American Idol 2009 Season 8: Top 36 Group 3 Performances

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American Idol 2009 Season 8: Top 36 Group 3 Performances

By Jeff | March 4, 2009

American Idol Season 8 continued as the final group took their turn on Tuesday, March 3rd. Once again, only the top 3 contestants are guaranteed to move on to the Top 12. Finally, I felt the contestants were actually competing to win. This is the first group where we really had more than two strong performers. This is going to be tough to pick.

This is the only negative to this new format. We finally had strong performances from most of the contestants, yet only three are guaranteed to advance to the Top 12. However, I would not be surprised if the remaining 3 contestants let in from the Wild Card round all came from Group 3. It was that strong. And now Kris officially looks like an idiot for stating that Group 2 was the best group of them all. Kris, from where we are sitting, Group 2 was the worst.

For this first part, this series is simply going to supply my personal notes on the performances and at the end, I’ll tell you who will advance in my opinion. Once we get to the Top 12, I’ll get more detailed.

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Group 3: Performances

Von Smith - best of the lead-off singers by far… still not sure if he’ll be memorable enough to advance, but the dude can sing
Taylor Vaifanua - The girl can sing, no doubt about that… but it was a boring performance. She will be lost in the crowd and will not move on.
Alex Wagner-Trugman- loveable nerd… needed to stop screaming and start singing the song. America can’t help but to like the guy, just not enough to help him advance.
Arianna Afsar- sweet girl, but boring… she will be as lost as Taylor is as nothing stood out from the performance except for the fact that my wife recognized the song from the Momma Mia soundtrack.
Ju’Not Joyner - sang very well and not a bad change to a great song by the Plain White T’s… it was a little slow for my taste but Ju’Not has a shot of getting to the Top 12.
Kristen McNamara - hated the song (that’s a personal preference, but I still hated it)… the girl can blow but I’m not sold that she did enough to get a guaranteed spot in the Top 12. She will have to prove it in the Wild Card round.
Nathaniel Marshall - disgusting… idiotic… hated it. It was pretty funny when Simon said, “I think you would” when Nathaniel finished singing “Anything for Love” by Meatloaf (not sure if that is the real name of the song but you know what I mean). This drama queen needs to lose the head bands not that it matters because he’s out.
Felicia Barton - good rendition of Alicia Keys. Nothing special or out of the ordinary. If she was in group 1 or 2, she would probably have been a lock for Top 12 but in this talented bunch it will be hard for her to get enough votes.
Scott MacIntyre - a few notes were off, but you can’t help to pull for a blind guy that makes fun of Seacrest with his high-five request. That was classic and he gets my vote. Loved it.
Kendall Beard - definitely a country girl and will probably garner a lot of votes for it. It was all right I guess. I’m not a country fan to say the least, but she can sing. Possible Wild Card round contender.
Jorge Nuñez - The Puerto Rican came with it. Something needs to happen to his large eyebrows, but the guy can bring the talent with a little Latin flavor.
Lil Rounds - Strongest performer of the night. She appears polished and ready to go. She did sound alot like Mary J Blige and we have one of those already so we’ll see if she can add some individuality. But she easily makes it to the next round.

Group 3: Prediction

Top Girl: Lil Rounds
Top Guy: This was so tough but I think there is a heart for Scott MacIntyre and it’ll be hard to root against him
Last in: This is basically a crapshoot as it could be anyone practically from this group - but I’ll take a chance on the Puerto Rican - Jorge Nunez

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