American Idol – Season 7 – Top 10 Females
Greetings Idol Fans!
Shake your groove thing people, it’s 70’s night for the ladies. Yep, it’s one more night of the polyester decade. We’ll do our best to stay away from the Disco, just in case they whip out “Disco Night” later in the competition. And lets face it… the longer we hold out for funkytown music in the season, the kookier and drunker Paula will dance.
Carly Smithson likes her tats, putting little shamrocks in the foam in her Guinness at her Irish pub job, and being Suzy Homemaker. She could also be a long lost sister of Nancy and Ann Wilson. She belts out the Heart song “Crazy on You” and proves what it means to be a professional amateur. Hey I’m just glad she finally got rid of that frickin’ yellow eyeshadow.
Syesha Mercado likes her acting career and her baby cry impersonation. So that’s good, if this whole music thing doesn’t work out, she’s got a career as a diaper voiceover. She attempts to be sultry on “Me and Mrs, er Mr. Jones.” The original song implies something steamy and exciting but her version wasn’t very steamy… just sort of damp.
Brooke White likes to do hair. In fact, she used to be in Beauty School. Which is ironically perfect since her reel leads in to her cover of Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain.” She was folky, funky, and every week coming more and more out of her shell. No Frankie Avalon “Beauty School Drop Out” needed here.
Remiele Malubay likes to hula and shake her Polynesian groove thang. She does on her cover of Evelyn Champagne King’s “Don’t Leave Me This Way.” Unfortunately, this just come across as a 2AM karaoke round. I don’t think anyone will be leaving this little Rock-a-Hula Baby anytime soon but she needs to step it up next week.
Kristy Lee Cook likes being a tomboy and willingly shows herself in a full-on camo jumpsuit. Ok, there’s s difference between All American and All American Uni-bomber. Anyway, she squat-rocks her way through “You’re No Good” by Linda Ronstadt. Unfortunately, I don’t think she’s as good as she thinks she is.
Amanda Overmyer likes to read. She a kooky mix of juxtapositions, no? Rocker that read, Nurse that rides a Harley. Ain’t America grand!?!? I do not know what is up with her look tonight. Her hair looks like a cross between Rogue from X-Men and Lion-O from Thundercats. She looks very uncomfortable as she takes the stage with the Kansas hit “Carry On My Wayward Son.” Unfortunately, the song is even more all over the place then her look.
Alaina Whitaker doesn’t like her food to touch on her plates. Yet another riveting facet to her 2 dimensional personality. Sporting her best Carrie Underwood look-a-like hair, make-up and outfit she yells her best rendition of “Hopelessly Devoted” by Olivia Newton John. Unfortunately she forgot one important piece to her Carrie ensemb’… talent.
Alexandrea Lushington loves her local fire department. We all should. Firefighters are awesome. Mad props to America’s bravest. ALush covers Chicago’s “If You Leave Me Now” with a palpable awkardness. It’s almost as if the song was handed to her to sing. I’m sorry, is she competing on a national singing show or getting ready to hike through Yellowstone? The whole outfit screamed LL Bean Spring/Summer Catalog.
Kady Malloy likes to sing Britney, Cher and… opera? She’s a Soprano… and not the HBO kind. Notfanuttin, She covers Heart’s “Magic Man” but it sort of get stuck in her throat. I think the notes got caught in there with her personality. Someone needs to make sure this girl has a pulse.
Asia’h Epperson likes her pompoms. No not those pom-poms. She actually like to cheer. I bet she actually has used the term “Cheerocracy.” Ok so I figured it would come out somewhere, but I called it on guys night… “All By Myself” by Eric Carmen. Yep, it’s here but better yet.. it’s the Celine Dion version. But Asia’h gives it all she’s got and pulls out a performance worth of a Rah-Rah-Rah.
I think we’ll see Amanda and Alexandrea swansongs tomorrow night, but Alaina or Kady may see themselves the recipients of low vote counts.
Well that’s another decade and another week of performance down. We got rockafied, funkafied, folkafied and thankfully we made with through, eardrums intact.
Tune in to see who goes home tomorrow night!!
Peace, Love & AM Gold,
Kristi