It's Week 2...Top 10 Boys

So last week, we lost Joe Munoz, Tyler Grady, Janell Wheeler, and Ashley Rodriguez...not sad about any of them going.  So after such a lackluster week, this week has to be better, right?  Well, the boys got bumped a day early, due to Crystal Bowersox being hospitalized for Type 1 Diabetes complications.  Let's hope and pray she's better.

Michael Lynche "It's A Man's Man's World"
Wow! This is soooo much better than last week!  I'm not buying him though.  It's all a little musical review, not contemporary recording artist.



John Park "Gravity"
He's so disappointed me.  He had such potential from his audition, and a really great tone.  He seems to be letting his nerves get the better of him.  A better song choice, but still not doing it for me.  I have a feeling, he's gone (Sorry Lauren :/)



Casey James "I Don't Wanna Be"
Casey is an amazing guitarist!  The vocals here are just eh, though.  His vibrato is a little out of control. I also feel like he's pushing the grit into his voice.  Good way to get nodes, sir.  Just ask Danny Gokey. This song always makes me think of One Tree Hill...



Alex Lambert "Everybody Knows"
Can I just squeeze him, please? He's sooo cute!  Such untapped talent.  The tour is gonna do amazing things for him (come on, we all know he's gonna make the tour...).  He has such a pure voice.  It's perfect for recording.  This was a great song choice for him.  He sounds nothing like John Legend, but still is contemporary.



Todrick Hall "What's Love Gotta Do With It"
This was a hot mess.  He's so comfortable on stage, a has great stage presence, but doesn't have the chops to back it up...You can see his years of dance and musical theatre in the way he takes criticism, though.  He handles it well, and changes what they tell him to change.



Jermaine Sellers "What's Goin On"
I like Jermaine.  His personality has won me over.  The first half of the song was messy, but he pulled it together for the second half.  He's really breathy in his falsetto.  He needs to watch videos of Adam Lambert because they have very similar voices, Jermaine's is just more gospel.  If he reigns it in, and follows the judge's advice, like he says he will, he could become amazing.



Andrew Garcia "You Give Me Something"
Andrew set the bar way too high for himself with his first few auditions.  He has a great voice, but seems like the criticism last week threw him.  This was shaky.  There just was no emotion to it. He also drops the ends of his phrases, which sometimes makes his held out notes go flat.  He needs to remember who he was when he made those youtube videos.  Maybe his friends are a big crutch for him...



Aaron Kelly "My Girl"
Oh, this was bad.  My mom said he reminds her of a middle schooler.  He's not ready for this, at all. David Archuleta, Allison Iraheta, and Diana DeGarmo are special kids.  Aaron is not of their caliber.  This whole performance was just off.  His rapid vibrato was pulling him flat a certain points.  He also over uses runs. Just makes this all over the place.



Tim Urban "Come On Get Higher"
Tim is totally out of his league here.  Ellen is right in encouraging him to find another creative outlet, but the judges are the ones who put him here.  Were the rest of the people auditioned that bad?  Or did he coast through on his looks?  (Is it telling I couldn't find a high quality video of him on youtube?  I hope so...)



Lee Dewyze "Lips Of An Angel"
Wow do I hate this song!  It's horrible!!! Although, it shows Lee would fit on modern radio. It was absolutely adorable how he kept getting a look on his face like he couldn't believe what was happening. Vocally, that was much better than last week.  He is gonna push Andrew Garcia out of frontrunner status soon.  He reminds me of a cross between David Cook/Chris Daughtry/Danny Gokey.