SAD REALITY ON LATIN NIGHT
The recent weeks of the Great Sanjaya Debacle have made some of us wonder for a nanosecond if the "American Idol" voting wouldn’t be better off in the judges’ hands. We found the smelling salts Tuesday night. All three judges were lovey-dovey with Sanjaya Malakar and brutalized local contestant Phil Stacey. For those who didn’t see the show, let me put it this way: If the performances were slides from "An Inconvenient Truth," Stacey would be the 1960s glacier and Malakar would be the ice cube that’s left in 2020.
What they said about Stacey: He sang "Maria Maria" with some bad notes but had enough tenor strength and heart to give guest mentor Jennifer Lopez goosebumps in practice ("You can’t buy that," she said). Randy called it boring, Paula said it was "a real good vocal" but not enough, and Simon cried, "No originality."
What Stacey said about Simon: "My daughter just got a stuffed animal, a cow, and she calls it Simon Cow." A sweet shout-out for his daughter or Stacey’s sneaky dart for the poor critique? You decide.
Mr. Slick helps Miss Congeniality: The Reality TV universe got a jolt as one contestant helped another -- with no ulterior motive. Blake Lewis did an impromptu beatbox so Haley Scarnato could find the rhythm during practice. Those weenies over on "Survivor: Waponi Woo" felt a sudden pang of guilt … and then got back to the back-stabbing.
Cowellism of the night: "The first two singers, it was all a bit hotel cabaret." Simon’s double tap was aimed at front-runner Melinda Doolittle and diva LaKisha Jones. It was that strange Tuesday night.
At least they got one right: Lewis deserved his atta-boys for his spot-on pitch even as the backup singers messed up, his emotive notes and his song choice with "Need to Know." He also smartly went with some echo effect on the mic and was the only one to get the Latino dance steps right. Every week, he proves that he deserves a shot at the final, especially with his music biz savvy.
Where’s that number for Wapner? The judges harped on the fact that contestants chose fun songs but not "singer" songs. Um, it was Simon and Co. who chose the Latin theme.
Yo quiero authenticity: I’m no Bonne Bell, but didn’t Scarnato go a little thick with the Havana brown spray-on tan and Evita false eyelashes? They were about as natural as JLo‘s Spanish on her new album.
The Miracle Worker: Admit it, when you saw JLo working with Jones, you were thinking this is the dance floor equivalent of Annie Sullivan and Helen Keller.
Most likely to go home: Stacey or Scarnato. And America loves tight shorts.
What they said about Stacey: He sang "Maria Maria" with some bad notes but had enough tenor strength and heart to give guest mentor Jennifer Lopez goosebumps in practice ("You can’t buy that," she said). Randy called it boring, Paula said it was "a real good vocal" but not enough, and Simon cried, "No originality."
What Stacey said about Simon: "My daughter just got a stuffed animal, a cow, and she calls it Simon Cow." A sweet shout-out for his daughter or Stacey’s sneaky dart for the poor critique? You decide.
Mr. Slick helps Miss Congeniality: The Reality TV universe got a jolt as one contestant helped another -- with no ulterior motive. Blake Lewis did an impromptu beatbox so Haley Scarnato could find the rhythm during practice. Those weenies over on "Survivor: Waponi Woo" felt a sudden pang of guilt … and then got back to the back-stabbing.
Cowellism of the night: "The first two singers, it was all a bit hotel cabaret." Simon’s double tap was aimed at front-runner Melinda Doolittle and diva LaKisha Jones. It was that strange Tuesday night.
At least they got one right: Lewis deserved his atta-boys for his spot-on pitch even as the backup singers messed up, his emotive notes and his song choice with "Need to Know." He also smartly went with some echo effect on the mic and was the only one to get the Latino dance steps right. Every week, he proves that he deserves a shot at the final, especially with his music biz savvy.
Where’s that number for Wapner? The judges harped on the fact that contestants chose fun songs but not "singer" songs. Um, it was Simon and Co. who chose the Latin theme.
Yo quiero authenticity: I’m no Bonne Bell, but didn’t Scarnato go a little thick with the Havana brown spray-on tan and Evita false eyelashes? They were about as natural as JLo‘s Spanish on her new album.
The Miracle Worker: Admit it, when you saw JLo working with Jones, you were thinking this is the dance floor equivalent of Annie Sullivan and Helen Keller.
Most likely to go home: Stacey or Scarnato. And America loves tight shorts.
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