It started with Michael Jackson interpretations, and ended with the demise of the one-named one-note performers Astro (sometimes spelled Asstro) and Drew (now spelled Blech!)
The big surprise — Drew was sent packing. And — while starting the evening as a fan of Drew, I ended it in the vomit zone.
It was interesting that both Astro and Drew had a decent showing on Wednesday; in fact, I kind of accepted the rap monster as a given. But the one-note-ness of both and the lack of visible danger resulted in fewer votes. Chris Rene, the last one-noter in the bunch, has been declared to be in the danger zone, and thus his Save.
So there it was — Drew and Marcus Canty dueling it out. Marcus was the obvious weakling. While Drew gave a sure performance, he practically gave a farewell one, starting with a de-facto Goodbye intro banter and giving us musically-flat if emotional performance. To me, it was a clear Drew win, But then the gals, Nicole and Paula, chose the dark horse.
Why? Why screw Drew?
For once, her admittedly strong performances were ALL ballads, a one trick pony through and through.
And then there was the opportunity the slide it in to Simon the A-hole (please, please read this as an anal sex reference)
And perhaps it was the sense of the upcoming meltdown. From the moment Drew found out she is in the danger zone, she started displaying signs of an unbalanced personality. So Drew’s sameness is not from sticking to talent, but a mental warning to us all. She chose to say goodbye with a fundamentalist rant. Get the fuck out, psycho!
So now we have Chris Rene, who should go next. Marcus is great but we already have Usher; Melanie is wonderful just like every other strong-voice chanteuse, but she needs a miracle a la Jennifer Hudson to have a career.
Which leaves us with Rachel Crow and Josh Krajcik: both wonderful, versatile, exquisite when balladeer-ing. Rachel doing I’d Rather go Blind was superb, especially considering her age.
But thing is: when Josh has an off night, he is just pale. When Rachel has a weak performance, usually in those happy silly songs, she screws up her pitch and creates a vacuum. Her version of Satisfaction was so horrendous that she and Simon should be sued. How can you turn this subversive icon into Walking in Sunshine?
So I vote for Josh to win; but can see how Rachel’s age will force her win.
Tags: astro, drew, Michael Jackson, Simon Cowell, x-factor
