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Idol Live blog

(will be continually updated through show...) Alicia Feener* is this week's coach. *She's my wife.  This has been decided. Casey james don't stop thinking about tomorrow - fleetwood mac + Bill Clinton songs never disappoint middle America #lies - Viibbrraattoo iinn vvooiiccee iiss wweeaarriinngg tthhiinn. i hope Kara Dio isn't writing this year's final song.  after the trash she passed in for her homework last year i think i would just skip the last episode if that happened again. Lee is singing The Boxer ... Lee has no confidence... I'm sure this goes well. I dont think Alicia has ever heard this song before. Lee Dewise The Boxer - S&G + Songs from the 9/11 period are going to go over well.. - Crappy renditions of songs from the 9/11 period do not go over well. (Judges loved it.  I know nothing.) Lee is a total underdog.  I can see him sneaking into the finals Kris Allen-style. Woohoo!  Capt. Sully! Tim Urban Better Days - Goo goo Dolls + Actually sounds like a singer kinda. - The doomsday scenario is playing out. Ok. (smile) Ok. (smile) (smile) (smile) Ok. (smile) ...... Ugggghhhhhhhhh this guy is gonna smirk his way into the top 3. ....... Alicia doesnt have high hopes for the AK's song choice.... Aaron Kelly I Believe I Can Fly + Decent enough that people will be ok with it. - Voice isn't big enough for the song on this stage. Money spot? Spot? Siobhan Magnus Whitney/Mariah song? +  Technically speaking, good. - Step back away from the mic juuuuuust a little.  A tad nasally in the lower register. ...... this is such a cheesy song. (HAAA!  YES! KARA AGREES!) "The look like leaves."  HAAAAA!!!!! Siobhan is cooler than she is entertaining.  NEXT! I think I've missed Big Mike's performance every week for one week or another. Crystal Bowersox No idea what song she sang Everyone around me wont stop talking. Shut up KATIE!!!!!!!! ....even Rocky had a montage. TOP 3: 1. Bowersox by a mile. 2. Lee 3. Casey. #####

Off the Cuff Reactions - American Idol

[Initial reactions... taken on my Blackberry ... no spell-check. Asterisks indicate "after the fact" commentary] Lee DeWise The Letter by The Box Tops + Held up against some bigger horn riffs - Voice in big spots not matching the voice in not big spots. Like an expensive FCUK shirt with mom jeans. Judges: Puffing him up. Simon thought it was corny. Used the term "moment." *Learned he actually did the Joe Cocker version. It's been said, but he had an opportunity to do something special with an Alex Chilton tribute didn't. Luck is partly taking advantage of opportunity, Mr. DeWise. Compare: Paige Miles Phil Collins Against All Odds + sounded ok when she opened her voice up for like 1 second - Pitch problems throughout the first four bars, then throughout the chorus. *Pretty much butchered the song. Tim Urban Queen Crazy lil thing called love + best Randy-is-disgusted material of the night - it happened and i had to live through it. Aaron Kelly Aerosmith don't wanna miss a thing + laryngitis isn't killing him. Taking a nice country angle. - No big notes from a steven tyler song? Like no chocolate chips in a cookie. Wack

Crystal Bowersox Janis joplin me and bobby mcgee + Really American. - B Side-y. Album cut. Didn't think she reached her potential at all. Def not her worst performance but it was very very underwhelming for me. No response to the love she's getting. Judges: Randy loved it. Ellen not much. Kara dances like my mom. Simon is drinking the Kool Aid. Michael Lynch Man loves a woman + just awesome. Right in his range. Good feeling, riffs, on point vocally. - Tad bit safe. Judges: Kara hated it. Simon thought it was a little "loungy" but it can be remedied with a little less of the big stuff. *Goosebump performance to start, didn't capitalize at the end. Andrew Garcia Marvin gaye heard it through the grapevine + a lot looser than pervious weeks - weak weak weak vocals. Felt like he was going through the motions a little. Corny. Katie stevens Big girls don't cry fergie + good song choice for a girl who hates anything upbeat. Give her props for going for the big vocal. - a little like a crappy version of the girl from Glee. Judges: simon gave me my new favorite saying: "its like chalk to cheese." Casey James Huey lewis the power of love + fun song with some good vocals compared to prev weeks. - a little stiff compared to the the mic stand. (*Yes... he's Frankenstein.) Didi Benami You're no Good linda rondstadt + a little duffy-like but less powerful - felt fake. Simon: "a bit of irony in you singing you're no good you're no good" *HA!!! Siobhan Magnus Stevie. Superstition + Umm... - It was just ok from someone who's been knocking them out of the park. She and Crystal are the only ones who seem like they're capable of winning this year but this doesn't help clear up who is in front.