halfway home.  Paula said "I felt an emotional connection" but I think she was just referring to her quaaludes.

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Danny Gokey -- "Come Rain or Come Shine"

Naturally Gokey picks the absolute most boring song possible, like he does every week.  At least he just sings the damn song and he's not that bad... until the big finish where Gokey spazzes out and his vocal leaps sound like Bobcat Goldthwait at his twitchiest. 

GRADE: B -- During the judge's verbal Swedish Massage with Happy Ending some random haus-frau shouted out "Danny, have my babies."  Even Kara had to stop and say, "Damn, that bitch is pathetic."  What does that even mean?  Does Danny have the ability to give birth?  I'm confused and frankly disgusted. 
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Adam Lambert -- "Feeling Good"

And so for about two minutes the show got good.  Adam is so very theatrical that it's hysterically funny, and awesome.  He sings the only song worth hearing again.  He deservedly gets the pimp slot, the heroic arrangment and the dramatic lighting.  He sashays down the glowing stairs and owns the stage.  He gives an exceptional, smirking performance.  I loved his cockiness.  I loved his shiny pearl suit and I loved his pause to soak up the applause for his awesomeness after he finished the song.  Adam is so entertaining that he actually makes me look forward to Idol every week.

GRADE: A+ -- I love how Adam performs right after Gokey as he vocally blows him off the stage.  I had to go back and watch this one again.  How many times do you say that about any Idol performance?

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At least the show was mercifully short.  I believe everyone sings two songs next week, which means we get double the Glambert, but unfortunately twice as much boring from everyone else.

I declare that Idol Standards week be officially banned from now on.

--Chan

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oooh5615
Posted: April 29, 2009 - 1:00am
Joined: 08 Apr 2009

Glambert shines? Well, that's an overstatement. Unless what Prof. Chan really meant is that kind of VFTW shining. And, finally, someone's just explained me the meaning of the "wet" comment!

brimcg
Posted: April 29, 2009 - 1:17am
Joined: 21 Feb 2008

I thought Allison sang the only song where the I wasn't looking for the ghost of one of the Rat Pack members to appear onstage and punch someone in the face. As for Lame-bert, he made a wise choice...if he'd tried to "gay up" a Sinatra song, the mob woulda put a hit on him. I'm REALLY getting tired of him singing funeral dirges on Disco Nite, smutty-ing up a song on Standards Nite and getting praised for originality.

And...Jamie Foxx?!? There's a reason he was the last person we expected to mentor...Redd Foxx would have been a better mentor. He was a bigger suck-up than even Kara, and gave no advice at all. Oh wait, he did give Matt absolutely the worst advice to sing the song way below his normal range. Jamie knows Standards because he played Ray Charles?

I must admit I liked Danny's performance...until he started to clap for himself, and then I realized why I hate this guy. Major Dick move, Danny-boy.

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zbarms
Posted: April 29, 2009 - 3:40am
Joined: 07 Mar 2008

Jamie Foxxxxxx as the mentor, Didn't anyone tell him there is a 16 year old girl on the show? I wonder if any of his advice to her included making a sex tape or getting the clap.

As for the performances, Kris and Allison were good but boring as usual, Matt was awful but gets my support in the hopes that Gokey gets sent. Speaking of Gokey, I hated the burlesquey over the top arraingement. I thought the fat fuck was going to start stripping, and we know what a naked Gokey would do when the judges started unapologetically drooling over his performance. Glambert was good, but terribly predictable.

My fear is that people are going to grow tired of his schtick, except Kara she grows tired of no-one's schtick, and give this thing to Fat Bastard if he makes the finals.

Kris is going home this week though because he got the spot of death.

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zbarms
Posted: April 29, 2009 - 1:31am
Joined: 07 Mar 2008

Oh, and what's with the stupid heart thing??

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TheDancingCookie
Posted: April 29, 2009 - 2:41am
Joined: 11 Apr 2007

I'm tired of this bunch. Death to them all, I say. And bring me a fresh load of new talent!

Truthfully, I'm with Chan. I thought Adam was the only interesting thing tonight. I give him an A+ for waking this show up tonight. And his shrieking, which I am so bored of, was pulled in tonight.

That said, I actually didn't mind Goatkey tonight too so what do I know?

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commonsense07853
Posted: April 29, 2009 - 3:25am
Joined: 19 Feb 2009

Hokey Gokey ... the heart thing? ... It's the new Lens Crafter's ad campaign. Soooo .... already merchandising himself ... and I'm wondering why AI is letting him promote a company who is not a sponser .... or are they? ... or are they taking a cut of the take that Gokey is getting?

slambolt
Posted: April 29, 2009 - 4:29am
Joined: 04 Mar 2009

omg
im sooo glad i haVE tivo
i zipped right thru gokeyheads show after 1st note
his whole show almost made me puke
i hate him
and the yelling n clapping
hes a asshole
him n allison were worst
i told u you she wood start soft
then fukin yell
allison going home
i hope

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RaptorJesus69
Posted: April 29, 2009 - 4:35am
Joined: 22 Sep 2008

Danny is topping the list in Dialidol. asshole

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jungleboy6996
Posted: April 29, 2009 - 6:01am
Joined: 12 Mar 2009

.well said professor...

I find AI BORING ....the only relief is adam.

I found myself mocking randy,kara and to a lesser degree paula for all the ass kissing...dog this and dog that..dog you can really sing..and that constant gooing " fuck she is only "16" bullshit"..
woooo hold the phone allison is now 17?

Fuck bitch your just a repackaged jorbacca..sign your ass up for the next jonas bro tour.

Randy?? really ?? Allison is Pink with a vocal range??? really??
Pink sells based on what she looks like, how she acts and what her songs say.

Allison looks like she is ready to be the stand in for the clowns at a chuckycheese birthday party. Goofy assed jorbaccawannabe..

Allison couldn't even carry Pink's "jock"..er thong..

Jamie Fox..dude just because you played a few musicians in films doesn't make you this musical genius. Jamie actually looked like he got into paula's stash of the "goodstuff".
WTF was all that "getting up in your grill bullshit"???
I loved when adam didn't give a shit who Jamie Fox was...

really who the fuck is jamie fox..? the guy off of living color?...who starred in a few films tops..

Why should someone who sang on broadway like adam be impressed?

Kris is a one trick pony: the trick apparently being his looks?? ( I still don't see what people like about him??) He makes that monkeyface when he sings and has no real range)
My only saving grace about kris is the look on allison's face when she is sent home instead.
Allison actually thinks she will end up in the 3rd spot..hell this is reason alone for voting for kris.

Matt...dude you have the rat pack hat..you sing jazz..wft with the pitchyness?? why can't you appear cool instead of weirdo piano bar guy?
please go home now...
the only problem is we have to hear that "funny valentine " song again..

Allison..your cute..your 17..whatever..you sound like pink..yet you seem like the younger sister that is always trying to win the parent's affection/approval..
You can't win...simon's question was balls on accurate..do you actually believe you can win?

Goookey..whatever..just polish up his number 2 seat and let's get on with life..

Adam...pimping once again dude..simon said it all with that "the cow's gotta mooo" analogy..

dude is gay..dude is glam..dude is excellent..why stop.

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twonyx
Posted: April 29, 2009 - 5:40am
Joined: 25 Feb 2009

I think the woman that screamed "Danny have my baby" was the mother of the baby posted earlier this week. You know the one that stops crying when Danny sings. So, I guess she can't handle the kid anymore and wants to give him to Danny.

I can't stand A. Lame- bert. I turned down my volume when he sang. Allison and Kris are the only two worth voting for.