Girls, Girls, Girls

After watching the girls on Idol tonight, I have come to the conclusion that the six that make the finals will be the following:

1. Melinda Doolittle
2. Lakisha Jones
3. Jordin Sparks
4. Sabrina Sloan
5. Stephanie Edwards
6. Gina Glocksen

What's a shame is that 5 of those 6 could have won the whole competition in previous seasons. I truly think the final four in the competition will be the first four in that list. No guys.

Who's going home this week? Antonella and Alaina. Next week, Leslie and Nicole. I feel sorry for Leslie, because there is absolutely nothing she can do to please the judges because the rest are so good. Gina's been surprisingly strong, and I chalk this up to her studying up on AI strategy.

Best tonight was Melinda. She knows how to be strong without being loud. That's experience talking. Her years singing backup are paying off for her big-time. She's got grace under pressure that the others don't have.

What is really annoying is that nearly all of the weaker girls are singing too low. You hit lower notes in rehearsals, but when the adrenaline kicks in, your throat tightens up and you lose some of your low-range. 90% of the time when Randy says something is 'pitchy', that's what he means. The flip-side of this is that you can hit high notes better when this happens, so it's better to gamble on a high note that you can't quite reach in rehearsals to come through in crunch time.

My favorite to win it all right now is Melinda. Put that in the envelope and we'll see if it comes true in a couple of months.