I got to watch in realtime Wednesday night! (And then I was too tired to write up a recap then, but....yeah.) So, anyway, the Top 14 performed, except for those who didn't.
See, it's like this: The producers ruled that if the judges could agree unanimously on any contestants, they would get a free pass into the Top 10, and whoever was left would be left for America to decide. So Keith, Jennifer and Harry got together and gave Fast Passes to Olivia(Yay!), Dalton(Yay!), Treny(Yay?) and La'Porsha(ugh). So that left ten singers fighting for the final six spots. What happened after that? Read on....(totally had Steven Tyler screeching that phrase right there) to find out.
Manny Torres performed Stevie Wonder's "Master Blaster," and the best thing I can say about it was that it wasn't very challenging rangewise. Also, that rhythm seemed really choppy, so maybe that had something to do with it. But it was extremely forgettable, though he seemed to have fun.
Gianna Isabella sang Annie Lennox's "I Put a Spell On You," which was boring. She was wearing a weird outfit, I was expecting an upbeat tonal shift which never happened, and then all the high notes just seemed to be jammed in there to say "I'm YELLING!" Not a fan.
Thomas Stringfellow did One Direction's "Story of My Life," which was fine, I suppose. It had nice guitar in the background. That hat was horrible, though. Couldn't pay attention between that and his hair, which was equally bad. The teen girls in the audience loved it, by the loud squealing which could be heard.
Tristan McIntosh did Rascal Flatts's "What Hurts the Most", which was actually first done by Mark Wills. It was weird hearing a girl sing this, like when Danny Gokey did "Jesus Take the Wheel." But it worked. What I scribbled down in my notebook: "Whoa. Terrific."
First off, I was distracted during Avalon Young's performance simply because she was wearing makeup. She looks like Elaine from Seinfeld that way. She did a Chris Brown song called "Excuse Me Miss," and it was weird, but it fit Avalon. She seemed nervous, though, and it felt like karaoke-good, not last-American-Idol-good.
Jenn Blosil managed to ruin Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors." I kinda thought that was one of those which it was hard to mess up. Her voice sounded worse than nails on a chalkboard, and those glitter eyebrows were the last straw. This was all-around terrible.
Lee Jean did another Ed Sheeran song, this one called "Make It Rain." I couldn't hear the guitar, but it was another nice Lee performance.
Sonika Vaid was next. She did Celine Dion's "I Surrender," because everyone has to do that at least once every season. There's something about her eyebrows.... and this was just such a boring song.
Jeneve Rose Mitchell surprised everyone by simply singing Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" without doing anything outlandish to it. It was weird, but interesting. And a little boring, because it was so subdued. Her voice was all over the place, but the emotion was there. "Did you like that?" Harry asked Jennifer. "Well....it was fun....?" she mumbled.
MacKenzie Bourg was the last contestant of the night, and he did an original song called "Roses." That was strange. The girls in the audience loved it. He seemed nervous and mumbling, but the guitar was played well. He also stole one of Jemma Simmons' shirts. (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. reference.)
I voted the maximum amount for Tristan and Lee, and then for Jeneve to try to keep her on there, with a couple online votes for Avalon and MacKenzie. And then I voted the old-fashioned way, by phone, for Tristan, Lee and Jeneve.
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