American Idol Week 5

Michael Sarver (Ain't Goin' Down 'Till the Sun Comes Up) - Doing this song is not a good idea. It will not show off your voice and it's fun and fluff. Vocally it was just OK but at this point in the show you should be trying to show off your voice.

Allison Iraheta (Blame It On Your Heart) - Another fun song but I wasn't too crazy about the vocals. I will say that it was pretty good but not great.

Kris Allen (To Make You Feel My Love) - I liked this quite a bit. He did make the song the song his own and he sang it really well.

Lil Rounds (Independence Day) - When Carrie Underwood did this she did a great job. She wasn't as good as Carrie but I thought she did a good job with it. The song did get better towards the middle though and she ended pretty strong.

Adam Lambert (Ring of Fire) - This is one of the greatest country songs of all time and when you are going to change up the arrangement you have to be careful. It reminded me a bit of a version that Dilana did on the show Rock Star Supernova but his wasn't as good. The vocal was better than in previous weeks but the arrangement wasn't good for me at all.

Scott MacIntyre (Wild Angels) - I don't know if this was the best song choice for him but he sang it pretty well. But it sounds pretty similar to what he did last week. I think next week he should get away from the piano.

Alexis Grace (Joleen) - I think the song choice was OK for her but the way she did the arrangement wasn't that good. I agree that it fell a bit flat.

Danny Gokey (Jesus Take the Wheel) - It's interesting to see someone singing a song by another American Idol. He started off a little rough but when he hit the more powerful parts of the song he really shined.

Anoop Desai (You Are Always On My Mind) - This is one of those songs that is so heavily identified by the original singer. Saying that he did a good job of making it his own. I think I agree with what Randy Travis said and he proved that he does in fact deserve a spot in the Top 11.

Megan Joy Corkrey (Walking After Midnight) - There was something very awkward about the vocal in this song. It's like she was trying to do something different and it just didn't work. It sounded like a bad impression of Amy Winehouse trying to do a country song.

Matt Giraud (So Small) - I wondered a bit when he chose this song. But he did a really good job with it and for me it's the second best of the night next to Anoop. But next week I would like to see him away from the piano.