Brent's decision to sing "Hicktown" in a very "Hicktown" kind of way was a bit of a rebellious choice, in that if this is the guy you are, you might as well just say so. Country-flavored artists tend to do pretty well - Carrie Underwood has probably eclipsed Kelly Clarkson as the show's most successful winner - but the judges can't relate to country music at all, and Simon Cowell openly despises it. Grade: B+īrent Keith: Idol has a very strange relationship with country music. Grade: BĪlexis Grace: Alexis has made the wise marketing choice to put a streak of pink in her blonde hair, which gives people something to hold onto - she becomes Pink Hair Girl in a sea of Forgettables - and she managed a respectable, if American-Idol-like, performance of "Never Loved A Man." It was overcooked, but not unpleasant, and on this particular night, that made her above average. Let's call it the Unearned Fortissimo Problem. Ricky Braddy: One of a few contestants who'd been little-seen during auditions and Hollywood, Ricky came out needing to make a statement, and he decided to go with "I can sing really loudly." He chose the lovely "A Song For You" and performed it well, but he hit a common pitfall where cutting a song down to 1:20 results in something that sounds like the out-of-context last 1:20 of an epic seven-minute performance. Jackie Tohn: Jackie put on Olivia Newton-John's pants from the end of Grease for a disorientingly lifeless rendition of, of all things, "A Little Less Conversation." She managed to surgically remove all actual energy from the song without disturbing her own overblown dance-and-bounce moves, making it a little like watching a gymnastics floor exercise accompanied by "Chopsticks." Grade: D We've learned a little about bad arrangements, a little more about oversinging, quite a bit about just how dangerous unsteady nerves can be, and a very large amount about unforgivable disrespect for Carole King. ( Above: The audio of Ricky Braddy's lovely but overdone "A Song For You.")Īmerican Idol's Top 36 contestants have officially begun the process of asking for your votes, beginning with last night's performances by the first group of twelve.
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