February 23, 2005

2/22 - The Girls

By Tanya

I haven't read anyone else's posts yet. The sound on my tv cuts out when high-traffic shows are on, and it screws up the %$#@ dvr replay too. So I had to re-watch the parts I couldn't hear, this morning.

Note: I ran in the door last night at about 6:59pm (Central time) and watched the show in my work clothes while trying to cook dinner, so I wasn't watching closely until Carrie.

Vonzell: Heat Wave. At least it's not boring. I can take or leave her voice, but she's a natural entertainer.

Amanda: Nicely belted, but yawn. Pitchy. Didn't someone do this sing last night? (How Am I Supposed to Live Without You) Not exciting, and she's making the constipation face. I hate that.

Ryan's just jealous that Simon doesn't want to be his microphone.

Janay: Poor kid. She's scared to death and it's really showing in her voice. She has nice range, but they're going to kill her. Like the Lauryn Hill girl last year, she's singing too old, and I bet she keeps doing it, if she stays, even when they tell her to sing young, fun songs.

Carrie: Nice. very nice. Good range, and she's so comfortable on stage. Love to see her get out of the country niche. She could win this.

{Bambi!}

Sarah: Yawn. I can't even say what it is about this performance that I don't like. It's what Simon calls "cruise ship" or what I think you'd hear at a wedding where they make your aunts do the macarena. She's lucky she's pretty. She reminds me of a cheap Michelle Pfeiffer. Paula said what I meant, I think. She only sang in one octave - on this show, that's not enough. She looks drunk, but I'm sure it's just the shape of her eyes...

Why are they still picking safe songs? Do you think this was recorded the same night as the boys? If not, they should have learned from their mistakes.

Melinda: Double yawn. She's hearing music that I'm not. Why is she dancing so fast to this song? Beautiful voice, but she seems way off the beat to me. Not off-key, just out of time.

Nadia: STUPID $#@! CABLE.

Celena: Nice voice, but another very safe song. I don't know this song. At least she's making a sing-your-heart-out face instead of the constipation face. She reminds me of Mary Ann.

Mikalah and Lindsey: I obviously have some kind of #@!$ed-up tv karma. The sound only goes out on the singers on my picks list. Glad I have dvr.

{If you were Christina Ricci's agent, would you slap her?}
{Is that the guy from Hootie and the Blowfish in that BK commercial with all the Fredricks of Hollywood girls? And why was he singing like "nani-nani-boo-boo stick your head in doo-doo?" Did I just critique a song in a commercial? Yeesh. Hey, who was that on the swing at the end? She looked like a circa-1960 Loretta Lynn.}

Jessica: I love this song (Against All Odds), and she's killing it. Again, cruise ship. Now I have to go download the real song to scrub my brain.

Aloha: Wow. I really like her. If Aretha Franklin and 50 Cent had a love child, this would be her. Strong legs. Nice style. Very cool.

{That hot Israeli guy from the Mummy is going to be on 24}

Next day:

Wow. That was confusing. I turned on the tv and Aloha was on, talking to the judges. I thought I must have somehow left the dvr playing, so I tried to rewind it, and the rest of them weren't there. It was the local news, playing her performance. (I live in her hometown)

Ok...

Nadia: I love her. She $#@! rocks. She obviously honestly having fun. Simon told someone last night that kids are looking for a role model here. I don't necessarily agree with that, but if they really are, Nadia's a good one.

Mikalah: Why's she singing like Fran Drescher? I don't like the black hair and weird lipliner, but she's very fun and cute, and she can SING BETTER THAN THIS. *grumble*

Lindsey: Very safe. I love her smoky voice, and I wish she'd use it. That was boring.