COFFEE & BISCUITS

 Yeppie, Beatles!  How can anybody go wrong with a Beatle song?  Coming into the night, my top 3 of this season are:  1.)  David Cook 2.) Brooke White  3.)  Jason Castro.  (In that order)

Chikizie was surprising good.  You got to give him credits for the refreshing arrangement, beginning with folk then with rock.

Ramielle sang “All my Life”.  Judges didn’t like it.  But I like her voice and the song.  She didn’t do anything new to it.

Jason Castro’s delivery is always very touching.  He sang “If I fell.” Just the guitar and him.  (My top 3 of this season)

David Cook is possibly the smartest contestant on this show.  Every performance he gave was carefully designed and reliably contained at least one of his creative twists to it.  He sang “Eleanor.” 

Although I don’t like Carly Smithson, she was good tonight.  The song she chose, “Come Together,” exactly suits her voice.  Finally, I understood what the judges saw in her voice.

Love Brooke White.  She played “Let It Be” on the piano, and was shaking all over afterwards and tearing up.   Didn’t do anything new to it, but it was a –as Randy put it–”heartfelt” delivery.  This girl is so true that every sentence she utters seems to be coming straight from the heart.  So when she sings “Let It Be,” you really felt that she MEANT it. 

David Hernandez, like always, is too dramatic.  Too show-biz for me.  Agree with all three judges that his performance is over the top.  (Stripperish!)

Amanda Overmeyer picked a song that I have never heard before.  She’s cool.

Michael John sang a song named “Across the Universe.”  I have never heard this song before but it sounded so good!  It was sung simply, with him standing in the center, just holding the microphone.  Simon and Randy thought it was boring because he didn’t do anything new.  Paula thought it was heartfelt.  I agree with Paula.  Maybe females can more easily connect to the emotion current underlying a song’s delivery? 

Kristy Lee Cook “Eight Days a Week” with her own country arrangement.  I was squinting throughout her rendition.  The band seems to be half a beat faster than her.  And there was this annoyingly pushy drum beat that just didn’t go with her rhythm.  Still, Simon’s comments were too mean. 

David Archuleta, put on the pimp spot.  Omg, did he just forget the lyrics?  Yes he did!  It’s a crime to forget your lyrics for a Beatle song on such a highly watched show!  Agree with Simon, it’s a mess.  It’s obvious David himeslf didn’t even enjoy the song. 

My Ranking of the Night:

1.  Brooke White

2.  David Cook

3.  Chikizie

4.  Jason Castro

5.  Michael Johns

6.  Carly Smithson

7.  Amanda Overmeyer

8.  David Hernandez, Syesha, Ramielle Maluby, David Archuleta

12.  Kristy Lee Cook

Going home:  Kristy Lee Cook.