Blogcritics Comments on TV Review: American Idol - Top Eleven

Comment by Kaonashi on TV Review: American Idol - Top Eleven

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:34:51 EDT

Hold on a second Dan. What are you talking about when you say, "it's clear to me that politics and ethnicity played a major role in keeping Ramiele Malubay in the top 10". What does ethnicity have anything to do with it? You think that she's in the Top 10 just because Filipinos are voting for her? I'm Filipina like Ramiele, and I sure ain't voting for her. How does this explain Kristy's unexplainable staying power? All white people from the South are voting for her?

Comment by Kaoanshi on TV Review: American Idol - Top Eleven

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:34:35 EDT

Comment by Tracy Leigh Ritts on TV Review: American Idol - Top Eleven

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:53:32 EDT

Hi Dan -- I'm still dismayed at the results. I would have bet money two weeks ago that Ramiele and Kristy Lee wouldn't have made the top ten, and I would have lost.

Comment by Dan Joy on TV Review: American Idol - Top Eleven

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:21:12 EDT

America once again looks foolish to the rest of the world in its choices of talent. Whether the people are voting for President of the US or the top 10 American Idols to go on tour, America makes the uneducated decision. Amanda Overmyer is one of the most creative and talented performers among the Idols and should never have gone home. On the other hand it's clear to me that politics and ethnicity played a major role in keeping Ramiele Malubay in the top 10 when she performed the worse of anyone for the past 2 weeks, (not to mention this pathetic little girl coy thing she does). I wonder if there will ever be a day I won't have to be embarrassed when traveling abroad to say where I'm from. American people – WISE UP PLEASE!

Comment by Jordan Richardson on TV Review: American Idol - Top Eleven

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:30:13 EDT

Alice, are artists not entitled to rework and re-imagine songs to suit their own performance purposes? The intention of the song might have been that during the climate in which the song was written, but does that mean that all of the cover versions (of which there have been hundreds) need to have the same intentions and style? Surely Phish, Carly Simon, Dave Matthews, Elliot Smith, Doves, and the countless others were entitled to their own renditions of the classic tune. Is Carly exempt from doing her rendition of it? I personally thought she was one of the best of the night and I find it "appalling" that you don't seem to respect individual interpretations of classic tunes. It was sung well and with feeling and she explained her own interpretation of the song after she had sung it. Not allowing for that is just silly.

Comment by Tracy Leigh Ritts on TV Review: American Idol - Top Eleven

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:28:00 EDT

You have a point, Alice...and one that Simon agreed with (at least by his indulgent statement). I still thought it was a very good performance overall, though.

Comment by Alice Jester on TV Review: American Idol - Top Eleven

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:09:31 EDT

I'm actually appalled that Carly took a sweet simple song like Blackbird and glory noted it. She completely missed the intention of the song, which was written for the civil rights movement. She did that song no justice and I'd rank her close to the bottom just for that, no matter how decent the singing was. Other than that, your review and rankings are dead on.

Comment by Connie Phillips on TV Review: American Idol - Top Eleven

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:49:32 EDT

Nice recap, Tracy! Personally, I think your top three is right on. I don't know, I just wasn't as impressed with Syesha as you and the judges, but I'm not being real fair. I'm taking the whole season into consideration and not just this week. On the flip side of the coin I thought Michael Johns did better than the judges gave him credit for, but I really like him, so maybe I'm a bit biased.

Comment by Tracy Leigh Ritts on TV Review: American Idol - Top Eleven

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:30:15 EDT

This was a difficult week for me to rank as a lot of them sort of blended together to me. Looking at it now, it's the 7/8/9 positions I had a hard time ranking. I'm fairly happy with the rest though :)

Comment by Phillip Winn on TV Review: American Idol - Top Eleven

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:13:13 EDT

I disagree with some of your rankings, but you got the bottom two right, in my opinion, so I won't complain too much. :-)