Last chance belly dance. Hard to believe that both of the final contestants of this year’s American Idol are both only 24 years old. Holy cow that’s young. They both are going to have a great time for many years to come. As the last performance night of the season, there are three rounds in tonight’s show. Will tonight produce a KO with the consistent champ Crystal or will the dark horse Lee knock her down?
Lee DeWyze went first and chose “The Boxer” as his choice for favorite song this season. I think he was a bit off in the beginning, which is inconceivable at this point in the show, but whatever. I feel like this season has lacked polish all around anyway. The crowd goes wild and I pour myself some more wine. I think next year I’m gonna call my posts Idol & Wine. They go so good together.
Crystal Bowersox chose “Me & Bobby McGee” for her first song. I think she’s probably sang this song in coffee houses 100 times over so it comes off really easy and good for her. But that’s just her all over, isn’t? Her talent is so easy and good.
The second song for Lee was “Everybody Hurts” chosen by the executive producer. I can’t wait for Lee to get a little polished after making an album and working with some great people. He’s just a little raw. I like him, always have, but look forward to what he’ll come out with later. Eh.
“Black Velvet” was Crystal’s second song also chosen by the executive producer of the show. Ok, let me (sadly) start out saying that I’m not sure if it was my TV or if Crystal looked really wide in that dress. It was distracting, so I had to get that out of the way (sorry). Outside of that, the girl can belt it out and I really liked that song for her. Damn that was good.
Lee’s last song was “Beautiful Day.” This song made me think, has U2 ever been on Idol (other than Idol Gives Back)? It was good, but I’m not jumping out of my seat for him. He’s gonna do fine, but he’s not going to win. (sorry Lee) Although he should win most improved. Cheers!
“Up to the Mountain” was Crystal’s last song and the one that she will release if she wins. The girl is soulful and honest and has been since Day 1 of this competition. She is outstanding as Simon said.
I think that Crystal is the obvious choice, but it’s really the people who call in. We’ll see tonight. All in all I think this season has been a little lackluster, but that may be due to the recovery of Glambert. Sadly, I’m not going to win my Idol Watchers pool as I picked Lilly to win. Crystal was my second choice, but Lilly got the boot too early. I look forward to seeing the winners all around and am really excited for this season of So You Think You Can Dance. Cheers friends!
