the top 5 vs. billboard & birth years

elliot - "on broadway"
randy: "very nice dude, very nice"
paula: "you have such a rich voice...way to go"
simon: "it was a bit disjointed"

great song, great vocal. i think elliot has the best voice in the competition.

paris - "kiss"
randy: "i liked it"
paula: "i love it when you sing songs from a past era"
simon: "screechy and annoying"

she thought paula was giving her a compliment, but she wasn't. i wouldn't have either... fairly lame rendition of this tune. she has a good voice, but this just wasn't great.

chris - "renegade"
randy: "a hot one"
paula: "outstanding"
simon: "a great choice of song"

i'm not gonna be fair to chris anymore. sorry. i liked him a lot at first, but i've come to realize that although he's a rocker, he's not the kind i dig. i'm sick of his light shows and his goat-like vibrato. i know it's not his fault, but now i don't want him to win because the people behind the show obviously do want him to win. i also don't want him to win because i think elliot, katharine, and taylor have better voices.

katharine - "against all odds"
randy: "it got okay at the end"
paula: "not my favorite performance"
simon: "it was a mess"

it was a mess. she was playing catchup with the band, and when the arrangement is only about 45 seconds long, you don't have time to catch up. this was her worst performance in the competition.

taylor - "play that funky music"
randy: "i felt like i was in a bar and i had a couple"
paula: "the taylor we love"
simon: "like a horrible, horrible wedding performance"

fuck you simon. this was awesome... best performance of the night. elliot may have the best voice, but taylor is the best entertainer, hands down.



other than elliot and taylor, i didn't enjoy this first half at all. all the arrangements were too short and everything seemed rushed. i usually love the band, but the guitar playing in renegade was too loud and not all that great, and the mess of against all odds was due partly to the band as well.



elliot - "home"
randy: "nice choice baby, nice"
paula: "the richness of your voice can melt me"
simon: "i'm a little concerned"

don't know or particularly like the song, but it was a good choice for him. maybe not lyrically, as they all pointed out, but he sang it great.

paris- "be without you"
randy: "all in all...you rocked it"
paula: "i love your voice"
simon: "she did rather well"

i thought this started out pretty good, but she kinda lost it along with her breath by the end. i think she'll be leaving us tonight.

chris - "i dare you"
randy: "i'm not sure i love that song for you"
paula: "song wasn't my favorite"
simon: "it was not a great song...your voice is going"

wow. that song sucks. or was it just chris? or is it just this live/creed/staind vibe? blah. boring. lame. just not my bag, baby.

katharine- "black horse and a cherry tree"
randy: "that's the katharine i love"
paula: "i love the...intimacy"
simon: "it was a good choice of song"

this was great! maybe one of her best performances so far. she seems to have a lot more personality when there's someone else on the stage she can work off of and play to... could have something to do with being in musical theatre before this, where you tend to connect more with your co-stars than the audience.

taylor - "something"
randy: "a nice tender moment from you"
paula: "you just did it great"
simon: "you're a very good singer"

probably my favorite beatle song, definitely my favorite george harrison song. amazing job. he had the joe cocker thing going here... i want to hear him sing - no, perform! - with a little help from my friends, cocker style. that would be amazing.

the second half was certainly better than the first. i think taylor and elliot were the only two that were great both times.

paris is going home tonight (but i've said that before).