American Idol-Now and Then

I was only able to watch about thirty minutes of the show last night, my fiance and I had to pre-marital counseling.  That was supposed to be on Monday, but the pastor had to reschedule for last night, which Kevin accepted, regardless of my preferences.  So I missed most of American Idol.

So, now they are each singing two songs in the 90 minutes slot.  The theme this week was Now and Then.  They had to sing one more current song and one classic song.  And surprise, Jimmy Iovine had another helper and once again, it was Will.I.Am.  It was Sheryl Crow.  Yay.

First up was James with a song by 30 Seconds to Mars.  It was definitely one of his weaker songs, if not his weakest.  Kevin said he sounded like karaoke and I have to agree.  Of course, the judges loved it.  They are pretty worthless.

Then we had Jacob.  He sang some song by Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown.  I had issue with that.  He wouldn't sing that one song because it was about sex, but he would sing a song by an abuser?  Okay...
Anyway, it was awful as well.  I just don't like Jacob's voice or stage presence or facial expressions.  He looks awkward and sounds worse.

Next was Lauren.  She sang a song by Carrie Underwood.  Ooh, a couple former Idol songs...  She was okay, but it was the same old, same old.

Then, there was Scotty.  He sang a song by Montgomery Gentry.  It was country and it was Scotty, so I didn't like it.  It sounded the same as every other song he sings.  It was boring.

That's all I got to see.  I don't really know why the kids were having trouble with this theme.  There are a lot of songs to choose from.  Choose something that pushes you, but not so far that you fail.