Idol: Who Is Going Home?
Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Katelyn Epperly
Tim Urban (‘’Hallelujah”) and Alex Lambert (“Trouble”) didn’t make it as easy as I expected with their performances last night on Idol. They still aren’t great but I think one of them is safe. I fear that singer/dancer Todrick Hall was given the kiss of death when Simon suggested that Broadway material was his best choice. I don’t disagree, and unlike the judges, I thought his take on Queen’s “Somebody to Love” was weird. And, though teen angel Aaron Kelly was pitchy as hell on Lonestar’s “I’m Already There,” I think he holds on for another week.
The no doubters for survival remain Casey James, Lee Dewyze, Andrew Garcia and “Big Mike” Lynche who brought Kara to tears.
So who goes for the guys? Todrick Hall and Tim Urban.
As for the ladies, Paige Miles just had a horribly off night with “Smile” and I fear she will be smiling through her tears when she is eliminated tonight. And, as much as I love Lilly Scott, she frankly butchered a song by one of my all time singers, Patsy Cline. “I Fall To Pieces” describes her pitchy presentation. Still, I think she is safe.
Didi Benami bounced back nicely with her impressive rendition of Fleetwood Mac’s ‘’Rhiannon.” I wouldn’t be shocked if she was sent home for her body of work, but she did make it tough.
Katie Stevens might be in trouble since she did what the judges asked, did a “young song,” Kelly Clarkson’s “Breakaway,” and made it forgettable. However, I think the lady joining Paige will be Katelyn Epperly, whose version of Carole King’s “I Feel the Earth Move” was exactly the type of karaoke performance that Idol haters insist is the norm and the not the exception.



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