Time to live blog Idol again. Rock week this week and Slash as the guest mentor. That should be interesting. I wasn’t aware that Slash spoke. Good for him though. He certainly knows Rock, so he should be an interesting mentor.
Kicking off the show with Adam Lambert. You have to believe he’s been desperately waiting for this week to come! No doubt it’ll be his week to shine, and to recover from a trip to the bottom 3 last week. No big surprise. Adam is screaming like a heavy metal rock star. This is his element.
Umm… did Kara just have a “moment?” You know, like a “When Harry Met Sally” moment? Interesting. Anywho, that was Adam being Adam. I can take it or leave. Mostly… I’d leave it. VERDICT: He’ll be safe.
Allison is definitely going to be in her element tonight too. She has that rock chick voice, and she obviously has the rock chick look. She survived Disco, so she deserved to make it to this week. She is doing Janis Joplin and she’s doing it well. I think she could have picked a little better song though. Something to showcase her a little bit more. Randy and Kara were right. She could have chosen something with a little more melody. Loving listening to Allison stand up to Simon. That was fun! He tells her to talk, and then he gets on her for talking. Good grief. Confused much? VERDICT: I’m not saying until after I see Kris and Danny… who are not exactly Rock guys.
Kris and Danny doing a Rock N’ Roll duet? What the heck. Does anybody else find that odd? The two guys who are not rockers doing a rock duet. HA. Anywho, Danny is seriously showing up Kris. Not that he is trying to, just that he is. He completely out-sang Mr Allen on that deal. They sounded good together. The harmony was tight. But on the solo pieces, Danny ruled. Did you catch the look on Kris’s face when Simon said Danny was better? He looked TICKED! HA!
So now Kris goes it alone. This is NOT his week. I sort of feel bad for the guy. I mean, he is definitely a gifted singer, but this couldn’t be more out of his element. I just don’t buy him as a Rock N’ Roll singer. God bless him though. He’s trying his butt off, that’s for sure. So, it wasn’t bad, but it really wasn’t great. Not when you put it next to Adam or Allison. VERDICT: This could be bad for him.
Danny does have an edge to his voice. But again, he not a Rock guy. I just don’t picture him as a Rock guy. OK, so, honestly, even though Danny is my pick to win still… and I’ve been singing his praises all season long… this week is not good. In fact, it’s almost bad. He was WAY better in the duet with Kris. He was pretty bad solo. The scream was just awkward. I kinda felt bad for him a little. Shoot man. That was awful. Hokie Dina. Anywho, again… this was not his genre, so I will cut him some slack. I sure as heck wouldn’t want to have to sing a rock song. I’m not a rock singer! VERDICT: Not a good week for Danny or Kris.
For the record, Adam and Allison were AWESOME on their duet. WOW. I would actually buy that song and I am neither a fan of Rock or Adam. But dang!!! That was incredible. Randy said it best. That was the bomb!
Prediction time… based on performance alone… I suspect it will be the end of the road for Kris.
