American Idol Season 9 top 7: Outstanding Performances by Lee DeWyze, Siobhan Magnus and Crstal Bowersox

Oh I forgot to update my blog, I was too busy at work and the internet connection sucks. Should I ask for an apology for making this post too late? Please forgive me; I swear not do it again.  Last Night the remaining 7 idol hopefuls performed, singing their inspirational songs of choice. Let me just give you a recap of what happened and what the judges have for our idols.

Casey James – Don’t Stop

I just don’t appreciate Casey James these previous performances, I mean, you can easily predict his next performance based on his previous performance. He’s not growing anymore, his performance yesterday was just a repetition of what he did last week.

Randy: It was a good performance but not your best performance. Give me a little something else.
Ellen: Great guitar playing. I have to agree though. You have to be great. You’re consistently good but nobody is going to be talking about that tomorrow.
Kara: It’s jam band. That’s not showing what makes you different.
Simon: That wasn’t particularly inspiring. No emotion. There was no originality. It was a lazy song choice.

Lee DeWyze -The Boxer

I applaud Lee for delivering a solid performance. He owns the song every time he performs. I am sure that he will stay in the top 5.

Randy: It’s about artists this year. You are a great artist.
Ellen: Beautiful song choice and you have so much soul and depth to you we’re seeing more and more of.
Kara: It shows clearly when someone feels connected to a song.
Simon: The difference between you and the first performance is staggering. That was sincere and inspirational.

Tim Urban - Better Days

Though he missed a lot of notes, I can see the growth that Tim Urban is taking these previous performances. I just hope that his sweet smile can make him stay.

Randy: It was okay, good karaoke
Ellen: You’re like soup of the day. Sometimes, I like the soup. Today, I didn’t like the soup.
Kara: It wasn’t the best execution
Simon: If this had been the first time we saw you, we’d be quite impressed. Last week, I did. This might have been a step too high for you in believing the performance. You have improved over the weeks. It was a little bit of a letdown.

Aaron Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly

Aaron fits a boyband, I mean his voice really fits a vocalist for a boyband. He’s song choices these days are growing bigger and bigger he’s targeting for giant songs which I think that he can still take.

Randy: You picked a giant song… you got a huge voice and pure vocal talent. You did a good job with such a giant song.
Ellen: There was a time in the 70s I believed I could fly. I thought you handled it real good.
Kara: Watching that was like taking off. Somewhere down the runway, you were flying.
Simon: You really gave it your all but in the real world, if we had heard that on the radio, I would have turned that off after 10 seconds. It wasn’t very good.

Siobhan Magnus – When You Believe

After Didi was voted out I turned on to Siobhan and add up Crystal. Siobhan is really unique; she adds spice to a very simple song and makes it current. Well with regards to dress, there’s nothing wrong with it except for Simon.

Randy: It was just okay for me.
Ellen: I disagree. That’s more confirmation why you’re here.
Kara: Technically, it was really well sung. It felt very dramatic. I want to hang out more than buy your record. I still don’t know who you are.
Simon: That wasn’t the right song for you. The arrangement was too old-fashioned. The leaves distracted me on the closeups. Are they butterflies? I just found the whole thing odd and all over the place. It’s a shame.

Michael Lynche – Hero

I can say that “Big Mike’ is back and he deserves the save of the judges last week. I just love this cute giant and the way he sing. Simon thought that he’s song of choice for this week is not fit for an inspirational.

Randy: You held your own dawg. It worked out.
Ellen: You did a great job.
Kara: It wasn’t my favorite performance. You did not cut through. The song became unrecognizable.
Simon: You sang it pretty well. But once again, to remind us, the theme tonight is inspirational. That was about Spider-Man. It felt a little artificial to me.

Crystal Bowersox- People get Ready

My favorite performance of the week, I must say that MAMA SOX stepped into a new level of performance by giving up his guitar. She looks great in her black long gown. In the last line of his performance Crystal started to cry but over all her performance rocks the idol stage. I love you crystal.

Randy: That was unbelievable!
Ellen: You have never looked more beautiful. You keep evolving and growing. That was so beautiful.

My bottom group for this week is Casey James, Aaron Kelly, and Tim Urban.