American Idol Week 3

Von Smith (You're All I Need To Get By) - Marvin Gaye is a tough one to sing.Even though the judges liked it I wasn't totally impressed with it. To me it was kind of dull and boring.

Taylor Vaifanua (If I Ain't Got You) - Another performance that was good vocally but didn't blow me away. I'm sure I'll forget this in a week's time.

Alex Wagner-Trugman (I Guess Why They Call It the Blues) - He should not try to dance. Again the vocal was good but there wasn't anything special about it.

Arianna Afsar (The Winner Takes It All) - ABBA is an interesting choice. But I bet she's seen Mamma Mia a few times. I thought it was pretty bad. There were parts where the pitch was all over the place and other times when it fell totally flat.

Ju'not Joyner (Hey There Delilah) - It seems like everyone is singing this song today. With his version I don't know what was up with the pacing. It was just way too slow. I felt like the song was going to last forever but it would be good if I was trying to get to sleep at night.

Kristen McNamara (Give Me One Reason) - Tracy Chapman has a very unique voice. Sadly for her she doesn't really have the voice to fit the song. I think this comes down to bad song choice. She has a good voice and this song doesn't show it off at all.

Nathaniel Marshall (I Would Do Anything for Love) - First I have to say that Meat Loaf is one of my favorite singers of all time. It was painful and sounded like he was barely even trying. This is the worst performance so far this season. And I have to say after this performance that I would do anything to never hear him sing this song again.

Felicia Barton (No One) - This was better than I thought it would be. It didn't blow me away or anything but it exceeded my expectations. But if you want to see a real good version of this look up Lisa Lavie on YouTube.

Scott MacIntyre (Mandolin Rain) - I like this guy a lot he was one of my early favorites. I'm not familiar with this song but he did a good job with it. There were a couple parts that sounded a little rough but I think it's nerves. But other than those parts the rest was really good.

Kendall Beard (This One's for the Girls) - This style of music suits her but the vocals didn't really live up to the song and there were some rough parts. I thought it was OK but nothing more than that.

Jorge Nunez (Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me) - I think the beginning of the song was a little rough but as it went on it got better. He seems like the kind of artist that be most comfortable singing in Spanish. It would be interesting to see him sing without trying to shed the accent.

Lil Rounds (Be Without You) - She is another one of my favorites from early in the show. I think she could have chosen a better song but overall it was very good.