Lee DeWyse, Crystal Bowersox.
Despite the fact that American Idol concerts have been cancelled in some cities, the American Idol Tour will arrive in Atlantic City this Saturday. Read the story here.
Adam Lambert makes his return to Atlantic City June 26 at the Borgata, after visiting our town with the American Idols tour last summer. He’ll be joined by guitarist Orianthi and fellow Idol Allison Iraheta. Check out the review of the Idol show here.
For all the Galmbert fans out there here is his new video “If I Had You.”
I’m going to keep telling myself that Adam Lambert has done very well for himself as the American Idol second choice. I like Lee DeWyse and think he will have a decent recording career but I think we all know who the stronger singer was in this year’s competition — Crystal Bowersox.
In the end the teen text-ers and the fact that she coasted a bit the final weeks led to the finish last night when DeWyse was named American Idol champ. The night was nearly unwatchable as the lovefest for Simon Cowell overshadowed the contestants, although it was great seeing all those Idol champions on the same stage.
Here’s hoping that next year’s show has a stronger line-up. Go here to buy tickets for the July 10 Idols Tour stop at the Taj Mahal.
Lee DeWyse made it a close race in the final weeks of the American Idol competition, but in the end, Crystal Bowersox should win tonight.
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Lee DeWyze
My fellow MamaSox fans should be afraid … very afraid. Finally, an American Idol contestant, namely Lee DeWyse, stepped it up enough to make a strong case they he deserves the title over Crystal Bowersox. While Crystal didn’t exactly go in the tank last night, Lee delivered the first defining moment of this less-than-stellar Season 9 of American Idol with his take on Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” a song selected for him by Simon Cowell. He delivered vocally, emotionally and in every other way with the song.
His other vocal was excellent as well, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Simple Man,” which fit his growling rock voice perfectly.
Crystal was solid with her version of Melissa Etheridge’s “Come To My Window,” but it was far from her best vocal of the season. It felt like she was coasting a bit with a song in her wheelhouse. Ellen D. selected Paul McCartney’s “Maybe I’m Amazed” for her second song and she delivered a stronger vocal minus the guitar. Her singing is stronger when she isn’t worried about playing the guitar.
Casey James sang like he knew he was the third wheel, although he wasn’t terrible. His song choice was Eric Hutchinson’s “It’s Alright With Me,” a song that certainly wouldn’t give him a chance to make the finals. He did improve with the Kara-Randy selection of John Mayer’s “Daughters,” but unless the fans of his long hair and pecs flooded the phone lines, it will be the expected Crystal-Lee showdown next week.
Lee & Crystal "Falling Slowly."
Thank goodness we had the duets last night to remind us the final four are actually decent singers and maybe even artists in the case of Crystal Bowersox and Lee DeWyse.
What these final four fail at miserably is in selecting suitable material to showcase their talents. However, having just looked at the song list provided for movie night … it sucked. I was wondering why Crystal Bowersox didn’t go for “The Rose.” It’s not on the list. I mean really, “Gonna Fly Now” from Rocky? This isn’t a Flyers game folks. The list of songs is beyond lame.
My movie critic side was offended last night, especially by Bowersox, who selected Kenny Loggins’ “I’m All Right” from Caddychack. WTF! While I will concede that Crystal did more with the song than expected, making it her own by changing the tempo and making it almost soulful, it was still sloppy seconds as a song choice. Looking at the list, a Crystalized “Summertime” could have allowed her to bring the emotion instead of the cutes.
DeWyse tried to be dramatic with Seal’s “Kiss By A Rose,” (Batman Forever) but the difficulty of the song reminded us that DeWyse can go off-key, although he did have some decent moments.
Lee DeWyse had the best vocal.
You had to figure that Sinatra night would be a tough go for these Idol contestants who have a lot of trouble with nuance and emotional connection to the songs they sing. And they did, indeed, fumble the opportunity to pay tribute to the Chairman of the Board. Go here for the story.
As in past year’s, the American Idols Live! tour will be coming to Atlantic City. But this time the venue has changed and the date is a little earlier in the year: July 10 at the Taj Mahal. Tickets go on sale May 15 at 10am.
Aaron Kelly, Andrew Garcia, Casey James, Crystal Bowersox, Didi Benami, Katie Stevens, Lee DeWyze, Michael Lynche, Siobhan Magnus, and Tim Urban, the Season Nine finalists, are all expected to perform.
Simon Fuller, creator and executive producer of American Idol said on the official Web site, “We are all looking forward to this year’s American Idol Live! Tour. This is always one of the highlights of the year. Each of the Idols have the chance to meet the people that voted for them and perform at incredible venues all over America, another special moment in their developing careers.”
Lee DeWyse
Crystal went light and sweet and paid for it with negative comments, while Casey and Aaron bounced back from poor performances last week. Lee DeWyse had the best vocal of the night. Go here for the story.
