Okay, before watching the tape, I'd like to start with the following predictions: Jasmine comes in third, Fantasia second, Diana first. Unlike the pool predictions, I'm officially on the record about this batch.
That said, let's see what happened in this week's show...
[watches tape]
Well, no big surprises here. Jasmine was pitchy throughout, and really really doesn't belong here. It comes down to Fantasia vs. Diana, and if I'd been watching this live, I'd probably have been torn as to whom to vote for. I said back in the prelims that choosing "Chain of Fools" is likely to backfire unless you're really good. Fantasia, it turns out, is really good. On the other hand, I was less taken with the choices imposed on her, especially as I'm almost incapable of taking "The Greatest Love of All" seriously. (Especially after having seen a great, over-the-top karaoke performance of it that pretty neatly deconstructed the song. Seriously, somebody explain to me what "the children are our future" has to do with the greatest love of all being that of loving oneself? Anybody? Or is it just that appealing to childhood makes the song ever so much more schmaltzy? Yeah, I thought so.) Meanwhile, Diana was generally good, and closed out with a really strong performance of "Don't Cry Out Loud."
Who should go: Jasmine.
Who will go: Jasmine.
My predictions'll be posted to the previous entry, 'cause I might as well get some use out of it...
Posted by Shmuel at May 19, 2004 12:40 PM