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American Idol, Season 3 - Week By Week

And they give us a pretty boring week to wrap it all up. Certainly not the horror of week 2, but none of the awe-inspiring of weeks 1 and 3 either. A whole bunch of bland and boring, all wrapped up in a nice neat package. And Simon just continues to confuse me this season, it's like he's run out of things to say that make sense...

George Pic1. George Huff: Led off with a plethora of pitch problems, but quickly smoothed out, and it's extremely hard not to love that rich, rough tone his voice has. Excellent.
Suzy Pic2. Suzy Vulaca: Extremely clean performance, every note in its place, all well sung... but boring. She did absolutely nothing original or daring, stepping back at any point where she could have pushed herself. Showed potential, if she would take a few risks. Very nice voice, but the performance winds up a bit lacking.
Tiara Pic3. Tiara Purafoy: Definitely showed that she's got an excellent voice, and first half of the performance was truly that, excellent. The second half however was an absolute mess of missed notes and simply poorly arranged notes. CERTAINLY not one of the 'top 2 in the competition thus far' as Paula said, however she definitely showcased an excellent voice with the potential to do great things.
Heather Pic4. Heather Piccinini: Mmmmmm, I like :). Anyway, the performance was pretty meh. Her singing was very good (aside from the ooo-oooh ooh ooh ooh's......), but HORRIBLE song choice. It was a fast song that required vocal talent (which she showed), but simply didn't make it sound impressive... too much of a style song I suppose. Add to that, her performance junk was way over the top. Still don't know what the hell Simon was saying, her expressions might've been a bit goofy, but it'd take a helluva lot more than that to make her ugly.
Jasmine Pic5. Jasmine Trias: Little too much aloha spirit, almost TOO cute. Her voice is decent, a bit limited in range and control, but nice none-the-less. Certainly not quite the 'pro' Paula proclaimed her, but with work she could get there...
Red Pic6. John Stevens: I can't make up my mind about this guy. He's insanely boring, and while pleasant, his voice is too. He's different, but I'm not sure I like it. It doesn't help that he loves to drop down into the very bottom of his range and sing notes he can almost hit. Blah. That's about all I can say.
Lisa Pic7. Lisa Wilson: Wow I hate that song, and that's probably about the worst it's ever sounded. She missed most of the notes, shouted half the rest, and then whatever was left simply sounded terrible. Meh, nice.. assets, if you will, but that isn't nearly enough in a singing competition.
John Pic8. John Preator: MORMON ALERT! Blech, that said, painful performance. From the very first note I was cringing, and it only got worse from there. He ended by holding and holding one long tear-inducing bleat until it could be taken no longer... and finally put us out of our misery. Meh, perhaps that's a bit overly dramatic, but yeah, it sucked. Though I still don't know what the devil Simon was talking about ice-singing for... just cause he's from Utah?

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