Danny In The House

Today is the first day of the Semifinals Rounds of the American Idol, and Danny Gokey has once again proven to us that he is one of the best and the most deserving contestants to be in the top 12 in this season. He sang "Hero" by Mariah Carey, in which I thought that it was quite a weird song choice for him, but you know what, he nailed it. He was insanely good and I would really be disappointed if he does not make it into the top 12 this week. American must be blind or deaf for not voting him into the top 12.



Another contestant that has made a really good impression on me would be Ricky Braddy. He performed "Song For You" in this round and he was surprisingly good. I have never heard him singing before, or not that I can remember, but I really like his voice and performance tonight.



One of the big disappointments of the night, to me, would be Anoop's performance. He is a very likable characters and I think that he has a pretty good voice too. The song that he sang tonight did not really suit him and he failed to showcase his true potential and range with that song. Nonetheless, I still hope that he can make it into the top 12.



The girls tonight, in my opinion, were generally bad, and I failed to notice anyone who deserves to be in the top 12. However, as you might have known, only three persons can make it through to the next round and they would be the male and female contestants who have received the highest number of vote plus the next contestant, regardless of gender, who has received the next higher number of votes. So one of the girls will definitely make it into the top 12, which really sucks because I do not think that anyone of them deserves the place, base on their performances tonight. However, if I really have to choose, I think that the one who is relatively more deserving than the others would be Alexis Grace, who sang "Never Loved A Man". She is quite an edgy girl and I believe that her edgy attitude can bring her quite far in the competition.



All in all, I think that this week's episode was rather disappointing, except for the incredible performance by Danny near the end of the show. I hope that the semifinals next week will be much better and I really wish to see more good performances next week.