American Idol Scorecard: And Then There Were Two
Posted Wednesday 05/14/2008 5:24 PM in
Blender Blog
by
Melissa Ward
With this season coming to an end we look back
on the good, bad and Awkward (that’s right—capital ‘A’) performances of American
Idol. We thought last night would be chock full of knock-your-socks-off
performances considering it was the last chance to work the judges and
fate-holding phone-dialers before next week’s final. Instead, the three
remaining contestants did some gawky dancing and turned in sub par performances
that made us wonder if any of them has a shot at a legit post-Idol career.Filed Under:
American idol, American idol scorecard
David Archuleta: Two key lyrics sum up the night for Archie:
“boo” and “shawty.” We commend him for trying something different but, let’s be
real, it was unfortunate to watch uncoordinated middle school dancing and
hip-hop lyrics coming from everyone’s favorite wide-eyed high schooler. 
Syeshsa Mercado: Seyesha gave a great karaoke performance of “If
I Ain’t Got You” that could fool a half-deaf person. However, the judges seemed to think she looked better than she
sounded after “a lame cabaret performance” of “Fever.” She lasted longer than
anyone thought, so good for her.
David Cook: David Cook is a rocker and we like
it. What makes him more worthy to win the American Idol title is his
stellar performance of “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face”.
It’s obvious that Cook has the range to go from rock to soulful ’60s, and Simon
helped him close the episode by exclaiming, “David Cook wins the night!” Read about Simon’s totally not gay love of David Cook in our exclusive interview here.
