Surprise, surprise, guess who will be in the American Idol finale? We barely even need tomorrow's show to relieve the suspense. It should definitely be a Crystal Bowersox versus Lee Dewyze finale, with both of them getting good record deals afterwards. The only certainty should be Casey James going home tomorrow. For the first time I even did my part and voted for Crystal for a solid hour with my Redial button. I figure Lee was so heavily over-hyped on the show that he did not need any help. Since I am still surprised Casey had more votes than Mike did last week, I know he must have a powerful voting base. So I was trying to do my part to make sure Crystal was in the finale where she belongs with Lee. Someone has to vote against the huge mass of power texting tween girls, Texans and older women who love Casey. Plus since both Chicago and Dallas/Fort Worth are so huge, I think Crystal needs more "local" voting help (hey, I used to live in Northern Ohio!) I did think Lee's "Hallelujah" was the highlight of the show, but I did not think his "Simple Man" was all that great. I will go ahead and score and rank the six performances as I saw them:
1) Lee - "Hallelujah" 7.5/10 - Despite the judges' ridiculous over praising, Lee actually did a great job. He definitely is a much improved performer since two months ago.
2) Crystal - "Maybe I'm Amazed" 7.2/10 - I did not think Lee's performance was that much better than Crystal's, and she definitely took a much bigger risk in her performance and arrangement. Her vocals are fantastic as always.
3) Crystal - "Come To My Window" 6.0/10 - The instruments were overpowering her vocals which is a shame. She actually sang it very well although she started off a bit weak.
4) Lee - "Simple Man" 5.5/10 - More over the top compliments from the judges. I thought is was solid but nothing we haven't heard from Lee before.
5) Casey - "Daughters" 4.5/10 - Better than his first song, but still a snoozer. Isn't he supposed to be a rocker? He does play a great guitar but his vocal performances are "nice" but not memorable.
6) Casey - "It's Alright With Me" 4.0/10 - I cannot believe he picked this from all the songs he could pick. Casey can be a lot better than this, but he did not bring it tonight.
Sometimes I wonder if the contestants are told to under perform at times. I cannot believe Casey performed in such a lifeless manner when he is actually capable of being a lot better. I watched some of his videos from when he played in Texas this past weekend, and he is so much better playing upbeat, rocking songs than what he performed in front of the millions of TV viewers tonight. Was he paid off to be boring and be voted off tomorrow?
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