How the mighty have fallen! At least in the guy's group. Last night the performances ranged from atrocious to mediocre, with the exception of Big Mike Lynche, who did a rather stellar job. At least the night didn't feel as rushed as girl's night, however, in an evening full of pitchtacular vocals, drive-by hugs from Ellen, Randy name dropping, and Kara's tears, I kind of wish it would have been more rushed. Let's get to the recap'n:
Lee Dewyze: Owl City’s “Fireflies”
Ok, Lee has ok vocals, he is a rocker, he has the David Cook thing going for him, however; I absolutely have hated all of his song choices! Fireflies? Really? and don't even get me started on Hinder. *cringe* He'll definitely make it into the top 12, I hope he starts picking better songs, Matchbox Twenty, Kings of Leon, or even The Script.
Alex Lambert: Ray LaMontagne’s “Trouble”
Alex has a great voice when he sings well, he did an alright job tonight, I think it is enough for him to make it into the top 12, I just wish he would lose the mullet though, which was in full effect tonight.
Tim Urban: Leonard Cohen’s, Jeff Buckley's “Hallelujah”
I was so, so, so, so sure Tim Urban would be leaving this Thursday...until he did this song and he actually sang it well, a million times better than his other performances and I think he deserved that hug from Ellen. Plus everyone loves the song, it is such an emotional song that really connects with people, Justin Timberlake and Matt Morris recently did it for the Haiti benefit and it was a top single on iTunes for awhile, so the youth nation really digs it. So that, along with a finally good performance, Tim could actually be safe from elimination.
Andrew Garcia: Christina Aguilera’s “Genie in a Bottle”
When I heard Andrew was doing "Genie in a Bottle" my first thoughts were this will either be another "Straight Up" or it will be a disaster. It was a disaster. It was just weird and made me feel dirty and his singing wasn't that great, his voice is good but this performance was just... not, it rubbed me the wrong way, if you will. Andrew could be going home tonight, it wouldn't surprise me.
Casey James: Keith Urban’s “You’ll Think of Me”
I actually agree with Randy when he said that Casey was playing it really, really safe. It was a good performance to me, it was the right song, Casey just played it safe, kind of like Katelyn Epperly on Tuesday, he will make it through to the top 12 though, all the lusting cougars speed dialing for this one.
Aaron Kelly: Lonestar’s “I’m Already There”
Aaron is a cute kid, a sweet kid, he has a good voice...sometimes. Tonight he hit the right note about every 10 notes, it was all kinds of pitchy to me. He seems like a nice guy and an okay singer, I just have no interest in him.
Todrick Hall: Queen’s “Somebody to Love”
The first thing that came to mind when I heard he was singing this song was Glee. And of course, Glee did it better, but Todrick did an admirable job. He relied a little too much on the back-up singers vocals to carry him through I think. I don't remember the other 2 songs he sang so I'll just say this was his best performance so far on the live shows.
Michael Lynche: Kate Bush’s, Maxwell's “This Woman’s Work”
Big Mike really killed it last night, I thought he did a terrific job of singing this song and performing the song and just being an overall entertainer. It was his most emotional performance to date and while I don't think it was tear-inducing, Kara, I do think it was worthy of a spot in the top 12.
What did you think of guy's night? Who's going home? I think it is a big toss-up, any of them could be going home except Casey and Big Mike. I feel the same way about the girls too, the worst gave redeeming performances, so it's hard to tell who is going to go home. My predictions are Aaron and Andrew or Todrick for the guys...and Paige and Lacey for the girls, even though I really loved Lacey's performance Tuesday, and I'm hoping Katie goes instead.
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