My Take on the Show Tonight
1) Wade- Decent song choice for him, not much goggling which is a plus for him. The downside is the performance was kind of draggy, overall I thought it was slightly above average. Grade C+
2) Laci- Flat in parts, kind of another draggy performance, with a few bad notes in there as well. below average. Grade D+
3) Alejandro- Overall for him a decent vocal, in reality that means an average vocal. Don't get me wrong it was flat in a few parts, and he fell off some notes. But overall did enough to warrant a average performance. Grade C
4) Laine- Didn't love the song choice for him, felt like it didn't show off his voice enough. Slightly above average overall for me, far from his best. Grade C+
5) Madison- I didn't love the song choice for her, it was far from a perfect vocal, as there were several imperfections, but still I would say solidly above average. Grade B-
6) Wade- Flat as a pancake, and the music was drowning him out during the song as well, below average and not very good for me. Grade D+
7) Laci- Another terrible song choice for her featuring music drowning her out most of the song, and when it wasn't drowning her out she didn't sing very well and I'm being nice. Grade D
8) Alejandro- I thought this was the perfect song choice for him. As one knows I have been begging him to go for weeks, so one knows I'm not a fan coming in. But I just liked the delivery of that song, and it was his best performance to date by a country mile, and I realize that isn't exactly a complement. But that was the first time from him during the whole show that I actually enjoyed his performance. It was good. To say I was shocked was and understatement. Grade B
9) Madison- Stated out decent, but did go off the rails a bit towards the end, with some serious pitch issues, which made this one of her weakest performance to date, just barely average for me. Grade C
10) Laine- Overall solid song and solid vocal. This was a very good performance for me. Grade B+
11) Wade- Didn't like the song choice again, the goggling was back again in parts of the song. Wasn't terrible, wasn't great either. My definition of average. Grade C
12) Laci- Overall a decent song choice for her, wasn't perfect, but overall was done solidly/good for the most part, her best performance of the night than again her first two weren't very good and I'm Be nice. Grade B
13) Madison- In my opinion the best performance of the night and it wasn't even close. It was a combo, of good song choice, with good emotional vocal, that was executed real well for me. Grade A
14) Laine- Overall I thought it was a solid performance, with a consistent good job, something for the most part I have become used to with Laine. Grade B
15) Alejandro- First off I like the way he played the piano on this performance I actually thought this was another good vocal. To me he had his best night (and I realize I'm not saying much) of the entire show, if this was the first time I would of watched him I would of clearly said he should of been the top 3 with Laine and Madison, but a good night doesn't make up for a season in my opinion. Having said that I thought it was pretty good. Grade B
Basically to recap.
Best Performance of the Night: Madison (Round 3)
Worst Performance of the Night Laci (Round 2)
Winner of Round 1 Madison
Winner of Round 2 Laine
Winner of Round 3 Madison (In a landslide)
Overally I would of put though Laine and Madison to be honest didn't care about the third choice, but if I was going just of today it pains me to say this Alejandro out sang the other two tonight and by a decent margin. it didn't change how I feel overall, but I can't ignore the fact that I thought he had a good night either. America choose Laine and Madison, and that like I expected they picked Alejandro. At the end of the day as long as ,Laine and Madison ere in the finale I really didn't care who was the 3rd choice in my opinion.
