American Idol :Carly Smithson Performed “I Drove All Night”

Last night Top eight girls performed in American Idol. Following is the details of their performance.

Asia’h Epperson - She was a roller skating extra in a movie (was it Goldmember?) and she slammed into something. She sings “I Wanna Dance With Somebody.” She is so focused on getting down the stairs of the set that her first notes are really shaky, and not every note is hitting 100%. I think her voice is a little too smoky for this song, and by the end of it, she’s not strong enough to have a big finish.

Katy Malloy - I picked her to go home last week, and she finished in the bottom three, so we’ll have to see if she headed her tonight. Luckily for me she doesn’t disappoint. Her most embarrassing moment is when she accidentally trashed an entire stage after a terrible performance. She sings “Who Wants To Live Forever,” and it’s a little too throaty for me.

Amanda Overmeyer - She is wearing no make-up and a head rag for her embarrassing moment interview. I’m so distracted by her look that I don’t even pay attention to her story. She looks like a different person. She unfortunately doesn’t sound like a different person when she tackles “I Hate Myself For Loving You.” Each week her voice gets more and more scratchy. The rock screamer thing may work in a bar but it’s not working for me tonight.


Carly Smithson - Her embarrassing moment was when she got stuck outside a bar. I like that almost every story Carly has told so far involve drinking and tattoos. She sings “I Drove All Night.” This by far is the best performance of the night. This is the most comfortable she’s looked on the show, and the she took a synth-laden, cheese pop song and made a nice modern version of it. I know she’s the one with professional experience, but she totally set the new bar for the girls (and even the guys).Infact she was too much to handle(TMTH).

Kristy Lee Cook Her embarrassing moment is that she used to pretend she was a dog. I know some people who are into that, but that’s another story. She sings “Faithfully” in what looks like a kimono when she's shown her from the waist up. Now this is a terrible song choice! She is really straining to hit the notes, and at one point is that she sounds like she’s screaming.

Ramiele Malubay - Her embarrassing moment was when she left a left a photo of herself at a boy’s house and the boy’s mom laughed at it. She sings “Against All Odds.” Time now for one of my embarrassing moments: This is my favorite Phil Collins song. I really like what she’s doing with it. The arrangement is good, and she hits all the big notes without struggling, and knows when to be soft.Randy thinks she has to be more confident, Paula compliments her face by saying she’s beautiful (which is not usually good) but she does compliment her voice.

Brooke White - Her embarrassing moment was once as a little girl, she hugged a stranger instead of her dad. She sings “Love Is a Battlefield.” Why they decided to sing this song as a ballad is beyond me. She totally sucked all the attitude out of the song. The weird part is that she’s not doing a bad job with it, and if she did the song full on, no one would have noticed the few bad notes she did hit.

Syesha Mercado - In 2nd grade, a boy told on her after she gave him a love note. She sings “Saving All My Love For You.” I love the way she’s looking into at the camera. She’s doing a great job with a hard song. If there’s going to be any criticism, it would be that it seems like she’s doing a copy of Whitney Houston; but at least it’s a good copy.She has a lot more confidence than Asia’h had with doing Whitney.