Well, the finale of American Idol is tonight. Guess we can’t
ignore the show anymore. With one of the least exciting final twos ever (for
us, at least), we’ll make this short and sweet.
Phillip Phillips is the twitchy Dave Matthews soundalike. He’s
easily our pick to win, even if he’s not the most technically adept singer
left.
Our favorite Phillip Phillips performance: “Hard to Handle”
by Otis Redding. “Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song)” is a close second, partly
because we love Billy Joel.
We’re rooting for him because, as Randy said a few weeks
ago, he strives to make every song his own. We really appreciate that. If we
wanted to listen something that sounds like the original version, we’d just
listen to the original.
Jessica Sanchez is the technically proficient belter. She
seems like a nice person, she just shows very little personality in most of her
performances.
Our favorite Jessica Sanchez performance: “Dance with my
Father” by Luther Vandross, because we finally saw some emotional connection
between her and song. “Proud Mary” is a close second; she looked like she was
having fun.
Leeard wanted to put the video of Jessica
performing “I Have Nothing” next to a video of Whitney performing it as the
reason we don’t love her. If she wants to try to sound like Whitney or Mariah,
that’s fine. We have no problem with that, because those are two of the
greatest female singers ever. However, a big part of what makes them great is
how they connect with the lyrics and messages of their songs and Jessica just
doesn’t. Hopefully this will come with experience, because we have little doubt
she’ll get a recording contract whether or not she wins tonight.
We think Phillip will win, but we almost don’t want him to,
just so he doesn’t have the notoriously horrible Idol record deal.
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