Friday, April 21, 2006
Idol speculation
SING! American Idol, ITV2, 8.30pm
Oh man, we are so gutted that we didn't think to preview this last week. It was only bloody Queen week, and everything that should have been awful about it turned out to be frigging brilliant. Kellie Pickler singing 'Bohemian Rhapsody'? Not in any way a hideous car crash, but actually quite good. Katharine McPhee singing 'Who Wants To Live Forever?' A bit iffy on a technical singing level, but we're officially in love with her anyway and we're so beyond caring if she gets a bit screechy in her upper register every now and then; she still owns this show. And you had to see that lightshow to believe it. We lost our hearts to a starship trooper, and her name was Kat McPhee. Paris Bennett singing 'The Show Must Go On'? Possibly the best performance we've seen so far this series. Ace Young singing 'We Will Rock You'? Hilarious, for every reason that you'd expect. Taylor Schticks, trying to kick the mic stand over and missing completely? Made us feel all warm in our shrivelled, Taylor-hating hearts. Oh, and some other people turned up, and Bucky went home.
This week is unlikely to be quite as exciting, for the theme will be 'The Great American Songbook', and the guest mentor/performer will be Rod Stewart. We're aware of the concept, but we don't really know what it means or what it includes, so forgive us if our predictions are somewhat off, but we're assuming that it's back to singing melodramatic showtunes for those of a theatrical bent (Kat, Paris), feisty pop-country songs (Kellie), anything that has ever been covered by a rock band (Chris), something sweet and soulful (Elliott, Taylor) and something that will surely be entirely ill-advised (Ace). We're a little concerned that Ace is still around, hopelessly out of his depth as he is. All the puppy eyes and sleeveless tops and little Brokeback Mountain homages in the world can't disguise the fact that any one of the others can sing him right off the stage. The funny thing is, he just keeps hanging on in there. We can accept him sticking around ahead of some of the other finalists, but now the writing is on the wall, and most of this lot deserve to rank above him in the final votes. Seriously, if Elliott, Kat or Paris go tonight instead of Ace, we will be tracking down the home telephone numbers of everyone who voted for him and informing them that they've got some 'splainin' to do.
Play along at home if you like - the "will Paula Abdul suddenly and out of nowhere make a useful and coherent comment?" game is fun for all the family!
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