It's Elvis week on a male heavy American Idol final four. Will Katharine defy the odds and rise to the occasion? Will the ultimate underdog Elliott finally achieve the frontrunner status he deserves?
More Idol coverage and mp3s of Tuesday night's performances over at Breath of Fresh Ink.
Taylor Hicks - "Jailhouse Rock" - I'm liking the suit tonight--very George Clooney. Taylor most definitely brought the energy tonight, and Tommy made a great choice sending the key up a half-step. This performance--though similar to last week's falling on the floor romp, actually showcased his vocals much better. And despite the fact that it wasn't something that completely blew me away, I can honestly say I was truly entertained. Not sure about the wavering of the knees like a heavily medicated ostrich, though.
Grade: B-
"In The Ghetto" - Tommy's advice to let this performance come from the heart was all the advice Taylor needed on this one. Anyone who says this man can't sing is clearly been hanging out in dark alleys with needles and Paula Abdul or an alcoholic--wait. Like Randy and Simon said--perfect song, perfect key, perfect everything. Great, great, great. One thing, though--What the hell was with the manic screaming of "soul patrol" and crazily waving arms around in the camera? Really not helping those drunk rumors, are you Taylor?
Grade: A
Chris Daughtry - "Suspicious Minds" - A tad forgettable, but good nonetheless. The sunglasses were a little cheesy, but the boxer-brief comment makes up for it all. When you've got the kind of frontrunner status that Chris has, you get a little worried - as you start thinking about season 3's Final Four shocker with La Toya London controversially getting eliminated. I'm hoping Chris doesn't rest on his laurels.
Grade: B-
"A Little Less Conversation" - I will not even begin to try to explain why the first half of the performance so incredibly boring - I have no clue why he decided to sing it so damned low. But in the end, he finally kicked it into high gear and really made the song his.
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Article comments
1 - sabrina
Taylor second song was beautiful. Eliot was a star tonight. Kat did not have her best night but she deserve to move on to the next level. Chris should be voted off. the glases, turning and roling the michrophone and the sreaming voice is a bit too much for me. I truly hope he goes home.
2 - Al
I don't get it. I think I must be missing part of my hearing. Every time Elliot sings I wonder why he is still on the show and tonight was no exception. Katherine screwed up one line but it was still a hot performance, and Chris sounded great on the first song. Taylor is the smartest one it seems. He knows how to pick the best songs. I think the results be a suprise!
3 - Carrie
Eliott is okay...he has a great tone and range, but his vibrato is beyond awful. Why do people praise his vocals but miss this very important aspect of vocalization?
4 - Sasha
Elliott has proved why he is still about and will continue to be - absolutely outstanding - bravo!
5 - Sonia
Elliot is simply fantastic! He deserves to win this........he's the only one who's left just because of his talent
6 - FilteringCraig
Elliott got a lot of help from the producers in his second song as I wrote in my article.
7 - Prawn
The thing about Chris Daughtry is that his songs sound like they could work as Mp3s as well! But I honestly think Elliot sounded better than Elvis! Especially in his first song!
8 - Judge Judi
Chris,
I appreciate your write-ups so much! You really have a handle on the talent in this show, and it's ALWAYS been Elliot! Let's just hope America voted for him last night. I'm ready to see Ms Katharine knocked off her high horse tonight, and be sent home!
Go Elliot!!!
9 - Jewels
Elliot played the Idol game great last night! He rose to the occasion and KO'd Kat and Chris. "Dial Idol" has Elliott a very close second to Taylor. Kat and Chris tied to go home, with leanings towards Chris. I'd be surprised if he does leave, I chose Kat to go home after her performances last night. Hey, like Bucky said when he got voted off, 'somebody's got to go home'.
10 - Sizzlin
Wow!! That's what I have to say about our "boy" Eliott. He was GGRREAT! I would go right out and buy his cd, he was really really good last nite.
Chris was ok, Kat stunk, and Taylor, if you weren't drunk last nite, you should've been with that first performance.
11 - chantal stone
Elliott was definitely the star of the show last night. I've said it from the beginning, he deserves to be the winner, he's such a great talent, and gets cuter every week.....
But all I can say is...OMG...Chris in that semi-see-through white shirt for his 2nd song....too f-ing hott!
12 - Melanie
There has been suggestions here that Elliot had more "help" from the producers. Actually, the others have had far more help in past shows, and Elliot has been the last one to spruce up his act with production schtick. In past weeks Chris has had special classical guitarists by his side and lead rock guitarists in other numbers. Taylor has had band members rocking it up with him. Catherine had those special drummers last week accompanying her to great effect, and has had breasts and legs spilling out over the camera in other numbers. So, Elliot finally had some LONG OVERDUE attention from the producers.
13 - Craig Lyndall
Good points Melanie. Yet, I get smashed on my review for pointing out the value of production and the looks of the contestants... Kind of funny really.
14 - Rosie
It's really hard to find Elliot Video, but I've got a couple of links at My blog!
15 - ANNIA
My guess is that Taylor has the taurette syndrome, and one knows that these people often blurt out profanity. Now, since he couldn't do that on the PG13 rating show, he had to blurted out SOUL PATROL, SOUL PATROL!!!
Seriously, I think he thought he did well & deserves all the vote he could get from his followers, hence, SOUL PATROL, SOUL PATROL. It's his coded message for his fans.
Personally I preferred Elliott. His vibrato, what vibrato? I thought Elliott did not over use it. The one that over did it was, if my memory serves me right (ha..ha..) Scott Savol from last season. God bless his 250 pounds self, wherever he now is!
Kat was out of tune, out of touch, but amazingly has not run out of time, YET! She sang badly and she knew it, her Mcfather knew it, and the whole USA knew it, with the exception of Californians. It's fine to support one's hometown girl, but when she has been wailing lately, come on, people, get your hearing aid tune up already!!!
Chris did well on his first song, but the second song, well, I guess he could not help himself growling, and channelling Bobcat Goldthwaite...quick somebody pass me my throat spray!
In the end, it was sad to see he has to go too soon. He knew he sung better than Kat, and Kat knew that he knew that he sung better than her, but alas, the one with more hair has another chance to wail her way into the top three. The look on Chris'face was priceless. He came off a bit arrogant. He was good, but he was not invincible.
Elliott's voice sent chills down my spine, tightened my scalp, gave me goose bumps all over my arms, and let face it, made me weep shamelessly!
16 - E Lover
You were sooooooo correct on all of these preformances. Even though I think Elliott is the best EVERY Tuesday, he totally nailed all of the songs he sang. I think Elliott is the nicest, cutest, talented, perfect person in the world! I AM ELLIOTT YAMIN'S BIGGEST FAN EVER!