WTF Is Up With Jason Castro - American Idol 5-6-08
Welcome once again Idol fans to another week of WTF. We are down to four hopefuls. David Cook is the best all around performer, but shouldn’t win because they won’t have his interests at heart when they cut his album. Syesha Mercado should have been gone a long time ago but is starting to shine, but tonight’s theme could be tough. Jason Castro is hanging around just to annoy Simon. Then there is David Archuleta who I am betting is going to win because there are too many bubble heads who just think he is swell. With the Rock Hall opening its doors to these kids pick bad songs with this kind of availability they deserve to be shot David cook is rocking out Duran Duran’s Hungry Like The Wolf. Coming out sans guitar he is taking a risk. This would have been a great song for him to show his shit, but it still sounds good. Randy says okay. Paula says it left her with big appetite. Simon points out that he didn’t make it his own.
Syesha picks Tina’s version of Proud Mary. Well this could be the first WTF of the night. She does look hot in that shiny silver dress. I wonder if it has the matching mirrored panties? She has the moves and sound pretty good after it speeds up, but the beginning was only okay for me. Randy thought she was in the zone. Paula thought she looked like a star. Simon hated it, thinking it was a bad Tina Turner impersonation. Her attitude has changed in dealing with the judges too. She has become more gracious.
Jason with no surprise is going to do Bob Marley. He sounds good, but I think this is just another impersonation. It is a good impersonation, but it is still an impersonation. Randy thinks Jason sucked. Paula thought he performed to the audience, but wasn’t crazy about performance or song choice. Simon says it was utterly atrocious. I agree this was something you just don’t touch. He thought this was a first round train wreck. Where Syesha has grown gracious, Jason has got annoyingly cocky.
Archuleta is going to try and pull off Stand By Me. It might be a good song for him. He starts off strong. It is a smart choice of song for his voice. The backup singers match him well, this is a good performance. He played to the audience well, much better than Castro during the Marley disaster. Randy loves it. Paula loved it. Simon say Archuleta could have whistled out his ass and sounded better than Castro.
Cook is putting his own style into Baba O’Riley. This is a hit for him. Randy and Paula wanted more. Simon says “welcome back David Cook!”
Syesha is going to pull Sam Cook. She lets the song start with her big voice coming through. She carries the song very well. This is much better than her first performance in the technical arena, but I still liked the first one better. Randy doesn’t love this one as much as Proud Mary. It fell flat for him. This was don’t mess with Sam Cook moment for him. Paula loved it. Simon agrees with Paula and loved it. I think this could be the kiss of death for her.
Jason is going to try and kill Bob Dylan with his rendition of Mister Tambourine Man. He fucks up royally forgetting the words in the first thirty seconds. If he comes back it will only be to piss off Simon. Randy wants to hear Jason say this one sucked even worse. Paula says it is what it is and that is the best she could say. Simon tells him to pack his suitcase, which is enough to probably keep him in.
Archuleta is up for the final time and will come off sounding better than Castro if he puts a megaphone to his ass and farts out his song. He picks Love Me Tender which the fangirlz will eat up. He was smart picking the song, but his first song was much better. Everyone loved him best.
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