American Idol Pre-Thoughts — 5 May
I’m excited for Idol tonight. We should finally get two songs per contestant. I was only slightly surprised to see Adam Lambert n the bottom two last week. He is slowly becoming a one trick pony. He takes songs and sings them over the top in a very unique way.
I don’t know if cabaret is the correct word, but there is a style to it. Now, he sings those songs really well, but from what I have seen on YouTube he has already made a living singing songs in that style.
What I would like to see from him tonight would be to come out with his first song and do something different than what he always does. I am not exactly sure what that means, but I think we will know it when we see it. If he does a song like that and one of his normal songs, he should be sitting pretty.
Danny Gokey is probably the front runner because he does seem a little more marketable than Adam. Danny has some variety in what he can do and he can probably sing just as well as Adam. He doesn’t have the same stage presence as Adam, but that can be developed. I think Danny just needs to good songs. Probably I would start with a safe well know song and then come back with something a little more challenging. I have a feeling he will be safe as long as he doesn’t bomb either song.
Kris Allen and Allison Iraheta to me are on the same level which is one step down. I would probably rank Allison over Kris because she is a better singer, but Kris has a better audience relationship. These two need to go big or go home tonight. That probably means different a different approach for each of them though.
Kris needs to show some vocal strength tonight. He also should through in one song those shows he isn’t just a pretty boy. I don’t know what song that would be, but he can’t just sing two big sappy love songs.
Allison needs to get in touch with her teenage self. No songs about lifelong love or anything like that. We know she can sing those, we have seen her do it like with “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing.” I want to see her find a song she can connect with and then share that connection with the audience. In a perfect world she would sing “Should’ve Said No” by Taylor Swift or maybe a Reba McEntire song. Maybe “Come to My Window” but that may backfire.
All in all, I agree with the judges. This is the closest race in Idol history. Especially now that we see Adam is vulnerable. I believe only two champs, Kelly and Carrie, were never in the bottom three, so he can still win, but it seems to be anyones game now.
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Tags: Adam Lambert, Allison Iraheta, American Idol, Danny Gokey, Kris Allen, Taylor Swift
