Watching the tape now... reactions after the cut.
...oh, good. Best of all worlds. Manilow's coaching the contestants (and he proved two seasons back that he's good at that), but the theme is the '50s in general, giving contestants a wide range of music to choose from.
Mandisa: Nice.
Bucky: Okay!
Paris: Ooh, "Fever" is tough to pull off well. ...as evidenced here, I think. Good performance, but the embellishments seem tacked on, not springing from the core of the song itself, if that makes any sense. Maybe it's just that I am used to the song being done "cool," not "hot."
Chris: "I Walk the Line" transposed into a minor key! Interesting! Best song reworking since Fantasia. (Possibly the only song reworking since Fantasia; I'd have to check.) On the other hand, not so much vocally demanding... on the whole, not bad.
Constantine! Squee!
(Sorry, Pam; why you think he's gross but Ace is hot totally eludes me.)
Katharine: Not bad!
Taylor: S'okay. He's running around and stuff, but the song is still repetitive and boring.
(Bless you, Simon. Totally on target.)
Lisa: Not bad! Vocals a bit thin, but the key changes were flawlessly executed...
Kevin: S'okay. A bit flat.
Elliott: S'okay.
Kellie: Fire her makeup artist. The performance is the best of the night so far, though.
(Oh, come on. Somebody must have explained "minx" to her by now...)
Ace: ...okay, sorry, I have to reiterate. Y'all think this is the hot one of the two?! Please. As for the song, not bad.
Were I watching this live, I'd be voting for Kellie.
And I want Barry to come back and do this every year. Please?
Posted by Shmuel at March 22, 2006 8:00 PMoh no, both chris and ace are on fire, literally. you should see my friendster blog entry called hot sex soup (actually het sex, but there ya go). both have just enough damage to them that rocks me all over.
Posted by: tekay at March 22, 2006 10:38 PMOkay, I am confused by the previous comment... were you referring to Chris & Ace or Constantine & Ace? I took it as the latter...
Personally, I think that Ace is a good looking guy, as is Constantine... but there is something that kind of spooks me about Conman. :p
I *do* think that zooming in on him a gazillion times was a bit much, but whatever... they should zoom in more on Ace's brother. :)
I was referring to Constantine and Ace.
De gustibus non disputandum est and all that...
("There's no accounting for taste." But the pretentious Latin version is more fun.)
Posted by: Shmuel at March 23, 2006 9:51 AMI was talking about Chris and Ace, they are the two hot ones of this season which is what I thought shmuel's comment was about. Elliot's spiked haired "friend" and the guy beside him weren't too hard on the eyes either.
And yes, I realize now that I misread what Shmuel wrote. Between Connie and Ace, hands up for 85 with ACE!