Idol Recap! The Boys Are Back In Town

Last week, my VCR went crazy and only taped part of Idol's second night of the top 24. Which was fine, because the recap at the end looked like the boys all sucked. So I was not sad to miss it! But this week I watched the boys improve marginally. Did they improve enough to not be boring as hell?

Super buff Michael Lynch opened the show with a stellar take on James Brown's "It's A Man's World." He has a great voice, he just looks so strange up on stage.

John Park brought his decent voice to John Mayer's "Gravity" - one of the most boring songs in the Mayer catalog. John made it even more boring. Kinda hate him.

Oh, Casey James. The girls love you, I have no idea why. You're cute and all, but not that cute. You need a hair cute and smack across the face to lose that stupid perma-grin. And you sang "I Don't Want To Be" with really shitty vocals, there wasn't enough power behind the tone and it sounded like you were swallowing your words. The guitar work was hammy at best. BOO!

OK, mullets? Really, American Idol? Mullets? Alex Lambert almost makes up for his awful hairstyle by singing "Everybody Knows" with a really interesting vocal tone. He sings really well, and even though the song wasn't that exciting, I remembered it and I liked it.

Todrick Hall was the guy who sang Kelly Clarkson last week and this week he's doing "What's Love Got To Do With It?" Yeah, he's gay. He attempts a new arrangement of the Tina classic, but it was strange and lost the melody. I'm all for changing up songs, but you should keep the good parts! I couldn't tell if his vocals were any good, because I couldn't tell if he was in tune.

I do love "What's Going On?" and I loved Jermaine Sellers' fashion sense. Why didn't I love his version of Marvin Gaye's classic pop song? He added way too much extra stuff to the song. Again, I like when people make a song their own, but you have to pick the right song to do that too.

Andrew Garcia did Fall Out Boy last week, in a really boring acoustic style. This week he did a really boring song, James Morrison's "You Give Me Something" and didn't change the song at all. Does he think his neck tattoo is exciting enough he doesn't need to sing? He should've tried "Broken Strings" instead.

Oh, classic Idol karaoke! Aaron Kelley, cute as a sixteen-year-old button, singing "My Girl" like a pageant princess. It takes me back to the early days, when Paula was the crazy one and Mariah Carey was God. He sang it well, but who cares about Temptations covers these days?

I agree with the first three judges, Tim Urban has somethings going on but doesn't have the whole package. "Get Higher" is a amazing song, and he can't sing it. Done deal. He's cute as hell, looks like he's gonna just blow us away with teen-pop charm. But he can't sing! Sad.

I must say, Lee Dewyze is also very cute. He has a great voice, great tone. But he needs to enunciate better, and not pick HORRIBLE HINDER SONGS! OMG, you thought I wasn't gonna go there this time, right? Not possible. I despise Hinder, and "Lips Of An Angel" (with it's whining infidelity tale and idiotic chorus) is the worst song ever. EVER! Try better songs next time, sexy.

I am still thinking the boys suck. They suck less than last time, but they still suck. Don't care who goes home, honestly. Can't we have an all girl top twelve? Pwease?