CI Top 24 continues…

I get home from work on Tuesday in time to hear Kaitlyn Dawn do Hallelujah. She’s no Jason Castro, but I guess it wasn’t horrible or anything. Then I get to see the recaps, and truthfully, I think that was sufficient.  Don’t want to overdose on idol – two groups of twelve, two nights in a row is a lot of idol.  I also missed the results show, but NOTHING stops me from voicing my opinion, no matter how little I know.   

From those little snippets in the recap, the ones who stand out for me are Amberley (omg, what a beautiful voice!) Adam, Omar and Shaun. Mark is going to annoy the hell out of me and Theo needs to stop styling his hair by sticking his fingers into wall sockets.

That seems to be a little lacking in info as to the rest of them, so I’ve “borrowed” some comments from my good friend Rosey on the night.  Okay, I admit it, I’ve copied them word for word……they’re good words.

Jesse C starts the show off, singing Rebel Yell. I whimper a bit, realizing that he is not doing a great job and this may be the last time we hear him sing. He lacks the edginess to his voice that Billy Idol has and that song really needs it.

Mark Day chose Alone. Why? I’ll admit it gives the song a bit of a twist to be sung by a male, but we’ve already heard it like fifty gazillion times before! He winks at someone in the audience as he’s singing and my boys gag and groan. I thought the chorus was actually not too bad, and Farley and Jake really liked his song choice. I expect being from NL is sufficient to keep him around for awhile.

Jessica Sheppard is extremely orange and dressed in an ugly brown dress, which doesn’t help matters. However her voice is lovely, even if I have forgotten what she sang. Ben teased her mother, telling her that they had an ambulance on stand-by, should she need it.

Shaun is shown bossing the band around. How manly and interesting of him.  But he starts to sing, and I cringe a little, realizing that I like his arrangement of Yellow very much. Zack points out that there was not a whole lot of singing, which is a valid criticism. But so far, this is my favourite performance.

Why do I not remember Lindsay Robins from the audition shows? Even now I’m having a hard time recalling her performance, although I have jotted down, “interesting”, “lots of yelling”, and “plaid pants”. Jake calls her performance, “screechy”.

Omar is putting a soulful spin on Every Breath You Take. Somehow his movements seem out of sync with the stalker-ish lyrics. But Jake felt him feeling it, so all must be well.

Marie-Pierre is singing an Amy Winehouse song that is not Rehab, so I’ve never heard it before. However, the judges have, and cannot help but compare it to the original. I think she’s got a beautiful voice and I enjoyed her performance.

Sebastien evidently took a lesson from his brother, and has planted his butt on the stage so as to avoid spasmodic thrustings as he sings. He eventually gets up and massages the mic stand for awhile. The backup singers were way too loud, but still, I thought this was a nice performance. The judges smack him will all kinds of back-handed compliments and he leaves the stage looked a little confused. Zack’s comment was that Sebastien is the weakest singer of the lot, but that was the best performance. If he’s the weakest singer, why put him through when they already had more than enough males? 

Theo and his hair are singing Apologize. Gorgeous (the singing, that is). I love his piano playing and his vocal range. The judges all loved him too, even Zack. Might this guy be our winner this year?

Amberly is playing the guitar in bare feet and winning over the crowd. She’s got beauty and a stunning voice on her side.

Adam C is determined not to talk too much tonight. However, he makes up for it in singing Mess Around and what a fine job he does! (here we had a pop quiz, which all my boys failed, about what movie that song appears in. Even after I gave them all kinds of hints, I still had to tell them it was Planes, Trains and Automobiles) Adam had all kinds of energy, yet managed to keep his mouth shut during the judges overwhelmingly positive remarks. He’s learning…. 

Katelyn closes up with Hallelujah. I agree with the judges- the chorus fell flat. It seemed as though it could have been so much more with a different arrangement.

I love Rosey’s reviews, because mostly we’re on the same page about things.  Except that she was and is a huge Jacob fan, but I’m over that.  HA!  And she’s the best predictor.  We both thought the two Lindsays would be toast, and that’s how it turned out on the results show.  She also predicted Tetiana would be gone, which I didn’t see coming at all.  We’re both surprised at Shaun’s demise, although maybe having a name that sounds like a mispronounciation of an American city did him in.  Both of us thought Jesse’s number could be up, but he’ll get another chance, and that’s a good thing.   

How completely bizarre is it that there are now only SIX girls left?  Will ANY of them survive these first cuts??  They’ve gotta get rid of some testosterone next week.  Please.  And I can tell them already who it should be.