I've been anxiously awaiting the ladies. Thanks to YouTube, I've seen several of them perform prior to AI and it left me wanting more. Tonight would tell if you should be careful what you wish for.
Stephanie Edwards
She started off pretty shaky but managed to turn it around with a fairly strong performance. What wasn't the least bit shaky was her stage presence. Hopefully now that the first night jitters are past, she'll have better control of her voice. I gave her a
6.
Amy Krebs
Her rendition of I Can't Make You Love Me wasn't bad, it just wasn't entertaining. The song didn't get better as it went along either and I found her a bit flat at the end. She's one of several very pretty girls this year. The problem is that they are all starting to look alike. Perhaps we could lump them into one contestant. Now performing... AlainaAmyAntonellaHaley.
She got a
3.
Leslie Hunt
I really thought I was going to gag when this girl performed. Her audition entered the weird zone. However, she wasn't as bad as I remembered her being. She also wasn't very good. Her rendition of Natural Woman was all over the place pitch wise. Her stage presence left me reaching for the Dramamine. I gave her a
4.
Sabrina Sloan
When they introduced her I was like, who is this girl? Didn't remember her at all from the auditions. I will, however, remember her from last night. Singing I Ain't Never Loved a Man, she wasn't perfect but she was compelling. I loved her delivery and her tone. Basically, for the first time during the top 24 rounds, she blew me away. For the first time this year, she got a
10!!
Antonella Barba
Nope, singing Aerosmith just didn't work. The best thing I can say about her performance was it was mediocre. Add on to that, she got pretty pitchy toward the end. She was lucky to get a
4.
Jordin Sparks
The baby of the girls came out ready to sing! I like this girl and even though she got a bit screamy doing Give Me One Reason, I found her delivery interesting. She seemed a bit nervous but I think she'll get that under control as the weeks go by and I'm sure she'll be here for quite a few more weeks. I gave her an
8.
Nicole Tranquillo
I thought AI was a singing competition, not a talking competition. She really did seem to speak the song. Sharp, screaming, it was really bad dawg. She got a
3.
Haley Scarnato
She sang It's All Coming Back To Me but she's no Celine. Part of the
AlainaAmyAntonellaHaley group, I think she'll go away pretty fast in this competition. It's just a question of which one of them will go first. She got a
4.
Melinda Doolittle
Baby, Baby, this girl can really sing and that's also what she sang. Wonderful vocal control and tone, she really was right on the money. Her stage presence still needs just a bit more work and while she wasn't quite a 10, I gave her a
9.5.
Alaina Alexander
VFTW must be loving this gal. Just dreadful all the way around. Flat, weak, spastic on stage, no pitch... should I go on? She got a
2.
Gina Glocksen
I'm not sure why but I just don't care for this girl's personality.
I will say she can sing well though. While All By Myself isn't one of my favorites, she did a nice job with it. She'd do well to remember it's in her best interests not to sing songs that will force her voice too high. That was painful. I gave her a
7.
Lakisha Jones
And now the OMG moment of the night. I haven't read what was written here last night yet but I'm sure everyone has already heaped on all the positives I have on my list. So I'll just say...Well, that was amazing.
No surprises here, she gets a
10+++.
Who I think should go home:
AlainaAmyAntonellaHaley
Who I think will go home:
Alaina
Amy
Who I voted for:
Lakisha but I was only able to get through about 10 times. For a while the circuits were down!
Sabrina - Quite a few votes for her.
Melinda
Jordin.
Best Simonism of the night:
When you sing, you have the personality of a candle.
As always, JMHO.
