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Just now, *Wallace said:

Although isn't she 16 now?  

I think so.

That was an outstanding vocal showcase. Reminded me of Maddie.

Coldplay Week? Well, that's certainly a decision.

Also, wow Casey looks good tonight.

I was worried that even for Idol's compressed slots, that song might be too short, and I was right. It was a great performance until he had to pad it out at the end, and then it kind of got derailed a bit.

Just now, 1234567890 said:

Oh, okay. Thank you.

Though since he was in-character as Ada at the time, I guess Willie is still the first male.

1 minute ago, 1234567890 said:

Doesn't she identify as a female?

No, Adam explicitly regarded Ada as an "alter ego". He's a drag queen. I think.

That was very mediocre, which by Willie standards means it was downright awful.

I'm not a fan of this performance. I think Caleb has a future in this industry, but not as a performer--every time he's done an original, I've been amazed that a 16-year-old wrote those songs because they're radio-ready. His voice? Not radio-ready. At all.

11 hours ago, sublymonal said:

well that was part of why they switched to live shows rather than pretaping, because it meant less risk of spoilers leaking.

 

also here’s my updated song speculations based on some of the hints contestants have dropped:

 

“Circle of Life” - Alyssa 

“You’ll Be In My Heart” - Chayce

“Into the Unknown” - Grace 

“When You Wish Upon a Star” - Deshawn

“Baby Mine” - Hunter

“Go the Distance” - Willie

“When She Loved Me” - Cassandra

“Real Gone” - Caleb

“Remember Me” - Arthur

“A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes” - Casey

 

I hope I’m wrong about Arthur coming back

Casey no...

Well, at least that song choice will get Alyssa sent packing.

If Hunter really goes for that, I might have to reconsider my opinion on him. At least if he does it justice, and I can listen to it all the way through without bawling because Dumbo was my late father's favorite Disney movie.

On 4/22/2021 at 10:02 PM, Bk1234 said:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CN_XCs2rEsC/?igshid=1n05sm87xyoil

 

Looks like the contestants will be going back to LA soon. I wonder what Casey is singing for Disney Week...  

Same. I hope her whole '90s thing extends to Disney Week (actually that's not quite true; the movie I want her to sing a song from came out in 1989...)

On 4/12/2021 at 12:38 PM, KelseyW said:

For comparison only...  

 

 

 

I'm wondering if Casey heard this version? I'm not saying this just to bring up Haley randomly. lol I heard phrasing and styling similar to this vocal performance in Casey's.  

Eh, I'm not hearing it. I guess a bit, but they're very different performances.

I score the head-to-head at 1-1, by the way. I liked Casey's "Black Hole Sun" better, but no one's ever going to beat out Haley on "House of the Rising Sun".

Uh...looks like I have to break the rating scale in both directions. Louis beat Makayla! I didn't think anyone was going to top Makayla!

Okay, Olivia would be an acceptable alternative to Makayla.

2 minutes ago, 1234567890 said:

The AI19 contestants are making these contestants look bad.

Well that too. Except Makayla; she's worthy of a spot.

7 minutes ago, hazuki said:

She also has a track from My Hero Academia, lol. 

...Excuse me? You're going to have to explain that one to me.

These professionals making the contestants look bad!

Let's just give Aliana some thanks. By giving a performance that I couldn't give 2 stars to while only being the third-worst performance so far, she opened the door for me to literally have a difference of 107 points between best and worst performance on a scale that should be only 100 points from minimum to maximum. Because while I had to go into negatives to express how much worse Franklin was than Aliana's already awful performance, Makayla slayed it, just shy of a perfect score from me.

Okay, actual talent taking the stage now.

That performance started out "not good but not actively bad" and progressively got worse.

Also, I'll totally take the blame for this. Back in Season 17, I suggested "Use Somebody" for Wade Cota (who I found to be very limited but perfectly enjoyable as long as he stuck to songs that fit his voice), and Eddie Island ended up singing it instead. And last night, I lamented that the theme being "Oscar Nominees" instead of "Songs from the Movies" meant that IDWTMAT was on the menu while Iris wasn't, and we didn't get IDWTMAT but we got this horrible version of Iris tonight.

Just now, Koatterce said:

I don't know the song

1 minute ago, Koatterce said:

 but I feel like he's singing weirdly

It, uh...isn't as bad as Franklin's "Meant to Live"?

Oh frick I'm actually going to end up voting for Arthur, aren't I? Either that or hating him; there's no middle ground when you're covering one of my favorite bands ever.

1 minute ago, Elliott said:

They can't say "Season 3" and then say "Welcome back, Harry Connick Jr"

Sure they can. They need to take credit for all of the FOX seasons' stars.