It’s Bon Jovi night, and I’ve been waiting for this for a long time…
PHIL kicks it off with “Blaze Of Glory” from the movie “Young Guns”, which I will admit I saw. Emilio Estevez as Billy The Kid, maybe?
I give Phil props, he has gotten better every week. He doesn’t look like he could be a pop star, but who in this comp, outside of Jordin and the pretty boys could? He fits right in with this joint. BAM!
He knocks it out of the park, and the judges respond accordingly, after Randy name drops that he recorded that song…Paula gives him a “best” shot…
SCORE: 8
JORDIN goes with “Livin’ On A Prayer”, and immediately bonds with Jon by telling him her Mom’s a big fan…Jordin, leave the brown nosing to Blake, you just made jon feel like an old man…
This has got to be a tough song to sing, but Jordin’s little black dress is smokin’ and girl brings the rock growl to it. She’s got the vibe and the vocals are shaky at times, but I like the whole ‘tude.
Old school Paula would have been up and dancing, but sedated Paula stays seated.
Judges? What say you?
Randy is vague, Paula is too, not a good sign. Simon says she looks like she’s from the Addams Family. Wha? Ryan counters with a Herman Munster punch. Oh the wit is stellar. Jordin is gracious. Don’t hold the fingers up, girlfriend, you need points…
SCORE: 0 (OUCH!)
LAKISHA aka Kiki, comes out dropping a little personality, talking about givin’ us a little sumpin sumpin. You go, girl!
Kiki is rockin’ the black as well, and she looks great, singing the lesser known, “This Is Not A Love Song”. And sadly, she sounds a little flat. But she brings it home after a shaky start.
Randy thought she recovered enough to say she’s back. Paula blah blah blah, and Simon kisses her.
SCORE: 8
BLAKEY McBLAKE BLAKE is told this song is risky because everyone knows it and doesn’t want it messed with…And staying with the black theme, Blake has gone goth and dyed his hair black. Ewww, beatboxing in a Bon Jovi song? Strangely wrong, and the sad thing is when he did sing, it sounded pretty good. I don’t know what to say about this. The kid’s got cajones.
Randy loves it, Paula is standing and seal clapping, and Simon is with me, torn between the syle and the substance, but applauds the effort. Huge scoring for the B-man. Ryan treats him like a trained monkey, “Put a record on for me”.
SCORE: 16
Ryan disses CHRIS R by calling him Justin Timberlake, and Chris then fumbles a simple viewer question. Chris looks scared as he takes on “Wanted Dead or Alive”. With the shadow of Daughtry and Jon Bon Jovi looming over him, Chris comes out looking to slay. The start is solid, but can he kick when he needs to? Sort of, but oh boy, what’s with the white belt? That’ll cost him. Not inspiring on a night when his head is on the chopping block.
Randy gives Chris two check it outs, Paula says he did his thing, and Simon is not hopeful Chris will ever be seen again.
SCORE: 4
Only MELINDA remains, what rock gem will Melly D pull out of the Bon Jovi grab bag? Do you like my new nickname for her, Melly D? Okay, come up with your own, smartass.
Jon says he can teach her how to rock on “Have A Nice Day” by comparing it to a gospel song. He also teaches her the Ozzy sign and how to smoke a bong.
Melly busts out with a rock tank top and gives the song an odd twist. Mel’s uninspired but powers through a professional reading of it. Ahhh…..
Randy is tepid but complimentary. Paula says some crap about a rock star, and Simon, dumbfounded by Bon Jovi’s catalog says what amounts to “whatever”.
SCORE: 8
George and Laura Bush pop up for a cameo. In the future, our leaders will be elected on reality TV.
SEASON TOTALS (including tonight)
MELINDA 115
BLAKE 121
JORDIN 109
LAKISHA 104
CHRIS 98
PHIL 85
GENA GLOCKSEN 59
SANJAYA 58
HALEY THE SLATTERN 48
CHRIS SLIGH 28
STEPHANIE EDWARDS 13
BRANDON ROGERS 5
SABRINA 2
JARED 0
ANTONELLA -6 (she was there tonight!!!)
SUNDANCE -9
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