American Idol - Top 10 Girls

So, the top 10 girls sang. And I recorded it - with my good ol' VCR, since American Idol has apparently embedded some sort of "anti-record" critter into their broadcast (hence the weird colored lines that cover half of my screen when I try to play it back through Windows Media Center. Boo! Once again, Fox.Ruins.Everything.) I can still make mpegs from VCR recordings, though, and will have those in my American Idol download folder shortly. Here's a few thoughts on the girls from last night (this was a "live blog" that I didn't get around to posting until now. It was "live" in the sense that I wrote it during the show.)

1. Gina Glocksen - Alone (Heart)
   Cute stuff about her boyfriend in the clip, but I couldn't help comparing some of it to Scott and me. First of all, if I jumped on him like that, I'd knock him clean off of his feet. Not that he's unusually wee - it's that I'm ginormous. It would be like a hurricane hit him - or a runaway elephant perhaps. And he would NEVER put red streaks in his hair to match mine - he'd be more likely to say, "What in the world kind of red stuff is in your hair? Oh, you MEAN for it to be there? Why didn't you do your entire head? Did you run out of dye?" A fashionista he is not. And that, actually, is a very good thing. Because a boyfriend a la Christian from Clueless would not be very good at all. Oh, back to Gina. She was good - but I agree with Simon about the end - it felt as if she had run out of breath and was trying to yell the rest of the song.
2. Alaina Alexander - Not Ready to Make Nice (Dixie Chicks - ugh)
   Much better than last week - she almost makes me want to patronize the Dixie Chicks and buy that song. Almost. Still, her voice pales in comparison to most of the other girls - if she gets through another week, it'll be on her looks alone (see also Barba, Antonella).
3. Lakisha Jones - Midnight Train to Georgia (Gladys Knight & the Pips)
   Hee. I "luv" Lakisha's grandma. Her crush on Ryan Seacrest is too cute. And what else can I say about Lakisha? She's done really really well so far. And she even pulls off that skirt - I thought it was adorable that her outfit was "distracting" for Simon. Hee.
4. Melinda Doolittle - My Funny Valentine (Ella Fitzgerald / Frank Sinatra / eleventy billion others)
   Haaaa! She used the phrase "hot mess", which I would not known if not for Tamika and Rita. Ah, I miss our old MS-I studying days, girls. Those two really helped get me through my first semester of medical school. Anyway, Melinda was exceptionally good. I wasn't expecting that.
5. Antonella Barba - Because You Loved Me (Celine Dion)
   That dress is hideous. The performance is only slightly less hideous. Sounded better than last week, but still - ack. Oh, and being snippy with Simon after not one, but TWO lackluster performances? Not cool. You don't get to be a diva yet, Antonella.
6. Jordin Sparks - Reflection (Christina Aguilera)
   I like her even better after learning that she toured with Michael W. Smith and that he's pulling her for on his website. But ack - I don't like it when Simon stares creepily at Paula. Or maybe he's staring at Randy, which is even more disturbing. Perhaps he's just hypnotized by Randy's screaming shirt.

   Ah, Kellie Pickler is on the results show - heh. I'm sure SarahK is thrilled.

7. Stephanie Edwards - Dangerously In Love (Beyonce)
   Well, she had fun with that - and it was good. Pretty dress, too - I wish I could pull off spaghetti straps. And that's all I've got to say.
8. Leslie Hunt - Feeling Good (Nina Simone / Michael Buble) *I'm purposely avoiding any and all deja vu jokes*
   She has a very strange speaking voice. Or perhaps I have strange ears. Grandpa Bob would undoubtedly tell her not to be so hyperreflexic (i.e., flappy) too. Are leggings and skirts coming back? Please tell me they're not. And now she is not even singing words. Man, Randy loves "pitchy". He tucks it in at night, gives it a kiss and reads it a bedtime story. Get a new adjective, Randy. And please make this crazy girl and her "dee da doo" clicking language go away.
9. Haley Scarnato - Queen of the Night (Whitney Houston)
   Simon's not going to like this. Aaaaand, I was right. Aww, he made her cry. Boo. I have a harder time writing that she was a spastic CrimpMonster when she's standing there with a trembling lower lip.
10. Sabrina Sloan - All the Man That I Need (Whitney Houston)
    I don't like when I can see someone's ribs inserting on their sternum. And I'm not just saying that because I'm a fat cow. After her performance, I'm remembering an old TWoP T-shirt - "Loud is the New Good". Indeed.

DialIdol shows crazy results, especially for the guys. Craaaaaaaazy. America, you're being stupid. Don't vote for people who talk their way through songs, please!