So I’m not bitter or anything that my fellow San Jose State Spartan Katie Webber didn’t win last week. She still can make it if she gets picked as a wild card. Really, I’m fine. It’s not like I’m a fan boy or something. It’s not like I sit here and post pictures of her on my blogger while doing the American Idol reports. I’m so not a stalker. Even though I’m over it, she still was hosed.

I can understand why young Diana Degarmo won. She’s cute and has a huge voice. But she also looks younger than her supposed 16 years of age and the cute factor only goes so long until cute becomes annoying. Remember Carmen from last year? Diana is no Katie Webber. As for Fantasia Barrion, I can see why the judges liked her so much. She had great stage presence and also has a ton of voice. But her look is all bad. Her hair is shorter than mine. And in a day and age when Alicia Keys sells a lot and Kelly Price a little, I don’t know how far she can go. In that department, she can’t really hold Katie Webber’s strapless bra. Where’s Corey Clarke when you need him? Free Corey Clarke, free Corey Clarke …

This is the second group of 8 and if they are as good as the first group, this should be another good show. Ryan opens up the show saying that American Idol is now the most popular show on TV. More popular than Surreal Life? Impossible.

First up tonight is one of the favorite personalities from the tryouts, Matthew Rogers. He’s the big football player with the big voice. Even though he’s probably a fan favorite, I don’t know if his voice has enough range. He’s singing Do For Love which was made popular again on one of Tupac Shakur’s posthumous albums. Randall said he wasn’t feeling it that much because it was safe and was not Matt. Paula who is wearing so much make-up tonight, said she didn’t feel his confident personality. Simon said it’s a 3 out of 10.

Briana Ramirez-Rial is next. She’s a suspenders freak. It’s not the most attractive outfit, but hey, at least it’s original. She’s doing Norah Jones’s Don’t Know Why. Jones by the way sold 1.1 million of her new record this week. Her version of the song was quite boring. Randall said it didn’t show that she could be a good singer. Paula said she didn’t show the quality in her voice. Simon said it was just nothing and used the word, whoopee! It just hit me. From the first time I saw her, she reminded me of someone. And that person is Joey McIntyre from the New Kids. And if you’re a female trying out for American Idol, you don’t want to remind anyone of Joey McIntyre. Noel Roman is from the Bronx with the cuts in his eye brow, pretending to wild out. He has a wannabe Stevie Wonder, Glenn Lewis voice and he’s bombing big time. He’s singing This I Promise You and if you could imagine someone dying a slow death on stage, this is your guy. Randall said that he got 5 notes out of 20. Paula agreed and Simon said if the goal was to vote for the guy who got the least amount of notes right, Noel would be the guy. This group is not comparable at all to last week’s.

Ooh, they showed a graphic for another one of those blooper shows. I bet we see William “Well” Hung again.

Kara Master from Palo Alto, California is next. She’s much better than the first three, but I’m still not hearing what we heard last week. I have no idea what song she’s singing. But it was ok. And plus, she’s from Palo Alto. She does not finish the song strong at all. Randall said it wasn’t for him. Paula thought she picked the wrong song and Simon said he’s glad they didn’t charge the audience to get in the show tonight. William Hung might’ve been able to “hang” with this group. Imagine him singing an Enrique Iglesias song. He’ll be your hero baby.

Lisa Leuschner, the one who Simon said had a big ass, in slightly nicer words, is next. Lisa is singing Sweet Thing. She has that deep voice, but it’s slightly different than what I expected from her. I expected Amy Grant and I get Mary J. Blige. Definitely the best of the bunch so far. Randall and Paula loved it. Simon said that she sang in tune and it was good, though not fantastic. Agreed. If you wonder why Lisa has such a large posterior, it comes from the mother. Jesus Roman, Noel’s bro, is next. Let’s hope that he’s better than Noel. He’s singing Back At One by Brian McKnight and I don’t think he’s much better than Noel. Actually he’s worse. He even screwed up a couple of the lyrics because he couldn’t keep up with the music. Randall said the performance was painful. Paula said he expected to not do well. Simon said he made his brother sound good. Paula said she wanted to hit Simon, and Simon said it’d make him feel better. Jesus was bad, and not bad meaning good, but bad meaning bad.

Camile Velasco from Hawaii is next and the wife said that Camile sang Lauryn Hill at the auditions. She’s singing One Last Cry by Brian McKnight and this is the much better Brian McKnight cover. She’s uneven though. She sings in a low voice, then goes high, then goes low again. Let’s see what the judges think. Randall remembered the Lauryn Hill cover and said she had a good tone and it was a’ight. He called her a young Lauryn. Paula said she was very mature and thinks she has potential. Simon kind of agrees and says she has the best potential out of the group tonight. Randall said to bring the hip hop back.

And our last performer, Marisa Joy, who was my prediction to advance before the show, is next. She’s singing Some Kind of Wonderful which is so wrong for her voice. I was waiting for Sarah Mclachlan. Randall said that he was happy she did an uptempo song, but he was lost when she was doing her crouch stance. Paula said she has beautiful eyes and was better near the end of the song. Simon said she has the posture of a bar singer. He said she was in the top three, but that the group as a whole as abysmal.

If I were to guess, Lisa Leuschner and Camile Velasco go on to the next round and Marisa Joy gets a chance to be a part of the wild card round. Everyone else pretty much sucked it big time. If only Katie Webber were a part of this group. She might’ve received 100% of the vote. Not that I’m bitter or anything.

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