Haeley Vaughn (left) and Lacey Brown (right): Let's get it together, ladies.
It’s pretty safe to say that last week Idol season 9 contestants set the bar pretty low. Maybe it will take a little longer for this season’s competitors to find their groove, maybe like a few weeks into the finals, like Top 10 week.
Meanwhile, any Top 10 without Andrew Garcia, Lilly Scott, or Crystal Bowersox would clearly be a travesty. They are the best singers and the only ones who have demonstrated any kind of artistry.
The lackluster performances last week leave me kind of worried for some who need to get their act together quick.
Haeley Vaughn. That Beatles song she tried to sing was light and simple, and yet her performance of it was a mess, and as Ellen DeGeneres should know, a hot mess isn’t exactly a compliment. She should focus her attention on her vocals for now, instead of her being distracted by her guitar.
Lacey Brown. I really like her voice, even though she may not be the strongest, biggest vocalist, there still some thing interesting about her tone. I don’t know if “Landslide” was necessarily a bad song choice, as much as it was the arrangement that was bad for her voice. I don’t know who advised her to do that run at the end, but that didn’t work. “Landslide” is about humility, and singing it as a scorched anthem just eviscerated the meaning of the song. Hopefully, a better song choice and listening to the lyrics, and calmer nerves will help her this week.
That being said, some contestants just have to go this week to make the next couple of weeks slightly more bearable:
Jermaine Sellers. He clearly intended to impress audiences with vocal acrobatics, but most awesomely failed at delivering an enjoyable performance. A toned down performance may help him.
Tim Urban. It was nice and all, I guess, for him to come back after originally being cut from the Top 24. But Simon really said it best, they did make the right decision the first time. His “Apologize” was atrocious, with him trying to sing in a falsetto he most obviously didn’t have and couldn’t pull off.
Katie Stevens. It’s annoying that she’s getting the Diana DeGarmo/Jordin Sparx edit, but you know what, Diana and Jordin at least could sing. Stevens will probably get in the Top 12 on personality alone, but seriously, the producers have got to stop shilling for her.
Tags: Haeley Vaughn, Jermaine Sellers, Katie Stevens, Lacey Brown, Tim Urban
