The Voice: Blog One

This'll be interesting because I like the concept of this show more than the one for Idol. The series started out where they had to fall in love with the voice before finding out what they look like.I geeked out when they brought Reba out for Blake's team. Reba always looks amazing!!

Tonight, 2 singers perform the same song and only one of them survive the round. Taralyn Ramsey with Frency Davis was the first duo from Christina's team. They are singing 'Single Ladies by Beyonce. It's awesome hearing Christina singing without a microphone tonight. Her recent image is as breath taking as Reba's new image. Maybe she did have plastic surgery (Christina) but idc, she looks amazing, i'd say. The only thing I would say about Frency is that I wish she had hair and to never wear those large earrings again. She's wearing these large hoop earrings that are getting pushed around by her shoulders and it doesn't look good. This was during the rehearsals so i'm hoping she's not wearing them during the performance...but she is. Taralyn is wearing a lime greenish dress with this too-cute hot pink belt with a flower design with matching hot pink high heels. Frenchy is wearing a mostly black pant suit with a white patch throughout her right arm and into left shoulder.

And the performance ... isn't exactly doing it for me. I like Taralyn's voice more than Frenchy's but Frenchy had her moments during the performance. Blakes' comparing of the performance to a Rocky movie has been the most unique Judge mention. I truly hope that Taralyn advances. ... commercial ... shocked. I disagree with Christina because she chose Frenchy to Advance.

Blake chose Tyler Robinson and Patrick for his duo to sing the Elvis song which I missed the title from because my roomies kept talking again. I think it' s 'Burning Love.' This is the team where Reba came in and i'm uber jealous. I love country music, but the one thing i'd be afraid of is that one of my faves would ask me if i had a girlfriend or liked a girl and when I said, 'well i'm gay,' they reacted badly or somethin. That's the only thing I don't really like about Country music, most are Conservative and don't like gay rights. If I were a woman, i'd probably hope to look like her though. Her hair is always perfect. OH MY VLOD! Tyler is wearing this tuxedo that makes him look...horrible....commercial....

Patrick Thomas is kinda cute. Tyler is not bad looking. Tyler needs to work on not belting so much. He's wearing a gray sweater that is unbuttoned with a black vest over it and a white shirt under it. Tight jeans and black shoes I believe, but his cuteness isn't enough to win this round...Tyler's tuxedo is ruined by an outdated bow tie but Tuxedo outfits are outdated in general for me. I don't really like them. I don't know which to pick, it was okay but not amazing...I think they were both amazing. .... Blake chose .... Patrick. I can understand why despite his cuteness because Tyler belted way too much at times I think, though he did tone it down.

Tim Mahoney and Kacey Weston was the choice for Adam Levine's group. Their song is 'Leather And Leather' by Stevie Nicks, if i'm wrong lemme know. Kacey has beautiful hair, which isn't supposed to sound creepy. If Tim isn't willing to hit the False etto, that may make him not advancable to the next round. Adam wants him to hit a situation. Kacey was the one that sang 'Bubbly' by Colbie Callait, which didn't really win me over but only because I haven't been much for that song but I like some of Colbie's other songs. Though, admittedly, the first time I heard her name, I thought about Colby Cheese, but I digress.

Kacey is wearing a simple blue-green dress with a v neck and stops amid her mid thighs. Tim wearing a simple black outfit, black pants, shirt and hat. I'm on some country kick right now, i'm kinda partial to Kacey right now I feel, but she has a slight yodel in her voice, though hers is better than Tim's right now. His voice is pretty bad so i'm rooting for Kacey right now. When they sing together, they sound fine, but because Kacey's voice is shining. Blake feels Kacey has a growth within her, which I should really re-word sorry, but that's pretty much what he said. Right now it's sounding like Kacey is the one to advance ... ... commercial ... ...

Adam chose Kacey. I agree with this choice. It's sad that Tim has come to yet another 'almost', but if you ain't got the voice, you ain't got the voice. In this case, It's easy to tell that she wasn't just chosen because of her beauty. She Does have a great voice.

Cilo is next Vicki Martinez and Nicki Dawson were his choices. Vicki and Nicki. Cute! Monica was Cilo's choice for a guest judge. I just discovered her music. I guess they are singing the edited version of P!nk's song 'F*&^ing Perfect.' This is truly a beautiful song. At a time when P!NK could have just written another song about an orgasm, she decided to go against the mainstream and make a song about feeling better about yourself. That's a winner in my book. I found a song by Kelly Rowland where it's about rooting her boyfriend on during sex. Mazel tov! ...commercial...

Sorry it was difficult to see what they are both wearing with the quick angle changes but one is wearing pants that look like Nicki is wearing a purple tank top with black pants. Vicki is wearing ugly pants that look like nylons and a black old lady sweater. Regardless of outfit though, I think Nicki did the best and I could see her as a successful R&B singer. Cilo chose...VICKI? WHAT???????????? OMG YOU HAVE GOT TO BE JOKING!! NICKI WAS SUPERB AND GREAT. I sure hope someone gives her a record deal. Cilo said something about 'seeing about her' so she may get a record deal yet and she better, this is atrocious!!

American Idol Top 5

This'll mark the first Idol Blog I've done since a couple weeks now. You'll notice i'm going to be doing blogs on Christina Aguilera's show 'The Voice,' hopefully starting next week since the Auditions have now come to an end and each judge has 8 singers.


Tonight on Idol, the theme is music from the 60s. I once did 3 blogs on music from 1960, 61 and 62, but the multiply page where they were uploaded on was deleted, I fear, because I cannot locate the page anymore. Each contestant is singing 2 songs tonight.

In the time I was writing the introduction, I saw that Steven is wearing a leather red jacket. You already know how I feel about leather, so i'll move on. He's also wearing a black shirt that seems to say 'love. and a very cute silver necklace with some short chains and a cute heart. J-Lo is wearing an outfit that seems to age her; a white ensemble that seems to be better for a window. Randy Jackson is wearing a simple tuxedo jacket and a black shirt.

"Closer To The Edge" by 30 Second To Mars. I have only heard 2 songs from this band as I thought they were officially let go from their label, so this'll be the first time i've ever heard this song before. Now if James Durbin would put his legs together more and actually wear pants that weren't too stretched in the crotch, I could give a higher grade on the jeans. A leather vest top with silver bullets on the top. I am not feeling this performance. I asked 'What the devil is he wearing under the vest?' and my future ex-roommate's son said 'armpit hair.' cute answer. One can't be complete aware right yet who is the makeup designer nor the advisor for appeareance, but this week it was clearly the wrong advice! That facial hair and hair spiked up made him look like he hadn't shaved for awhile nor washed his hair and had 'bead head.'

"No Air" by Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown. I love this song so I hope that Jacob Lusk does a good job. A Simple texudeo outfit with a white v-neck undershirt. the jacket has a white outline along the ends of jacket. This is horrible!! If this is what we are to expect from him if he wins, send him home now!! Desole! I'm glad Randy has the same opinion I do. I mean, i wouldn't buy his record when he did the gospel but I would be more likely to buy a record of his when he did the Luther Vandros-y style than when he tries to be something he's not.

"Flat On The Floor," by Carrie Underwood. Never heard this song before, but i'm glad Lauren Alaina is sticking to country style songs sometimes. She doesn't really have that twangy kind of voice but not all country has to be like that that. She's wearing a black leathery top and black matching pants, with black leather boots, i imagine. there's weird tassles coming off of her black top. Don't like the look overall. It was a good performance and even though i've never heard the song before, I can tell she didn't sound like Carrie, so this was a good song choice.

"Gone", by Montgomery Gentry, which is another song i've never heard. Scotty McCreery is a very attractive lad, and I guess it's okay to say that even though he's not quite 18 yet because Ryan Seacrest called him 'Scotty The Body'. as he sings this i think I have heard this somewhere before. A jean jacket and a purple undershirt, un tucked with jeans that hug his midsection. unfortunately with brown leather boots. A simple outfit to describe, though the pants make him appear to not showcase his butt lol because it makes him look like he doesn't have one. Anyway, it's interesting that they are bringing back the Jean Jacket look.

Hailey Reinhart is one i always confuse with Lauren Alaina, but that's just me. It kinda seems they look a bit a like, but as my roommate kept prodding towards me, they don't even have the same eye colour. ugh. "You And I" by Lady Gaga, is another song I have not heard. The pants are actually not bad up close, but at a distance, they looked horrible! they are gray with sequined lines that kind of look like anememies. A leater top that hugs the bosom and you can see parts of the bra for artistic flair, it's purple. The shoes are ..all i can tell is they are black. She did really good and maybe she is the one that Steven is looking for because I heard a LITTLE of Janis Joplin in her voice. There will never be another Janis though... She sounded alright.

"Without You," which has been sung by several aritsts, Mariah Carey's version is my favourite. I can hear the tears in his voice as he sings live. Shows he's not afraid to show his emotions, which is something to look up to, though I believe in doing things in private, quietly with dignity. This is much better than the last time. Looks like he shaved a bit and his outfit is simple light blue or black. I guess every performer has a bad performance so i'm not gonna judge him based on the first performance he had tonight. He did great and made it his own and this song clearly is very close to his heart. Great.
Glad Randy agrees that not every sad performance or song with meaning has to have perfect notes throughout the whole thing. It's artistic when you allow yourself to hit a bad note because it gives the notion of crying. Tell me one person who's voice sounds pitch perfect during crying? Can't think of any? Neither can I...and it's ironic that the second picture for Durbin I chose has tears because he was really crying. Sincere artist, right here!

"Love Hurts" by Nazareth is a song i sang a couple years ago without knowing what it means. I know it right now but that's not what this blog is about. Jacob Lusk is gonna be singing this so i hope it's better than his first performance of the night.
He's doing a higher pitch than we are used to at the beginning, which is nice. His outfit is a simple silver tux with a purple under(buttoned-up) shirt. Black shoes. better performance than his first but i could have lived without the last 'yeah'.

"Unchained Melody," by the Righteous Brothers is a very beautiful song. Elvis sang it and so many others have through time since it's original release. Lauren Alaina is singing this song and i hope she does it great. Her notes are perfect and her she looks amazing. a white dress with light blue strips and her hair looks amazing. It's slightly karoeke but I sense i slightly uniqueness to it.

"Always On My Mind," Elvis Presley, is being sung by Scotty McCreery. Black tuxedo with black pants and a whitebuttoned up shirt. Too safe. He looks great but that seemed to safe and I question what the sniffle at the end was about \=.

"The House Of The Rising Sun," by The Animals is a very beautiful song. The first time I heard of it was through Declan Galbraith. WOW. SHE SOUNDS HAUNTING. If she wins, i sure hope she does a bluesy/r&b record! DAMN! Silver slacks with rips and sparkles, her hair is curled. Her top is like a black spaghetti strap top and has brown feathers on them...i sure hope those are not from real animals...she did amazing!