Top 9 Tonight!

It's Top 9! I have a vague idea on theme (have they announced it yet?) no idea on the mentor, and I'm way too tired to check. But i'm not too tired to be here from about 8ish to 9:15ish as always, and my trusty DVR after.

Back...no tv so I'm using a live stream.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nomadness
which is showing a pretty funny episode of 2 and a half men right now.

Ok, it's on! I have heard spoilers on what they are singing and I think Danny, Alison and Mark are in good shape, Adam very risky, and a few people I'm not sure what it is. It's america's top Itunes downloads!

Anoop singing Caught Up by Usher, which is what the spoiler person said. I hate it, you can choose anything and you choose THAT? It wasn't even that well sung. He disagrees with Kara. A bit obnoxious after the performance, not interesting during the performance, and the comments bashed him.

No mentors btw.

Next is Megan doing Bob Marley. Jeez. Does she have a pressing engagement at home? Pencil in Simon not liking it. I's not Bob Marley, it's Lauren Hill. Boring as hell. She is getting hammered and rightly so. She wasn't bottom 3 last week but she will be hard pressed not to be in it this week. Simon hammers it as I thought.

I don't get it, sing songs people will like to hear. Every song in the world is on some Itunes chart. The night Chris Daughtry got eliminated he sang a song he liked, but that wasn't that well known. The last two songs i downloaded from ITunes were from BoA and Maino and I don't expect either to be sung tonight and I'm just watching (Obsessed and All the Above btw as if anyone cares) - I don't think the contestants have the same filter.

Next it's Danny and Alison. Danny i get his song choice but I don't like it. Alison i think picked a GREAT choice. It's Danny and Alison NEXT!!

http://www.nypost.com/seven/03312009/tv/what_you_dont_see_162131.htm
Post talking about how much it looks like the two female judges hate each other. I got that last week. Paula looks so annoyed everytime Kara speaks.

Danny with Rascal Flats, who everyone likes. They are "modern country". I've heard that about Garth Brooks at one point, etc. Not a bad song. I see the potential for a huge ending to really take this home. He really knows his own voice. Good song choice. He took something not ridiculously popular and made it a Danny Gokey song. (Is he a closet country fan? Two weeks so far this year). Crowd loves it, Judges love it, Simon calls it his BEST performance, and Danny is back!

Alison with DON'T SPEAK. The greatest revenge song ever. Sing every night about how your bf left you and is a jerk with him playing in the band and needing you to sing this song to keep him making money. Then dump the band and go solo and make more money (making crappy music but that's another subject). Alison with the guitar. I hate her look. To be honest, she sang it ok but the arrangement was so-so and the performance wasn't blow away. Randy hates the outfit. Paula says "axe" about her guitar to sound hip. Simon blasts it but not too harshly. I think she's safe but that could have been a moment, and it was anything but.

Scott up next with PIANO MAN. No, that's just a pun (not by me). It's JUST THE WAY YOU ARE, played very, very slow. It's not bad at all. Definitely picked up near the end. He's a step below the better singers though. Kara loved it. Paula knows he's blind this week. Good for you Paula. Randy gets to say three words because they other judges are arguing. Maybe he will be safe.

Lil and Matt next. Adam is last? He has a real moment chance tonight. You'll see when they announce his song choice, it will be great or a HUGE mess.

It's Matt. My PC doesn't like Matt. So it's two words, pause, skip, pause. He is singing Surrounded. I am catching half of it and I don't love it to be honest. I'm not a Matt fan. It's decent. I predict it gets good praise and he is still bottom three tomorrow and people say, WHY, MEGAN WAS WORSE. Ooh, Paula doesn't like it too much. None of them do actually. Kara wants him to commit. She is kind of right, I can't classify Matt and in week 4 that's not a great thing.

It's Lil with a Celine Dion song. Well, she's on my I don't like list. I completely lost the stream but I saw the judges kill her. Randy comforting the kids after Ryan makes them cry.

Next it's Adam playing that Funky Music. His voice is very rock singer like, like Sebastian Bach or Rob Halford, how he goes into that high pitched screech. I like the arrangement, it's a bit more modern and arranged to show off his vocals. Reminds me of what David Cook did, took a song, and made it a David Cook song. Crowd is going nuts. Paula over the top with hyberbole. Adam gives the band props. He's the only one who remembers to thank the band , the mentors, etc. Kara is right, Adam has moved into that category where he's almost his own part of the show, Adam time.

Kris Allen last. I thought Adam was last because I don't even remember Kris. I hope he is good. I'll have to check him out tommorrow.

Good night! My clear favorites were Danny and Adam, Everyone else ranged from not bad to not good to awful.

JUAN



JUAN