Greg's Idol recap: Can we vote off the judges?

Randy, Paula and Simon expect the finalists to be at their best every week but what about them? I thought they were far too negative tonight in a non-constructive way. Randy was way too hard to please, Paula's remarks after Jordin's second song were incoherent, while Simon, I thought, was unfairly critical of Blake's version of "This Is Where I Come In." Blake used his beat boxing cleverly on both songs he did and all Randy could say was "You don't have to do the beat boxing on every song, dawg." It's Blake's trademark and it worked tonight.
To be fair, I thought Simon was spot on when he said that Melinda's second half of "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart?" will get her into the semifinals and that Jordin's "To Love Somebody" was the best vocal of the night.
Let's face it, the Barry Gibb songbook is going to be a challenge for anyone - especially when he keeps saying, 'I can't imagine a girl singing this song." Dude, three of the four singers remaining are GIRLS! Anyway, I loved Lakisha's "Run to Me" from the outfit to her delivery and the little hoarse finish was unfortunate because she was really soaring. I thought her "Stayin Alive" was OK as was Melinda's "Love You Inside Out."
So the last performance was Jordin doing "Woman in Love," a number one hit for Barbra Streisand off of the "Guilty" albium she did with Gibb all those years ago. I loved the blue gown, I loved the delivery, I thought it was terrific. But Simon sez: "Very pageanty and old fashioned, you're 17."
I suppose they feel they have to be harder with just four contestants left but they lose credibility when what they see and what we see is not the same thing. And honestly, I don't know what Paula sees because whatever it is, she cannot articulate it.
Anywho, I predict that Lakisha and Blake will be in the bottom two tomorrow night. I think Lakisha might end up being voted off because someone has to go. If it is her, I'll miss her!



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