American Idol Rat Pack WOOWEE!
I’m celebrating the fact that I’m still watching and betting on the American Idol final five in two ways. First, I’m drinking some Seagram’s Escapes Wild Berries wine coolers. Second, we are bringing back my partner from last year, Robyn, as a guest writer! Yay!
The theme this evening is Big Band & Standards from The Rat Pack. Since the music is from another era, the suspense is just killing me as to who the celebrity judge will be. Frank Sinatra Jr. perhaps? No, it’s Jamie Foxx here to promote his hit album and new movie (but we don’t say that.)
Timing is everything, you sly Foxx
Kris Allen +1150
“The Way You Look Tonight”
“The Way You Look Tonight”
Robyn – Kris is matching outfits with Ryan Seacrest. The microphone feels molested as Allen looked old school and sounded contemporary. His vocals sounded pretty good. His wife has now been pushed off to the end of the group, and Kara's left boob was popping out in retaliation to his alluring vocals.
Bread – All I took from this was that Jamie Foxx loves Kris Allen. He even went so far as to say that out of any of the five, Allen would be the one he would cut an album with right now. Perhaps he is hoping to recreate some of the awkward homoeroticism that he and Colin Farrell shared in ‘Miami Vice.’
All of the judges enjoyed him except for Simon who compared him to a “well-trained Spaniel.” I don’t even know what that means. I think that he should be safe.
Allison Iraheta +2400
“Someone To Watch Over Me”
“Someone To Watch Over Me”
Robyn - Jamie Foxx reminded me of Ray J with his creepy whispering to her. New to being 17 years of age, one has to wonder how many Jack and cokes this girl has had in her lifetime. Great voice, great vocal style, rough beginnings. It’s reminiscent of a long-since dead Sarah Vaughn. This young lady is an amazing singer and has an incredible voice.
Bread – I loved hearing her do a ballad. I thought she sounded absolutely amazing. Randy Jackson compared her to Brittany Murphy and Pink. Once again, I don’t think he has any clue what he’s talking about. Then Simon blasted her for lacking confidence. She just turned 17 on Monday! The judges are starting to annoy me tonight. I’m hoping she will be safe.
Matt Giraud +4900
“My Funny Valentine”
“My Funny Valentine”
Robyn – I can't believe that I never caught on to this before now. Matt was part of Gold Company at Western Michigan University, of which I was recruited by the director, Steve Zegree. I just put two and two together tonight after he said he majored in vocal jazz at Western Michigan University. Unreal. Anyways, Matt always needs to wear a hat. I think the performance was great despite the distance with the judges. Unfortunately, I do not think it was enough to keep him from elimination tomorrow.
Bread – This isn’t about you Robyn. Calm down. Giraud said he had been waiting for this week’s theme for a long time. Then he sang and I thought it was utterly boring. Giraud does not, has not, and will not ever do anything for me. Of course Simon loved him, which proves that Paula was slipping him some of the good stuff this evening. Giraud is my pick to be sent home on Wednesday.
Would the boys approve of this?
Danny Gokey +334
“Come Rain Or Come Shine”
“Come Rain Or Come Shine”
Robyn - I guess he ran out of glasses. I LOVED the band, loved the dirty trombone, loved the arrangement, but he looked like a frumpy car salesman who wants to touch your teenage daughter. Oh, but he ended it on a popular jazz chord, so I am sure he won everyone over with that nonsense. I wish his chin beard would run away with the spoon.
Bread – I’m starting to get the feeling that Robyn is drinking wine tonight. Before he sings, we are shown some footage of Gokey getting tips from Jamie Foxx. Foxx mentions something that he learned from working with film director Michael Mann. Someone should remind Jamie that he was in the theatrical version of ‘Miami Vice.’ That movie was so horrible, that I would not ever be bringing it up if I were him. If you worked with Mann in ‘Heat,’ then sure, that is something that you brag about.
I hate the judges tonight. I thought Gokey was unimpressive as usual, and after his song he formed the shape of a heart using his hands. He will stick around to torture me for another week, but I stand by my beliefs that Gokey will not win the show.
Adam Lambert -244
“Feeling Good”
“Feeling Good”
Robyn - Can this guy do any wrong? Every genre, he knows exactly what to do - How to look and how to create controversy without being annoying. The best thing about this guy is that he is never creepy and the girls LOVE him. How is that even possible? It's seriously almost like the second coming of the new age Elvis and I am not sure how I feel about that. It's a little bizarre.
Bread – I’m not even the least bit worried about whether or not Lambert is winning this competition. Week in and week out he puts on a show with a unique arrangement and fresh sound. Adam Lambert will win so if you don’t have a piece of him yet, hurry up.
Before the show, I took a look on Matchbook for some player vs. player odds. I played a few of them for some late action. I took Giraud to be eliminated before Iraheta at +165. I also made some plays on Gokey being a surprise early exit next week, playing him to be cut before Allen (+218), Lambert (+220) and Iraheta (+580).