What The Jorge?

On American Idol this week the contestants had to pick a song to perform that was from the year they were born. Some of these contestants you find out are so young, it makes me in my mid-20 something’s look so old. At least we should be able to recognize some of the songs because they should be some-what modern.

Little Ramiele sang Heart’s “Alone” while being sick. She did a great job given the circumstances and I’m so thrilled that she is in the Top 10 because when she doesn’t make it through the competition; I can at least see her on tour when they come to town. The judges didn’t agree with me at all, Randy still didn’t like the song choice. Better luck next week Ramiele if she makes it through this week’s elimination. I do feel that with her Filipino background that she does have a lot of support around her if she does bad or not. Filipino’s would support a jalapeño on a stick if it came from the Philippines.

Jason Castro sang Sting’s “Fragile” like a star! He is a star, all he has to do is finish this upcoming AI tour and let loose. Simon says that he played the guitar sloppy and had potential to be a winner but not with performances like the one he put on tonight.

Syesha belted “If I Was Your Woman” like she had been doing it for years. She does not look like she is 20. All these contestants are such younglings. Randy said it was her best performance of the whole competition so far and Simon said that the end of the performance wasn’t as good as Randy said it was.

Chickezie sounded marvelous singing “If Only for One Night” Randy said he didn’t give the song a fresh feeling like Syesha did with her last song. Paula disagreed with Randy. Simon said it was cheesy and he had to show originality and he missed his personality. I personally loved the way he worked the crowd in the performance. That’s how to get your audience’s attention, what girl doesn’t want to be sung to?

All-American girl Brooke White sang “Every Step You Take” on the piano while the audience waved their hand back and forth out of sync. The band eventually joined in the song towards the end. She messed up the song right off the bat with the first two words and had to start over again. Randy said the song would have been better if the band didn’t join in towards the end but surprisingly enough, loved the fact that she messed up the first two words of the song and decided to start over again. It showed him professionalism.

Paula brought up a whole other debate about how she loves that the contestant’s get to bring a whole other element into the competition with some playing instruments. It’s just too bad that two (Brooke and David) out of the 3 contestants that have played instruments on the show have made records and had record deals in the past. I’m sure if we dug a little further, Jason Castro probably had a record made in someone’s basement, or at least smoked a joint there.

Michael John’s…makes my taco crunch. Guapo Ese! Randy said that was his best performance on the competition. Simon says with this performance this was the first time he saw star potential in him.

Carly Smithson sang “Total Eclipse of the Heart” perfectly. It was so record-worthy. Most of the judges didn’t like it. Simon told her to lighten up a bit.

David Archuleta’s childhood video’s made me want to squeeze his cute little head off even more. I wasn’t familiar with the song he sang, but I still liked it. Randy said that “If you can sing, you can sing whatever” Paula said “you could sing the phone book” and we would still love it. Simon said it was “reminiscent of a theme park performance” complete with little magical creatures flittering about. Eh?

Kristy Lee Cook sang “God Bless the USA” and finally she puts on a good quality performance.

David Cook had a big head…when he was a baby that is. But he put the most unique, tasteful, amazing performance of “Billie Jean” No one else could of done what he did in that performance. The take on that song could have been a complete mess, but it was just completely, completely mind blowing and amazing.

Jorge’s Pick’s of the Night

Best Performance: David Cook

Worst Performance: Ramiele Malubay