American Idol Review - Top 10 - Year They Were Born

Tonight was so-so. There were some really wonderful performances (note photos..wink wink). Then there were not so wonderful performances. Here are my picks for this evening's best & worst performances followed by my personal review of each. Please feel free to comment & let me know what you think. I know I may sound biased yet again, but my boys did EXCELLENT! I am SO excited for them. I really am.

My Top 3 Favorite Performances in order:

1. David Cook
2. Michael Johns
3. Syesha Mercado

My Least Favorite Performance:

1. Ramiele Malubay

This is what they sang and what I personally thought, in order of their performance.

• Ramiele Malubay - 1987 - "Alone" - I really think she has a nice voice, but to me, she isn't in Idol material. I honestly think she should have been sent home before Amanda. The song is a very tough song to do, and they mentioned she had lost her voice. She screamed the entire song. It is like she hollered the whole way through it. I didn't care for it.
• Jason Castro - 1987 - "Fragile" - I actually think he did a good job with this song. Even though the fact that he "sings with his eyebrows", I really enjoyed this performance. Much better than last week.
• Syesha Mercado - 1987 - "If I Were Your Woman" - She did a great job on this song. I really enjoyed this performance. This is my 3rd favorite song of the evening.
• Chikezie - 1985 - "If Only For One Night" - This was an "Ok" perforamance...a safe performance. I liked it, didn't love it. Nothing to me will beat that first Beatles song he did.
• Brooke White - 1983 - "Every Breath You Take" - I'm sorry, I thought it was SO boring. I'm really not a fan of hers. She sounds the same each week & I think hides behind that piano.
• Michael Johns - 1983 - "We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions" - Incredible!!! This was awesome. Michael is back. I knew if only he found the perfect song that he would prove how fantastic he is. I LOVE his voice. He has a Michael Hutchence sound. I LOVED it. Way to go Michael!
• Carly Smithson - 1983 - "Total Eclipse Of the Heart" - Good, not great. I think it was a "safe" performance. It is either that or I compare everything to her doing "Come Together".
• David Archuleta - 1990 - "Your The Voice" - I didn't care for it to tell you the honest truth. First, I never even heard of that song. Second, it reminded me of a solo Menudo performance.
• Kristy Lee Cook - 1984 - "God Bless The USA" - Truly a safe performance. Actually the judges were right. She was quite brilliant in choosing this song because she will get alot of 'patriotic' votes. It was ok to me.
• David Cook - 1982 - "Billie Jean". UNBELIEVEABLE. Seriously, when I heard that he was going to do the song thanks to the TMZ.com mole....I kinda cringed. But then my darling husband reminded me what he did to "Hello" and how I LOVED that song. This by far was my FAVORITE performance of the evening. He made this song his own. Just like he did with "Hello". Just like he did with "Eleanor Rigby". He was amazing tonight. He made the song sound sexy. I never thought that song could be "sexy". But it was. His voice is awesome, he is creative and unique. He could take this right to the end. Even if he doesn't I'm not worried because I could see him following in the footsteps of Chris Daughtry.

We shall see what America thinks tomorrow. I really hope that they do keep this a talent competition & not a popularity competition, like Simon suggested.