Tim Urban’s gone! (and I haven’t blogged for weeks)
Now, it’s really a competition! Still in the running:
Lee Dwyze, Michael Lynche, Crystal Bowersox, Casey James, Aaron Kelly, Siobhan Magnus
Last week they did Inspirational songs, mentored by Alicia Keys. The week before that, it was Elvis week, mentored by last year’s Adam Lambert. Last night, they did country.
Judging from last weeks elimination, I suppose Casey and Aaron are in trouble. Little Aaron is running out of tricks, except for his great tone (for-a-17yo), Casey is no longer relying on his looks or hiding behind the perfect guitar licks.
So for last night’s theme, which was Country mentored by Shania Twain, the idol hopefuls went all out. I wasn’t crazy about Lee’s Still The One rendition, it was way rough (I missed his whole performance though, and the critique), Siobhan did something weird and country but I do like her belt-outs more than when she sings without. Crystal did something laidback (but she still looked stoned), Big Mike did a Maxwell-esque number and it was good; both were praised but not as high as before.
The big surprises came from Casey James, whose vocals totally shone through without any fancy guitar licks and Aaron Kelly.
The funniest thing about last night’s show was: Simon. He looked like he had diarrhea and couldn’t wait to get out of that country-hellhole.
