American Idol Review - Top 7 - Mariah Carey songs

Tonight Mariah Carey was the Top 7 Idol contestants guest mentor. The show was overall very good. I enjoyed it much better than the inspirational songs week, which doesn't sound right, but true.

My favorite performance of the night was David Cook. I know, big surprise. LOL! But seriously, he did a phenomenal job on "Always Be My Baby", he made it his own & had so much emotion behind it. There was a story behind it too. For those of you who didn't read about it, David's older brother Adam Cook was in the audience. His brother has brain cancer which has now spread to his spine. He is apparently very ill, but wanted to go & see his brother perform on the Idol stage. His friends chipped in & arranged for a charter medical flight to take him & his wife to California. His brother was not permitted to fly on a commercial aircraft because of the germs I suppose, plus in case he needed anything medically. So, tonight with David doing so well with his song, plus the audience approval, the judges approval & being able to perform live in front of his brother proved to be very overwhelming & emotional for David, hence the tears. It was just a beautiful moment...especially for a David fan. Ok...I'll stop now. LOL!

Ok, full list of favorites in order:
1) David Cook - phenomenal, amazing, loved it!
2) Kristy Lee Cook - she is really growing on me!
3) David Archuleta - very nice

So-So performances in order:
1) Syesha Mercado - it was Ok
2) Carly Smithson - She has such a strong & beautiful voice, she needs to let go.
3) Brooke White - She is very talented, but it just comes across boring & the same thing, a slowed up acoustic/unplugged version.

Least favorite performance:
1) Jason Castro - Randy was right!! I wanted to put suntan lotion on & go to the beach.

Line of the evening:
Simon: "It is like ordering a hamburger and only getting the bun"

Bottom 3 prediction:
Brooke, Syesha, & Carly