Speaking of signs:
Look to the far right side of the arena, close to the stage
(as if David is looking towards the audience)
A fan made a lovely lit-up, flashing white bulbs I HEART DAVID COOK sign
David noticed it (how could you not?!) and he commented “How pretty!” it was.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApjhNKzaHSQ

I still haven’t found anyone to confirm Jason’s so called lyrics flub. I’ve been wondering if this guy just doesn’t know the Iz lyrics or if Jason actually flubbed them. I’m leaning towards the former.

2. Brooke White, arena rocker: Nothing fazed Brooke White. Not the big crowd, not the faulty mic stand that get slipping so that she had to stop playing guitar and hold it up a couple of times, after skooching down slowly to keep singing into the mic. And when it came time to bring it, she knocked Coldplayà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Yellowà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  out of the park.

Nice

I’m glad that Brooke is consistently getting good reviews. Very pleased that she’s more comfortable performing in a big arena than one would expect.

5. Jason Castro doesn’t get “Crazy”: It’s hard to believe, but somehow he made the Gnarls Barkley song “Crazy” annoying. It was slowed down, kinda noisy and a little messed up, even after he flubbed the words of “Over the Rainbow,” though he smoothed it over nicely.

4. Ramiele Malubay’s Strong Island salute: Sure, she probably doesn’t know that Taylor Dayne is from Baldwin, but that doesn’t really matter. Her version of “Love Will Lead You Back” was strong and sweet and connected well.

3. Kristy Lee Cook still working it: She wasn’t the best singer, but she still knows how to give a crowd what it wants. She got a big ovation, in part, because she was the only one who handed out t-shirts.

2. Brooke White, arena rocker: Nothing fazed Brooke White. Not the big crowd, not the faulty mic stand that get slipping so that she had to stop playing guitar and hold it up a couple of times, after skooching down slowly to keep singing into the mic. And when it came time to bring it, she knocked Coldplay’s “Yellow” out of the park.

1. Michael Johns’ booty pop: He had the best set of all the Idols (sorry Davids), belting out “We Are the Champions” and “Dream On” like he had been playing arenas for years. But the way he enjoyed himself during the two group songs made Johns all the more endearing, especially his half-joking version of the Beyonce booty pop from “Crazy in Love” that he did during “Don’t Stop the Music.” It was one of the evening’s only moments where it looked like someone was enjoying with working with everyone else.

AM New York

Pam
Aug 5th, 2008 at 12:16 am
MAVID shrug

Thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s right, shrug. Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s looks like they were both at a loss as to what to do tonight. heh

Hehehe. That Mavid thing has become a show within itself…even if it is five seconds long.

Brooke White was the evening’s biggest surprise, looking comfortable on the big stage, especially on a lovely version of Coldplay’s “Yellow.”

I so would like to see her in her element. I think she could be huge.

So how about some information on the others like Jason, Brooke extra..

Well, actually we weren’t. The annual “American Idol” tour may have some rock elements, but it’s pretty far away from arena-filling rock shows. And this year’s version — despite Cook’s excellent set, featuring his hit “Time of My Life” and his ever-impressive grunge interpretations of Lionel Richie’s “Hello” and Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean” — was farther away than usual.