Well, I sure didn't see that coming. I am not sure what exactly it was about Carly that kept her from growing a large fan base, but there was definitely a problem that had nothing to do with talent. I have this feeling that the majority of the fans who are out there voting must have decided they were with Gene and couldn't care less about musical theatre. They must have shrugged, and based their voting on previous performances of songs that they liked. How else can you explain the best two of the evening ending up in the bottom?
I didn't think Carly would win, but I was sad to see her go in the same way I was sad when Michael Johns departed. Who can explain the reasons that certain some musicians develop such a huge devoted fan base, despite any mistakes they might make? Let's not forget that Taylor Hicks rode that wave all the way to the finale, and it sure didn't guarantee him any success.
Maybe idol needs to think about having a mentor work with the contestants within a genre, and not just their particular body of work. Just think what Carly or David Cook could have done with a song from Rent, and what David A. could have done with something from the Lion King. Now we have Neil Diamond's work ahead of us. What in the world is poor Syesha going to do with that if she couldn't get out of the bottom on her best performance?
The highlight of the evening for me was Leona Lewis, who at 23 has quite the career ahead of her. It was miles beyond that tortuous opening number that featured Webber cringing at the piano while the singers started in different keys and basically destroyed a beautiful song. (Maybe I am being harsh, but that was just awful. Even the hired extras in the mosh pit looked pained).
I hope that everyone is easily accessing this blog and enjoying the new format. Thanks to Gene, as always for breaking it down and dirty for us.
See you all next week.
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