Friday, February 8, 2013

American Idol, Ep. 12.7 & 12.8

Hollywood Week 1: Guys

Episode 12.7: The first round is sudden death. You stand in a line of 10 guys, each one sings a cappella and you're either in or out.

The next round is the dreaded group round. This season, the groups were put together by the producers instead of letting the singers pick their own groups.

Overall, there were some really, really good groups. The best ones, were also really surprisingly good because just by looking at them, you wouldn't think they would be very good. Quite a few groups really changed up their songs and made them very unique and original.

After night one, it's down to 43 guys.

Ep. 12. 8

In the 3rd round of Hollywood, the guys each had to pick another song to perform, this time with live music.

Again, there were some really strong performances. Of those, and the featured singers to make it through this round were also some of my favorites: Paul Jolley, Lazaro Arbos, Gurpreet, Cortez Shaw, Jimmy Smith, Johnny Keyser, Nick Boddington, Charlie Askew, Burnell Taylor, Marvin Calderon, Mathenee. Gotta say, I'm really creeped out by Jada...eek!

Some notable losses in this round:

Matheus Fernandes-he struggled with the live band and Nicki didn't appreciate his constant joking about his size.

Papa Peachez was a mess on Lady Gaga's You and I...whoa. Nicki was very disappointed that he didn't take her advice to step it up. Good riddance, he had a real attitude. Who did he think he was, saying he doesn't like to sing other people's songs? That's fine, but you do know that that is what the show is about?

Nicholas Mathis took being cut very badly, I really thought he was going to have a mental breakdown....wow. Get a hold of yourself dude.

Kind of sad to see Micah go...

Gabe Brown...really? I'm really surprised that he didn't make it. I thought he had a good, rocker voice.

I was also kind of sad to see Nate go home.

So, after night 2, it's down to 28 guys. We then find out that after the girls perform next week, another 8 guys will be eliminated.

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