KATHERINE JENKINS: Freestyle (DWTS Top 3)

What can I say?

Katherine has been my favorite contestant this season since the beginning.  I just love her…She’s technically awesome, but what puts her over the top for me is her personality.  She’s ADORABLE and SO HUMBLE and GRACIOUS.  Now if THAT’S not a winner, I don’t know WHAT IS…

Her freestyle performance tonight was AMAZING!  Not only did she dance brilliantly, but she SANG at the beginning!  LOVE LOVE LOVED that.  She sounded BEAUTIFUL!

She was the ONLY one to get a PERFECT TOTAL SCORE for the whole night!

THE WELSH WIGGLER FTW!

I voted as much as I could (considering DWTS has a LIMIT on votes)…I hope America did as well!  She deserves it!

THE X FACTOR 12/21/11: Top 3 Performances + *POLL*

This is it!  The final performances & voting night!  Top 3!

JOSH KRAJCIK

Uninvited (with Alanis Morissette):

• How COOL was it that Josh got to sing with ALANIS?!  That’s AWESOME!  Not to mention she looked great and sounded amazing!  Josh on the other hand…he didn’t sound the best, if I’m being honest.  He sounded off in parts, and the song, to me, didn’t quite match him.  But it was definitely a cool moment.

At Last:

• Great idea to play the guitar!  I wouldn’t have pegged him to pick that song to sing.  Josh is a great guy…and this means a lot to him to be in the finals.  Great job.

CHRIS RENE

Complicated (with Avril Lavigne):

• Interesting song choice for Chris.  But I liked that they didn’t pick a rapper.   It’s funny tho…Chris really isn’t a great singer (and this performance proved that point once again), but the same can be said about Avril.  They both didn’t sound the best, but the performance was cool.

Young Homie:

• Wow.  I gotta say…Chris Rene, you are SOMETHING ELSE.  Now THAT was a GREAT performance.  It was SO personal and SO moving.  I have to admit that I teared up watching him perform.  This performance totally epitomizes who Chris is, and why America has rooted for and supported him all the way to the finale.  Yay Chris!  You totally deserve being in the Top 3!

MELANIE AMARO

I Believe I Can Fly (with R. Kelly):

• This was a very fitting song for Melanie.  I do think her confidence level was lower at the beginning of this, but as the weeks went by, she became more confident and really did BELIEVE she could prevail.  And to be able to sing it with R. Kelly…Wow.  This song was SUCH a popular/famous one at one point, and for R. Kelly to sing it as a duet with her for the first time.  What a moment.  I understand what the judges were saying about wanting more…but I agree with Simon.  Melanie was being very respectful to the original artist.  And I do think the key wasn’t the right one for her, but she was matching R. Kelly’s key.  Great job.  Very moving.

Listen:

• Talk about full circle.  This song was the FIRST one we heard Melanie sing in her audition.  And I still remember that moment…and she was the FIRST contestant where I thought OK, THIS GIRL IS GOOD.  So she’s made an impression on me since the beginning.  And here she is in the finale!  Her performance tonight was even BETTER than the first time, imo.  She sings with such gusto and you can tell that she means EVERY WORD that she sings.  AMAZING!  What else can I say?  PERFECTION.

MELANIE FTW!

THE BACHELORETTE 7/25/11: Top 3

Fiji…which is very similar to Hawaii.  Just some quick comments:

RYAN:  Ryan returns?!  Really?  Since I didn’t watch the ENTIRE season, maybe that’s why…but I really never thought Ryan was a frontrunner to win this whole thing AT ALL.  He’s still a bit ooji to me.  Like when he smiles, it’s such a bit smile…seems kind of fake to me.  Sorry.  I thought it was a bit much that he came back and pleaded his case.  It’s been a couple of weeks now since he was booted right?  Seemed almost too late already…forgot about him.  Eh. Not very dramatic, imo.

CONSTANTINE:  I felt bad for him (prolly ’cause he was my favorite ) because he basically had to leave because he didn’t move as fast as the other two.  You could tell he really did like Ashley…and in his mind he pretty much was laying it all out there…so really, what more could he do?  What he WAS giving obviously wasn’t enough for Ashley, so even if he stayed he wouldn’t have gotten the rose anyway.  Too bad.  He seems like a great guy.  It’s weird to me because Ashley kept eluding to the fact that IF he actually did get to the same level as the other two, she may have kept him.  But really…WOULD SHE HAVE?  I don’t think so.  I’m SURE she felt more for the other two anyway, so why even bring up  the fact that he didn’t get there.  If she REALLY felt something for him, I don’t think she could just LET HIM GO like that.  So obviously he wasn’t in the running anyway.  It was weird to me.  He’s better off.  Go find someone better C…

BEN:  I personally still don’t quite see them as the perfect match, but she does seem pretty into him.  I think he’s still too serious.  And he’s missing something, imo…altho he seems like a nice guy.

JP:  Umm…can Ashley just run away with JP already?!  No need for a final rose ceremony already.  It’s kind of annoying actually.  What irritates me is that JP’s pretty much been a frontrunner since the beginning, but it still annoys me that he was so IMMATURE the other week when he couldn’t deal with her dating the other guys…and yet he’s basically got it in the bag now and won’t ever have to feel the rejection or hurt AT ALL.  I KNOW that they really have a connection, and in a normal situation he wouldn’t have to deal with other guys dating his girl, but…this ISN’T a normal situation, so he should be MAN ENOUGH and MATURE ENOUGH to suck it up when other guys talk about their time with Ashley.  Simple as that.  But whatever.  Ashley’s still not my favorite to begin with, so if they end up together…Good for them.  Go off and be happy together.  Eh.

AMERICAN IDOL 5/18/11: Top 3 Performances + Predictions + *POLL*

This is it.  The last round before the finale!  Wow…Beyonce as the celebrity mentor?!  Pretty cool.  She’s very sweet and seemed very happy to be there helping the Top 3.

Sorry, I was too busy VOTING (I think you know for who ), so I don’t have time to post all the videos. I’ll just post my favorite from each contestant:

SCOTTY  Amazed:

Lots of ballads for Scotty tonight, which is unusual.  As usual, he’s so consistent.  I personally don’t care to watch him do ballads, but overall I thought he sounded pretty good.  At least ballads show a bit more of his range.

LAUREN  I Hope You Dance:

I thought Lauren had a great night tonight.  She really has shown a lot of growth over the season, and she was definitely more confident.  Her performance of I Hope You Dance was awesome!  She sounded to pure and full, and she made it her own, which was great!  Loved it!  And she looked so “Cinderella” tonight!  Loved the blue color!  Great job!

HALEY  You Oughta Know:

Haley’s performances were all pretty different from each other.  Umm…the WIND in her “Rihannon” performance was RIDICULOUS.  So silly!  Too much.  The only reason why I picked her performance of this Alanis song was because of the CHORUS.  She sounded really good in the chours.  The verses?  NOT GOOD.  Eh.  Oh, and I didn’t get to see that fall!  I wanna see it!

What did YOU think?

PREDICTIONS:

HALEY (I don’t think you’ll be surprised with this choice) – I think that although Haley is a good singer, she’s missing SOMETHING in the “whole package” part of being the American Idol, and it has to do with her personality.  She’s just not as likable as Scotty & Lauren.

And YOUR prediction?