Let's say goodbye to Paige Miles. There is nothing more to say. She had no chance of winning, and she was not even interesting as compared to the others with no chance. One person in our pool had her at #4, the least chosen contestant of all 12. The remainder of the top three was not very interesting either, Tim Urban seems destined for a quick out, with Katie Stevens following close behind.
This week was awful, bringing us back to the mediocrity of the Top 24 rounds after a pretty good week 1 with the Rolling Stones. Crystal was the clear winner this week, showing more personality, seeming to actually enjoy being on the show, and pushing those gaining on her back to the pack. Crystal is not my favorite contestant (stylewise she is not something I'd listen to outside the show) but I think she inarguably has been the best so far. (It's funny considering Simon wanted a "contemporary" star to come out of this year, and she is not that. At least she's female!)
After Crystal, we have the the next group, featuring Mike, Siobhan, and possibly Lee and Didi. The difference to me between Mike & Siobhan vs. Lee & Didi is both Mike & Siobhan know who they are, they know the type of artist they are and the type of music they want to make. Both of them have arrived at a point that they might be good, and they might be better than that, but they more than likely won't have a bad night. Lee & Didi are still finding themselves, they both made terrible song choices (very old-fashioned) that are not even close to the type of records you would think they want to make.
Out of the remainder, I think at least Aaron and Casey are both doing well week to week, and you can see some possiblity they could really improve. Andrew (as much as I liked him), Tim and Katie are just biding time until they are eliminated.
BTW, I hate general themes because it inevitably leads to bad song choices this early in the competition before people have their styles set in stone. I also really didn't like Hannah Montana as our mentor. Pop Idol doesn't exactly lead you to have the life knowledge to mentor people in their career. Every single moment she spoke was annoying and you knew it would lead to more annoying teen idols on the results show, which it did.
Next week is R&B/Soul week and our mentor is Usher! A lot to pick from there....and what will Crystal's big moment be? (She mentioned she had something big planned...)
See you next week.
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