Ranking American Idol's Top Twelve
I mean, if people keep reading these things...
Well, those first intensive rounds of deadwood-clearing are done, and I'm sorry to see a few of those contestants go (Asia'h Epperson, please come back). But now we're into the meat of the American Idol season, which means it's time to start forming emotional connections and then immediately forgetting those connections a couple of weeks after the season finale. This year we've got a truly weird roster, stacked with ringers and one-trick ponies and people who might not have made it past the audition rounds during previous seasons. And here they are, ranked from favorite to least. Keep in mind that this is my list and that I'm being entirely subjective; I have demonstrated exactly zero ability to predict what America might like.
1. Jason Castro. His "Hallelujah" was one of my favorite TV moments in recent memory, right up there with Namond's cameo on The Wire last week. And I like stoners. Stoners are, by and large, good dudes. The idea that one of them has infiltrated the upper ranks of America's favorite reality show and that he might actually win the thing makes me truly happy. If we couldn't have Josiah, at least we get this fool.
2. Chikeze. Two of the three songs he's done so far have been kinda-boring lite-soul ballads, but his take on Donny Hathaway's "I Believe to My Soul" last week was some serious old-school showmanship. Plus he's quick-witted enough to trade barbs with Simon Cowell without coming off like a deluded ass, and he carries himself like an actual human being rather than a stage-mannered mannequin. Once Idol gets deeper into the goofy theme-shows, he's only going to get better; I'm eager to see what he does when the inevitable disco show rolls around.
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Well, those first intensive rounds of deadwood-clearing are done, and I'm sorry to see a few of those contestants go (Asia'h Epperson, please come back). But now we're into the meat of the American Idol season, which means it's time to start forming emotional connections and then immediately forgetting those connections a couple of weeks after the season finale. This year we've got a truly weird roster, stacked with ringers and one-trick ponies and people who might not have made it past the audition rounds during previous seasons. And here they are, ranked from favorite to least. Keep in mind that this is my list and that I'm being entirely subjective; I have demonstrated exactly zero ability to predict what America might like.
1. Jason Castro. His "Hallelujah" was one of my favorite TV moments in recent memory, right up there with Namond's cameo on The Wire last week. And I like stoners. Stoners are, by and large, good dudes. The idea that one of them has infiltrated the upper ranks of America's favorite reality show and that he might actually win the thing makes me truly happy. If we couldn't have Josiah, at least we get this fool.
2. Chikeze. Two of the three songs he's done so far have been kinda-boring lite-soul ballads, but his take on Donny Hathaway's "I Believe to My Soul" last week was some serious old-school showmanship. Plus he's quick-witted enough to trade barbs with Simon Cowell without coming off like a deluded ass, and he carries himself like an actual human being rather than a stage-mannered mannequin. Once Idol gets deeper into the goofy theme-shows, he's only going to get better; I'm eager to see what he does when the inevitable disco show rolls around.
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