“When I Get You Alone” was my favorite of the three!

Mine too! I don’t know how many times I rewatched it on my DVR! :)

Blake had a fantastic Top 3 night and he definitely earned his place in the finale. “When I Get You Alone” was my favorite of the three!

*swoon* Okay, so I’m older, we know this– and I had never heard that song before. M5 I knew he’d be good at, and he was, but when he broke out the Robin Thicke?? Oh, my. Is it the words? The phrasing? the way he sung it? Idk, but I was just agog I think. Agog, and drooling, perhaps. It was then spouse started wondering what was going on with me! hah!

First seduced with Sting, and then TKO’d by Robin Thicke. :-D

Oh man, good times. Top3 last year was SO made of awesome. Last night with Syesha doing her sultry thing, spouse mentioned Melinda and how she was just so unbelievable. Yeah, we all still miss it, despite DCook’s (awesome)glory-notes.

Is it just me, or have the current crop lost their fire?

Not just you pj. Something about last was just, well…boring. Made me long for last years top three. Blake kicked butt last year. And I too loved the Robin Thicke song/performance:D

Not so intested in AI this year (since Jason is gone) but I think I’ll check results this time online as they get there . I’ll be watching Finland against USA ice hockey game (world championships) and it starts 2.00 am here in Finland..I’ll have to do something between periods to keep me wake!

ETA: it’s 10.37 pm now here..

For starters, Blake, Melinda and Jordin all gave strong performances. Next, the 3 actually like each other so while they may have been competitive, it was good, friendly competition. I don’t sense much of a connection with this year’s contestants. Season 6 top 10 really jelled with each other and it was treat to see their group interviews and the concert.

Blake doing When I Get U Alone was the performance that got him a slot in the final 2. He was the only one who chose to perform a new song rather than reprise a previous performance. Oddly enough, I think a lot of fans who were so besotted with This Love (because the song was more familiar) that many overlooked When I Get U Alone.

One thing from last night–I thought what AI did to Syesha in giving her that dumb song from Happy Feet ranks right up there with Blake being saddled with This is My Now in terms of the show and its producers sabotaging a contestant’s chances. I felt really bad for Syesha last night.

I’ll agree that Syesha kinda got hosed with the “Happy Feet” song but she did herself NO favors choosing “Fever” as her own choice. I’ll be honest, I found her very boring, on the fake side, with mediocre vocals.

Also I might add, that it surprises me sometimes, to read an account from someone online of their “opinion”. Definitely gives a new perspective on the whole what it takes to WIN AmericanIdol, and the way the public responds to the Finale performances. Hmm.
ie the difference between say a Jordin fan, and a Blake fan. or the difference between a Cookie and Archie even…how do the cast-off favs and their displaced fans Vote, in the end? That’s always the question. Are they converted to a fandom in the end? or do they vote based on performance, and emotion?

But, I am with Nic, as I have said before. They can release every song off the CD as a single, but none will fare any better than the first two, without more label support. Plain and simple. The label has to decide if they are going to really get behind a 3rd single, and not just throw it out there and expect it to fly on its own.

I’ve sort of wondered if Clive weren’t in the process of being “demoted,” if there would have been more label behind B. But, I doubt it, with all the money he poured into Leona.