Miss Wilhelmina

On tonight’s American Idol, Dolly Parton mentors the Top 9, and they are also doing covers from the Dolly Parton songbook.

Brooke White opens the show with “Jolene“. I love her, but really, it’s becoming the same over and over again. I need something new from her, but then again, who knows, she might win.

David Cook, after dominating the past weeks with his performances and controversies, did a cover of “Little Sparrow“. Tonight, he acknowledged the songwriters that he borrowed his arrangements from, including Doxology‘s rendition of “Eleanor Rigby“. Something different about him tonight… Shocks! He got rid of the “over-comb”. I like the new hair.

Ramiele Malubay, who totally sucked the past couple of weeks, did “Do I Ever Cross Your Mind“. She actually sounded a lot better this week, but I wasn’t too sure about the performance, if you listened carefully, you would hear her being unsure of some of the lyrics. I’m worried about tomorrow for her.

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On my last American Idol entry, I suggested that it’s either Chikezie or Ramiele Malubay going. I was only half right. Only Chikezie made the Bottom 3.

Next to get called on is Brooke White. She can’t go in the Bottom 3, so she’s safe. Carly Smithson is up, she’s also safe. David Archuleta is also safe, but I’m starting to think that he’s getting less and less versatile. Seems that ballads suit him more than anything, but you can’t just do ballads all the time.

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Looking at this year’s contestants, I’d say that they are pretty young, even Michael Johns, who’s almost 30 (or is he 30 yet?) looks young. So tonight was 80′s night and the Idol finalists are all competing to be the next American Idol and don’t have to worry about getting to go to the Tour anymore.

First was Filipino-American Ramiele Malubay with “Alone“. Such a tiny little girl with a big voice. To be honest, She’s starting to bore me. But if I were in the U.S., I’d probably be voting for her. Filipinos are like that.

Jason Castro sang with his guitar again tonight with “Fragile“. Ok, so I haven’t been watching AI as much as I used to last season, but I finally noticed the John Travolta likeness. I do not even know what to say about him right now.

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