Anthony continues, blythely, it seems, to embellish his heartthrob image, much to the chagrin of Mr. Cowell. Simon thought Anthony’s “sexy routine” created an earth-shattering conflict of expectations, like “Randy Jackson appearing on Baywatch.”
Why not like Ryan Seacrest suiting up as an NFL kicker? Why not like Barney wearing pink instead of purple?
Why does it sound as though Simon has lines he is just waiting to use if he can make them seem even the slightest bit apropos the performance? A punchline in search of a joke, but Anthony's performance was not it.
Despite looking like he seriously needed to cross paths with shampoo in a bottle, Bo did a nice, if slightly forgettable performance of the Jim Croce classic, “Time In a Bottle.” The poignancy of the song just didn’t come across, however, at least not on the small screen. OTOH, the song choice and the plaintive way in which Bo performed it somehow made me feel that he had opened his “book” up a bit and let us look in.
Then there was Constantine, belting and jumping out his interpretation of "I Think I Love You." There’s much to muse about here, including the wondrous, strange, vaguely vengeful Stingification of The Partridge Family. So much that I’m going to leave my discussion of Constantine for another day. Check back soon to take in my thoughts on Constantine and his secret life as . . . Clay Aiken?
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1 - Eric Olsen
very nice Sticker, agree all the way around - thanks and welcome!
BTW, very obvious they have hooked Ryan up with a personal trainer since last season, hence all the shortsleeved shirts, something he NEVER wore before thiis season
2 - DrPat
When I turned away from NCIS a bit early (to avoid the spoiler they make of the "next week's preview) to watch House, I caught the terminal few minutes of AI.
Based on the "best of performance" sound-bites AI includes in the ballot rundown, I'm ready to pick my expected bye-byes. (Hey, I can have a totally unfounded opinion, can't I?)
Mikalah, Anwar, and probably Scott, are outta there! Carrie and Anthony are safe. Nadia and Bo both have hair issues that will clog their drains, if not their careers.
And Constantine - hoo, boy! He's just enough over-the-top that he may hang in for another week or so.
The only real winner I saw was House... but that's another program.
3 - Scott Pepper
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