From the Archives: Season 5 Love Songs Week

I kept the comments short this week since I was alternating between writing this and watching a San Jose Sharks playoff game. The Sharks won, BTW, though I think it was the last game they won that year. Sadly the same was said for Kellie Pickler this night.

From April 25, 2006:

Katherine: Having never heard the song before I thought she did a good job with it, though I agree with the judges that she could have selected a better song to show off her talent. In retrospect, she shouldn't have chosen a Whitney Houston song.

Elliott: A very strong vocal performance. It was strong, emotional, and technically sound. At times it sounded like he was channeling Donnie Hathaway. His voice was born for this music.

Kellie: Not a very good song choice, "Unchained Melody" is way too big a song for her and it was obvious, painfully at times. There were some major pitch problems. The only good thing about her performance this week was that it was better than last week, and she wasn't in the bottom three then...

Paris: The singing was kind of flat, but there was some strong moments, particularly towards the end. It was kind of disturbing, though, that was smiling while singing "The Way We Were." It's supposed to be a sad song, isn't it?

Taylor: Almost the same as last week, flat and karaoke at the start, much stronger towards the end, though not as strong as last week. Once again he hindered himself by his song choice. He too could have picked a better song to showcase his talent.

Chris: An excellent song choice and a very strong performance. I would buy an album with that song on it. I was wondering how he would respond to being in the bottom 2 last week. If he's there again this week there should be an investigation.

Predictions: Based on this week's performances the three girls would be in the bottom three, as the guys clearly outperformed them. If there is any justice in the world then Kellie Pickler will be voted off, even though she's really cute. Since she somehow managed survive last week (probably because lots of other people think she's cute too) my guess is that'll survive at least one more week and Paris Bennett will be voted off. If Chris Daughtry gets voted off then this will be my last American Idol report.