American Idol Top Twelve – Yawn

The American Idol top twelve performed tonight and overall I can sum it up with one word – yawn. Seriously, the night was a wreck. Out of the twelve performances only three were noteworthy. Several people forgot their words, can you believe that? Tonight was Diana Ross night, Diana Ross people – she’s been around for decades and you go and forget her words or even worse butcher the song with a horrible arrangement, what are you thinking? The only three performers that did well were Melinda Doolittle, Lakisha Jones, and Jordin Sparks. Sparks did so well that Randy Jackson said “tonight you made it a three-girl race” referring to her being up there with Doolittle and Jones. Simon Cowell agreed with Jackson; maybe his battle of the divas will be Doolittle, Jones, and Sparks in the place of Stephanie Edwards.

Chris Sligh and Blake Lewis butchered their respective songs trying to bring a contemporary sound to the classic Motown sound. With regards to Sligh’s performance, Randy Jackson said “it was a mess for me” and Paula Abdul was concerned that he was “trying ultra-hard to be ultra-hip and cool” and Simon Cowell suggested he put his glasses back on for next week.

Sanjaya Malakar’s performance was typical for him and I honestly don’t see how he will get the votes needed to say. He was a wreck and his performance had Randy Jackson thanking God for the background singers. Haley Scarnato, who many believe should not have made the top twelve, actually had a few good moments in her song even though she forgot the words. There were little bits and pieces of a nice voice breaking through and Simon Cowell took notice; “you may do better than I thought you were gonna do.”

Overall tonight’s show as very boring to me, hence the yawns. Although Sanjaya Malakar should be the one to go home I’m guessing it will be Brandon Rogers.