Aired 4/7/09
Bunny: Tonight, the Idols bring us songs from their birth year. Which means mostly '80s ditties. We also get to see baby pictures of everyone, including our illustrious judges and Ry-Ry.
RATING SYSTEM
Litterbox Level
Paws-itively Purr-fect
Danny Gokey
“Stand By Me” by Mickey Gilley, 1980
Bunny: The first verse is rather painful with some real pancakes in there. Even the chorus is sort of tuneless. And I like that song. I'm not quite sure what he did to it, but I didn't love it.
Burke: What happened to the lyrics? It was all chorus to me. It was solidly average.
Kris Allen
“All She Wants To Do Is Dance" by Don Henley, 1985
Bunny: He takes a page from the Matt Giraud playbook and performs amidst overhead-clapping audience members. I am not crazy about the song choice; it's rather unstructured and monotonous. That said, he does perform it well. It's his first misstep, although I don't think it's a fatal one.
Burke: In keeping with the Final 4 last night, I think he shot an airball. His worst in weeks.
Lil Rounds
“What's Love Got To Do With It” by Tina Turner, 1984
Bunny: Her extreme pronunciation is distracting. She seems like a great person, but I can't shake the sense that she's just a karaokebot. “Okay, this is Motown week, this is how you do a Motown song,” “this week is country, sing the biggest country anthem you can think of,” “okay, now do Tina Turner,” etc. Knock, knock—is there a human inside who can communicate some real feeling and personality here?
Burke: Her enunciation was weird tonight. She still hasn't picked a good song.
Anoop Desai
“True Colors” by Cyndi Lauper, 1986
Bunny: I can almost see how he's thinking: “Let's see, they didn't love my upbeat number last week, so I'm going back to what worked for me before—a tender ballad.” He does a decent job, but it's just not ... not ... something. And it really drives me nuts when Randy says, “Dude, you can actually sing!” like he's surprised. Yeah—yathink?
Burke: I don't know. I didn't really like it, didn't dislike it. I guess the fact that I walked away and got a snack during his performance says it all.
Scott MacIntyre
“The Search Is Over” by Survivor, 1985
Bunny: What's this? Watch out, there's a blind guy with an axe on the stage! Two months after this guy was born, this song was playing at our wedding. Ah, good times ... Back in the moment, though, kudos to Scott for changing it up and surprising us, but I'm sorry, he just isn't at the same level vocally as most of these contestants. I do love his sense of humor.
Burke: The search is over. We've found the one who's going home tomorrow night. That was just lame.
Allison Iraheta
“I Can't Make You Love Me” by Bonnie Raitt, 1992
Bunny: Smart choice. She needs to show her softer side at this point, and that's just what she's doing. She proves that she is not just a rocker who can belt out a song at top volume. She also has a terrific voice when she's simply singing. Excelente. It's kind of like David Cook's “Music of the Night” last season, when we all said (oh, boy, here I go), “Woah, this dude can actually sing!”
Burke: Looks like she was playing dress up in her mommy's dress and shoes. Other than that, it was okay.
Matt Giraud
“Part-Time Lover” by Stevie Wonder, 1985
Bunny: I'm just not impressed overall with the song choices tonight, out of all the possibilities available to them. No offense to Stevie, but it's just not a top-8-worthy song. He's better than last week, but the performance is still breathy and hectic. It's like he has to hurry through before all the judges hit their “X” button. Oh, wrong show.
Burke: I must be in a negative mood tonight. Even though he was one of the better performers, it's been a terrible night, so that's not saying much.
Adam Lambert
“Mad World” by Tears for Fears, 1982
Bunny: Anyone who reads this blog regularly knows that I am no Adam Lambert fan. However, he just made me forget how well Allison did. That was brilliant x4 paws, the first one of the season for me. I'm sure I'll go back to hating him next week.
Burke: I got nothing. I'm going to bed.
PREDICTIONS
Bunny: It wasn't a great night in my opinion, with two exceptions, but it's not hard to decide on Bunny's Bomb. It has to be Scott MacIntyre. And he will finally be going home. Best in show: Adam Lambert.
Burke: Burke's Turkey—Scott MacIntyre. Going home—see Burke's Turkey. Best of the night—tough one, since I have to choose between a bunch of people I only gave 2 paws to. I'll go with Matt Giraud.
Prognosticats: Hairball of the night was Lil Rounds. Allison Iraheta will go home tomorrow.
Bunny: See you tomorrow night for the results!
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Even VOTE FOR THE WORST, also known as the “Braille-y Bunch” this week— cannot save Scott.
Adam is now the front runner, but he cannot win because he’s TOO GAY and TOO WEIRD for American audiences.