It was Diana Ross night on IDOL, and a few folks did well with Ms. Ross's songs:
Melinda, of course, was the standout again with a shortened version of "Home." Since it's from a Broadway show, naturally I loved it and her. I wish I could have heard her sing the entire song. The build to the end is much more impressive when you have the whole song. Otherwise, it kind of jumps to that end from nowhere.
Jordin, whose praises I've been siniging for weeks, did fine though I thought her head voice was much weaker than her chest voice and the break between the two was too noticeable.
LaKisha's "God Bless the Child" was well sung but had a flat arrangement that did nothing to give the song interest.
I thought Phil was the best of the men with "Make You Love Me." Chris Sligh has a very powerful voice, but he wasted it on a strange arrangement of "Endless Love." They are the two best male singers by far, but that doesn't guarantee them anything in this weird competition this year.
As for the hopeless ones: Brandon forgot the words to "You Can't Hurry Love" (my favorite Supremes song) and stumbled on the melody, too. Haley forgot her words on "Missing You" and she too let her voice wobble off the notes in her panic. And Sanjaya was as hopeless and useless as ever on "Ain't No Mountain High Enough."
Put this kid out of his misery! And I totally blame the judges. He should NEVER have been put in the top 24 in the first place. I refuse to believe there weren't other male singers in the running who had more to offer than this kid. Good lord, he's ridiculous up there.
