American Idol 2009 Season 8: Top 13 Performances

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American Idol 2009 Season 8: Top 13 Performances

By Jeff | March 11, 2009

So the judges decided to allow Anoop Desai to remain in the competition and created a 13th spot for him. So Tuesday’s original plan for Top 12 was magically changed to the Top 13. And as expected, at least by me anyway, there are two contestants being cut to get the show back on schedule. The judges keep saying that any of the remaining contestants can win the competition and I wholeheartedly disagree. I can pretty much guarantee right now that Anoop, Michael, Kris, Jasmine, Megan, and Alexis have absolutely zero chance of becoming this year’s American Idol. I can also add Scott to that list, reluctantly, because I just think it will be too tough for him to be able to out-perform some of the others with his sight impairment in the later stages. I like the guy alot and that fact that he is where he is right now is amazing, but unfortunately, he is going to have to do things that I don’t think his voice is capable of doing in order to make it further than the Top 6.

Top 13 Performances

Lil Rounds

I would have to agree with Simon that the outfit doesn’t fit her. The pants looked odd on her on that stage. I expected a little more from Lil in her performance to be honest. It was good and a good start to the show but it wasn’t great and it didn’t blow me away. Still, that’s being a bit picky and there’s no doubt she is one of the early favorites to win this year.

Scott MacIntyre

I think Scott did well. It was a lesser known song but I disagree with Simon on this one. Scott has a real connection with the audience and we know his story, we know his passion for music, and we know why he sang a song with a positive message. It wasn’t a performance that knocked me off my feet but it was solid and he will be safe this week.

Danny Gokey

I was worried at the beginning. I kept thinking to myself, “why is he singing this song so slowly?” Then BAM! Nice touch Danny. Great song selection. The crowd gets involved and that’s what they love to do. It appears that Danny knows exactly what he is doing and that may get him to the finals if he keeps it up.

Michael Sarver

I’ll be honest. I have not been impressed with this guy up to this point. I told my wife before watching the show that Michael has a chance to go home. Of course she quickly reminded me that he hadn’t even performed yet, but I didn’t care. Well, now I do. I’ve changed my mind and it’s clear that Michael indeed belongs in this group. The performance in itself wasn’t great. In fact, it was a little boring but there is no doubt he has a much better voice than I originally gave him credit for. I still don’t believe he has even a sliver of chance to win but I wouldn’t be surprised if he makes through a few more weeks.

Jasmine Murray

The girl is beautiful. Nobody questions that. The girl has a decent voice. The girl can’t perform. She’s been boring and she picked a song that she couldn’t handle. I don’t understand why contestants keep making the same mistakes. You don’t touch Mariah Carey or Whitney Houston as a female contestant unless you have to because it’s the chose theme. She’s young so hopefully she learned from it but it should have been an easy lesson to have already learned if she was paying attention to the brief history of the show. Stupid. Possible elimination fodder.

Kris Allen

Allison Iraheta

Anoop Desai

Jorge Nunez

Megan Joy

Adam Lambert

Matt Giraud

Alexis Grace

Top 13 Rankings according to ThinkBox:

Adam Lambert
Danny Gokey
Lil Rounds
Scott MacIntyre
Allison Iraheta
Michael Sarver
Matt Giraud
Alexis Grace
Megan Joy
Kris Allen
Jasmine Murray
Jorge Nunez
Anoop Desai

Top 13 Predictions:

As stated earlier two are going to be cut this round. I believe Anoop, Kris, Jasmine, Jorge, and to a lesser extent Megan all have a fairly decent chance of going home immediately. I’m going with Jasmine and Anoop as the two getting cut this round. I’d rather see Kris and Jasmine go but Beat It is just untouchable and Jasmine has yet to live up to her potential.

*Editor’s note: This is probably going to be a work in progress all day and will probably not get finished until after the results are announced so I went ahead and published the post unfinished. I just wanted my predictions to be available before the show to maintain whatever integrity I have earned.

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