Idol (Guys) Top 8

Last week it was whittled from 10 to 8, the mens choice of song far surpassed the women as far as songs I actually recognized and some of them were quite good. Chris, Mr “Bon Jovi” was the one too beat. Will that change this week. Gedeon up first with “When A Man Loves a Woman”…he’s showing some nice range, seems very comfortable on stage. He came to play….he brought some soul tonight..and Gedeon aka “Mr Eyebrows” is “growing on Simon.”..not a bad start. Chris with some Seether….doing “Broken”…definitely has the rock thing going, nice emotion, he was solid. Simon thinks he needs to be more entertaining and the song will be forgettable. We’ll see…Kevin rolling out with a ballad…Starry, Starry Night…voice was great, and Simon says, “in the same way watching puppies play, it was juvenile”….he’ll have the “Granny” vote….(Kevin may have missed his mark and be headed home). Bucky going country next….ooh, shocker..the guys know who they are and are better in touch than the women…he’s got the “Bucky” thing goin on. (and Bucky may be ridin’ on into the sunset). We’ve seen 4 men so far, and I’m not feelin’ it. Last night was different, not sure about this year. Will is next…JT…aaah, nerves, the second half was better than the first. If Paula says, “The thing I love about you” ONE MORE TIME…Paula says, “All the guys are stepping up tonight”, I wanna know what she is smoking….(you can send him home too)…Taylor Hicks up next….with some Michael McDonald….uptempo…sounds good but boy’s gotta learn how to dance. It’s not pretty….Gettin into it…best tonight so far…someone raised the bar and his name is Taylor Hicks…Simon agrees…Elliott with some Bryan Adams “Heaven”…did a nice job,  sounded great. Simon thought it was a copout and he was uncomfortable and Paula thinks everyone is great….perhaps I need to share my Nyquil…Ace wraps up the show…what amazes me is you put up this guy last and he is INCREDIBLE as a singer and makes everyone else look “NORMAL”…he brought it tonight doing some Michael Jackson…overall I think one of the best of the night.  Tomorrow who will go home…we’ll see……--JP