Throw Mama From The Twain

Last night was Shania Twain’s turn to mentor the remaining Idol contestants. The show opened with two of my favorites….Lee DeWyze and “You’re Still The One I Love”. Finally, I’m enjoying the show. I’m literally sitting in front of my TV smiling…then here comes that bloated Magila Gorilla. (Smile fades) I can’t even imagine what Shania Twain song he’s going to butcher. During the rehearsal, Shania gave him the perfect advice…unlike the previous week’s celebrity mentor which was absolutely no help to the contestants and should remain nameless. (Alicia Keys) He shouldn’t just rest on having a good voice and get cocky about it. You’ll touch an audience if you feel the emotion in the song and bring that to your performance. I think that’s my issue with him. He’s very conceited and believes he’s better than he really is. Maybe I wouldn’t give him such a hard time if the emotion he tried to portray during his performances seemed genuine, but to me it’s just too dramatic. He’s acting as if he’s singing the hell out of the song when he’s not and the judges are falling for it. If he can take the advice Shania’s given him to heart, maybe I’ll lighten up on him. Not so much. He started the song with that damn lip licking he always does and that funny look on his face that he thinks is sexy. News Flash: It’s not sexy!! Please stop. OMG Becky! (Clutch the pearls) No the judges did not just compare Big Mike to the great Luther Vandross. I almost threw the remote at the TV. I said it before and now I am certain the American Idol judges have lost what little credibility they had left. Luther must be rolling over in his grave. The only thing Luther Vandross and Big Mike have in common is about 300 lbs. The only reason Shania Twain was crying after that performance was because Big Mike messed up her song.

Moving on…

I loved Casey’s performance. The first line he sang was absolutely perfect. He had me at hello. Crystal Bowersox, you can pressure your boyfriend to marry you on your own time. Don’t bore us with that mess. Reminder: this is a singing competition, not an open platform for your couples counseling. That was her worst performance to date. Chicken Little did pretty good this week. He hit some really good notes. Then he reminded me how gay he was when he dedicated that song to his mother. Siobhan always sounds good in rehearsal than not so good during the live show. That’s a problem. I’m putting her and Big Mike in the bottom two this week. In thirty minutes I’ll see what America decided.