Shania Twain Night on Idol!

One of our household’s passions is American Idol and Tuesday night was Shania Twain night. She looked amazing and I have to say, I was very impressed with her as a mentor. She was down to earth, likeable and really focused on connecting with the song and bringing out emotion. I have to say, I’m enjoying the season this year.

Thoughts on Last Night's Show:
Overall, the contestants are pretty good and I do have my favorites. Lee DeWyze is one of them. I really like his raspy, rough tone to his voice. It’s probably pretty consistent with my tastes. I really like Lifehouse, Daughtry, David Cooke and Third Day and they all have the cool tone.

Casey James is another fav. I think he has the whole package – the look, the voice and man, can that guy play an axe! He actually said last night was the first night he actually “sang” which I thought was an interesting comment. What has he been doing up until now? I thought he hit it out of the park and I hope he sticks around for another week.

Crystal Bowersox rounds out my top three and she’s probably on the top of my list. I did not like last night’s performance of “No One Needs to Know Right Now”, which is a first for me. She country-fied Shania way too much and felt a little too bluegrass for my tastes. And I love this song. However, you have to give her kudos for making it her own though. I sure hope she sticks around because I think the show would lose its appeal without her.

On my bottom three are Mike Lynche, Aaron Kelly and Siobhan Magnus. R&B is really not my genre of music and they compared Mike to Luther Vandross., which is probably why he isn’t my favorite. Aaron Kelly is too young for my tastes and I probably wouldn’t buy an album. The kid can sing though.
Shiobhan. I really don’t understand the appeal of this girl. If someone could explain it to me, that would be fantastic. I have to agree with Simon that her shrieking at the end of her songs is getting boring and I find her really robotic in her moments and singing. I didn’t like her arrangement of “Any Man of Mine” and I didn’t think she had the attitude that Shania was asking for in her advice to Shiobhan.

All in all, I thought it was good night. Crossing my fingers that Crystal is still on the show. As good as Aaron sang last night, I think his time might be up.
Kudos again to Shania. I think she makes a great ambassador for Canadian music!