Rand Rambles

Oh well, another night of underwhelming performances. Pretty much no one did anything that made me root for them. I feel like nothing has changed, the hollywood performances and auditions were more memorable than what they did tonight. I will still be voting for Tyler Grady whenever I get the chance until someone else wins me over. Here are my picks.

The Best
Lee Dewyze - He is the only one that made me change my opinion about him. I think he did really well; even though his style is not my favorite.
Tyler Grady – He’s just one of my favorites, I enjoy his style and his performance.
Casey James - Very cool voice, I like him. Hoping that Kara will drop the crap about him being hot. It’s too much.
Andrew Garcia – He was good tonight but I agree with Simon, it wasn’t a risk. He’s still one of the best.

The Middle
Aaron Kelly – Good voice, no star power whatsoever.
Todrick Hall – He seems to be playing the game, he needs to control it a little because the arrangement of his song was a bit too much.
Michael Lynche – He can sing but his performance didn’t do anything for me.
Alex Lambert – As the judges say, I really like his tone too. He just needs a lil’ something.
Joe Muñoz - He was a lot better than the Puerto Rican guy from last season, I loved his song choice.
Jermaine Sellers – This guy has a big voice, I liked him. Wasn’t expecting to but I did.

The Worst
John Park –  I think he has a good voice but this was painful.
Tim Urban – The first one to be murdered by Simon. Ouch.

Overall I think the show got better in the second half, some performances were just painful. The thing here is that I don’t think many of them are terribly bad, they just had awful performances. I can see potential in most of them but they need to bring their best, theres more than 20 million people watching, they need to step it up!

Who were your favorites tonight? Who should go home?

Today was the first night we could actually watch all the girls sing, some of them were at a disadvantage, because this was the first time we were seeing them, but it helped in making it a very underwhelming night. Also, the microphones wer sounding messed up. So, here is how it should turn out this week in my opinion.

The Best:
Lilly Scott -  Like her style and her jazzy voice.
Didi Benami – I really liked her tonight, maybe it’s because I like that song. But she was good.
Siobhan Magnus – My favorite. Kickass name, powerful voice, quirky persona and a blowtorch. I like her a lot.
Crystal Bowersox – She could go all the way if she keeps it up, she’s different, loved that she played the harmonica. Her teeth apparently were whitened, that’s a plus.

The Middle:
Katelyn Epperly – She was alright but her clothes and lipstick were just a bad choice.
Paige Miles - I think this girl has a nice voice but she was the prime victim of the horrible mic.
Janelle Wheeler – Meh. Kinda flat and weak. I think there could be something there but I don’t see it yet.
Katie Stevens – The only good thing is that she brought memories of when Adam Lambert brought the house down with this song. She doesn’t sound bad, but looks old fashioned.

The Worst:
Haeley Vaughn – I just don’t like her, I believe she needs to learn to control herself, especially her smile, too overpowering.
Ashley Rodriguez - Another victim of the audio, plus she is no Leona Lewis. Wanted to love her but couldn’t.
Michelle Delamor - The judges liked her, for me she wasn’t anything special. Pretty but that’s it.
Lacey Brown – She’s this season’s staple Fuschia girl. I wanted her to do great but almost fell asleep during her performance.

I think anyone in my middle or worst lists can go home and not be missed too much.

Really looking forward to the guys tomorrow, without having them performed my favorites are Tyler Grady, Andrew Garcia and Casey James, let’s see if anything changes.

Who were your favorites tonight? Who should go home?