Earl Stevenson is eliminated tonight. Sigh.
Tonight’s Results show begins at 8 pm ET. Canadians and border dwellers ¦carry on! The rest of us will catch up ¦
Jordin Sparks performs tonight, as does guest mentor, Anne Murray.
I’ll post video from Igrecman as soon as it up.
Woah, what happened to Anne Murray’s voice? She used to have this velvety-smooth alto, now it’s all cracked and hoarse. Maybe she’s not feeling well. Her performances tonight were not good. Glad to hear she’s such a legend in Canada. Folks in America forgot all about her around 1980 or so. By the way, none of the group medley performances impressed me.
Jordin Sparks was her usual effervescent self as she performed her single, “One Step at a Time”.
I’m not surprised Earl Stevenson was eliminated last night. Thing is, Earl wasn’t very good this week. Don’t know what was going on with him. But something in both performances was really off. Even his sing out was a little weird. A train? A what? I think his attempt at audience participation confused the crowd a little. Earl’s past performances were utterly in the moment, but this week, it was like Earl decided to take a little vacation. In the middle of his performances. That’s not good.
Some fans are suggesting that Earl, a songwriter, got sick of singing other people’s songs. Maybe he saw the prize looming and decided he didn’t want it. I don’t know. I hope his upcoming interviews shed some light on where his head is at. I’m going to miss the unique rock/soul stylings Earl brought to the show. I was hoping to see him in the finale.
As for the three that are left. Theo has just got to win. I know Canadian Idol isn’t a huge franchise like AI, but what little credibility it has is going to be lost if Theo doesn’t take it all. Both Drew Wright and Mitch MacDonald appear to have huge regional fan bases. And Drew has been improving over these weeks. I think he’s been picking up fans along the way. The idea of a Mitch/Drew final two does not seem that far-fetched to me. Horrible, but not far fetched.
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