Michael Lynche (after Andrew Garcia and Aaron Kelly were declared safe) sang for his life in front of the judges. Based on their criteria, to be honest – he should have been saved. So despite HATING the save rule (It’s silly, and the idea of singing to be saved is silly because some people won’t be saved no matter what) I can understand the judges bringing Michael back for another week. This means two contestants will be out next week, which should put everyone on notice because Michael will not be one of them (I’m sure his fans will be galvanized knowing how close he came to being out.) Personally, I thought Tim Urban deserved to go. Despite the judges grading on a curve apparently this week, he was still pretty bad. (So for our pool, basically if you still have your Top 5, this week helped you, and if you are behind already, this week did not help at all.)
This was a VERY strange week for the show, and not in a good way. Crystal and Lee brought out the strange instruments (Crystal had someone playing this huge tube thing that I’m not going to look up the name of and Michael had bagpipes. Crystal was great, so it worked, and Lee was not, so it didn’t.) Michael was actually not that bad with Elanor Rigby, although the arrangement got panned. Katie bounced back and was pretty good for the first week in a long time. And Siobhan, was just strange. She dressed like a 5 year old dressing themselves up as a princess, sang beautifully and just very strange and subdued. Then, she cried and told the judges she was “afraid of losing her individuality”. How exactly is she losing it when she does exactly what she wants every week? Strange…
And finally, the judges (aside from Simon) are almost irrelevant this year. People are not eliminated based on their opinion, Ellen seems afraid to take a strong stance, and Kara gives at least one contestant incredibly horrendous advice every week. (She wants Aaron to dance next week. Really? DANCE?)
Next week’s theme is “do any song you want” night”. Not really, but DAMN close. It’s “English songs by artists outside the US”. That covers such a huge amount of material. Artists outside the US cover US songs, US artists sing songs written in other countries, Bands from other countries perform in the US, etc. The mentor will be Adam Lambert, who is a very good choice for do anything you want week. He was #2 last year doing just that every week.
Let’s hope for a great week next week – we really need one.
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