... sick this week. To her credit, she still turned in a solid performance, Janis Joplin howl and all.We Say: Haeley always has a big, ... sad that Miley Cyrus is now shaping a new generation of singers.We Say: Last week, Lacey’s horrid take on Fleetwood ... suggest that she stick with stuff like Sixpence None the Richer. She took their advice. It’s a sweet song, but with the quiet, little girl ...

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... group of 12 American Idol singers ever assembled. I have to say that nobody really came close to blowing me away on this episode. One performance I would classify as very good. One other I ... - "Reflection" I was really surprised that Jasmine did not take the judges' advice to capitalize on her youth and good looks by doing something like a Rihanna (what's she thinking?) ...

... click because the rest of the night Simon was very good with his advice. Kudos to Ryan!! You can't see it but I'm giving ... background singers sound off on certain parts. What is going on this season? Anyway, Casey was next and he came out playing guitar. Solid performance. Lacey ... Siobhan came next and quickly made us forget Tim and his performance. Siobhan has jumped to front-runner status ...

... . She's a hoooo (breath) onk woman. Yuck. I hate when singers do their phrasing like that. So ... this isn't horrible. And she's the most on pitch she's been the ... wide foot plant with a back and forth hip rock. So this is his best vocal so far, I think. And possibly his best performance in the competition. But except for Tim Urban, he doesn't hold a candle to the other ...

... going on and she’ll be good once she’s not terrified. The backup singers chime in and sound better than she does, but they have actual jobs and aren’t afraid. Lots of ... so does she. She’s hitting the keys! OK that wasn’t a powerhouse performance and it was a truly weird song choice, but it was the best so far and she’s at least interesting. She could have sung ...

... , sort of strawberry blonde. Her performance started out kind of gentle. I do like her voice. Her guitar needs to be tuned, though. On the chorus, the background singers come in, adding ... smiling and singing." She liked what Didi did with the song and gave her good advice, whether she wins or not. "You're always going to be torn apart by somebody. Everybody has opinions... Get back up ...

... . Todrick has a great voice. I hope he stays another week and takes their advice and just sings a song and not change it up at all. And make sure that the song is a GUY song. ... even said to Tim that he would be good on Glee. PLEASE...that better NEVER happen. The Glee singers could sing circles around this guy. Simon shockingly, actually liked Tim's performance thus shocking Tim after his ...

... was all that great. Kara... um... "My favorite performance of yours ever." Does Michelle really suck that much? And then she followed it up with how it could be a bit unrecognizable? It sounded almost ... she does. 8:38: Simon thinks she's the best vocal of the singers (as he said last week). I really do not agree with this. She's not doing bad at all. But she's just... average ...

... musical instruments.  It's a typical Cook performance, all goat vibrato, three note range and raspy vocals, ... would suck after all.   Kara gives some actual singing advice to Katie Stevens.  Then she undermines it by telling Katie ... with Urban, Paige, and Lacey.  Of course you could argue that any three of these singers would make a solid bottom three.  Actually it's ...

... front row center I had a great seat, best in the house actually and was truly amazed at the talented singers and performers in this production. The theme was the turning of age and like all adolescents they faced the ... and realistic tears, that many young actresses would find difficult. Her age appropriate performance showed talent beyond her years. The female supporting role of Ilse was played by ...

... to start blogging American Idol again -- especially because with Simon leaving, this is the lastyear of AI as we know it. Before we get into the singers, though, I must say that after the first Hollywood episode, when everyone was praising Ellen DeGeneres for how good ... the whole thing worked for me. An offbeat song choice, a fun performance and she looked cute--unlike Kara, I didn't mind that ...

... this week. I thought it was a 'so what' performance. I like that Ryan is forcing the judges to expound upon their advice, so that they have to expand their sound bytes into actual understandable ... we liked about you initially. I thought you were more relevant tonight than a lot of the other singers we saw before you. I'm impressed with your work ethic. You didn't whine, you ...

... fun.  I sort of seized control of protagonisting for the very last performance, and the story managed to include a fight with a multi-headed creature ... Improvised Singing II Note that we've got a graduation performance coming up on March 12th.  We'll ... also upped the level of difficulty by making the verses abab.  So the first two singers who came up with attributes wanted to set ...

... vocal diction are voice students and collaborative pianists - in other words, singers and the pianists who accompany them. It is an absolute requirement that every person taking the class ... people who weren't really singers - J made a little speech about performing well. She said that when a performer lets his or her self-consciousness get in the way of the performance, that person is being too ...