AI: 5/9 - The Final Four
Not a bad hour of performances, but neither was it a stellar one. The themes of Nashville (C&W) and the Philly sound (Gamble & Huff) were, respectively, so-so & good — and I was glad that they got Nashville out of the way first, as I thought (and about which I was proven correct) that the Gamble/Huff songs would yield better performances.
Last night’s performances proved and/or solidified two things in my mind:
- Bo IS this season’s American Idol. He’s the star — even if he doesn’t win the battle that is the competition, he will win the war that is having the most successful music career. So I have spoken, so shall it be!
- Carrie IS this season’s Nashville Star. She’s a C&W star who will eventually experience some crossover success, but make no mistake about it — her future belongs in Nashville. It’d actually be a shame if she wins AI, because she might make a few missteps in starting out her career as a result. Besides, she’s not better than Bo, and neither is she really better in the Pop genre than Vonzell or Anthony.
As for last night’s performances, Bo was only ok with his Travis Tritt C&W song, and completely owned the evening with his performance of For the Love of Money. Carrie did much better with Sin Wagon (though I must admit that I think that Amy Adams did a better job with it in AI-3) than she did with If You Don’t Know Me, which shouldn’t be a shock — although I was a little surprised with just how poorly she did on the Philly song. Vonzell did not have a typically strong Baby V outing. I didn’t like the C&W song all that much, but her performance of Don’t Leave Me This Way was much better. They hinted at the fact that something happened that caused Vonzell no small amount of grief/angst/upset, which could explain why her performances were off (and even Simon eased off on criticizing her), so it’ll be interesting to see if there’s any sympathy support that goes her way. Anthony did ok on the C&W song, and totally nailed If You Don’t Know Me, making Carrie’s rendition look/sound even worse. It was a gamble, doing the same song as a front-runner like Carrie, but Anthony won the bet & had it pay off big.
Based on last night’s performances only, I think Carrie deserves to go home, with the overall performance order being:
1. Bo
2. Anthony
3. Vonzell
4. Carrie
Taking into account the entire competition to date, as well as what I think the voting public is thinking, I think that Vonzell is most at risk, with the following order of last night’s performances:
1. Bo
2. Carrie
3. Anthony
4. Vonzell
So, while I don’t think it’s necessarily correct/right, I think we’re going to be wishing Vonzell a fond farewell tonight (although I wouldn’t be shocked if it were Anthony… Bo or Carrie, however, would shock me.).
-ghp
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