Top 4 Contestants Perform Cinema Songs with Jamie Foxx as Mentor
1) Lee - "Kiss From a Rose" - I love Lee's voice, as you all know... so I'm sorry to say I was very disappointed with his performance. It could mostly be because I have never cared for this song, but Lee did get off to a rough start, and seemed to be off key in several other places. I don't think he's in too much danger though.
2) Big Mike - "Will You Be There?" - Another strange song choice in my opinion, but it did sound nice. Not anything earth shattering, but well arranged, and I still appreciate Mike's beautiful, underrated voice.
3) Casey - "Mrs. Robinson" - Aside from the judges acting like fools, I thought Casey not only chose a fantastic song, but I really enjoyed his unique version of it. I think he could have added a tad more charisma to amp it up, but it's a classic song that he made modern - isn't that what they're always asking for?
4) Crystal - "I'm Alright" - I'LL SAY! I know, I know - every week I gush over Crystal, but I can't help it. She takes every song and has this amazing talent of turning it into something of her own. It's musical genius, and I look forward to it every week. I know she's had a few rough weeks, but overall she consistently delivers.
Duet 1) Lee & Crystal - "Falling Slowly" - FANTASTIC :)
Duet 2) Casey & Mike - "Have You Ever Loved a Woman?" - FANTASTIC :)
My predictions?
Either Big Mike or Casey would be the logical choice to say goodbye, but I really have no clue...
They've both had a lot of ups and downs... Mike has the best voice, but Casey is the heartthrob...
I'm going to guess Mike, even though in all fairness, I think it should be Casey...
YOUR turn! What do YOU think?
*Post-Elimination rant: Big Mike was robbed. He deserved one more week. But he took it with such grace.
Okay. I only saw about half of the show last night, and I have not really watched it all season (usually just the recap at the end before "Glee" starts), so maybe I'm not in a position to weigh in on this, but I will anyway. :-) First - what's with the largely lame choices of movie songs? "Falling Slowly" and "Mrs. Robinson" are terrific songs (Casey brought absolutely nothing to the latter). I like "Kiss from a Rose" (though not the way Lee sang it), but otherwise - REALLY? A sucky Bryan Adams song? One of Kenny Loggins' weakest songs ever? The song from "Free Willy"? I'd like to see the song list they had to choose from. Judging by the performances I saw, Crystal seems like the strongest performer in the lot. She's my pick to win.
ReplyDeleteThat's my rant. LOL. I enjoyed reading your well-reasoned observations, Megan.
Casey needs to go. Even though he will go on to make albums, Mike has a better voice. We shall see. I actually sat with my mom in the hospital last night and I got her to watch it. She thinks Mike is the best. We will have to watch it tonight. She didn't like Chrystal because of her dreads and tatoo. I reminded her that it was a singing contest not a hair contest. She said "oh that's right".
ReplyDeletethe duets were the best, especially lee & crystal. can't we just crown them the winners and move on, already?
ReplyDelete1) lee - he'll be around, but eh.
2) big mike - he's always very good.
3) casey - the judges are ridiculous with him and so am i because all i can do is focus on his freakin' hair. do you think they use a curling iron on it? i'm sorry, i didn't like his performance and he kind of reminded me of a good looking tiny tim. he is a really good guitarist, but it's a singing competition ;).
4) crystal - she has so much range in her voice and can go from raw to polished. i love her style and think she looked comfortable and more like herself. she should win the whole thing.
every time i see jamie foxx i think of him on the show 'in living color'. he dressed up like this girl wanda and was so ugly.
casey should take his hair, guitars and go!
I didn't get to watch last night, so I can't contribute. BUT I just have to say I hope it isn't Mike because I really enjoy his voice!!!
ReplyDeleteWesla - AWESOME rant! I loved it :) I *did* feel like gosh, out of ALL the freaking movies they could have chosen from? Really? SERIOUSLY??? Even my son mentioned ANY of the James Bond themes - old or new - would have been awesome compared to the ones they chose! Sooo many good songs to choose from..... where were they???
ReplyDeleteDiana - you're right on and you made me laugh :)
Cindy - you made me GAFFAW (as usual) - no, that's natural curl if ever I saw it, and it's totally unfair. No guy should be allowed to be that pretty.
Alissa - you're the BOMB sweetie :) xoxo