This week's theme surprised me. I love showtunes. I love them a lot. But "Broadway" has been taken as more or less the antithesis of the American Idol ideal since the show started, and it really is a totally different style than pop, rock, or country.
I didn't care for Scott's "The Impossible Dream," but I'm biased; I love the song, and hated the pop arrangement. Anthony, Nikko, and Bo were also pretty weak. (And Bo picked his song at random? What the hell?) I thought the best performance was Constantine's -- I would have voted for him, had I seen the show live -- with Carrie a respectable second place.
And, sorry, Pam, but Constantine made me swoon a bit.
Anyway. I'm going to go out on a limb and predict that Bo goes home this week, partly because it'd be cool if I turned out to be right. (This is independent of my bet-hedging pool prediction.) Otherwise, Anthony, or maybe Scott. Tough one to call, though...
Posted by Shmuel at April 6, 2005 4:19 PMDude, I will be *shocked* if Bo goes home tonight! I mean, yes, his interpretation of the song was all wrong (he has obviously no idea what the context of the song is in relation to the show it came from and I'm not even sure if he really paid all that much attention to the words he was singing) but it was catchy and upbeat and stood out, unlike, sorry, Carrie's, Vonzell's and, even Nadia's, which were just ok but not memorable.
But I could be wrong. I'm still really not sure who's going to win or even who will end up in the final three.
Posted by: Heather Shaw at April 6, 2005 4:36 PM