We Know what We Like, and Select American Idols are at the Top of the List

We Know what We Like, and Select American Idols are at the Top of the List

American Idol is the number one show in the nation. And we viewers make it so, holding the power of choice as we do. But how do you determine what or who you like? I use one simple test.

The business connections’ efforts to do repeated re-dialing (now a thing of the past) and the teeny-bopper votes aside (hopefully also long gone with Carrie Ughderwood), the American Idol of choice—who should go on, who should get out, who should win–appeals to us in the simplest of ways. At least, that’s how I see it.

I have one simple criterion that I rely on for every single episode of American Idol: no matter what I am doing, if not focusing directly on the TV set, I know “good” singing by one visceral response. I get goose bumps. I can be looking at the computer monitor, reading a book, or watching the guy contestant’s slick moves or gal

contestant’s over- exaggerated attempts to be unnecessarily sexy…. The minute he or she goes into a perfect pitch, a furious falsetto, or a sustained range of low to high notes, and I get that shudder, that all-over trilling of the tiniest of hairs on nape of neck or arms, I know we have a winner…or at least a contender for the top spots.
Last night (Tuesday, February 20th), I got it only a couple of times. But I know they were nervous, they were testing the situation, the site, the stage. I also know, because I respond the way many do, that what works for me on American Idol is what works for those who know music, love music, and respect the efforts and ideal goals of the likes of Idol hopefuls.

My bets are on these guys, then:

Chris Sligh is still my favorite, as I love his approach and trust his intentions to rock, defend rock, and make rock his own and ours.

If he can get past nerves and being forced to conform, Sundance Head is going to kick some ass: he has a soulful voice (when not affected by crowds and pressures) and has a keen musical sensibility—I mean, who else would think of and then actually get away with “Nights in White Satin”?

Chris Richardson has a whole package thing, and if he also gets the nervousness gone—so the speediness settles—his dynamics, his smiling presence and smooth movement on stage, as well as his range capacities will take him far.

Blake Lewis is going to bring a brilliance that we have not seen since Justin Timberlake left the Boyz behind: Blake has a stunning range, a versatility, and a sense of timing and character that made for one of the best performances of the first guys’ night and which will keep many of us on edge with his edgy self.
And keep a close (and covetous) watch on Jared Cotter: he has this throwback to the Motown greats; he has a most palatable sound; and he can and will work the crowds with his creamy beauty and boytoy charm.

Bring on the trills and thrills, boys.
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