Inspired by the recent Beatles poll on ILX, which I didn't see in time to vote for, but I thought it would be fun to come up with a ballot anyways. Since I took the time to do it, figured I might as well post for posterity. (Attributions to Paul/John are based on primary songwriter as taken from Wikipedia)

20. "Eight Days a Week" - Beatles for ( Read more... )

Contestants sing songs of the 00's this week.

Best to worst:

Haley ("Rolling in the Deep"): I thought this was really good. The vocal was great, well controlled and really well structured. I love how theatrical she made this. Miles above anything I thought Haley was capable of, I'm shocked.  This was maybe my favorite Non-Lauren performance of the ( Read more... )

Don't really have anything to say about the results, Paul probably deserved to go home and Stefano and Haley probably deserved to be in the bottom three so no complaints from me ( Read more... )

They all did songs from movies this week. This is one of the worst Idol nights I can remember.

1. Jacob ("Bridge Over Troubled Water"): This was a pretty normal Jacob performance. As this competition he has managed to keep his voice a bit more controlled without losing the sweet tone or the emotions. This wasn't great, but it was the best of ( Read more... )

Theme this week was Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Top to Bottom:
WORTH SEEING
1. Scotty - "That's Alright Mama": Veers dangerously close to Elvis impersonation, but he makes it his own enough to save this from being karaoke. I love this kid's voice. I thought it was really good.
2. Lauren - "Natural Woman": I thought this was a particularly ( Read more... )

Take 2, since they used (wasted) their save on Casey last week ( Read more... )

Why am I just learning about this now??? Not sure where to post this because nobody reads this journal, but I can't really think of anywhere else ( Read more... )

Motown night this week, which is a totally overdone theme on this show. Let's see how well some of the more niche singers adapt ( Read more... )

Didn't watch American Idol at all last season, not sure if I even saw any performances at all. But I'm back on for this season ( Read more... )

Email I just received from official Aly&AJ website ( Read more... )