It's really hard to believe we've hit the final four. This week was split up into two rounds, first round was songs that inspire them, the second was songs by Leiber and Stoller which I would have appreciated a better explaination for the younger audiences, but they were too obsessed with the guest mentor Lady Gaga to do that. That being said let's get into the show...
James
Song: Don't Stop Believin
Blake: Loved the stage presence. Really good performance for him. I really enjoyed it. Might have been one of his best.
Rating (out of 5): *****
Mandy: James rocked the Journey song, but then again I don't think I can hate anyone doing that song. Great job with a great song.
Haley
Song: The Earth Song
Blake: This was alright. She's done better and right now she really feels like the weak link on this show in this group.
Rating (out of 5): ****
Mandy: Haley, don't sing a song about saving Earth while wearing leather. And you inspired me alright, to want to jump off a bridge..
Scotty
Song: Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)
Blake: Could you pull at the heartstrings anymore? Amazing. Thank you for singing this song. Just thank you.
Rating (out of 5): *****
Mandy: Scotty knows how to play the crowd's heartstrings. Amazing rendition of a song America needed. He's got a country soul.
Lauren
Song: Anyway
Blake: Whoa! This one touched home for her and you can tell in her voice. Amazing.
Rating (out of 5): *****
Mandy: Lauren looked amazing and sounded even better. One of my favorite Idol performances of all time. Martina would be proud.
Haley
Song: I (Who Have Nothing)
Blake: The full orchestra was a bit much for me. Too dramatic for me and way too much screaming. Seemed like she was trying way too hard.
Rating (out of 5): ***
Mandy: Good song for Haley, but too theatrical for my taste. It was great, but I think her lights are on Broadway, not the Idol stage.
Scotty
Song: Young Blood
Blake: We now return you to concert Scotty. For real I felt like we walked into one of his concerts and this time I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not. Hysterical but I'm a little speechless.
Rating (out of 5): ****
Mandy: Scotty's facial expressions distracted me more than anything, but it was good. He doesn't need the show but the show needs him.
Lauren
Song: Trouble
Blake: Fiesty! Totally completely opposite of her wholesome side that we're used to. I enjoyed it. It was alot of fun.
Rating (out of 5): ****
Mandy: Not Lauren's best, but not her worst. She's not evil and Gaga's not a role model, but she did loosen uo. Get her on the radio.
James
Song: Love Potion #9
Blake: That was well done and a perfect ending for this round. Take notes Haley, that's how you end a song with high notes without screaming!
Rating (out of 5): ****
Mandy: James is too much. It's Love Potion #9, not friggin' Enter Sandman. Why does he get all the effects? Ozfest, yes. Idol, no.
Should Go Home: Haley
Will Go Home: Haley
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
The Voice: Let the Battles Begin! (5/10/11)
The teams are set, it's now time for the battle round. What is the battle round? I'll explain.
The four coaches have four teams of eight. At this point the coaches must pit their team against each other in duets and then eliminate someone after the duet. When the battle rounds are over, which it seems like in four weeks, each coach will only have teams of four. The really cool part about the battles are that the duets are in a ring ala boxing and wrestling. Now that we are all on the same page, let the battle rounds begin!
Coach: Christina (guest mentor Sia Furler)
Battle: Frenchie Davis vs. Tarralyn Ramsey
Song: Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)
Thoughts: Is it bad I was kinda bored this song? The performances were alright I guess. Maybe it's the fact that I'm very over this song. These two hit all the notes and even maybe oversung it a little.
Winner: Frenchie
Coach: Blake (guest mentor Reba)
Battle: Tyler Robinson vs. Patrick Thomas
Song: Burning Love
Thoughts: It's funny if Scotty on Idol didn't sing an Elvis song a few weeks back, I wouldn't have put Elvis and country together. But this was actually good. Good choice for these guys. Both guys actually deserved to move on in my opinion.
Winner: Patrick
Coach: Adam (guest mentor Adam Blackstone)
Battle: Tim Mahoney vs. Casey Weston
Song: Leather and Lace
Thoughts: I honestly didn't know the name of this song but knew what it was it was really good. The first girl vs. guy battle, actually really wasn't, especially since Adam thought Tim was a girl when he auditioned. That being said, really good performance for both of them. Didn't make it that hard though in my opinion.
Winner: Casey
Coach: Cee Lo (guest mentor Monica)
Battle: Vicci Martinez vs. Niki Dawson
Song: F***** Perfect
Thoughts: This was the best duet of the night by far. Well done by the ladies on a song that all ladies around the world seem to love and relate to. This was a tough choice and he really couldn't go wrong either way in my view.
Winner: Vicci
That's in for week one of the battles, I'm looking forward to week two.
The four coaches have four teams of eight. At this point the coaches must pit their team against each other in duets and then eliminate someone after the duet. When the battle rounds are over, which it seems like in four weeks, each coach will only have teams of four. The really cool part about the battles are that the duets are in a ring ala boxing and wrestling. Now that we are all on the same page, let the battle rounds begin!
Coach: Christina (guest mentor Sia Furler)
Battle: Frenchie Davis vs. Tarralyn Ramsey
Song: Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)
Thoughts: Is it bad I was kinda bored this song? The performances were alright I guess. Maybe it's the fact that I'm very over this song. These two hit all the notes and even maybe oversung it a little.
Winner: Frenchie
Coach: Blake (guest mentor Reba)
Battle: Tyler Robinson vs. Patrick Thomas
Song: Burning Love
Thoughts: It's funny if Scotty on Idol didn't sing an Elvis song a few weeks back, I wouldn't have put Elvis and country together. But this was actually good. Good choice for these guys. Both guys actually deserved to move on in my opinion.
Winner: Patrick
Coach: Adam (guest mentor Adam Blackstone)
Battle: Tim Mahoney vs. Casey Weston
Song: Leather and Lace
Thoughts: I honestly didn't know the name of this song but knew what it was it was really good. The first girl vs. guy battle, actually really wasn't, especially since Adam thought Tim was a girl when he auditioned. That being said, really good performance for both of them. Didn't make it that hard though in my opinion.
Winner: Casey
Coach: Cee Lo (guest mentor Monica)
Battle: Vicci Martinez vs. Niki Dawson
Song: F***** Perfect
Thoughts: This was the best duet of the night by far. Well done by the ladies on a song that all ladies around the world seem to love and relate to. This was a tough choice and he really couldn't go wrong either way in my view.
Winner: Vicci
That's in for week one of the battles, I'm looking forward to week two.
Dancing With the Stars: Road to the Semifinals (5/10/11)
For the first time in three weeks I actually got to enjoy the DWTS results show on Tuesday night right after Glee. On this night we had performances by Michael Bolton and Adele (refer to my Glee review for a rant on her song) and my personal favorite moment the return of DanceCenter. But onto the results...
In Danger...
Ralph/Karina
Romeo/Chelsie
This is the first week that I was dead on on the bottom two.
The results....
Romeo/Chelsie
I'm not sure why anyone is SHOCKED by this. It's not that big a shocker. People felt bad for Ralph and wanted to give him another shot and it was Romeo's time to go. It's semifinals time next week with three dances. I'm looking forward to it.
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| This is DanceCenter! Is it bad I enjoy this every season? |
For the first time in three weeks I actually got to enjoy the DWTS results show on Tuesday night right after Glee. On this night we had performances by Michael Bolton and Adele (refer to my Glee review for a rant on her song) and my personal favorite moment the return of DanceCenter. But onto the results...
In Danger...
Ralph/Karina
Romeo/Chelsie
This is the first week that I was dead on on the bottom two.
The results....
Romeo/Chelsie
I'm not sure why anyone is SHOCKED by this. It's not that big a shocker. People felt bad for Ralph and wanted to give him another shot and it was Romeo's time to go. It's semifinals time next week with three dances. I'm looking forward to it.
AHL Calder Cup Playoffs-Conference Finals (Picks)
Charlotte vs. Binghamton
Pick: Charlotte in 6
Western Conference
Hamilton vs. Houston
Pick: Houston in 6
The Glee Prom (5/10/11)
Last night was prom night. To be honest I wasn't sure how this night was going to roll. In the past in shows I have watched prom or dance episodes have either been really good or really cliche. I was hoping that Glee, the show that has been breaking rules since the beginning, would find their own route. What we got was very interseting. Throughout the first half of the show you literally had different perspectives of the anticipation of prom. The second half they gave us one of the most fun but insane proms ever.
Just to set things up, Principal Figgins asked Will to have the Glee Club sing at prom in exchange for money that will help them get to Nationals. He honestly couldn't say no to that.
Let's get into the music and I will get into everything else...
Rachel and Jesse-Rollin in the Deep
Yes you saw that, Jesse St. James is back. He surprised Rachel when she started singing this song in the gym. (Let me say real fast, as much as I love this song, we can now stop having this song on EVERY show, it was also sung by Adele on DWTS later this very same night. Enough already!) The performance was really good. I forgot how awesome the chemistry is between them. What gave this alot of extra points was the fact it was done without music, something completely different on this show. The only background were the people setting up the stage behind them. Totally stood out. A
Artie-Isn't She Lovely
This was Artie's apology to Brittany and also his way of asking her to prom. I thought it was one the cutest moments on this show ever. It was cute just with Artie but when Puck and Sam came in with the gutairs and Finn started playing drums on random stuff in the back of the classroom, it was made epic. This is the stuff musicals are made of. Then again I give the Glee crew credit for not going to the predictable route with this. She said no and everyone's hearts sank with Artie's. A
New Directions-Friday
Now onto the prom songs. This song is a major youtube senstation and is really a terrible song. After hearing it I thought two things, #1 I'm so glad I never heard the original version and #2 even Glee couldn't make this terrible song good, even gleeinized. For a prom dance song it was awesome, but by itself it was awful. So somewhere in between I guess. B-
Rachel-Jar of Hearts
This song surprised me. Not your typical prom song but did lead to alot of cute moment especailly Mercedes getting asked to dance by Sam. Possible love connection? Doubt it but it made a great moment. The question does lie who is Rachel truly singing to, Finn or Jesse? Well done. B+
Blaine-I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with You
I really had to look this one up, I didn't know this song and am shocked that's the full title of the song. The performance was just fun. It also setup the possibly of Blaine joining ND down the road one day. DURING the song though, Finn really showed his jealous side and got into Jesse's face when he was dancing close and kissing Rachel and they came to blows and got thrown out of prom. This really upset Quinn because her king got booted. B+
Dancing Queen
Not really sure who was singing this because everyone was somewhere on the dance floor during this song. This song was the king-queen dance song. That's sounds weird if the king wasn't Karofsky and the queen wasn't Kurt. Yes I said Kurt. This was supossed to get to Kurt, instead it led to Karofsky running away and Kurt dancing with Blaine. Adorable. Before all this though there was rapid fire scenes from the losing queens. Santana complained to Brittany who pretty told her to come out and be herself and people would like her. In the case of what seems like high school television tradition of something happening in the ladies' room, Quinn blamed Rachel for her losing and slapped her. Great moment. Oh yeah the song. Great version, I just wish I knew who sang it. A
That's that. Two episodes left. Next week apparently someone dies, should be interseting. Two weeks away from nationals. The season is almost over.
Just to set things up, Principal Figgins asked Will to have the Glee Club sing at prom in exchange for money that will help them get to Nationals. He honestly couldn't say no to that.
Let's get into the music and I will get into everything else...
Rachel and Jesse-Rollin in the Deep
Yes you saw that, Jesse St. James is back. He surprised Rachel when she started singing this song in the gym. (Let me say real fast, as much as I love this song, we can now stop having this song on EVERY show, it was also sung by Adele on DWTS later this very same night. Enough already!) The performance was really good. I forgot how awesome the chemistry is between them. What gave this alot of extra points was the fact it was done without music, something completely different on this show. The only background were the people setting up the stage behind them. Totally stood out. A
Artie-Isn't She Lovely
This was Artie's apology to Brittany and also his way of asking her to prom. I thought it was one the cutest moments on this show ever. It was cute just with Artie but when Puck and Sam came in with the gutairs and Finn started playing drums on random stuff in the back of the classroom, it was made epic. This is the stuff musicals are made of. Then again I give the Glee crew credit for not going to the predictable route with this. She said no and everyone's hearts sank with Artie's. A
New Directions-Friday
Now onto the prom songs. This song is a major youtube senstation and is really a terrible song. After hearing it I thought two things, #1 I'm so glad I never heard the original version and #2 even Glee couldn't make this terrible song good, even gleeinized. For a prom dance song it was awesome, but by itself it was awful. So somewhere in between I guess. B-
Rachel-Jar of Hearts
This song surprised me. Not your typical prom song but did lead to alot of cute moment especailly Mercedes getting asked to dance by Sam. Possible love connection? Doubt it but it made a great moment. The question does lie who is Rachel truly singing to, Finn or Jesse? Well done. B+
Blaine-I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with You
I really had to look this one up, I didn't know this song and am shocked that's the full title of the song. The performance was just fun. It also setup the possibly of Blaine joining ND down the road one day. DURING the song though, Finn really showed his jealous side and got into Jesse's face when he was dancing close and kissing Rachel and they came to blows and got thrown out of prom. This really upset Quinn because her king got booted. B+
Dancing Queen
Not really sure who was singing this because everyone was somewhere on the dance floor during this song. This song was the king-queen dance song. That's sounds weird if the king wasn't Karofsky and the queen wasn't Kurt. Yes I said Kurt. This was supossed to get to Kurt, instead it led to Karofsky running away and Kurt dancing with Blaine. Adorable. Before all this though there was rapid fire scenes from the losing queens. Santana complained to Brittany who pretty told her to come out and be herself and people would like her. In the case of what seems like high school television tradition of something happening in the ladies' room, Quinn blamed Rachel for her losing and slapped her. Great moment. Oh yeah the song. Great version, I just wish I knew who sang it. A
That's that. Two episodes left. Next week apparently someone dies, should be interseting. Two weeks away from nationals. The season is almost over.
AHL Calder Cup Playoffs-Division Finals (Results)
Atlantic Division
A1 Portland vs. E5 Binghamton
Pick: Portland in 6
Results: Binghamton 4-2
East Division
E1 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton vs. E3 Charlotte
Pick: Charlotte in 6
Results: Charlotte 4-2
Western Conference
North Division
N1 Hamilton vs. N3 Manitoba
Pick: Hamiton in 6
Results: Hamilton 4-3
West Division
W1 Milwaukee vs. W2 Houston
Pick: Milwaukee in 7
Results: Houston 4-3
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Tough Enough: Double Elimination (5/9/11)
This week's show as about focus and made for a very interseting show.
As a wrestling fan I truly enough this episode. Most of the show was actually in the ring. There's not a whole lot to say about this week because it was so much wrestling. This week Andy really stood out in the ring but is still super green but isn't that the whole point of this show to mold a green wrestler and turned him into a superstar?
The only real crazy moment of note was John Morrison guest starring along side an insane climbing course. It was one of the toughest challenges on reality TV in a long time hands down. Poor Eric stood no chance in this thing and got stuck twice. It was sad really.
In a really tough and challenging skills challenge, Luke regained his top spot.
The other item of note was that Ivelisse was still dealing with her leg injury from last week and it showed big time. I do give her credit for really trying to compete.
Bottom 3
Eliminated: Ivelisse and Eric
Stone Cold had to let Invelisse go or she was going to hurt herself. Eric was so out of shape that he should have gone home weeks ago. No major surprises or disappointments here this week at all.
As a wrestling fan I truly enough this episode. Most of the show was actually in the ring. There's not a whole lot to say about this week because it was so much wrestling. This week Andy really stood out in the ring but is still super green but isn't that the whole point of this show to mold a green wrestler and turned him into a superstar?
The only real crazy moment of note was John Morrison guest starring along side an insane climbing course. It was one of the toughest challenges on reality TV in a long time hands down. Poor Eric stood no chance in this thing and got stuck twice. It was sad really.
In a really tough and challenging skills challenge, Luke regained his top spot.
The other item of note was that Ivelisse was still dealing with her leg injury from last week and it showed big time. I do give her credit for really trying to compete.
Bottom 3
- A.J.
- Eric
- Ivelisse
Eliminated: Ivelisse and Eric
Stone Cold had to let Invelisse go or she was going to hurt herself. Eric was so out of shape that he should have gone home weeks ago. No major surprises or disappointments here this week at all.
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