Dolly Parton Week Review
I quite liked tonight's show. I thought most of them were at the very least good and I didn't think there were any atrocious performances which is always good.
Brooke
I liked it but not as much as I've liked her other performances, it wasn't her best. I thought it was an interesting song choice too, I think it would have served both her and Kristy well had they switched songs. Overall though I liked it. Also I had to laugh to myself, I'm such a dork. I thought when I heard her singing that Brooke's man is pretty hot, I can see why Jolene would want him.
Ramiele
She wasn't nearly as bad or as boring as she has been in past weeks but I didn't love it. I thought she had some really good moments but I don't know if the song choice worked for her. Something even more upbeat and fun would have been a better choice. Again though I did think she had some really nice moments vocally.
Archuleta
I liked it. I thought it was a good song choice for him and I thought he sang it very well. I was originally a fan of his because his tone does appeal to me and that tone really came through tonight and I enjoyed it. If he would give more performances like this and get praise I would be fine with that, it's the fact that he's not living up to this standard every week and getting by that bothers me.
Kristy
I think the judges were too harsh on her this week, Simon in particular. It was her night like Randy said, her genre and I think she did very well. She's not the best singer in the competition and she shouldn't win but at the very least the girl is trying each week to impress and to do well. She's certainly not coasting and I have to give her some credit for that. I enjoyed it.
Jason
I don't remember whose performance it was said after but Simon lied through his teeth when he said he likes Country music. He's said numerous times in the past that he doesn't get it or like it and that showed tonight in his comments to people. I liked Jason's performance. I thought it was a nice song for him and I liked it. I personally don't think he's a great singer but after last week being called out for not seeming like he wanted it I thought he tried. I didn't love it, but I liked it.
Carly
Whatever was up Simon's ****** tonight was sideways, it was clear he just wasn't feeling the theme as he seemingly didn't really enjoy anything and threw out only a few nice comments when he felt he had to. Personally I thought Carly's performance was stunning. She's such an amazing singer and it showed through tonight. I loved her song choice and I loved the performance. I thought she did it well without over doing it with a bunch of glory notes. I loved the softer parts of the performance especially.
David C
Even though it was very staged I'm glad they got the whole arrangement thing out of the way. It's been so over talked about it, hopefully people will shut up about it now. I did like though that he did his own arrangement tonight and that he didn't use his electric guitar and try and make a Dolly song hard rock. I thought it was really nice and I loved his voice on it. He's a star.
Syesha
It felt like she was just begging Simon to call her out for not being as good as Whitney. Overall she's gotten better reception after her softer numbers and I think she could have pulled it off doing only the Dolly version of the song. The first half of her performance was quite wonderful. Then she went and ruined it by trying to do the Whitney version too. If she had stuck to just the softer Dolly original version of the song I think her performance could have been one of the best of the night.
Michael
Absolutely fantastic way to close to the show. I loved it. He picked a great song and sang it very well. I agree with Randy that each week he's been improving or trying to improve and show more. It was lovely.
Brooke
I liked it but not as much as I've liked her other performances, it wasn't her best. I thought it was an interesting song choice too, I think it would have served both her and Kristy well had they switched songs. Overall though I liked it. Also I had to laugh to myself, I'm such a dork. I thought when I heard her singing that Brooke's man is pretty hot, I can see why Jolene would want him.
Ramiele
She wasn't nearly as bad or as boring as she has been in past weeks but I didn't love it. I thought she had some really good moments but I don't know if the song choice worked for her. Something even more upbeat and fun would have been a better choice. Again though I did think she had some really nice moments vocally.
Archuleta
I liked it. I thought it was a good song choice for him and I thought he sang it very well. I was originally a fan of his because his tone does appeal to me and that tone really came through tonight and I enjoyed it. If he would give more performances like this and get praise I would be fine with that, it's the fact that he's not living up to this standard every week and getting by that bothers me.
Kristy
I think the judges were too harsh on her this week, Simon in particular. It was her night like Randy said, her genre and I think she did very well. She's not the best singer in the competition and she shouldn't win but at the very least the girl is trying each week to impress and to do well. She's certainly not coasting and I have to give her some credit for that. I enjoyed it.
Jason
I don't remember whose performance it was said after but Simon lied through his teeth when he said he likes Country music. He's said numerous times in the past that he doesn't get it or like it and that showed tonight in his comments to people. I liked Jason's performance. I thought it was a nice song for him and I liked it. I personally don't think he's a great singer but after last week being called out for not seeming like he wanted it I thought he tried. I didn't love it, but I liked it.
Carly
Whatever was up Simon's ****** tonight was sideways, it was clear he just wasn't feeling the theme as he seemingly didn't really enjoy anything and threw out only a few nice comments when he felt he had to. Personally I thought Carly's performance was stunning. She's such an amazing singer and it showed through tonight. I loved her song choice and I loved the performance. I thought she did it well without over doing it with a bunch of glory notes. I loved the softer parts of the performance especially.
David C
Even though it was very staged I'm glad they got the whole arrangement thing out of the way. It's been so over talked about it, hopefully people will shut up about it now. I did like though that he did his own arrangement tonight and that he didn't use his electric guitar and try and make a Dolly song hard rock. I thought it was really nice and I loved his voice on it. He's a star.
Syesha
It felt like she was just begging Simon to call her out for not being as good as Whitney. Overall she's gotten better reception after her softer numbers and I think she could have pulled it off doing only the Dolly version of the song. The first half of her performance was quite wonderful. Then she went and ruined it by trying to do the Whitney version too. If she had stuck to just the softer Dolly original version of the song I think her performance could have been one of the best of the night.
Michael
Absolutely fantastic way to close to the show. I loved it. He picked a great song and sang it very well. I agree with Randy that each week he's been improving or trying to improve and show more. It was lovely.