Which American Idol Are You?

I stumbled upon some quizes on www.buddyTV.com about which male or female American Idol Singer you are..
Here goes the result:

Which Male American Idol Singer Are You?

My comment: What with the weight??! *ngelirik perut* siyalan..:D

Which Female American Idol Singer Are You?

My comment: Hahahaa.. Wohooo, Mindy Doo!

American Idol 7: The First Four Elimination

It's kinda obvious that Amy Davis and Joanne Borgella did not perform good enough. They both went home.

As for the guys, Garret & Colton went home. Sorry for you Colton.

Ramiele.. Please don't cry that much.. It's umm.. weird (not as weird as seeing Sundance Head crying a lot last season though). Same thing goes for those blonde girls which I can't still distinguish from each other yet.

American Idol 7: Top 12 Girls

The girls' having better night compared to the guys.. Although the show let us know that some of them were having influenza. I know the feeling of having to go on stage while you yourself do not find your voice as fine as usual. Not the greatest feeling in the world.

Kristy: Just okay.. Nice voice, but the song's boring.

Joanne: Uh oh.. Flat. Get rid of those weird backing vocals.

Alaina: At first I thought it would be boring. But when the tempo changed, it's more fun. Good vocal. The surprising effect of the song really helped :)

Amanda: Cool start with the scatting, though had pitch problem on the low notes. Strong performance. I like how she handled Simon. She has nice personality.

Amy Davis: Omaigaaa.. Apaan itu. Mengayun2 a la Monita(pas Monitanya lagi ga bagus ya :D). Too many pitch problems.

Brooke : I don't get it. At first she sounded okay, later on ga jelas de..

Alexandrea: She's really cool. Pretty good performance. I like her deep voice, tp nada atasnya agak2 bermasalah. Apa dia salah satu yg flu..? Some parts of her singing reminded me of Cleopatra. I agree with Paula that Alexandrea thought about her performance.

Kady: When she started singing, it's impressive and it's obvious that she could actually sing.. Problem with low notes.. The performance was not really good, but the voice sounded good..

Asia'h: Good vocal.. Good performance.. kinda liven up the show tonight. I want her to get rid of her voice crack though (I don't really know how to call that).

Ramiele: Strong vocal.. She created suitable atmosphere for the song. Love her lips :p

Syesha: Great vocal range.. Her glorious ending was similar to Stephanie Edward's

Carly: Kok agak2 ga masuk ya sama musiknya.. Kliatan ga nyaman. Kinda good vocal. Hmm, ceunah flu jg (ama Bronchitis). Randy berleb deh muji2nya. I agree with Simon, I don't get it.

My favourites are: Ramiele, Syesha, Asia'h, Amanda, Alaina
My okays are: Alexandrea, Kady
My hmms are: Carly, Kristy, Brooke
My hehhs are: Joanne, Amy Davis

Before the start of the top 12 girls show, I liked Ramiele, Syesha, Asia'h, Amanda, Kady and Alexandrea. Hehehe, they did fulfill my expectation to some extent :) (Still waiting for great performance)

Overall, I think they're still somewhat uncomfortable in bringin their performance. Ahh, how I miss the ladies from previous season: Stephanie, Jordin, Melinda, and LaKisha. I miss Haley too :D Let's wait and see.

American Idol 7: Top 12 Guys

Humm, I'm not satisfied by the guys' performances..
Well, I could say I like three of the performances: David Archuleta, Michael John, and Jason Castro. Those performances are enjoyable.
As for David Hernandez and David Cook, they are alright for me. They did okay, kinda like it.

Though I like David Archuleta's performance the most, he surely got vocal problem at some point near the last part. Ahh, and he sort of doubting in hitting the big note for his last word, hahaha.. Very funny. But his voice is really interesting. I don't like the too-much-attention given to him this early.

My list is as follows:
1. David Archuleta
2. Michael John
3. Jason Castro
4. David Hernandez
5. David Cook

For the rest of them, err...
Chikezie, horrible at the start, going okay afterwards and somewhat good at the end. I like his voice.

Robbie Carrico, humm, pretty good. Tapi biaso ajolah.. :D

Colton berry has an interesting voice, but his performance is mediocre.

Danny Noriega.. I don't know. I don't like this guy. But his voice is good. I got a problem with his rythm in the top 12 guys performance. Kinda out of sync with the music for me.

For me, I think Garret and Luke Menard should go home. Or maybe Jason Yeager.

Ah ya, David Cook and Michael John's technique in singing rock is kinda the same as Chris Daughtry's(which I like). It's not like other Rock singers I know. Am I right to say that their timbres are kinda similar too? Ah, well..

Wisnu Idol lagi

Eh, ini Wisnunya bukan Wisnu yang Indonesian Idol, tapi Wisnu Witono Adhi yang #5 Norwegian Idol. Pernah disebut juga di post sebelumnya.

Nemu video clip-nya di YouTube.. Keren juga suaranya.. Judulnya Love Like That. Lagunya yang lain judulnya Every Part of Me.. Aku lebih suka yang ini. Good luck deh Wisnu!

Notes: Di previewku, videonya nampak loading ga brenti2, tapi sbenernya tinggal klik tombol play-nya.. Hmm, knapa gitu ya..

Tugas ke Malaysia

19 Maret - 25 Maret 2007 aku ada tugas kantor ke Malaysia. Tepatnya ngasi training produk eBdesk ke client dari KPWKM (sejenis Kementrian Pemberdayaan Perempuan) Malaysia di kantor NTI. NTI a.k.a. New Technology & Innovation itu partnernya eBdesk di Malaysia.

Trainingnya sih 3 hari, dari Selasa sampai Kamis. I got 4 students, 2 guys and 2 girls. Well, tadinya aku dah cemas aja mo ngasi training kayak mana. Soalnya kan mesti Bahasa Inggris. Untungnya dari segi materi, I'm pretty well-prepared. Soalnya dah pernah ngasi training yang mirip ke pegawai di DepKeu RI.

Untungnya di training ini, pesertanya cuma 4. Aku bisa lebih merhatiin perkembangan mereka satu-satu. Dan mereka rata-rata usianya ga jauh beda denganku. Jadinya asyik aja ngasi trainingnya. Ga kayak waktu di DepKeu, langsung menghadapi 25 orang dengan range usia yang lebar, hehehe..

Aku dah menerangkan materinya dengan bahasa Inggris, tapi mereka nanya dengan selipan2 bahasa Malaysia. Jadinya selama training, aku pun bercampur-campur pake Inggris dan Indonesia, hahaha.. Tergantung kebutuhan.

They called me, "Cikgu". Artinya guru gitu deh.. Hehehe, lucu juga. I like it

Aku cuma sempat jalan-jalan ke mall-mall yang dekat-dekat. Mas Sas sibuk kuliah dan ga bisa nemanin jg soalnya. Di hari Jumat aku sempat main ke Bukit Bintang. Jalan2 sendiri naik Monorail dengan petunjuk Mas Sas.

Oh iya, btw pas lagi di KLCC aku ktemu Vega (my friend from ITB Choir). Padahal mestinya kan dia lagi kuliah di Norway, hehehe. Dan aku ketemu JACLYN VICTOR!! Ya, Malaysian Idol yg pertama. I love her voice and performance very much. Sayangnya ga minta foto bareng.. Aku pemalu sih (Yea, right!) Tapi sempat curi2 moto dia (norak banget ga sehh, hehe)

Seblom pulang sempat pergi ke Chocolate Factory sama Mas Sas. Mampir ke Chocolate Kingdom dan eh, apa ya nama yg satu lagi. Wiii, coklatnya emang enak2 banget.. dan mahal, hahaha

Wait For You

Waahh, aku lagi tergila-gila dengan lagu Elliott Yamin yg judulnya Wait For You. Sebenernya sih sama lagu Movin' On juga. Sekali dengar kedua lagu itu di YouTube aku langsung suka. Sayang aku belum punya semua lagu dari albumnya. Ada sih emang link untuk download semua lagunya dari user Multiply. Tapi koneksi internet yang menyedihkan ga memungkinkan pen-download-an file-file itu dengan mudah dan cepat *sigh*

Aku dah punya lengkap lagunya Chris Daughtry & Katharine McPhee dari Bang Josh. Dari Daughtry, lagu yang sekarang aku sedang suka: It's Not Over & Home. Dari McPhee, yang sekarang sedang aku suka: Everywhere I Go & Over It. Lagunya Paris Bennet yang baru juga dah ada, dah download dari YouTube. Tapi blom terlalu tertarik sama lagunya.

Here's the lyric for Movin' On (somewhat suits my mood at the moment, khikhikhi.. *sigh*):

When I think about you baby, I can’t help it (help it)
I lose all my focus and I just can’t stand it
I get so excited every time I hear your name (your name)
And you don’t reciprocate and it’s a damn shame
ooooooo

[Pre-Chorus]
See all I’m trying to do girl is, is give you my time and
You know you better not move too slow 'cause I’m moving on
I’ll take the chance and roll the dice
I might miss out on the love of my life

[Chorus]
Cause you know it as time moves on I won’t always be around
And I’ll be gone
And I won’t always be down
'Cause I’m giving it up to you
And you know this much is true
As time moves on, consider me gone
Because I’m moving on

I know it sounds crazy but I just can’t do this (do this)
It feels like we’re wasting time so I’ll get to it
When I look into your eyes I can see right through you (through you)
And you don’t feel the same way that I do
oooooo

[Pre-Chorus]
[Chorus]

I’m telling you, you really missed out on a good thing for sure
As a matter of fact, I’m glad I didn’t walk through that door
I’m a better man for it
Said I can learn from it or ignore it
You know I’ve seen it all before
Now your best friend's at my door

I’m moving on
Ooooooo (as time moves on)
Said I’m moving on (as time moves on)
Yeah

[Chorus]

I’m moving on, baby
I’m moving on, moving on
I’ll be gone
Yes I will

Elliot Yamin New Album

Haaa.. Elliot Yamin released his album.
I've got 2 teasers from YouTube which are Movin' On and Wait For You. I like both songs and those are really what I'm thinking of songs he would work on. I can't wait for the full album.

Nanda said (Sorry Nanda :p) Sahat commented on this post that Elliot's song topped #3 on billboard at the moment. I've checked on the net and found it is his 'Wait For You'.

Ohh, and know what, I found this Entertainment-Weekly page that lists top 10 all-time best ''American Idol'' performances from the first five seasons. Elliot Yamin's cover of "A Song For You" is on #3. Come to think of it, Is Elliot a top-3 getter? :p "Wait For You" peaked #3 on billboard (at the moment) and he's the top 3 finalist on AI Season 5. Ahh, well. I believe he isn't.

Elliot also has new appearance. His new look is like this:



Now, my then-reaction was like, "Eh, I know this guy." I thought for a moment and looked for his friendster page. I don't know, do you think Elliot looks like this guy?

At least I know, both are kind and nice guys, hehehe..
Sorry ya, Bang Pinto, ga bilang2 memajang fotomu di sini :D

American Idol 6: Top 10

Lakisha - Diamonds Are Forever
She is a great singer. But like I was saying previously, she's just going so so week after week without no surprising factor. But this week, I found out that she's terrible with low range in this song. Sounds like 'suara yang dijepit2', lost her resonance. I don't know. And one more thing, she lost her magic when she's doing the repetition part of the phrase "Diamonds are forever". You know, it's not wise to do repetition part without any change in dynamic, or style, or else it will be boring. Her voice is still one of the best in the competition though.

Jordin - I Who Have Nothing
Oh my God!! This girl really attracts me. Her singing on the Top 11 was GREAT! I think she really got the emotion right and delivered the message. Vocally, she sounds great. Musically, she has great technique and able to use it for the style of the song. Performically (again :p), she get in the right mood and she made me believe her.
Let me sum up on her performance so far: Top 24 she showed that diva quality. Top 20 surprisingly she showed a so so pop performance. Top 16 she showed that rocking girl side which is good. Top 12 she showed well-controlled Diana-Ross performance. And lately top 11 she showed an emotional and soulful ballad. I love her!! (I'm sorry Steph. Since you're eliminated, I choose Jordin as my fave, besides Melinda from the female side and Chris and Blake from the male side)

Haley - Tell Him
Wow, she's great on the top 11. Keep up the good work Haley! I do believe and hope that you're gonna prove that you deserve to be in the top 12. And this night, you satisfy me :D I'm happy that Lulu pointed out that there really are big voices in the competition and that Haley is not one of them. But then Lulu said to Haley, "Big voices are great. But there is a place for everybody in the competition. You have a place in the competition." She also said later about Haley,"She has to be who she is. And not trying to be someone she really isn't" Oww, love it Lulu. Ooh, Lulu really gave great advice for Haley on how to sing Tell Him. Really fit her.
That night, Haley seemed like enjoying the stage. Great stage presence though in the middle of the song it sounded like she's out of breath and barely could catch up with the tempo from that running-around the stage (huff huff.. This long sentence also wastes my breath :p). She looked young and fresh. Waiting for more great performance of you, Haley!

Ohh, Melinda. I love it when you sang "As Long As He Needs Me". I don't agree with Randy saying that she's the best vocal of the night. She's one of the great one, but tonight I love Jordin more. I love it when she did the ritardando bringing the feeling of expectation of the part to come. And I love the fact that she's still in the mood of the song until the end of the instrument part, though her singing part was over and she's silent. That's a good one.

Phil - Tobacco Road
He surely was having fun on the stage. I like it when he was playing with his falsetto, middle voice, and playful lower voice. Great control over his vocal too =D> The last part of the song was superb! A showcase of his range and vocal control. Ahh, and that part with backing vocal, I love the harmony. Good collaboration of him and his backing vocal. Good stage act too, I think.

Sanjaya - You Really Got Me
Ahahaha, he tried something new. Shocking it was like Randy said. It's not the usual-mild-voice Sanjaya. Didn't like it because the song is so full of repetition. He didn't do much (if not any) variation on that, which was boring. But okay, I'll give him credit for his effort :D

I couldn't review the others because I didn't got their clips yet or the clips are not in good quality.


Quotes of the day:
Lulu : "There is a place for everybody and you don't have to be someone that you really are not."

Hwaa.. My Stephanie Edwards..!

NOOOOOO!!! My lovely Stephanie Edwards!! Hwaaaaa...
See the article here..

I'm just gonna go to my room and cry my eyes out.. (Now, that's what we call hyperbolic )

Based on what I saw in YouTube, she didn't perform very good indeed. Just adequate vocal performance for me, except that I love her face expression. Oh, but her delivering the song is not convincing though. I mean, face expression is okay, but what I heard was not touching. I didn't really feel her emotion. Hwaaa, Steph..

Eh, anyway, by the way, busway, zimbabwe.. I don't usually write about AI before it's aired in RCTI. But since I'm in Kuala Lumpur and couldn't watch RCTI, luckily get fast internet connection, I watch the clip from YouTube. I can't help writing about Steph's elimination before it's aired in Indonesia.

But then again, I really am upset that Stephanie got eliminated..! She was the person I've always been waiting for in each episode since top 24. She did not always deliver great performances, I know. But I think she has the potential and can be superb and I can't wait to see her grow in every episode.. But now I think I can only see her growing in real life, not reality show. Go make it big, girl! I mean BIG so that your success will also be reported in Indonesia

Here's the last song she sang on Idol:

You Don't Have To Say You Love Me

When I said I needed you
You said you would always stay
It wasnt me who changed but you
And now youve gone away

Dont you see
That now youve gone
And Im left here on my own
That I have to follow you
And beg you to come home?

You dont have to say you love me
Just be close at hand
You dont have to stay forever
I will understand
Believe me, believe me
I cant help but love you
But believe me
Ill never tie you down

Left alone with just a memory
Life seems dead and so unreal
All thats left is loneliness
Theres nothing left to feel

You dont have to say you love me
Just be close at hand
You dont have to stay forever
I will understand
Believe me, believe me

You dont have to say you love me
Just be close at hand
You dont have to stay forever
I will understand
Believe me, believe me, believe me

American Idol 6: Top 12

Let's make this as a quick one.

Brandon Rogers - You Can't Hurry Love: bad enough. He forgot his lyric. Just like Melissa McGhee with her 'lately' last season. Eliminated first, she was. And he was too, this episode.

Melinda Doolitle - Home: A song titled 'home' that I don't know. I think the melody is not special, the lyric's good though. Though I didn't really like the earlier part of the song, Melinda sang it well. And she ended the song with a high long note and I feel hope there. The feeling the song supposed to deliver, I guess. On the interview with Ryan, she seemed very nice and funny

Chris Sligh - Endless Love: Humm, the new arrangement could be a good one actually. But the song is too loved the way it is originally (or a covered by Luther Vandross & Mariah Carey). I found that I didn't get the beauty of the song with this new arrangement.

Gina Glocksen - Love Child: Not impressive. Just okay for me. As I recall, she was pitchy.

Sanjaya Malakar - Ain't No Mountain High Enough: Gosh, Sanjaya!! Give more power and spirit to your song. Lemas kali pun kau!! (keluar deh aslinya ). You're trying to convince me about the mountain, but I got the feeling that you're only kidding me. His pitch is okay though, if my memory didn't trick me.

Haley Scarnato - Missing You: Also forgetting her lyrics. Still not showing her skill vocally, but she looked somewhat interesting that night. Very beautiful. And those looks when she's getting comments from judges, aww.. I felt sorry for her and felt like I wanna hug her just to ease her discomfort hehehe.. She's lovely that night.

Phil Stacey - Make You Love Me: I don't know why, but I think his performance was very good. I liked it. The first performance of his that I like. Oh, maybe because he didn't force himself to sound 'rock' too hard..

Lakisha Jones - God Bless The Child: Umm, good vocally. But so so performically (again, I use this made-up-not-known-to-be-existing-word )

Blake Lewis - You Keep Me Hanging On: I remember it as a good one. I didn't remember the details

Stephanie Edwards - Love Hangover: I think this one's pretty good. Better than what she did last week. Additionally, the song is the type that usually is her thing.

Chris Richardson - The Boss: His performance was one of the best performance this night.

Jordin Sparks - If We Hold On Together: Woww! Jordin, though the song is not the kind of a festive song (that was usually picked by singers to show their skill off), you sang the song the way it should be, and delivered beautifully. You got my eyes and ears paying attention to you and your voice even at the early part of the song.. right until the end. After your interesting performance last week, I still found this one interesting. Well done!!

Those talking between Ryan and Simon about high heels, I like it Witty!

And I'm sorry.. This post turned out to be not-a-quick-one

American Idol 6: Top 16

Hmm.. I wasn't happy last saturday when watching American Idol top 16. I mean, I had this bad day at the choir rehearsal at the afternoon. Though previously on the same afternoon, I had one of the best moment in my life :D

So, the show started with the guys..

Blake Lewis, great. He again did some beatboxing. I liked it. He's one of few contestants who gave a full performance. I mean, not only singing. Though I wonder, what if he didn't do the beatboxing for the next performance (Surely he will make it to top 12).

Sanjaya.. uhm.. Despite all the criticism he got, I think his voice is likable, though powerless I would say. His performance of “Waiting On The World To Change” was so so. Nothing special so that people would remember him (Maybe the hula thing? I don't know. His dancing reminded me of Charles, a friend of mine though.. Hi Charles :D). Cute guy for teenager? I don't think so. Ask those America teenagers.

Sundance Head with "Jeremy". Don't know the song and he's terrible. Pitchy all the way to the end of the song, I barely caught what the melody should be. Bad day for him I guess.. Since he delivered a great performance the week before.

Chris Richardson sang "Tonight I Wanna Cry". He's as good as before. And indeed he sounded like Justin Timberlake, K'Bie You're right on that! :D He deserved a spot in the top twelve.

Jared Cotter with "If You Really Love Me". When and where have I heard this song, I wonder. I like it when he sing the high-range of the song. But the reffrain a.k.a the most important part of the song was in low range (The "If you really love me.." part). It didn't came out as good performance because of that.

Brandon Rogers sang "I Just Want To Celebrate". His stage act attracted me. It seemed like he's enjoying it. His voice was okay too. The song was okay. So, everything was okay. As in nothing much to say about. I didn't get any great performance from him so far. Uhm, maybe on his top 20 show, I didn't watch it though. So I'll wait for Joey to offer me the record :D

Whoaaa.. Ryan said that someone would sing "I Need You". I have no idea that Phil Stacey would do that. I really love LeAnn Rimes singing the song. And it was terrible to hear Phil singing the song the way he did that night.. sigh. He hit the high note of "rain" and "gate" of the reffrain by screaming. It's not impressive.. At all. Though his falsetto on some parts(or was it "one part"? The "I need youuuuuuu...") was good enough. Should gave him some points for daring singing the song that is not his style anyway. What style is his? I think Chris Daughtry's style as he performed lately, but still not as good.

Chris Sligh wanted to be loved with "Just Wanna Be Loved". Good voice I think. Alas I can't recall his performance other than the moment he asked for Ryan's hug.

Result: Jared and Sundance was eliminated. Based on performance, I do not really care about the guys other than Chris Richardson and Blake. Jared, well I'd like him to perform more actually, because I like the type of his voice. Sundance, I also wanted him to stay since he was great the other week and he had a different singing style contrast to the great-girls'.

Still hoping on Sanjaya to surprise me. If he doesn't, he will be like Kellie Pickler to me on the previous season.

The show with the girls performing...

Jordin Sparks sang "Heartbreaker". At first I was hoping for Mariah Carey's, hehehe.. Wow, Jordin.. You're also good in rocking. Yes, it's not always on the right pitch, but really interesting to see you do different style. After "Reflection" that you did earlier. At first I categorized her with the kind of Lakisha, Melinda, Stephanie, and Sabrina. The weakest, along with Sabrina, compared to Lakisha, Melinda, and Stephanie. But she's now somewhat different and interesting.

Sabrina Sloane's "Don’t Let Go" turned out to be just the same thing she did previously. A song fitted her style, with a festive ending (by that I mean an increasingly high-long notes). But that's it, same thing. Still good for me though.

Antonella Barba with "Put Your Records On". Still not good. Her voice on high note is unique though. But her whole performance was.. yeahh.. Will be happy if she's out.

Haley Scarnato sang "If My Heart Had Wings". Not great. I forget how she sang it. Obviously a worse perfomance than the one she did previously.

Stephanie Edwards.. Ahh, my sweetheart.. Your "Sweet Thing" was not a good one for me. Your voice is obviously a great one. Love your timbre, love your technique, but your performance wasn't good enough for me. I didn't get what you're singing. There's an awkward moment in your song, the feel that you didn't do it right. I felt sorry for you that night. Hwaaa.. I read that Stephanie got low votes on some polls on the internet . I hope it's not happening in the real AI vote :-ss I'd like her to be in the top 5 :D

Lakisha Jones sang "I Have Nothing". Heard this song many times and watched different singer performed it. And Lakisha's was not a special one. No surprising aspect. Very usual and came out as expected. Still good voice though, and beautifully delivered the "If I don't have youuu.." part.

Gina Glocksen sang "Call Me When You’re Sober". Ever heard the title but never heard the song :p Wow, She's great that night. Not always on the right pitch but very energetic and lively. She obviously is on a different singing style of the other girls (Jordin just showed that she could do this style too though :D). Glad to saw her that night.

Melinda Doolittle declared "I’m A Woman" and she really is a sweet woman. Not her best, vocally.. but surely one of her best performically (D'oh, I'm making up words :p). She really entertained me as a performer. She started to have a plus compared to Lakisha for me. And watching her expression while singing and while facing the judges is a fun thing too :D

Result: Antonella and Sabrina out. No wonder about Antonella. Sad for Sabrina. But if I had to remove one singer out of the five-similar-style-singers (Lakisha, Melinda, Stephanie, Jordin, Sabrina), I would indeed pick Sabrina.

And for the top 16 AI show, I watched it at a friend's house. I was having a sleep over at a Toghie's house because B'Re came from Bekasi and Fery would be leaving for Jakarta soon. So, we gathered at Toghie's house. It's fun to watched AI with friends :D You could always make fun of a contestant together or have a fight(read: argumentation) over contestants' performance :D

American Idol 6: Top 20

Hwaa.. I got a busy saturday last week. Hmm, reminding me of my busy singing saturday
Coming home late, around 23.35 and should be satisfied with only 2 last performances of AI guys. And I AM satisfied with Chris Richardson and Sundance Head's performances.

Chris is good with his "Geek in the pink". I'm not familiar with the song. Then Sundance, I was glad to know the reason why he could go far in the competition. Though his singing style is not my style, but he did a great job that night and seemed to be enjoying the singing.

I can only watched the other guys' performances by the quick recap at the end of the show. From the clips of their performance, Blake was performing great that night. I'm not familiar with 'beatboxing' that was attached to his profile but now I've got a bit idea of that 'thing'.

Chris Sligh seemed to be amazing too. I think the other guys was kinda good that nite. In that some-second-clip, Sanjaya sounded good, though still weak I guess (Updated: K'Rino said he's powerless and monotone the whole song). But really, I can't tell much just based on some-seconds-clip.
Joey! I'll be waiting for your collection!

Nick Pedro was announced eliminated. But his last performance was kinda good for me. Humm.. Go on with your singing career, dude.

A.J. Tabaldo! Gosh, he was announced eliminated too. He's a good one and his last performance showed that too! I've been worried about him since Ryan Seacrest mentioned judges comments on both him and Sanjaya. Expressing good comments to AJ and the opposites to Sanjaya. I was worried that 'this' would be a shocking result. And YES IT IS! Good bye AJ. And Sanjaya, since you're also shocked about that result, you better sing well on the next round. No, not well. You ought to be GREAT!

The girls show!
They're all still great, I'm happy.

Gina Glocksen with "Alone" was good. Not great for me because she was kinda unstable on her notes. Kinda *goyang-goyang* shaky.

Alaina Alexander was not good. I could see that she's trying. Her stage act was like pushing herself too hard on making it look great. But it didn't. I guessed she's going home. And yes, she did leave the competition.

Lakisha Jones, with "Midnight Train to Georgia" (Hey, you're right when saying that there are many repeated songs in AI). I like her performances. She sounded good, yeah no doubt. But what I like is that she showed another side of her. Her first performance that I saw (top 24), she looked like 'mamak-mamak' with an introverted looks, with song "And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going", she was very 'dark' for me (I'm not talking about her skin). But that night she showed the fun side of her. I liked it, though Simon didn't.

Ahh, Melinda Doolittle. She's great that night And I noticed that she had a unique pose in her singing. When hitting high long notes, she would do that 'kuda-kuda', lowering her body, with one foot in front, the other supporting her body that declined backwards (I don't know whether I described it good enough or not Go watch it by yourself).

Antonella Barba, with "Because You Loved Me". I liked her singing the first two lines. The rest was ooh-please... Ohh, let's talk about the highest note. I'm talking about the part:"Because of Youuuuuuu..." (Hoping that you guys got my point). She hit it pretty surprisingly good.

Jordin Sparks sang "Reflection", my favourite Disney's song. I got Christina Aguilera, Coco Lee, and Lea Salonga's version of the song. Umm, kinda ordinary for me. Nothing's really special, apart from the last part of the song. Jordin's good, but that night I noted that she's breathy when singing low notes.

Yayy! Stephanie Edwards!! You sang "Dangerously In Love" and I'm dangerously in love with you right now I'm not agree with Randy. Beyonce's song is not easy and Stephanie sang it greatly. The earlier part showed that Stephanie could sing it as good as Beyonce and the last part showed that she could sing the song in her own way, an amazing way. She dressed smartly also Many people root for Lakisha and Melinda. I like them too, but Sthepanie is my favourite! I hope America will keep her around based on her performance.

Leslie Hunt sang "Feeling Good". At this point I started to like her and her thick voice. But she's then eliminated.

For me Haley Scarnato had a good performance that nite. At least much better than last week. I think she sang "Queen of The Night" well. I don't know how Whitney sings it(as the judges comparing her performance to Whitney's as not good enough) but for me Haley did good.

Sabrina Sloan and her "All The Man That I Need" was also a good performance. Her voice sounded thicker than before. She could also hit a high note with good technique. Though the last long note that she sang was not produced well. Maybe she's tired or too tensed after the previous highest note.

I hope they sing even better on next show.

American Idol 6: Top 24

Last saturday was my first time watching American Idol 6. Hehehe, yeaah.. Kinda too late you might say. But I barely had chances to watch the initial audition shows. So, I'm happy enough for watching AI6 from its top-24. Besides, Joey promised me that he'd give me earlier shows that he recorded/downloaded, yayy.

Not like AI5, when I had early favorite from the audition (Lisa Tucker & Chris Daughtry), I have no idea how AI6 finalists are gonna be.

Starting with the guys, I'm not happy with them. By that, I intend to say that none showed great performances. I like what Rudy did as the first performer. Some other guys like Blake and AJ are also good. But I like Jarred's voice the most. I'd like to hear more from these guys. I felt really sorry that Rudy was out, actually he did somewhat good.

Gosh, I did think that Sanjaya should be out instead of Rudy, when those two guys were the last to stand there.. I didn't enjoy what Sanjaya performed
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As to Paul.. hmm.. He wasn't very good either on the show. But I like his voice and technique when he started singing the reffrain part, which was in higher tone. But his falsetto's not good. I'd like him to stick around some more time. But yeah, he's already eliminated.

Chris Richardson, umm.. I like his voice. But his singing the song "I Don't Wanna Be" reminded me too much of Elliot Yamin's. Is that the reason why I like his voice? khekheke, don't know. We'll see later.

And who is the bald one? Phil Stacey if I'm not mistaken. So reminding me of Chris Daughtry. But not as good.

Nick Pedro was okay that night, although he's too adequate. I don't remember Chris Sligh, Brandon Rogers, and Sundance Head performance.

Next one with the girls.
Waaw, I'm amazed by the girls. Most of them are very good. Stephanie Edwards got my admiration first (she was the first performer anyway ). Her voice and technique is good and her performance was memorable (especially with that 'go down on her knees'). That sudden fell-down did not affect her voice. Great.

Melinda, Lakisha, and Jordin were also great that night. They have the voice and I hope their physical appearance will not disadvantage them.

Sabrina has a great technique. She did some maneuvers in her singing that showed her singing ability. Though I wasn't really fond of her thin voice, I do like to hear more from her.

I like what Amy Krebs did that night. She sounded good. Not 'wow' but still good enough for me. While she was singing , I noted some parts of the song that she sang really well that would not be that successful if she didn't have good technique. So sad that she was out. I'd like to hear more of her actually. She had better performance compared to some other girls' that night.

Antonella Barba.. I don't know. I didn't like what she did that night. She was pitchy as I recall and yeah, Simon was right that 'I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing' was way too big for her.

Gina Glocksen and Leslie Hunt was okay for me. But Alaina was horrible. So was Nicole. I don't know what to say about Haley. I don't remember her. Not very bad, but not good either.

Based on their last performance, Alaina should be gone instead of Amy. Ohh Amy..!!

Bye bye Lisa..

Hwaa.. hiks hiks..
My Lisa Tucker..!!
*sob*
Sayang banget dia dah keluar.. tapi ya mo gimana juga. Beberapa minggu ini dia ga bagus sih. Hwaaa.. padahal suaranya enak & keren. Sayang banget.. Yah, better in the real world, ya Lisa..
Bye bye Lisa..

*ini post telat amat ya.. :p*

By the way, dari berita 28 Maret kmaren sih, ternyata ada orang Indonesia yang masuk 7 besar di Norway Idol. Namanya Wisnu Witono Adhi. Keren ya..! (tepuk tangan ahh: plok plok plok :D).
Tapi kok bisa ya? Apa ga ada batasan klo pesertanya mesti warga negara Norwegia? Ato jangan-2 dia emang warga negara sana.. Cari tau ahh..