Idol//Top 7 - Rod Stewart

   Aaah, Have I Told You Lately….that you can’t sing….This Old Heart of Mine, Can’t Take Your Cryin..ok enough from me..The Idols tonight sing the music of Rod Stewart…and a few of them some of the lesser known songs, at least from my perspective…..and my “source” tells me that Simon took his happy juice for the first time this season…should be a great night…The Great American Songbook is open…Up first…Chris Daughtry…”What a Wonderful World”…quite the change of pace…wow…loved the Ozzie reference…it’s good to hear Chris’s actual VOICE as supposed to his “rocker” voice…this is an interesting twist…nice job…not what I would expect…some may say he did a “safe” song, however for him it was the opposite compared to what he has been…he did great tonight…Paris up second tonight…”Foolish Things”…her annunciating is great..she fits nicely into this song…vocally some challenges, but she pulled through…nice job…up third..Mr Giration…Taylor Hicks!...”You Send Me”…Taylor pulling an Ace and playing to the camera…love the arrangement of this tune…we’re getting “true” vocal ranges on the lower end tonight from everyone…nothing “exciting”…Taylor rocked….Elliott coming up…”It Had To Be You”…another guy who should be very much in his element tonight with his voice…it was alright..these songs are sometimes hard to put your “personality” into and I think Elliott was bitten a little by that tonight…vocally he was good…he is very “Harry Connick” like…Kellie coming up next…”Bewitched, Bothered, BeWildered”..well, look out for her…singing “emotional” is something I haven’t seen much from her, but she did it tonight and into the camera…brilliant…some pitchy problems, but she showed some vulnerability and that should be taken into account. Ace is next…”That’s All”…pulling back the hair…a different look, but how about the “sound”…again, it’s nice to hear these guys within their element…he sounded decent…again, his falsetto was great…”Charming performance” from Simon…Katherine closes the show…”Someone To Watch Over Me”…perfect pitch…lots of vulnerability about 85% voice with the arrangement…very little chance for error…she did a great job….great falsetto…”Complete Amateurs” from Simon…great night on Idol where seven people GREW UP….it’s not about losing one of seven tomorrow night, its about what happened TONIGHT….it was an amazing night. Kudos to the band for doing what they do…it was a very enjoyable night…now the tough part..who is leaving…
  Bottom Three: (I’m afraid Kellie could get burned tonight), but it’s between Elliott, Ace, and Kellie….Elliott going home…