Please be patient with me as this is going to be a vent of sorts. What is the deal with Antonella Barba and Sanjaya Malakar? Both have made it to the top sixteen and are poised to make it to the top twelve. Let’s start with Barba; her voice is mediocre at best, her best performance was her initial audition – since then she’s tanked. Not only is her voice mediocre but her attitude is over the top. When Randy Jackson was trying to give her constructive, albeit harsh, criticism after her performance on Wednesday night she flipped her hair and rolled her eyes. That was utterly disrespectful. She listens to Paula because Paula only says positive things (which is another story in its own) and then appears to only casually pay attention to what Simon Cowell has to say. When Cowell is finished Barba has the gall to say that Cowell was wrong about Jennifer Hudson so he might be wrong again. Oh no honey, you are no JHud. Nowhere close. Don’t flatter yourself.
It’s a little different with Sanjaya Malakar. His performance seems to have gone downhill since his initial audition as well but at least the kid is respectful. Even his look of surprise upon hearing that AJ Tabaldo was going home showed his humble side. What I don’t get is why he’s still here after two bad performances. Admittedly I like the kid, something about him makes me smile when I watch him perform. A friend of mine likened it to the Kevin Covais “Chicken Little” syndrome. Let’s see how far his cuteness takes him; here’s hoping next week he steps up and brings a more upbeat song to the stage.
March 6th, 2007 at 9:09 am
[…] to continue on to the top twelve overall. So what can we expect from tonight? Let’s start with Sanjaya Malakar – he was instructed to do something more youthful and stop channeling his old soul. I predict that […]