Let's begin with Motown Week. Adam continues to be amazing. I watched his version of "Tracks of my Tears" two times on YouTube, which is my version of incredibly high-praise. Danny and Lil continue to be completely lame and might I add PITCHY, but receive only mild criticisms. I just want to shake the judges by their shoulders until they realize that COOL PEOPLE DON'T LIKE GOKEY or LIL, and you want to be COOL, right?! Stop insisting on being lame. Kris, Matt, and Anoop all had nice performances, as well as Allison. Scott, Michael, and Megan? Bad times.
I think the surefire sign that Michael was going home was when Smokey critiqued him in the mentor segment. Smokey only critiqued one person, giving all the other contestants incredible (if not always deserved) praise. And Michael did go home, so yay. Matt was in the bottom three, and that was a Boo.
Then we had the totally bizarre "popular downloads" week. (I liked that there was no description for what made a song a "popular download." Classifications make for clarification, people! ) This show was a hot-mess. Anoop struggled with looking comfortable and confident. Matt was true to himself and sang rock, but the judges have determined that he can only sing R&B. How frustrating for him, but I agree that he sounds better on more soulful numbers. Megan hula-d her reggae tune, and it was ridiculous. Danny and Lil were... guess what? Lame and pitchy! Scott was incredibly true to himself, singing his beloved Billy Joel, and it did nothing for me. Kris was great behind the keys and I hope he is in the final three. Allison dished out a new, worrisome look, and stumbled a bit on the words of a song perfect for her voice. Adam went insane and chose, out of all the songs ever deemed "popular," "Play that Funky Music White Boy"... inexplicably! He sang well and was entertaining, but what the heck?
During the results show, Danny continued to be an ass. Whereas Allison and Anoop were endearing with their impressions, Danny came off as mean, comparing Matt to a goat. God I hate that guy!
Allison, Megan, and Anoop are in the bottom three. I think it's very sad that Allison may very well go home before Scott or Matt or Anoop. Anyway, this was Megan's time to go home. The judges, I think, did the right thing by telling her upfront that they were not going to consider her for the elimination. I think that should be part of the whole results show process: the judges discover who is the lowest-vote-getter, determine if they are even going to consider them for the save, let the contestant know, and then the contender either sings for his/her life, or sings a swan a song.
Next week is songs from the year you were born: meaning a lot of '80s!
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