Roshani........Mark.......... Mark you are in the bottom 3
Roshani is safe
Bottom 3: Mark, Teale, Sophie
Dicko: Mark is a shock, he was one of the standouts last night
Marcia: I agree
Kyle: I agree too
Chrislyn wins the performance of the night award again this week.
Carl Riseley makes an appearance talking about his album and writing songs for the navy. Poor Matt and Natalie, nowhere to be seen despite being the final two last year.
Gabriella Chilmi is performing, I dunno what song she's singing, not the Sweet About Me one.
I just like to point out something. I don't know what has happened to Aussie idol for the last 2 years. During the first 4 seasons, i can remember the audience (at least some of the audience) would get off their seats and dance to performances. This season, and last season, they just sat there, not even moving their shoulders or anything. What makes the audience so uptight all of a sudden.
Anyways, here's the verdict. Safe first is........................Teale
Bottom 2: Sophie and Mark
Kyle: both are great, but I'm betting Mark to stay
Sophie: both great, but will be a shame if Mark is going
On Sunday, I had to work somewhere far from where I live, so I didn't have the chance to recap the show. But I did watch the performances on the official website, so here's my ranking and a very brief recap.
My ranking: 1. Roshani Priddis - singing Diana Ross - Reflections. This was supposed to be her night, but unfortunately not. But I need to point out her strength. When she gets pitchy, she doesn't look nervous or unconvinced. She doesn't lose an ounce of confidence.
2. Sophie Patterson - singing Papa Was A Rolling Stone. This was definitely her best vocal performance, nothing shaky, less moans. But she's still a statue on the stage.
3. Wes Carr - singing If I Were A Carpenter. He's been plateauing, been giving the similar kind of performances week after week, until tonight. Although, it wasn't a huge difference yet.
4. Chrislyn Hamilton - singing Get Ready by the Temptations. She got a TOUCHDOWN, undeservedly. It could have been more exciting, especially from someone like her. The stage presence was actually too tame.
5. Teale Jakubenko - singing Ain't No Mountain High Enough. Definitely an overdone song, which is good in getting people recognise the song straight away and vote for you, which means no wow factor.
6. Mark Spano - singing You Keep Me Hanging On by Diana Ross. I don't think he and the theme fit well together. I ended up laughing at his performance instead, him doing a motown dance. It wasn't a disaster, but definitely not we would love to see over and over in his concert.
7. Luke Dickens - singing My Girl. 6 or 7 weeks past, I still don't get how people really think he's incredibly talented. He's not even unique, but people say so just because he's the only country / aussie rock singer in the competition. The motown performance was boring too.
Unfortunately, I think Roshani is going.
For anyone who missed Thanh Bui's elimination last week::
Last week, while the elimination wasn't shocking, the bottom 3 overall was an unpleasant surprise. For the first time the whole audience didn't clap when the hosts announced that the 6 people who were safe would be practicing another song. Here's to relive that moment:
Here we go, Chrislyn Mark Roshani...................... .........all safe!
Wes.......................... .safe as well!
Finally safe is........................... .Luke
Bottom 3: Sophie, Teale, Thanh
Thanh reprises Linkin Park absolutely without the piano. He sings better too this time around. Sophie is next, and says hello to audience, reprises Silverchair without sitting on the stool. Teale is next without the guitar. Voting lines reopen again.
Kyle: Thanh did a better job, if he did that last night, he wouldn't be in the bottom 3.
Marcia: I agree, Teale too did a good job, Sophie had a pitch problem but I understand she's very nervous.
Dicko: Well I look at you guys no longer as contestants but artists, so hopefully you all have a good future.
Teale reveals that INXS adviced him to play the guitar in the beginning and then get it off and start owning the stage. But he didnt do any of that. He says it's hard because it's not in his personality. Also, there's a guitar feature both at the beginning and the end of the song, and he says it's hard to do it within 1.5 minutes if he decides to abandon the guitar by the middle of the song, and then try to put it back again. Marcia encourages Teale to own up the stage, and he shouldn't feel guilty and worried that people might feel cheated since Teale thinks it isn't his forte to move around the stage.
Sophie thinks it's a bummer to be in the bottom 3. She says that 'not showing her personality' is not her conscious decision, it's just who she is, and she doesn't know what to do with it. Dicko gives her an advice.
Kyle says that Thanh tends to micromanage everything like a math quiz. He says people already like Thanh, so what's the point of trying hard to make people liking him.
This week, Mark wins the performance of the night award.
A caller asks what's with the scar on Mark's head. Mark says when he was 6 his head got bitten by a German Shepherd, that wasn't a joke.
Behind the Scenes, Chrislyn reveals that being the youngest contestant left and everybody else left is over 18, she feels lonely. She doesnt think her jokes are mature enough for the others, when they constatnly talk about night life and stuff. She also misses her home, and she thinks that partially affects her performance lately. Kyle tells her the more popular you are, the more isolated you are, that's the reality of being a professional singer. She has to learn to do something to get through her lonely times.
A next caller is asking Wes who he wants to perform with. Besides Bono, he wants to perform with John Lennon.
Another caller asks Marcia is she's sick of being the 'nice judge'. Marcia says it's better to be nice than being a bitch,
Another caller asks Kyle how's his new married life. He says when he dissed a contestant on his radio, his wife and the sisters would not speak to him. But he's not worried because she's told what to do by him.
Jessica Mauboy is performing Running Back. Great black shiny mini dress. That single is at no.11 on the ARIA chart presently.
Here we go, will be back next week is...............................Sophie!
Bottom 2: Teale and Thanh
Dicko: Whoever gets through, stop playing safe
Marcia: skip me.
Kyle: Thanh is going, as a kiss of death to Teale.
Going home is.............................................Thanh.
I thought Teale for sure is tossed, this is his third time in the bottom 2.
Next week is Motown night, and Guy Sebastian will be the mentor and guest judge.
It’s time for the verdict. Will Mark’s constant backtalking to Dicko put him on the firing line? Will performing first make Chrislyn ‘forgettable’ enough to end up in the bottom 3? Will Madam be forgiven for losing her steam 3 weeks in a row?
Before the show starts, we pay tribute to Levi Kereama, the 6th placer of season 1 of Australian Idol. He allegedly committed suicide, jumping out of a hotel in Brisbane only hours after he performed in Parklife
Tom is finally out of the picture! He's a good kid, but he's not as ready as Chrislyn and Brooke yet. That being said, there still are people who I think undeserving to be in the top 12. It's ABBA's night by the way!
Does anyone notice how all three teenage competitors in the top 12 this year have family issues? Brooke's dad abused her mom then killed himself, Tom's parents are separated, and Chrislyn's parents divorced.
Anyways, I'm hoping one of Luke, Tom, and Thanh to head home tonight. Luke is too stereotypical Aussie, Tom is too immature, and Thanh is too boyband-ish. However, like last week, we might be expecting something else, like Roshani
Last week, Brooke was sent packing prematurely. I was sad but ended up laughing. Remember how the producers overhyped the new voting system and how it will prevent shocking eliminations? It actually made it worse. At least in previous seasons, they occurred around top 7. Tom is the weakest of the bunch, and he's going to get saved by the tone deaf even if he brutally falls into the the bottom 3 week after week.
As previously said, last night was pretty sensational in general. I have no idea what tonight’s bottom 3 will consist of. An ideal scenario will be either Tom or Luke going home, but it may be Thanh’s turn or quite unfortunately Sophie.
Last week, we said our Sayonara to Jonny. I was okay with him until he said how he doesn’t sing covers and the remaining 11 are more comfortable doing it. In other words, he single-handedly robbed a wildcard contestant who actually wouldn’t mind doing covers. Good riddance.
I'm actually pretty amazed how the photoshoppers truly paid attention to details. As mentioned above, they fixed her fat, her hair, and even her left calf!
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