American Idol Week 12

Adam Lambert (Whole Lotta Love) - This song is a pretty tall order. Led Zeppelin are rock God's and to do them justice is a feat in and of itself. I think he did a good job with it but it wasn't his strongest vocal. At times it sounded a bit like a Robert Plant sound alike. And when he did the chorus it sounded a bit rough. But I will say that part at the end where he went a capella was really good.

Allison Iraheta (Cry Baby) - I think she made a good choice picking a song by Janis. Saying that I think she did a good job with it. She made it her own without sounding too much like Janis. I think she probably would have done a good job with the Jefferson Airplane song but for rock week she had to pick Janis and thankfully she didn't go Piece of My Heart, which everyone seems to do at one point.

Kris Allen & Danny Gokey (Renegade) - I think it's interesting that they decided to put in some duets. Most likely they are doing this to help fill the full hour but overall it's a good idea. I think they both did a real good job. During the beginning Kris sounded the best but when the song picked up tempo Danny was the better one. Now when they harmonized together it sounded really good and their voices mixed together real well.

Kris Allen (Come Together) - This is one the top of my favorite Beatles songs of all time. I actually think that Revolution would have been a better choice for him to sing. But of all the rock songs in the world this one was not the one that best fit his voice. The vocal was good but the song didn't show it off at all.

Danny Gokey (Dream On) - It seems like tonight that everyone is taking on something tough. When you sing an Aerosmith song it's going to be almost impossible to be compared to the original. Saying that I think he did a good job without trying to copy Steven Tyler too much. The vocal was good but the scream at the end just did not work for him as he doesn't have the voice to pull something like that off.

Adam Lambert & Allison Iraheta (Slow Ride) - Time for the second duet of the night. And of course they pair up the two with the voices suited for this genre. I think they picked the right song and the both sang it really well. I don't think their harmonies were as good as the previous duet but given the nature of the song it's not really suited for the long sustained harmony sections. I also thought that Adam would overshadow Allison a bit in a duet but thankfully he didn't.