Melinda Doolittle – “You Little Tiger”

Okay its no longer American Idol, the new name of the show is “Melinda Doolittle Idol.” Seriously, it should be renamed for the year. No one held a candle to Doolittle tonight, not even the amazing voice of Lakisha Jones. This week Doolittle stepped it up and really shined setting herself head and shoulders above the rest.

Doolittle’s sang “I’m a Woman” and the song was so beautiful – I was stricken with chills. When she finished Randy Jackson enthusiastically said “You’re ready to go in the studio and make a record, you got it going on.” Yup, gonna have to agree with Randy on that one. Paula Abdul felt that Melinda is “so phenomenal, so likable, you’re brilliant on stage, every week I want to see what you’re going to do next.” Never one to be shy, Simon Cowell said “You little tiger, I thought we had a pussycat” then went on to say “a million percent we’ll see you next week.” I concur.

There were a few odd moments in tonight’s show. Now you know me, I’m not one to let an Antonella Barba oops slip and we all know she’s filled with oops’. She did sing a bit better tonight but her lovely conceited attitude came out after the judges had their say. Ryan Seacrest asked if she had a place in the top twelve and she responded “Yeah, I think I have a different style than them.” Yes, that style is called suck-ass singing. Seriously Antonella, are you delusional? Do you not watch the shows after they air? The caliber of your voice is nowhere near up to par.

Another odd moment was after Haley Scarnato’s less then glamorous performance. When it came time for the judges’ comments Simon Cowell bluntly said “I thought it was horrible. I said to Paula halfway through ‘I don’t know your name’.” I couldn’t agree more with Cowell and I don’t see Scarnato making it past tonight’s voting.