General Discussion of the Remaing 8

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Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Long live Queen: Idols couldn't butcher them
Well, that wasn't so bad, was it? After a rock-bottomed start from Bucky and Ace, I was generally entertained. (It sure helps that the songs don't last more than about 90 seconds.)

At least Kellie has a new career to fall back on if this singing gambit doesn't work out. Expect the poster to go on sale next week. The dominatrix outfit sparked a more fiery performance on Bohemian Rhapsody, and her votes should spike upward -- unless everyone was jolted by her dizzying reversion to type when listening to the judges. I'd cut her a break -- maybe she didn't quite hear Simon saying that "on paper" her Rhapsody shouldn't work, or understand his accent, but lord, that girl can sound dopey. Can I get a witless?

Paris carried off a similar look, but because she followed Kellie, she lost the shock value, even if she probably (as almost always) sang better (on The Show Must Go On). Hope that doesn't rebound on her, because she definitely does not deserve bottom-three status.

Nor does Chris, who made the best of the less-than-memorable Innuendo; nor Katharine, who did the same for the snoozefest ballad Who Wants to Live Forever; nor Taylor, who did exactly what I thought he'd do with Crazy Little Thing Called Love: sing it with rockabilly soul and dance like crazy.

I thought Elliott was borderline -- not bad, but not especially strong, either, and I was admittedly distracted by how silly Somebody to Love is as a song. Should save that one for Jefferson Airplane night.

But the fat-bottomed two have to be Ace, whose We Will Rock You should have been reported to the Better Business Bureau for false advertising, and Bucky, for whom I'm running out of synonyms for "lame." Maybe someone as flamboyant and unafraid to make a fool of out himself as Freddie Mercury was could get away with a song as ludicrous as Fat Bottomed Girls. But Bucky can't, and if justice prevails, Wednesday night he won't.

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Will Paris' show go on?
Sporting Tina Turner hair, black boots and fingerless gloves (mercy!), Paris probably would have been a sensation if Kellie hadn't beaten her to it. A few hesitant moments aside, she rocked dramatically enough, but I'm not sure she'll reverse her slide with this performance.

Posted at 08:58 PM/ET, April 11, 2006 in Paris Bennett | Permalink | Comments (29) | TrackBacks (0)
Taylor goes "Crazy"
I was expecting Crazy Little Thing Called Love to be fine, and it was. For dramatic dance moves, Taylor didn't equal Kellie but he sang with some fire, which he desperately needed to do after sleepwalking through John Denver-land last week. Goofy but fun.

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Elliott: Didn't "Love" it
After one striking (I almost said "spiking") performance (Kellie) and two well-performed if unspectacular turns (Chris, Katharine), I'm at least not feeling hopelessly depressed about the night. Elliott reminisces about his DJ days, which suggests a few "face for radio" jokes, but never mind. His version of Somebody to Love sounded wretched, but I'm not sure if it was his fault or just that the song is so ridiculous. Let's be charitable and say it's the latter. More judicial gushing, but it sounded all over the place to me.

Posted at 08:47 PM/ET, April 11, 2006 in Elliott Yamin | Permalink | Comments (25) | TrackBacks (0)
Katharine "Lives" on
We're just over halfway through, with Katharine singing Who Wants to Live Forever, and it occurs to me that if the price were watching shows like this for eternity, the choice would be easy. Even Kellie kind of blew her almost sparkling moment by immediately reverting to her batty personality responding to the judges.

Anyway, Katharine opting for the ballad was probably a good idea, even though as dramatic ballads go, this one gets pre