Top 9 - Personal IdolsSolo performances + 3 trios, w/ Stevie Nicks
This week was VERY difficult to grade as everyone did pretty well. It's all nit-picky.
B+ Colton Lifehouse, "Everything"
B DeAndre Eric Benet, "Sometimes I Cry"
B Hollie C. Underwood, "Jesus Take the Wheel"
B Elise Led Zeppelin, "Whole Lotta Love"
B Skylar M. Lambert, "Gunpowder and Lead"
B Joshua M. Carey, "Without You"
B- Jessica Beyonce, "Sweet Dreams"
C+ Phillip Jonny Lang, "Still Raining"
C- Heejun D. Hathaway, "A Song for You"
COLTON is always good, Bonjoviesque here.
S: Dream come true, star quality; J: Moved; R: Believable
SKYLAR was good as usual, but almost seemed to get lost?
J: Unbridled; S: Over the top, beautiful; R: Good lookin' out
TRIO #1: Colton, Elise, Phillip perform a Fleetwood Mac medley (A-)
HEEJUN finally sang without joking around. But not well enough.
S: You did it, great; J: Beautiful tone, vibrato; R: Welcome back
HOLLIE showed some potential with this song.
R: Really good job, not perfect; J: One of your best; S: Just okay for me, difficult song
DEANDRE I still like, but way too much falsetto.
S: 100% passion; J: Vote for DeAndre, crazy; R: Beautiful, who you are, DeAndre's back!
JESSICA wasn't her best.
J: Gorgeous, beautiful; S: A star, delicious; R: Innate talent, one of best in years, she wants it
TRIO #2: DeAndre, Heejun, Joshua perform a Michael Jackson medley (B)
PHILLIP was okay, a little Zzz, low level of difficulty.
J: We feel the music, great, amazing; S: In your body and soul; R: Love individuality
JOSHUA sang a big song, too much/not enough? Not sure.
R: She'd be proud, flawless, emotional, brilliant; S: Beautiful; J: A phenom, angel from heaven
TRIO #3: Hollie, Skylar, Jessica perform a Madonna medley (C)
ELISE was good, but appropriate? Zep are her idols?
S: Made Robert Plant proud; J: Made me get up on my feet; R: Amazing job, congrats
5 standing ovations by judges seems to be a one-night record.
ResultsFord Music Video "I Wanna Rock"
Remaining Idols move into Hollywood Hills mansion (seemed pretty ugly from the outside)
Elise, Phillip, Hollie... Hollie B3, Phillip & Elise safe.
Nicki Minaj performs "Starships" (awful)
Colton, Joshua, Heejun... Colton & Joshua safe, Heejun B3.
Season 10 winner Scotty McCreery performs "Water Tower Town" (B-)
Jimmy Iovine presents him with a Platinum record for "Clear As Day"
Skylar, DeAndre, Jessica... Jessica safe, Skylar B3, DeAndre safe.
B3 = Hollie, Heejun, Skylar
Skylar's safe.
Hollie's safe.
Heejun sings, but is not saved. G'bye now.
Heejun Han: 'American Idol' judge Jennifer Lopez wanted to "save" me
lol