Top Four!

Let’s say goodbye to

Aaron Kelly. He made a nice run considering how limited he really was stylewise. He was also (IMO) never give a fair shot by Simon and Kara, so many times they mentioned he was young, he didn’t compare, etc. He was sixteen – no he was not going to compare to Frank Sinatra. The pool picked him to be out next so there wasn’t that huge of an impact.

This week had both good and bad things about it. Harry Connick Jr. was a great mentor, he was funny, he had both great feedback for the contestants and about the contestants, and he actually arranged the songs for all of them. And that was a bad thing also because it made sure no one could do anything contemporary, that it would definitely be an old fashioned arrangement.

Of the remaining people I thought Lee came across the best. He seemed real confident, he got great feedback from the judges, and he possibly came out of this week stronger than he went in. I’m not sure anyone else can say that. Michael was also good, and picked a song choice that really suited him and worked well. Crystal is on cruise control. I don’t like a few things the last two weeks, she seems really disconnected, she seems determined to argue she is connected because she is singing about her family (I don’t care) and she argues every criticism, no matter how small. I liked her better when she was great and not explaining to us her motivation. We are talking about her motivation now because her performances lack a wow factor. I’m not sure she gets that. And Casey – he was awful. There’s nothing else to say, it was awful and hopefully he gets much better.

This week is MOVIE WEEK! Not sure who the mentor is, nor am I sure (again) if it’s 1 song or 2. God forbid idol tells us these things. One step closer to the finale…I want someone to completely blow us away and take the title, rather than right now which feels like Crystal is leading by default.

A few people asked how the Scenarios work. (Next week when we are top three I will give the winners in each scenario if you’d like to wait for them.) Basically, let’s take an example: Michael wins, Crystal Second, Casey third. Go to the second sheet and type FIRST, SECOND, THIRD and FOURTH in cells B4 to B7. Then go to the SUMMARY PAGE and look at column AC. That score will be what the final score would be. So if you are in the top 4, you win!