‘American Idol’ top 6 performance live blogging
This is the spot to live blog tonight’s show, featuring songs by Queen and “free choice”! The “free choice” songs have leaked and they include songs by Miley Cyrus, india.arie, Jason Aldean, Jimi Hendrix, Luther Vandross and a band they aren’t identifying. Feel free to either live blog or make comments below.
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Melissa Smith
April 25th, 2012
9:34 pm
Big lover of the top 6. Phillip and Skylar are my favs. I don’t like the way that the judges are giving only one person a Standing Ovation. They all deserve a Standing Ovation NOT just one. Maybe my opinion stinks but that is just the way I feel. I almost feel that the judges are Pregidice.
red
April 25th, 2012
9:35 pm
i think Joshua is a good singer but I am sink of them standing for him every week!!!!! I am so tired of them being so bad to Hollie!!! Hollie connect with the song then she does with the Queen song then they down her for that tired of this!!! Skylar and Elsie were good but dont stand for them. Disappionted with the judges.
Rugged
April 25th, 2012
9:35 pm
OMG NO ELISE !!!!
Pitchy
April 25th, 2012
9:35 pm
Not liking the scarf ring…oops, this is a singing competition, not a fashion show. Carry on folk.
Oscar
April 25th, 2012
9:35 pm
Joshua does really well 1 out of 4 performances. The other 3 — screechy gospel sound that nobody would buy. Jessica has good vocals but is downright boring — the same little sad puppy eyes week after week. I’m not crazy about Skylar but she is fun to watch. Elise, she would be good at number 1 but too old? Like several other runners up, if Jessica won, Elise would outperform her. Entertainers who could sell music and perform — Elise, Phillip and Skyler.
Bgirl
April 25th, 2012
9:35 pm
Rugged I agree but Jessica should have gone when the voters did not vote
Angela
April 25th, 2012
9:36 pm
She HAS to be kin to Janis somehow!!!!!!
Barbara B
April 25th, 2012
9:36 pm
This is awful time to leave the room
Jon C
April 25th, 2012
9:36 pm
On paper, Elise doing John Mayer sounds like a home run. But with the exception of a couple exceptional moments, I thought that arrangement was messy and all over the place. It took me half the song to realize what she was singing. Not her best…
bknsty14
April 25th, 2012
9:37 pm
that was OK. Some good moments, some I didn’t care for. Steven didn’t even clap.
Rugged
April 25th, 2012
9:37 pm
Finally a judge that is telling it straight !!! Thanks Steven !!!
red
April 25th, 2012
9:37 pm
Melissa I agree with you!!!!!! Why do they stand for him all the time!!! The contestants have to be stink of it!!!!!!
Pitchy
April 25th, 2012
9:37 pm
“Can pick cherries with your back to the tree!” Gotta love it.
Jon C
April 25th, 2012
9:37 pm
My deepest apologies, John Mayer covered it. It’s a Jimi Hendrix song. Please don’t flog me!!!!
Rugged
April 25th, 2012
9:37 pm
J LO NO NO NO that song was not good for her !!! Again a judge who doesnt know what she was talking about !!
Deirdre
April 25th, 2012
9:38 pm
Elise doing the Jimi Hendrix song…I expected it to be better. Liked her Queen song a lot better although this one was pretty good.
Can’t pick the cherries with your back to the trees…or pick songs people know…that was actually good advice from ST
kms
April 25th, 2012
9:38 pm
Boooooooooo
Rugged
April 25th, 2012
9:38 pm
Pitchy, I loved that comment !!
bknsty14
April 25th, 2012
9:38 pm
Jon C – You are saying everything I am thinking, so I’m just going to sit back and enjoy your comments
Atlanta Native
April 25th, 2012
9:38 pm
J-LO, come on again – Elise did in in way “slay” that Hendrix song. It was totally 100% ho-hum. Jon C, yes, it was a mess. And listen to the judges trying to excuse her by saying it was the “wrong song” – at least Randy is telling the truth. She “boxed” with the song and never quite made it her own or even sang it well.
Harriett
April 25th, 2012
9:38 pm
No way! Not even worthy to carry Janis’s scarves!
Angela
April 25th, 2012
9:39 pm
I don’t like Elise and I didn’t love that song, but I totally recognize her talent.
Pitchy
April 25th, 2012
9:39 pm
Oh Snap! Just looked at Randy and saw his “Yo” broach.
Jon C
April 25th, 2012
9:40 pm
bknsty14 – Why thank you. Glad to see someone’s actually reading what I’m posting lol
Barbara B
April 25th, 2012
9:41 pm
Janis Joplin was amazing her voice went right to your heart and soul and Elise not even close!!
vickie
April 25th, 2012
9:41 pm
So sick of judges giving Joshua standing O. No matter what he sings????
Atlanta Native
April 25th, 2012
9:41 pm
Oh dear. Philip is singing a dirge.
Jon C
April 25th, 2012
9:41 pm
Phillip is doing well with this. But that’s about the same as telling a fish he’s good at swimming. I pass on further comments.
bknsty14
April 25th, 2012
9:42 pm
If you are going to do a DMB song, take Steven’s advice and do one everybody knows and knows well. That said, he does sound a lot like him, but not a favorite of mine at all.
Rugged
April 25th, 2012
9:42 pm
Now Philip….what in the world was that?????
Angela
April 25th, 2012
9:42 pm
Ok, sorry!!! But I still love him!
Deirdre
April 25th, 2012
9:43 pm
I am not a Dave Matthews fan and I don’t like this song.
Atlanta Native
April 25th, 2012
9:43 pm
Barbara B. yes, what you say about Janis Joplin is right on.
bknsty14
April 25th, 2012
9:43 pm
“But that’s about the same as telling a fish he’s good at swimming.”
Now that is funny
Elvis
April 25th, 2012
9:43 pm
I don’t get it. At All. Joshua gets standing O after standing O. My opinion, he stinks. But beyond my opinion – the judges even give more praise to other contestants, but only give Joshua standing Os. EVERY TIME. I don’t get it.
bknsty14
April 25th, 2012
9:44 pm
PP was bottom of the barrel tonight and they need to tell him that.
Deirdre
April 25th, 2012
9:44 pm
Phil is still the most interesting singer on the stage.
Jon C
April 25th, 2012
9:44 pm
I’m going to swing for the fences this week, and I’m predicting a very unlikely Bottom 3 – Phillip, Joshua, Elise.
But who knows? Could happen…
Jojo A
April 25th, 2012
9:44 pm
@ Jon C – Like I said, Standing O’s in this competition is a double edged blade. It cuts both ways … and cuts deep either way.
The standing O is the judge’s personal expression of their approval and admiration. If they believe that Joshua’s past performance all deserved standing O’s, then that is their subjective view. Personally, I have yet to see any performance of Joshua with any kind of glaring technical fault. They’re aways so well executed. SO … I cannot make any justifiable criticism of the judges on this Standing O issue.
A question I would throw to everybody here is … honestly, isn’t Joshua REALLY the best singer in this competition if you do away with all the other qualities (the cute factor, personality, physical packaging)?
Oscar
April 25th, 2012
9:44 pm
The judges are ultimately going to sink this show — they have never been so annoying and biased.
Rugged
April 25th, 2012
9:44 pm
And who is Ryan fooling with the so-called girlfriend….lets get real !
Angela
April 25th, 2012
9:45 pm
Randy is a musician first??? Most interesting thing I’ve heard all night
Rugged
April 25th, 2012
9:45 pm
Oscar, I agree with you 100%…..
Jon C
April 25th, 2012
9:45 pm
bknsty14 – Haha that one was just for you bro.
Atlanta Native
April 25th, 2012
9:46 pm
Artsy is one thing. And certainly “interesting”, Dierdre. Regarding Phil P., he’d be a great to watch in a small venue in an intimate setting.
Pitchy
April 25th, 2012
9:46 pm
Perhaps it’s me, but for JLo to say “there WILL be a time and place” where he (Phil2x) can sing the way he wants to was a telltale sign. Watchers listen to what these keystone judges are saying and it sways the votes. I would buy a Phil2x CD.
Rugged
April 25th, 2012
9:48 pm
Atlanta Native, I agree with yo uon the Phil P comment !!
red
April 25th, 2012
9:48 pm
I am not saying Joshua didnt do good on his Queen song but the judges even said that Sylar won the first song but they Didnt STAND for anyone else it’s not RIGHT!!!!
Angela
April 25th, 2012
9:48 pm
Pitchy!!! There was your Jordan (my opinion, stupid!) commercial!!
. Only time 5,347 this season!
bknsty14
April 25th, 2012
9:49 pm
Hollie needs to KILL The Climb or else she could be in trouble. I hope not though, but nobody ever does this song well. Put PP in the bottom three and send him packing. He just wasn’t very good the last few weeks.