American Idol - Review - Top 3

What an interesting evening! Last night to me felt very rushed. I also felt like the judges were at it in full force. Like, what is up with Paula? Since her faux-pas a few weeks ago she has been noticeably "sober" (for lack of a better word), but a judge that normally sugarcoats everything was quite different last night. Now you all know who read my blog, I am a die-hard David Cook fan. No question there. But as a "Word Nerd or Cookie" I will freely admit that the judges really threw Syesha under the bus last night. I thought she really did a nice job. Maybe I just hear things differently or am not professional enough. In my opinion, what they said to Syesha was just unnecessary. For example, about the producers choice of song...they said it was the wrong song choice, blah-blah. She did not choose it!

That being said, I will give you my preference in order of person, then song.

David Cook
Song # 1 - "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" - I knew about that he was singing this ahead of time because they announced it at his homecoming. It is a very beautiful song. Now another thing that regular readers know is tht my favorite singer of all time is Elvis Presley. He did a version of this too. I liked David's version better! And the fan I am of Elvis' is saying alot. LOL! It was absolutely beautiful. It brought me to tears. He did a fabulous job & showed his heart during this song. Simon picked a great song for him.

Song # 3 - "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" - I thought he did a fabulous job. This was a producers choice and they actually got one right. This was a perfect song for him to sing

Song # 2 - "Dare You To Move" - I liked it. It was an interesting song choice, but I will agree with Paula on one thing and this is not David's fault. The show forces them to cram a 3-4 minute song into 90 seconds. The best part about it was the middle and end, the latter being awesome. It is a shame that they waste so much time on other things and they should let these kids sing the full versions at this stage in the game. Make the show 90mins again.

Syesha Mercado
Song # 1 - "If I Ain't Got You" - I thought this was a good song for her. She seemed very comfortable singing it. Randy gave her a good choice.

Song # 2 - "Fever" - I actually liked it. It showed her spunk and she sang it very well. So what if it was an older song? She showed her range with it. It wasn't like the whole season wasn't older songs.

Song # 3 - "Hit Me Up" - I thought it was OK. I really didn't know the song so maybe if I did, I would have liked it more. But she did good with what she had

David Archuleta
Song # 1 - "And So It Goes" - Well Paula gave him an interesting song choice. I would have given him something other than a slow song which he is always singing. It was OK, not terrific. I actually liked the acapella part he did, when the music came in, it threw me off.

Song # 3 - "Longer" - The producers, what were they thinking? Great song, but not for a 17yr old Idol hopeful to sing.

Song # 2 - "With You" - It was OK. It was an upbeat song for him. But a weird choice in my opinion. It wasn't "him".

Who I think will be going home tonight - Syesha. She is an extremely talented girl. I actually think she has a better voice than David Archuleta, but his teen fan base will keep him in the running. I would have loved to have seen a Cook/Mercado finale but I think it will the the two Davids which I've been saying all along.