I like David Cook, Carly Hennes...I mean Smithson, and Aussie Michael.

Funny how 2 of the three aren't even American.

I don't care if Carly had a deal/record. Kelly did, too. Kelly had demos all over the place. I still have some of them on my ipod. The girl can still outsing everyone.

David and Aussie just rock. I do want to smack David's emo-bang face every time he sings, though!

Just starting to check in here. I don't start watching American Idol until they get the top 12. (I just can't take the awful auditions.) Once they do, I just listen to their performances on YouTube.

So far I'm finding the girls generally forgettable although I think the caliber of singers in general is going up. As for the guys, I really like David Archuleta and Michael Johns. They both gave me chills during at least one performance.

All 3 Davids are pretty good. Jason Castro is puzzling. He has such a sweet, innocent face and personality but his voice needs some work. I think what's kind of appealling about him is his uniqueness. He has this folksy quality that's kinda interesting. I don't see him lasting though.

When's it on next? Tuesday? Are they going to have famous guest "coaches" again and theme nights? I'm completely out of touch.

Really enjoyed the show tonight, but I think it was partially due to the songs themselves. I have to admit this season so far has entertained me much better than I expected. I didn't watch at all last year, and hadn't really loved a season in several years. This season I am completely hooked.

Brooke has been my favorite for some time now, but David Cook blew me away tonight. I'm not much of a rock fan usually, but I really like him. Amanda, however, hurts my ears. I listened to maybe 1/4 of her song before I had to mute it. I do not understand why the judges seem to like her, at all.

Okay, pretty good show this week. Loved, loved, loved the theme.

Best part of this week were the shockers... the average did great, the great did awful.. and shocker of all- Paula made sense! Who took our drunk Paula and replaced her with someone coherent?

Now, on to the contestants:
Top Marks from me for Chikeze (!), David Rocker, and Brooke. Chikeze, who knew??? David Rocker, "brought it" again! And for Brooke- I do really like Brooke's soulful voice, but fear what will happen when she has to abandon her Carly Simon inspired song file. Disco week? Eek!

Carly also had a stellar performance, but I worry that there is a Daughtry-esqe elimination shocker coming for her at some point. Seeing as that a large majority of the voters are the 12-18 set, and I don't see that as her audience... hmmmm.... I worry that around week 6 we may see a much-too-early departure for her.

I still do not get the Jason Castro kid. Just. Don't. Get. Him.

Amanda Overmeyer- fire your hairdresser. Immediately. I can't hear a single note you sing because I am so disturbed by your tresses.

David Hernandez and Kristy Lee... well, there just are no words. I am still so perplexed by both attempts, and just can not form complete thoughts at the moment. Bad. Very Bad. Nuff Said.

Which brings us to Little David Cupcake. Simon was right. It was a colossal mess. Forgetting words? Unforgiveable. Pitchy? Say it ain't so! And the performance... very wedding singer. But, Cupcake will bounce back, and this was likely a good wake up call for him. But... like Brooke, it sets up some worrisome theme weeks ahead.

Prediction for bottom 3: David Hernandez, Ramiele and Kristy Lee. Kristy Lee gets the axe.

LOLOLOL!!!

Phenomenally well-said, Blondie! And freakin' hilarious. You summed up every single thought and opinion I had. (well, except about Brooke, she's not one of my favorites, I can't put my finger on exactly why, but she kind of bugs me) But co-sign on every other review.

And Jason Castro's facial contortions when he "sings" make me want to throw my shoe at the TV.

At our house Amanda Overmeyer has become known as "the skunk-haired girl."

I agree about Kristy Lee and David H. When David was singing about dancing all I could think about is that he's an ex-stripper. I kept laughing. :p

Ramiele is just... BORING. I've never liked her. I'm also not a fan of Sayesha. I think her big, big earrings keep distracting me from HER.

I'm a huge fan of David Archeleta, but he was way out of his element last night. I think he was trying to do something different because Simon told him he needed to "lighten up" last week. I would have LOVED to see him sing "Yesterday."

Leave it to some Beatles songs to separate the wheat from the chaffe. Interesting night.

My top tier for the night:
Chikezie - Huge kudos! That was pure joy. :)
David Cook - Great. Really powerful. I had no idea he was sweet and humble too.
Carly - Of the rocker chicks, I liked her the best. Something about her annoys me but she sure can sing and command a stage.
Brooke - Solid.

Middle tier:
Aussie Man - I LOVE his voice but he played it way too safe. He's capable of much more.
Amanda - I don't know why but I just want to deck her. Yeah, she has a good voice but you can tell for a fact that she's watched The Rose and thinks she's Janis Joplin reincarnated. :rolleyes: Let me tell you, girl, both Janis Joplin and Bette Midler could vocally kick your Harley-riding ass!
Ramiele - Another person with a great voice who's playing it safe. Too soon to tell if she can pull it off.

Bottom tier:
David Archuleta - Huge screw-up last night. You'd think with his experience he'd make sure he knows his lyrics.
Syesha Mercado - Great voice but she seemed so uncomfortable on stage.
David Hernandez - Cheeeeessseeeeeeey.
Jason Castro - I finally figured out who he reminds me of, Tiny Tim with a bit of really bad Cat Stevens. Can't wait for him to get the boot.
Kristy Lee - PAINFUL

I like David Cook the most. I had to look up his name to know what it was though -- that's sad. I otherwise call him the emo, flat-hair boy who plays guitar. He's a keeper though.

I like that Jason kid. The Hallelujah song really won me over (learned about that song during The OC years) and so I didn't find much fault with him last night and I enjoyed him.

Can't stand crazy, ugly hair girl. As summer said it's very "skunk" like. Blah.

Like Chikezie for the first time last night too.

As a huge fan of the Beatles and Sir Paul, I was very concerned about last night's episode and was prepared to hate the entire thing just on principle. Would I break my TV set before the end of the show? It survived, but was hit with a barrage of pillows when Paula or Simon or whoever it was compared Carly to Kelly Clarkson and during Jason's performance. UGH already, can we just send Carly home now? She doesn't do a thing for me, and went with a safe-for-her choice.

Loved, loved, LOVED Chikezie! To be fair, I've liked him all along but he did a great job. Liked both David Cook and Brooke White and appreciate their respect for the songs. Syesha, Michael Johns, and Ramiele were tolerable. Missed both Davids (by choice), poor Kristy Lee is just out of her element, and I normally adore Amanda but didn't last night.

I haven't watched it much this year, but turned it on just in time to hear Kristi Lee butcher Eight Days a Week. It sounded like she was trying to catch the musci.

David Hernandez
 

Well.... at least the tips in the strip clubs should increase for him.

On a separate note... what is with the waterworks from Ramiele every single week? That girl is really starting to annoy.

I cannot stand Ramelle!!!! She drive me nuts, she is soooo whiny!!! I really wanted her to go! "Yesterday" is one of my all time favorite songs, and she ruined it the other night!

I am glad David A got another chance! He is one of my favs as are Brooke and Carly! The rest just don't really impress me!

Another one I cannot stand, Amanda Overmeyer! I will like that girl is growling and crying everytime she sings! I respect Rock, and I love my fair share of it, but I like to understand the words....

I can't imagine that David got less votes than Kristy. Her song was a hot mess while David's was just ok. I think the producers wanted him gone because of the stripper photos.

I wish they had just booted off all of the bottom three. I'm tired of all of them already. I can't believe Kristy Lee didn't get voted off (again). I couldn't even pay attention to her warbling overly "country" vocals because I was so distracted by the fiddlers on crack in the background - that was terrible!

I think Kristy Lee should have gone home.

I think David H. is very talented, regardless of his stripper past, and I was sad to see him go first.
IMO, he has the voice to put out a pop album or a soul/r&b album and it would be very successful.