Partly through class last night -- which at this point in the semester isn't so much "class" as "lab time with access to the instructor" -- I realized that I was pretty sure I'd forgotten to turn my VCR off, so this week's performances wouldn't be recorded. After dithering for a bit, I did the only reasonable thing; I ran home to take care of that, arriving there with about ten minutes to spare. At which point I discovered that it was properly set after all. But at least I could return to school with a clear conscience, which I did.
Anyway, this was the one week above all others in which there's absolutely no excuse for a bad song choice; "movie music" covers so much territory that there's something for absolutely every genre and vocal range. And, sure enough, this was enough to abolish the spectre of last week's Elton John fiasco.
That said, George's performance of "Against All Odds" was kinda weak; he just might end up in the Bottom Three, especially as John and Jon made really smart song choices this time around. (JPL's "Jailhouse Rock" was a perfect choice. It requires very little vocal ability, sure, but that's why it was perfect.) Diana did not screw up "My Heart Will Go On," which, it should be granted, is a major achievement; that song is tough. Unfortunately, that's also all that can be said for her performance; she didn't bring anything else to the song. Jasmine was okay, Jennifer was pretty good, LaToya was my favorite, and Fantasia was Fantasia. Which is to say that she probably had the best performance of the evening, but only if you like that sort of thing.
And, like every other guest judge in the history of the show, Tarantino had nothing useful to say. Unlike any other guest judge in the history of the show, he was entertaining. I guess one out of two ain't bad.
Who Should Go This Week: Tough call. Probably Jasmine.
Who Will Go This Week: Almost certainly not Jasmine, as the Hawaiians are certain to rally around her. Also not LaToya or Fantasia. I'm not prepared to rule anybody else as being safe this time around.
The last entry seems to be the de facto pool one this week; I'll be posting my predictions in a comment there shortly.
Also: tonight, it's the American Idol extended results show vs. Survivor vs. the first hour of the Apprentice finale. I daresay this is going to be the lowest-rated Idol episode in ages. (For my part, I might not be home. I may get around to hooking up my old antenna to my second VCR, but, more likely, I'm just gonna go with taping The Apprentice and reading the Idol recap.)
Posted by Shmuel at April 15, 2004 2:49 PMoh yeah, christopher and i were talking about how the choice of songs was so weak. i decided that if i were in american idol and if i could choose a song from a movie, i would go with something from hedwig.
yeah! yeah!
Posted by: elaine at April 15, 2004 3:02 PM