Blake Lewis - Fox New Years Eve Performance

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Top 10 Favorite American Idol Performances of 2007

I am sure I will ruffle some feathers with this one! It's unconventional I admit.

This was really tough. My goal was to find the most memorable performances in a season that was a bit lackluster overall. Maybe it wasn’t the contestants fault? Maybe it was a result of too much focus on the mentors? Either way, here are MY favorite performances...starting it off at 10:

10) Sanjaya Malakar – Audition:
I was a big fan of Sanjayas’ in the beginning. He was the kind of contestant we all love. Big potential, shy, great smile! OK it didn’t work out like we expected, but I still loved his audition!



9) Sundance Head – Audition:
Sundance not making the Top 12 was one of the first things wrong with Season 6. His song selections during the Top 24 weren’t great, and his nerves seemed to get the best of him, but come on America! Big mistake letting him fall away to lesser vocalists. This is a singing competition after all!



8) Blake Lewis – You Give Love a Bad Name:
I was never really a fan of Blake’s vocals, but I loved how he contemporized this song. He took a huge risk on this one and it paid off!



7) Taylor Hicks – Finale – Heaven Knows:
Taylor was an early favorite of mine in AI5, but lost some luster for me during the competition, and in the end was not my favorite to win. However, when he came out during this years finale it occurred to me how mediocre this season had been compared to Season 5. His “whiskey tenor” was in great vocal voice! In my opinion, we did not have one single guy this year whose vocals were even close to the depth of either Taylor or Elliott from Season 5.



6) Jordin Sparks – Final 2 - Broken Wing:
A flawless vocal. This performance during the Final Two was even better than the first time she performed it.



5) Hollywood – Chris Sligh, Blake Lewis, Rudy Cardenas, Tom Lowe:
You throw four guys together, a little older than many of the contestants, with professional experience performing in bands and you get THIS in Hollywood. It was a show-stopper!



4) Melinda Doolittle – My Funny Valentine:
I loved this song when Constantine performed it in Season 4. Melinda’s version had a completely different feel. After it was all said and done, this remained my favorite performance of hers.



3) Chris Sligh – Audition – Kiss From a Rose:
I had the same reaction to Chris’ audition as Paula. He gave me goosebumps and he had so much potential, but unfortunately he never quite lived up to it. At least not in the context of this show. He was definitely my favorite going into this year.



2) Jordin Sparks – I Who Have Nothing:
This performance I believe put Jordin in the drivers seat for Season 6. It became her competition to lose. This was the season of the ladies and Jordin showed us the most growth, and this was her turning point for me!



1) Jordin Sparks – This Is My Now:
This is what it’s all about isn’t it? Changing someones life forever? It is for me. I admit it's a bit cheesy. Jordin made it through this song with so much emotion, after winning, it still brings me to tears!



Thoughts?

New Years Eve Schedule

There are two shows airing New Years Eve with appearances by some of our favorites from both American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance. Here's the schedule:

Dick Clarks Primetime New Years Rockin' Eve - ABC
10/9c (3 1/2 hours LIVE)
Hosted by Dick Clark and Ryan Seacrest
Performances by Carrie Underwood

New Years Eve Live - FOX
11:00 PM-12:30 AM ET/CT/MT/PT
(Live ET, Tape delayed ALL other time zones)
Hosted by Cat Deeley
Performances by Jordin Sparks, Blake Lewis and from SYTYCD Sabra, Dominic and Hok

For the local and internet crowd only:
Countdown Chicago - ABC
11:08 - 12:15 CT
Hosted by Janet Davies and Mark Giangreco
Performances by Bucky Covington
COUNTDOWN CHICAGO will be streamed live and available on demand at abc7chicago.com.

If anyone knows of any others please let me know and I will include!

Blake Lewis - "Break Anotha" Music Video Premiere

Well, it's different? Not really my cup of tea, but wish Blake well with it.

Blake Lewis - Audio Day Dream - Album Cover

The scheduled release date for Blakes' debut album looks to be December 4th.

No track list has been leaked yet...

Blake Lewis - Listen to Songs Off His Yet To Be Released Album!

"Break Anotha" will be the 1st single which wlll be released to radio tomorrow!

Break Anotha

Know My Name

What do you think? Let me know in the comment section!

Blake and Doug E. Fresh Duet

Blake and Jordin - Finale Duet

Revisiting Jordin and Blake's audition videos

I love watching these at the end of the season. Don't we all? We watch the auditions in January and wonder if we can picture the auditoner winning it all. Do they have that something special? I will say that neither of these were the best auditions, in my opinion, but they obviously had that special something that carried them all the way to the end. Congratulations to both!

Jordin:



Blake:

Blake Lewis - This Is My Now

I know I have typo's please bear with me! I will fix them after the show...

Lost my internet connection...will update in few minutes.

I had this all typed up last night...every nuance the judges had to say, then lost it. This performance was not very good. Blake looked like he was having a real hard time with it. The judges recognized it wasn't his type of thing. Randy even said don't feel bad, it wasn't that bad. And it wasn't that bad, it was more the look on his face. He looked lost while singing it. See for yourself.

Blake Lewis - She Will Be Loved

Randy - Blake, check it out, great song, and a very nice vocal, like to see you singing natural and pure like that.

Paula - You got into the ease of the song, you sounded great.

Simon - It was good, it was safe, not as good as your first, I wouldn't have chosen that song because I don't think it makes that much of an impact, but..

Blake Lewis - You Give Love A Bad Name

Randy - Yo, Blake, Check it out, 10 out of 10 on the beat boxing...singing was just a'igh.t

Paula - You out did yourself, better than when at CBS (huh?)10 + 10 + 10.

Simon - You are not the best singer, but you are the most original, Performance was great, you were shouting and flat in the middle, but it doesn't matter, because it was a great performance.

Kiki, Phil sighting in the audience!

American Idol Finale and Results Show Rumors/Spoilers

I will be updating this post throughout the day as news trickles in!

Blake won the coin toss after last weeks show to determine performance order for this week. He gave Jordin the choice and she chose to perform last.

Blake and Jordin will be singing three songs, not sure of the order at this point:

1) A song they previously performed
2) The song writing competition winner (coronation song)
3) A new song of their choosing


So far:
Blake - You Give Love A Bad Name, previously performed Bon Jovi week
Jordin - Broken Wing, previously preformed Martina McBride week

Blake - She Will Be Loved, Maroon 5
Jordin - Fighter, Christine Aguilera

Blake - Songwriting winner (coronation song)
Jordin - Songwriting winner (coronation song)

Chris Daughtry should be performing "Home" tonight...I think.

These song choices look pretty solid. Results show below not so much at this point.


Results Show:

The Dreamgirls (Jennifer, Beyonce, Anika Rose)are rumored to be performing with Jordin. Editors note: That would be amazing!

There are video leaks of some sort of Sanjaya segment filmed on the beach with a bunch of young women (possibly cheerleaders?). There is dancing, not sure about singing? (I am thinking like the Kellie Pickler and Wolfgang Puck segment last year?).

Another rumor has Sanjaya performing with Britney Spears.

Kelly Clarkson is also rumored to be performing...with a contestant?

Katharine McPhee to perform with Blake?

These rumors are too funny to pass up! We'll see if they have legs...

Blake and Jordin - Final Two Publicity Photo's

Blake - Idol's Choice - When I Get You Alone

Blake - Producer's Choice - This Love

Blake - Paula's Choice - Roxanne

Idols Go Home

The Top 3 Idols, as we've seen in the past, get to return to their home towns for the day and see first hand the support they are receiving at home. This season that day was yesterday (Friday). During their home town celebrations they also receive from a home town official one of their song selections. Here are some pictures popping up on the web from those visits.

Jordin returns to Arizona:

Blake returns to Seattle:

Melinda returns to Tenessee:

Blake Lewis - This Is Where I Came In

Blake Lewis - You Should Be Dancing