Y2K Falcon

It's Motown Night! This would seem to favor folks like George and Fantasia. Jasmine will need to reinvent herself before she can do well here, but she'll always get more votes than Camile, who, hopefully, has finished passing her stone.

Any song predictions? I'd like to see Pen Salesman do Aretha Franklin's Respect. I'd also like to see LaToya go beyond the "A" page of the song choice list before selecting one.

Who do you think will do well? Who will flail wildly on the stage, well, besides JPL? Who will have their automated auto-dialers ready to go?

The Finalists


Amy Adams - 24 (Bakersfield, CA)
Previous songs: "Power of Love", "You Make Me Feel Brand New", "Sin Wagon" (Country Night)


Fantasia Barrino - 19 (High Point, NC)
Previous songs: "Something To Talk About", "Signed Sealed Delivered", "Always on my Mind" (Country)


Diana DeGarmo - 16 (Snellville, GA)
Previous songs: "I've Got The Music In Me", "Think", "A Broken Wing" (Country Night)


Jennifer Hudson - 22 (Chicago, IL)
Previous songs: "Imagine", "I Believe In You and Me" (Randy's Wildcard), "Baby I Love You", "No one else on earth" (Country)


George Huff - 22 (New Orleans, LA)
Previous songs: "Always & Forever", "Lean On Me" (Simon's Wildcard), "Dock of the Bay", "I Can Love You Like That" (Country)


John Peter Lewis
Previous songs: "Tiny Dancer", "A Little Less Conversation" ("America's" Wildcard), "Drift Away", "She Believes in Me" (Country)


LaToya London - 25 (Oakland, CA)
Previous songs: "All By Myself", "Ain't Nobody", "Ain't Goin' Down Till the Sun Comes Up" (Country)


John Stevens - 16 (East Amherst, NY)
Previous songs: "She's Always A Woman", "Lately", "King of the Road"


Jasmine Trias - 17, (Mililani, HI)
Previous songs: "Run To You", "Inseperable", "Breathe"


Camile Velasco - 18 (Haiku, Maui)
Previous songs: "One Last Cry", "Son of A Preacherman", "Desperado" (Country)



Gone:
Leah "Pack Your Bags" LaBelle - 17 (Seattle, WA) Voted off 3/17/04 (Paula's Wildcard)
Matt "Rose Bowl" Rogers - 25 (Rancho Cucamonga, CA) Voted off 3/24/04

El Scorcho

Haha, John Stevens is so screwed with this Motown stuff.

Groucho

This is a thinly-veiled attempt to squeeze in another "Soul" night.

El Scorcho

They seriously need a "rap" night. Hearing JPL do his best Dre impression would be priceless.

I'm gonna get shit for saying this, but I do find it awfully shitty that 2 of the first three weeks have included genre's that are notoriously african-american dominated (soul & motown). It'd be nice to have the first few rounds be more neutral genres.

Does anybody honestly believe that LaToya, Jennifer, George, or Fantasia will be in the bottom three after motown night?

Bottom 3 predictions, without even hearing a song:

John Stevens
Diana DeGarmo
Camile Velasco

with Camile finally getting the boot.

das Monkey

Bottom 3:

Jennifer Hudson (Diana fans will respond to her recent Bottom 3)
John Stevens
Camile Velasco

Bye, Camile

And I agree, Motown two weeks after "Soul" is really cheap.

das

El Scorcho

Here's hoping next week is "MONSTER BALLAD" week.


"And now, here's George Huff with his version of "Wind of Change" by the Scorpions!"

Groucho

I would love a "Monster Ballad" week.

"And here's John Stevens with 'Sister Christian.'"

Motorin', scooby-dooby-doo, what's your scooby-doo?
Something something Mr. Right...

El Scorcho

I'm trying and I just can't possibly think of a Motown song that John Stevens could sing and not sound completely retarded.

Groucho

I can't think of ANY song he could sing without singing completely retarded. And I include the Martin/Sinatra standards that he's so fond of butchering.

El Scorcho

One other comment:

Is it just me or has Randy Jackson become even *more* annoying on American Idol 3 than in the past? It's like there's a race between him and Sportscenter's Stuart Scott to see who can sound the most incoherently urban on national TV.

El Scorcho

I wouldn't go that far. Forgetting the words aside, I thought he did a respectable job of King of the Road last week -- certainly better than anyone else in the competition could have done. He can pull off the crooner thing with some vocal work but for now what's really killing him is his (lack of) personality. I thought this ice queen I dated several years back was the most boring person on the planet, but John Stevens has proved me wrong!

Groucho

I love "King of the Road" and thought his version was a disaster. It was a good pick for his "style," but that's about it.

There was a crooner dude last year who was a lot better, but he didn't even make the top 32. Maybe it was because he looked like a chipmunk?

Y2K Falcon

Still - The Commodores?
Ben - Michael Jackson?
Isn't She Lovely?
Maybe "Signed, Sealed, Deli....." Oh, wait. That's "Soul".

Heck, John Fogerty could do "Heard it through the Grapevine"

das Monkey

Danny Rodriguez (it saddens me that I know that)

das

El Scorcho

Didn't the crooner guy from last year look like he just got done auditioning for "American Heavy Metal Idol"?

I, too, love "King of the Road" (probably one of my top 10 country songs of all time) and didn't think he butchered it at all. It wasn't "holy shit, this guy's awesome" but it was just respectable to me. A 6 out of 10 or so.


I just hope that Amy keeps going onward. I think she's one of the 2-3 people currently in the running who can pull off any genre.

Patman

Sometimes the categories/themes are dictated by the schedule of the guest judge(s), so that's probably why Motown night is coming so close to Soul night 2 weeks ago.

rkndkn

And I, for one, would love to see one round be "hard rock/heavy metal". I think people underestimate how difficult that genre is to do well. Certainly just as valid a category as country or soul. Heck, you should just do a "Heavy Metal American Idol".

das Monkey

Agreed on how difficult other genres are to do well. I have a decent voice and could sing pop tunes (in my range) all day long with relative ease, but what many metal artists do I find to be terribly difficult.

das

Groucho

Don't tease us, das. Put up some MP3's!!!

El Scorcho

Until I hear some mp3s, I'm going to claim that das monkey is 100% full of shit.

Brain Stew

I would love to see a punk night...

They could sing "Holiday in Cambodia", "London Calling", "TV Party", "In My Eyes", "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker", etc.

Man that would be sweet.

das Monkey

Mooooooooooon riiiiiiiiiver, wiiiiiiider than a mile, I'm crossing you in style ... someday.

das

Patman

"Strangers in the night...exchanging clothing..."

shanester

I want to see Teen Martin do any Supremes Tune like "Stop In The Name Of Love" or "Love Child" in his own swingin style..Poor guy he's in deep doo doo!

A monster Ballad night is a great idea!! You just know somebody would do "Total Eclipse Of The Heart"

.turn around brights eyes..turn around..oooh hoo hoo

das Monkey

You know Celine Amy would be all over "It's All Coming Back to Me Now."

das