Canadian Idol - Top 18

BOYS

Very good show tonight. The guys are STRONG! There seems to have been a problem with the mike tho - I felt the mike for the contestants was not loud enough.

Liam Styles Chang - She's So High
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4_vXLOraRQ
I love this song... He did a decent job on it in the low parts and the high parts, but the falsetto, while even, was not all that impressive... Pretty weak, actually. Again, really like his voice, but can't quite reconcile that this voicec is coming out of that guy.

Andrew Austin - Sunday Morning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhGQq-qzhKA
I liked this very much. He sounded great on this song, and the guitar seemed to have made him feel more comfortable on stage. Not crazy about his facial expressions, but he was good.

Dwight d'Eon - Used To Be Alright
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVbi8xwhslM
LOVE the song choice, and he seemed so much more comfortable than last week. Great energy, but the vocals suffered at times.

Clifton Murray - You Give Me Something
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHyIvKUZCVQ
Boooooooooooooo. Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiing. Creepy dude really doesn't do it for me.

Greg Neufeld - Geek in The Pink

Me think Greg watched AI last season. *LOL* He did do "You and I" last season and "Remedy" for his audition this season by Mraz, so I'll cut him some slack. I love this song. And while I find that Greg did a really good job on it, I really wish he had not sped it up as much. I also would love to see him reach a bit more with his voice. That being said... While the song lacked a bit of umph... I still love it. Greg's guitar playing was awesome, and his voice is beautiful.

Brian Melo - Angels
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng1wf2_hWHw
Wow. Another GREAT performance by Brian. LOVE his raspy voice. He knows what he's doing out there... Great, great, great, great!

JayDee Bixby - I Got A Woman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iElX0qrLBhs
JayDee should totally do a country album. He's good! and yes, lots of innocent charisma, if that makes sense. He made me totally LOL when Zach was like "Where are you from?" and JayDee pointed to his dad and said "From the man sitting right there". *ROTFL*

Matt Rapley - You Raise Me Up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2spvjC9m-w
Booooooooooooo. Riiiiiiiiiiiiing!!!! Matt has a beautiful, beautiful voice, but damn he's soooooooooooooo boring to watch!

Tyler Mullendore - Have A Little Faith In Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oznyPmqko9s
Good performance, good singing. He was not as good as last week, but he still was pretty good. His lower voice is a bit whiny.

To me, the top 3 performances were:

Brian Melo
Andrew Austin
Greg Neufeld

The best VOCALS were Matt, Andrew and Brian

The best PERFORMANCES were Brian, Dwight and Greg

Worst two of the night for me:

Clifton and Liam.


GIRLS


Blech. the girls once again totally blew it. The guys were so much better last night. Very disappointing night for the girls.

Martha Joy - Where You Are
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9CcaIwD83I
Beautifully sung. But sooooooooooo boooooooooo riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing I was in tears.

Tara Oram - Safe in the Arms of Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KotT5-8cgaI
I like her voice, but that song really didn't do much to show off her vocals. She seems very Carrie Underwood-y to me. I too wish she had done a better physical performance.

Naomi-Joy Blackhall - Here With Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCSzJPY4mYg
Damn, I want to puke. She started off well, nice soft vocals. But then she went way over board, and just couldn't deliver the song properly. Singing a Dido song is NOT easy, but come on. I feel this girl thinks she's the shit, and doesn't put the effort required in her vocals and performances.

Carly Ray Jepsen - Sweet Ones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Arl5UvhWmY
Ok, the competition has just started. The others we heard sing before were not really in the competition, were they? I loved the personality that Carly showed on that song. Her performance was great. Song wise, bof, but she sang well.

Scarlett Burke - Proud Mary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cCinbjcT2A
Ok, now I'm back to feeling like puking. WTF was that? I felt so bad for her - this was horrible. Sanjaya-like horrible.

Montana Martin Iles - Thanks For The Memory
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwzCGkQnFVo
Competition on again? Oh sorry, I had fallen asleep. While Montana's vocals were weak, her performance more than made up for it. She does seem like a Lukas Rossi look alike - she even busted out some similar moves. But, she's still miles and miles away from the other girls (and some guys) as far as performance goes.

Mila Miller - Try A Little Tenderness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O1XHQ1SUxw
Ok, now that's more like it. Mila did really well with this. Her vocals were good, her performance was good, she did well! I wish her vocals were a bit more powerful tho.

Annika Odegard - Super Duper Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kft6yyfBLYQ
Puke, puke, puke. While I enjoyed the energy she put out, the singing was horrendous.

Khalila Glanville - I Can't Help Myself
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWsAUqaz6GM
I thought her vocals were better than what the judges said. But... This was covered in so much cheese (and so irrevelant, thanks Zach) that I really didn't enjoy it.

Top 3: Carly, Montana, Mila
Bottom 2: Annika, Scarlett

My Greg (yes, he's mine now) was put in a prime spot all through the show... Perched on a chair, so very visible.... Yum. And at the end, wow, the camera was on him all through the credits!



**********EDITED**********

RESULT SHOW

Girls

Martha Joy - SAFE! *blech*

Montana - SAFE!

Scarlet - 1st to hit the Bottom 4

Naomi - 2nd in the Bottom 4

Khalila (she looks great tonight) - 3rd in the bottom 4

Annika - SAFE!

Mila - 4th in the bottom 4 (Wow, I didn't expect that!)

Carly Rae - SAFE!

Tara - SAFE!

I think the B4 girls is more or less correct - I would have put Annika in place of Mila, but other than that...


Boys

Tyler - SAFE!

Clifton - 1st in Bottom 4

Matt - SAFE!

Liam - SAFE!

JayDee - SAFE! (Ben actually teased him, making him think he was in the B4.... JayDee showed him his fists!)

Dwight - 2nd in bottom 4

Andrew - 3rd in bottom 4

Brian - 4th in bottom 4

Greg - SAFE! (YOUPIIII!)

I so do not agree with this B4!!! Clifton, ok, yes, he should be there. Dwight, maybe, since this performance was not great. But Brian and Andrew? No fucking way! They did NOT belong in the B4!!! I would have rather seen Matt and Jaydee in there.

As we've talked before tho, I really wish they didn't need 5 guys and 5 girls for the top 10. The guys are much stronger than the girls, and it makes me sick to think some guys are going to go home instead of some girls who would deserve to go home more.

So, in the end, I do think Scarlett and Naomi deserved to go home, as did Clifton. But I don't think Andrew should have gone home.

Oh well.