Jordin Sparks, 17 year-old phenom from Glendale, Arizona, stepped it up a notch in Tuesday night’s performance. Her song of choice was “I Who Have Nothing” by Tom Jones and Sparks’ performance was absolutely moving, sending chills up and down my arms. She has show exactly why she is in this competition and has put herself up there with Melinda Doolittle and Lakisha Jones as the powerhouses of the competition.
Upon completion of the song Randy Jackson, who was amazed by the audience support, said “That was a very tall order for you…you’re 17…one of the best we’re gonna see tonight.” Paula Abdul felt that Sparks is a “wonderful performer” and Simon Cowell said “you sang it beautifully.” Cowell then went on to say he was a bit depressed and felt like jumping off of a bridge but that was because of the song itself and not the performance. If we see more like this from Sparks I think her future is going to sparkle very bright.
In other performances both Haley Scarnato and Sanjaya Malakar stepped it up a notch and had decent performances, a stark contrast from their performances to date. Phil Stacy tried to shake it up with “Tobacco Road” and while he had fun vocally the performance fell flat and Cowell feels he may be in trouble tonight; I tend to agree with Cowell.
March 22nd, 2007 at 5:26 am
Tom Jones?! Get it right: Shirley Bassey, hello!
March 22nd, 2007 at 7:36 am
The song was written by Tom Jones.
March 22nd, 2007 at 8:02 am
No, banana, Tom Jones did not write the song. He *performed* it in 1970.
The English version was written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller in 1963, the same year
that Shirley Bassey recorded it.
March 22nd, 2007 at 9:54 am
Tom Jones was who was cited by the show and I reported what the show does. I’m not a music historian. Thank you for the correction though.
March 23rd, 2007 at 6:42 pm
The show said it was COVERED by Tom Jones, and that it was a Shirley Bassey song. Just so you know.
March 27th, 2007 at 8:05 pm
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