If you missed last night's show, like me, here's Debbie's lowdown on last night's showdown.
Elton John is truly on a level on his own. Last night's show was pretty bad and in my personal opinion, one of the worst shows (on a whole) in the past 3 season. These people tried oh-so-very-hard but didn't really pull through--I mean, the only one that can do Elton is Elton, last night's show was just an average karoke (sp?) night. Here's the rundown of the performances:
Fantasia--She was pretty good. She's bit arrogant and starting to bug me but that's my problem not hers. She can sing anything and in the words of Ms. Abdul "makes it her own". I'm not sure I liked how she came from the audience but I understand that she wanted to interact with them. It just reminds me of Ricki Lake or Geraldo walking up and down the aisles during their talk shows.
JPL--um, I thought he was all over the place vocally. I agree with Simon that he needs voice lessons to add some texture to his voice. I think he'll stay though b/c some crazy women really dig him.
Jon Stevens--ooooooo.....awful, kid, awful. But you know what? I thought he was worse last week. He tried and he tried to show he had some stage presence and that he was having fun and I'll give him that but he was bad last night. I don't know what the capital H-E-double hockey sticks happened last week b/c he should have gone but he SOOOOOO deserves to be in the bottom 3 tonight. He royalled sucked the last two weeks.
Camile--She was bad too last night. Now, I've said this over and over, i love her voice. I think what her problem is is that she picks awful songs for herself. It's all about song choices and she makes really bad decisions. She could go night.
Diana--I like her lots too but she wasn't in the zone last night. She kept coming in and out. After her performance we found out she was under the weather. She wasn't awful but pretty bad considering her track record. it just wasn't her best performance.
George Huff--Good. One of the bright spots of night for me. On the opposite side of Camile, George has made great song choices that reflect his style and ability as a singer and performer and it shows through. He needs to keep it up.
Jasmine--I thought she was good last night. She is most definitely a balland crooner. I think she picks songs that suit her voice and style too but I think she's a bit safe. She needs to change it up slightly and do something a bit different to knock people off their feet like Fantasia does.
Latoya--great. While I think Fantasia and Latoya are the top 2 right now the way they carry themselves is very different. Latoya carries herself more professionally than Fantasia. She style and a graceful elegance to her--she's poised whereas Fantasia is a spunky, energetic, almost like a diamond in the rough.
Jennifer--I thought she was absolutely the best from last night. Best song choice for her vocally and her best performance of the competition. I hope she continues with this success. She has always been on the verge of being eliminated so I hope America cleans out their ears and listens to her. On another note, my brother was saying how he likes her voice but doesn't like the way she moves. I told him, I think it's the high heels. I don't think she's moves gracefully across the stage either in high heels but if she's got a lower heeled-shoe I think she could move around with more fluidity.
Bottom 3 picks for me are: Camile, Jon and JPL. I think it will be between Camile and Jon though. I'd prefer it would be Jon but Camile hasn't proved to anyone yet that she belongs to be there.