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By my count, then, he’s had at least six during the course of a three minute video. Possibly more. Then he was going to knock back champagne after that, until the guy in the Howie Long jersey–and it is, for sure–intercepts it.

He’ll have to lift extra tonight to make up for all those calories!

I actually have thought for a while that David Archuletta has no chance in this competition as it goes along, he’s cute, but I think he will wear on people over time. If he never would have lost a vocal chord he would have been even more amazing talent than he is (check the video on youtube from a lobby which he sings to some former idols at the age of like 12, ridiculous voice then)

At one point I WAS a huge Ramiele fan (can’t quite remember when that was anymore), but she just has no clue how to use her abilities to their max, she likes to do what she thinks is neat or aligns with her own interests and not what could put her in the Top 3. She has such a capable voice, just never consistent throughout a song. Last time she did something noteworthy was in the first couple rounds of the Top24. Bye.

Brooke white is getting a bit tedious, she needs to spice something up a bit.

Carly Smithson, I find her annoying, but I actually like ALOT of what she has done, even when the judges don’t. Total Eclipse Of The Heart was Hot (wake up Simon, usually he copies all of my critiquing). Very consistent.

The second Kristy Lee Cook started singing, I just broke out laughing, you sneaky little bimbo! Ya had to know she was safe if she nailed that song, and she knocked it out of the park. She has probably sang that 100 times at various events too, she is from Texas right? Unfortunately for her there are two songs she has performed well to this point, God Bless…. and Amazing Grace, is that right? OMG wake up America, she’s got a bleep of a voice, WHEN SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE’S SINGING, which doesn’t seem to be much.

Michael Johns was my favorite coming into the Top 24, I just thought he had the charisma & talent to win it all. I was wrong, he isn’t consistent enough (not week to week, but throughout his performances), his two biggest highlights were both Queen songs and one was in hollywood week (which I thought was better in a rawer sort of way). He’s still fun to watch, but he has some annoying tendencies when he performs.

Syesha Mercado just erks me. She has a voice no doubt, and she can lay it down. She is a step beyond confident, it’s called ARROGANT. Some of the looks and comments she has made give that away all too well. She won’t survive long, as she only does well when she can pick her genre/song type. Not much ability in being original, and thats why she is inconsistent.

David Cook, I thought he was the biggest douche coming into the Top 24. They just didn’t show him doing anything memorable coming out of Hollywood week, and what they did show sounded not so good. Which leads me to suspect they were setting him up early to be a dark horse. After all what sells records? Kelly Clarkson or Chris Daughtry type music. I must say, I couldn’t have been more wrong about him, he has great consistency and a creativity unrivaled in this competition.

Jason Castro: I just don’t get it (to all the teenage girls, time to find an older man . Can we just vote him off already. (or not vote to get him off the show, geez!)

My Power Rankings:

David Cook, Carly Smithson, Michael Johns, Brooke White, David Archuleta, Syesha Mercado, Kristy Lee Cook, Ramiel Malubay, Jason Castro

but I think Syesha will be voted off next, as she is already in the bottom 3, and it’s about to be Country week again, no?

Sad thing is there is some REAL (already polished) talent here this year, but all that will happen is a CRAPPY pop record to sell in masses for the kiddies. Sigh.
They actually mentioned on the night of the original performance that David Cook’s version was based off Chris Cornell’s just before he sang it.

This is the music biz now. Or the very near future of it.

We as critics need to adapt. Also, keep in mind, he’s Jack White. He was once a no-name from Detroit. Many other no-names will have to use some means to knock Jack White off the top of the hill. It will be up to critics like us to discover and trumpet them. We can all be Lester Bangs writing about the Clash, and when they get popular and sell out (or punch the Von Bondies guy in the head and almost go to jail) we can go looking for the next one.

I hope PR people help me find the next Jack White, but if the rock world moves on without them, I will adjust and like Gloria Gaynor says, survive.

Am I nuts here? Am I too much of a contrarian?

I don’t quite understand his hostility. He generally gets a free pass. If he thinks it’s hard to be a pop star, he should be Adam Levine for a day.