AMERICAN IDOL

[gail]

my take on tonights show - march 23, 2025- …

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- penny- imo, she purposely made dumb faces to copy that guy that used to do that before, who knows. but for ME its a no on the faces and a no on the voice but sadly, they put her through.
- jamier- another sob story, but so sweet and humble and yup, he had a great voice.
- sophia- on piano. sang “before he cheats” by c/u. nice version, appeared short of breath, timid, nervous, but sweet girl. i used to sing that song when i was more into going out to karaoke and everyone seemed to like it a lot. i sang it with the “anger” that the judges said they wanted from this girl. so, i recorded my version and sent it to my hubby’s mom but i forgot just how harsh the song is and how religious she is…. she loved the singing but hated the words. I kicked myself going “why would you ever play that song for her, you know better” lol. anyway, they get her out in the “field” to beat up a truck with a baseball bat while she sings it again, and puts her though, but they all took turns bashing the truck and wow, it was pretty violent really and not good timing for Tesla haters.. whats the chance of that? wow. if you know what im talking about, sigh.

- mattie- LOVED it. and had a beautiful vibrato too.

on a side note, Idol is to tamed down a lot lately, compared to many years of painful and embarrassing judges and horrible singers getting through. so, this is really refreshing. its “back to normal” again.

- john- super confident. very good but the guitar was a bit out of key. awkward performance but i loved it.
- nina- i wanted to like her song but i didnt love it, but im ok with them putting her though.
- desmond- on piano. he was very good.
- jamal- very nice and grounded guy, but too churchy and over the top for me, but he was good.
- caroline - NOPE!
- drew- sang with real passion. voice is good but not amazing, just good.
- sam- paralyzed from the waste down from a car acc. which should NOT matter, but you know…. sang well, just awkward all around but was good.
- mae mae- i thought it was a boy but its a girl. she would never ever survive hollywood week, etc.. she was ok but im glad they didnt put her through as my worry is that she may kill herself if put in that situation so they did the right thing.
- lola- nice girl. wilson phillips daughter - they all sang together (not fair to the other contestants) but it was great harmony. i didnt like her voice much and it was even worse when they asked her to sing alone, but you know the drill. under pressure by famous singers, you know where this goes, lol. on a side note, many mornings, for some reason, for years now, i have woken up with that song in my head that they sang. so, it was kind of ironic, lol
- freddie- another sob story, dad was murdered. the judges put him through over emotions but his singing was not good at all. sorry.

next week is two nights. sun is the last auditions and then monday is hollywood week. get your pen ready to jot a lot of notes down.