American Idol Week 16 (The Final Showdown)
Well, this is it folks. The American Idol will be "crowned" tomorrow night. Here's how it went down tonight… <lj-cut>
<b>Diana</b>
<i>I Believe</i> She sounded a bit nervous at the beginning to me. It's awfully hard to sing softly when you have adrenaline coursing through your body, trust me. Therefore, once she got to the louder power parts she did a lot better. Not quite as polished as I am used to hearing her, but some great moments.
<i>Enough Is Enough</i> POWER and as the judges said - with this song, she came to win.
<i>Don't Cry Out Loud</i> There was a bad bobble in the middle, but overall it was awesome.
<b>Fantasia</b>
<i>All My Life</i> (at least that's what I think it was called) I couldn't understand her words - I literally thought she was scatting at first. I did NOT like this song at all. Too many yeah yeahs and not enough lyrics. Blech.
<i>Summertime</i> This was one of her best songs of the whole competition when she originally sang it, but I have to say I liked her original performance much much better. It was much more emotionally gripping. Tonight, I just honestly didn't care.
<i>I Believe</i> I'll start with the negative - Fantasia has the same little affectations she does over and over again. She relies on them and they are starting to get old to me. And could she end ONE frigging song without the yeah thing? HOWEVER, moving into the positive - this song was perfect for her. She has that gospel background and that was exactly the style that it needed. Had she left out the affectations and yeah yeahs it would have been perfect.
<b>My conclusions:</b>
Diana had a great performance, a great performance, and a great performance with one screw-up. Fantasia had a yucky performance, a good performance and an awesome performance.
Going by that, I would say Diana deserves to win. And I like her the best. But, I also have to say that Fantasia held up better under the pressure. So my vote goes to Diana, but….
<b>My Prediction:</b>
This is a toughie. I will predict Fantasia will win. But I will not be surprised if Diana does. They will both get recording contracts and become enormously successful at least for awhile. Fantasia I think is a niche artist, but Diana will be an artist that will be able to sing in most any genre.
Can't wait to see what America thinks!
