American Idol 3: April 14, 2004

Published on April 14, 2004 By Jamie Burnside In Entertainment

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Hi there friends! Just finished watching tonight's episode of "American Idol."

The theme of tonight's show was "Favorite Movie Songs." The theme kind of threw me off at the start of the show. The contestants would talk about their favorite movie, and then they would sing a song from a different movie. There were a few, "Was that song really in that movie?" moments before I finally figured out what was going on.

The guest judge was Quentin Tarantino. Tarantino came off as pretty "geeky," but he was able to supply a few good comments during the show. (I am interested to see the second part of "Kill Bill" by the way. But since we have a baby now, I think that well have to wait until it comes out on video.)

One of the nicest developments of today's show was that Randy cooled it with his annoying cliches. He still kept 'em coming, but at least he showed some restraint.

The performances:

1. George Huff- His performances up to now have been fantastic. That is why I was surprised with his relatively poor showing tonight. Maybe he wasn't feeling himself. (Grade: C-)

2. Jennifer Hudson- She did a good job with the song. I'd like it more if it weren't a Whitney song. Whitney Houston songs on American Idol are so played-out. (Grade:

3. Jon Peter Lewis- He went to the well again and sang an Elvis song. I don't think that he can get away with it again this season. The performance wasn't all that good either. (Grade: C-)

4. Diana DeGarmo- She sang one of my favorite songs. It didn't turn out so well though. How sad. I always like to hear that song sung well. This performance however reminded me of one of Carmen Rasmussen's poorer ones last season.

I was also a bit surprised at Tarantino's voracity when he went after Diana. I wonder where that came from...

What I really liked about Diana today was her choice for favorite movie. She said that her favorite was "Bowfinger." Thats one of my favorite too. As far as I am concerned, I don't think that I have seen a funnier movie made within the last ten years. (Diana's grade: C)

5. Fantasia Barrino- Fantasia's song was terribly good tonight. It was a unique performance. (Grade: A)

6. Jasmine Trias- Her song wasn't exactly fantastic tonight. She had the rough luck of going on after Fantasia. (Grade:

7. John Stevens- He finally got the chance to sing an old song. Id' probably like tonight's performance a lot better if his previous performances hadn't all been so horseshit. Because of his recent showings, I was sort of rooting-against him.

Tarantino was right-on with his comments about John. He said something like: "I'm not a big fan of yours, but tonight's song was fine."

Simon also had a good comment about John's lack of charisma. In the past I have compared his on-camera image as resembling Lilith Crane. (Grade:

8. LaToya London- LaToya has a great voice. Second-best performance of the night. (Grade: A)

Jamie and Kazuko's picks for best and worst of the night:

BEST: Fantasia (Jamie and Kazuko)
WORST: Jon Peter (Jamie); Diana (Kazuko)

Comments

Janders

on Apr 14, 2004

Jaime~ You should let Jay and I babysit some day so you and kazuko can go see Kill bill!

~joey

KellyW0498

on Apr 14, 2004

I missed George sing tonight, but I did see the rest.
I agree Fantasia was awesome tonight.
That red head is on my last nerve.
LaToya is good, but boring.
I look forward to your reviews on this. Keep them coming!

Nancy

on Apr 15, 2004

I always love reading your summaries. I think they are spot-on.

I really loved Quentin Tarrantino as a guest judge. He actually judged! They usually just say, "That was great. What a pretty girl." When it was actually ghastly with a capital G.

I was also relieved to see John Stevens do well. He won't get voted off. I'm sticking with my theory about America wanting there to be more of an even number of boys and girls. At least this time, when he doesn't get voted off, I won't be so angry about it.

Fantasia was so great. Especially when she cried afterward. And when Tarantino told her he wanted more funky Fantasia.

Nancy

Jamie Burnside

on Apr 15, 2004

The best news about Fantasia's performance last night was that she didn't end her song with, "Yeah Yeah Yeah," like she usually does.

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