Thursday, March 3, 2011

American Idol's top 12 girls sing!

Last night we got to hear the Top 12 females and as I expected, the girls on this season of AI are very strong!

Ta-tynisa Wilson went first and did "Only girl in the world". I had hoped she had stepped it up from earlier showings but this was not very good. Rihanna is not known as a strong singer (although I disagree with that) but she was clearly outsung by Rihanna. The song was way too big for her.

Naima Adedapo went next and did "Summertime". She was very good. Loved her style.

Kendra Chantelle did "Impossible". I must say I love her name, it's just such an artistic name. She was very good. Great image, loved her whole look. She had it all working and sounded really good.

Rachel Zevita just had a weird song choice. She had a decent vocal performance but the song choice was her downfall.

Karen Rodriguez did a bilingual version of "Hero". Very smart song choice and very smart to do it bilingually and set herself apart that way. She looked great. Sounded great.

Lauren Turner did "7 day fool". Very good vocals, she can definitely sing. Very cool song choice.

Ashthon Jones showed good vocals and lots of confidence on stage. Interesting performance, she performed as if she was doing a concert and not a vocal competition. That was different. Not sure if it was different in a bad way though.

Julie Zorrilla did "Breakaway". Why did she pick that song? I love the great arrangement by the band but she didn't work it at all. I found her vocals only ok. She's better than what she showed last night.

Haley Reinhart did "Fallin'". I didn't like it and agreed with Randy that she overperformed & oversang the song. All that she did was un-necessary.

Thia Megia did "On my own". Amazing vocals. So poised for her age.

Lauren Alaina did "Turn on the radio". Great natural performance & vocals. It seemed so effortless for her.

Pia Toscano did "I'll stand by you". Nice understated yet very strong performance throughout the song but she absolutely killed it at the end with some amazing note choices. Great performance. The best of the night.

I think after last night that Ta-Tatynisa and Rachel Zevita are in danger.

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