Idol Thots 18Mar09

Wow. here i was expecting a lot of cheese and trainwrecks and it turned out to be a pretty good show.

Let me get this out of the way to start with - judges, please talk to the contestants! this bickering isn't getting it for me. wasting time, nothing helpful - stop it. and contestants, limit the talk back. the judges are professionals who are offering you pointers and tips - listen. it only makes you look bad when you argue back.

ok, on with the show.

i figured Michael would do well with a country theme and he didn't let me down. not a lot of variety or places to go with the melody with that song, but he got all the 10 million words in. he did seem a bit over-focused on getting them all in. all in all a good but not overly-memorable performance.

Allison rocks! when you close your eyes, she does not sound 16 at all. she also is so comfortable on the stage and is getting better in the interviews. Solid performance.

i wasn't so sure when Kris started how this was going to go, but he nailed a pure, tender performance. there wasn't anything really grabbing but he did get big praise from Simon.

Lil let me down. i'm a Lil fan, but this was pretty average. she was pitchy and didn't do anything different with the song. she seemed uncomfortable and i was bored.

Adam. i had to go run an errand and missed this one. but when i got home, both my younger daughters said just one word - "Weird" - and it was. i watched it back and thought his vocals were on but the whole Cash rocks the Casbah in a steamy moan-fest is going to be pretty polarizing for average America. love it or hate it, it was memorable.

Scott was boring. his vocals were cracking a bit throughout. the arrangement was pretty good, but it was pretty much plain toast and lukewarm milk to me.

i'm an Alexis fan, but this wasn't her best performance. it didn't quite get to the emotional level it could have. "Jolene" is a song about losing her man, but i don't think she quite got there. she sang it well but...

Danny soared on "Jesus Take the Wheel" and except for Simon ragging on his jacket, got great praise from the judges. He has a great take on dynamics, taking us on a ride with the song - something a lot of the other performers didn't do tonight.

Anoop really surprised me. i was hoping for some more cheese. i wanted him to do a song like Michael did and go over-the-top on the "dancing" but no, he kept it really controlled and safe on a great song choice.

Megan gets the trooper of the night award. Flu couldn't keep her down, she nailed an amazing performance that was so old retro, it was cool.

Matt's song was good, but nothing that captured you. his vocals seems a bit unsure. the song flowed well and built and went somewhere, but it wasn't on par with some of the others.

Top perfromances:Allison, Danny, Anoop, Megan

Bottom three: Scott, Lil and Alexis...maybe Adam depending on the number of people he didn't offend.

thots? opinions?