American Idol – Jordin Sparks wins as expected
It wasn’t exactly a nail-biting finale. Jordin Sparks clearly out sang Blake Lewis in the American Idol grand finals. Jordin Sparks had better song choices including the last song which both she and Blake had to sing.
The 3rd song is a typically sappy, sentimental number written specially for the American Idol finale which the winner would release as the 1st single – check out its also typically supposedly inspiring but ultimately dumb title – This Is My Now – and super cheesy lyrics about being willing to settle for less in the past, but this is my NOW. Jeez.
I’m almost thankful that Melinda Doolittle isn’t in the finals so that she doesn’t have to sing this awful song. It was more suited to the Jordin Sparks style of singing and Blake Lewis was already disadvantaged with 1 song down.
[youtube]36w2OigkwvQ[/youtube]
In fact, it was so painfully obvious (see video) that Blake Lewis had a terrible time singing the song, as Simon Cowell astutely pointed out, he did as much as he could but clearly it wasn’t the type of song suited for Blake. I actually felt really sorry that this song was being inflicted on Blake.
Blake’s choice of She Will Be Loved unfortunately did not do much for him in terms of bringing out the wow factor – it was more of an OK, can do performance which left him with the song that did wow people in previous rounds – You Give Love A Bad Name but the audience had already heard it only recently and it did not bring anything new to his repetoire.
[youtube]EZs6DnD1wAk[/youtube]
Everyone except me was blown away by Broken Wing from Jordin Sparks and the competition was pretty much over. All the judges concurred that Jordin is the winner. Since proceedings were kinda boring, I started star-spotting and among those I saw in the audience included Dennis Richards, Marlee Matlin, Olivia Nwton-John, Wentworth Miller and Kathy Lee Griffith.
Blake Lewis song list
You Give Love A Bad Name
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
She Will Be Loved
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
This Is My Now
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Jordin Sparks song list
Fighter
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Broken Wing
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
This Is My Now
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Hollywood celebrity gossip news rumors
Posts Others Have Read
Both comments and pings are currently closed.