1. David Cook: Cookie sang two songs that, tragically, were over right when they were getting good: Switchfoot's "Dare You to Move" (his choice) and Aerosmith's "I Don't Want To Miss a Thing" (producer's choice). His performances were strong on these, and I wanted more! His Roberta Flack tune, however, fell flat for me. Can't believe Simon Cowell picked "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" for him, when he's always saying he prefers Cookie's grittier song stylings.
2. David Archuleta: His Billy Joel song, "And So It Goes" was the aural equivalent of David trying to fit into a grown man's tux. Awkward! Of course Paula loved it -- she picked it! He fared much better with Dan Fogelberg's "Longer," the producer's pick for him, but his choice of Chris Brown's funky "With You" was ill-suited to him. He should stick to adult contemporary stuff with an R&B bent, not necessarily venture deep into R&B territory.
3. Syesha Mercado: "If I Ain't Got You" was nearly devoid of any of the emotion Alicia Keys imbues into it -- bad pick, Randy! Syesha's choice of "Fever" reeked of musical theater auditioning, and I awaited the arrival of dozens of penguins to dance along to the producer's pick of "Hit Me Up," (from Happy Feet) which would've been an improvement to her pitchy performance. She was pitchy all night, actually, and none of these songs did her any favors.
1. David Archuleta: Brilliant move, starting "And So It Goes" in a capella mode. Only singers as gifted as Archie can pull that off. But "With You" was a little too careless and contemporary for his voice. As for Dan Fogelberg's "Longer"? The perfect mix of classic melody and ooey-gooey cheesiness.
2. David Cook: "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" -- Great song choice from Simon plus great delivery from Cookie equalled, uh, greatness? As for his Switchfoot cover, meh, he could do better. Same goes for "I Don't Want To Miss a Thing." Kind of a mess. Tsk tsk.
3. Syesha Mercado: "If I Ain't Got You" was pretty much Alicia Keys light, and that ain't good. Her "Fever" was sexy, though, and matched her sizzlin', sparkly outfit. But the producers really screwed her by choosing that 'Happy Feet' fluff for her last song. They obviously want her out.
Who's going home? I'll say Syesha, but the nation should go ahead and prepare itself for some sort of shocker, just in case.
Show starts in one minute. The final three are singing their own picks, a judge's pick and a producer's pick. Let's do this.
7 p.m. -- High school student, actress or bartender? Always go with the bartender, folks. Even if he fails at his dream, he can still mix a martini.
7:02 -- Ooh, Syesha be lookin' sparklay.
7:03 -- Archuleta's hometown mayor has quite the 'stache!
7:04 -- Archie sounds beautiful doing "And So It Goes" partly a capella, but it's weird to hear him sing about "lovers past."
7:06 -- Randy just uttered the phrases "in the zone" and "in it to win it, baby." Looks like it's gonna be a good hour.
7:07 -- Farah: "Um, no, that song was NOT dope on David Archuleta! It was way too old for him. No surprise you liked it, Paula!!"
7:11 -- Oh Ry-Ry, making fun of Randy's lingo is SO 2006.
7:12 -- They stuck Syesha in the middle slot. Hmpf.
7:13 -- She seemed so confident when finding out the song choice, but it's kinda eating her up!
7:14 -- Nice finish though!
7:14 -- Farah: "Way to sing that like a cheesy dish soap commercial or something, Syesha. I sensed so little emotion there, least of all the 'I can't live without you' emotion that Alicia pours into that tune."
Former Cowboys running back Troy Hambrick, who wasn't quite up to the task of filling Emmitt Smith's cleats, was sentenced to five years in prison today for selling crack cocaine.
His best year was 2003, when he rushed for 972 yards and five touchdowns for Dallas.
Apparently there are a lot of ways to die. At least that's the premise behind a new Spike TV show debuting Wednesday at 10:30 p.m. called 1,000 Ways to Die.
The show highlights the last moments of people who met an untimely demise by bad luck or through bad decisions.
Sounds like a Darwin award winners will be chronicled.
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