AI8: It's Disco, Duck! (Week 7)

Well, they were moving the show right along last night for Disco Night, huh?  No mentors to coo over the contestants and not even bumper vids of the contestants working out their song... and thankfully, it was back to all the judges speaking, though Simon is really the only one that matters... except when he goes down a road he shouldn't with Paula. 

(Speaking of Simon... one of the things that most chokes me up about the Susan Boyle/Britain's Got Talent thing is Simon's reaction... when he lets out that smile and grin, it's like... it kinda melts my heart!)

Anyhow, we well past the point in the competition where these posts start to become repetitive... at this point there is not much a contestant can do to change my mind... so if it's bad and I like them, it's forgivable... if it's good and I don't, then it's too little, too late.  We're still a 7 contestants this week and my pass/fail is the same, though a mix-up in the "fail" order...

Adam ("If I Can't Have You") - Much like the judges, I wasn't expecting to see Adam in a suit or have him pull it back for Disco Night... but shouldn't we not be surprised by now?!   Anyhow, it was an amazing performance. I am firmly off the Okey-Gokey bandwagon and onto Lambertville (which I think is an actual town in NJ).  I still find him a tad too calculated/thought-out and that one note was just a tad too screamy for me... though this was probably the moment of which Paula spoke where Adam pulled out his heart and left it thumping on the stage.

Kris ("She Works Hard For The Money") - Ok, we all know by now that Kris makes me jump up and down like a kid at a pet store... er animal shelter (Mommy! Daddy! Can we keep him?!  Can we keep him?!), but while he is probably just as calculated/thought-out as Adam I just find his approach a lot more natural... (maybe organic, is maybe the work I am looking for).  Though unfortunately his performance got hijacked by this week's "I'm not touching you/He's hitting me!" antics... though scary enough, I knew what Paula was talking about. 

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Allison ("Hot Stuff") - I contemplated giving Allison a "pass" this week as I am appreciating anyone who is actually doing something different/original, but I just did not like the arrangement enough (a common issue last night) to have her rise up.  Overall, she's a solid 3rd... and I really don't care what order the contestants below go... though my preference below...

Matt ("Stayin' Alive") - Again, not loving the arrangement here... but Matt did stay true to what he was trying to do... or the "artist he wants to be"... but that has landed him in the Bottom 3 and after "making history!!!!!!" last week with being saved, it's difficult to think this won't put him right back in jeopardy this week. 

Danny ("September") - As suggested above, I am seriously over the Goke.  I am not sure what Kara was talking about with his "perfect pitch"... because during the recap at the show, I found the portion to be almost painfully pitchy.... and overall, I am finding himself shouty and falling victim to making all his songs sound the same. 

Anoop ("Dim All The Lights") - Similar thoughts as the judges (mostly, I think Kara called it one of his best - which it wasn't)... an unfortunate bad note to end the song and probably a not wise decision to allow the song to go to its up-tempo original instead of keeping it in ballad territory.  And a boo! to Ryan for calling his eyebrows "Groucho Marx"... sorry Ryan, not everyone is a millionnaire of questionable talent that gets plucked, spray-tanned, and highlighted in their spare time... I actually thought Anoop was looking quite good... well, maybe a tad too pink.

Lil ("I'm Every Woman") - As you see, Disco Night is pretty much Donna Summer night... and I feared that Lil would continue down the path of divas she shouldn't really sing.... so imagine me slapping my forehead when it was announced that she was singing "I'm Every Woman".... so not only Chaka Khan, Chaka Khan, Chaka Khan.... but the ghost of Whitney Houston as well!  Oy to the world!  It was a big 'ole mess... I honestly couldn't understand a word she was saying (and mentally inserted the commonly misinterpretation of the song "Climb Every Woman")... and was thinking as she moved around the stage in an interesting outfit choice that perhaps "Brick House" would have been more appropriate.  I did feel bad for her as she continued to get raked over the coals by the judges... but instead of doing the wise thing... cry Lil cry... even better UGLY cry!... but again, proving she is not a good decision-maker she opened her mouth and defended herself. 

I don't see how Lil gets by tonight's double elimination - though it wouldn't surprise me if it's Matt and Anoop... the pair headed home sweet home come from this trio.

Comments

[Todd]

Haha. Brick House. That's pretty good.

[monette]

lol, you would think I would have thought of the 'Lambertville' joke earlier, because it is a town in Jersey, and I work there. Hee! Thanks for the review, I missed last night, but I think I'm going to see what I can get out of the results show tonight after looking up Adam's and Kris's performances!

[Jeff]

There's a part of me that understands how frustrated Lil must be by now ... BUT by now she should've learned what the judges want and been shrewd about her song choices and arrangements: just take a song and completely change it up!