While the claim that the new season has the best talent yet is as much an annual rite as the bad auditions for American Idol, I don't think anyone left last night thinking that this was true. After a dozen largely uninspired performances, this group of guys is giving the first season a run for its money.
There were a couple of decent performances, but for most the strategy was to try not to fail. Which makes for some compelling TV, especially when it's as ad-stuffed as the early Idol shows are.
Were I picking the bottom two, one spot would clearly go to Sundance Head (seriously), who did a number on "Knights in White Satin." It was painful to watch, but perhaps not unexpected from a guy who made it to the semifinals based largely on his initial audition.
The other spot could go to any of about eight guys. I would most likely tab Rudy Cardenas, whose performance suggests that he feels that "Free Ride" is constrained by too many consonants, given how many of them he didn't bother to pronounce. The judges were pretty harsh on Sanjaya Malakar's performance of what was, I think, the only Stevie Wonder song not previously performed on the show. I didn't think it was that bad, and given that Sanjaya is pretty much the only guy younger than 25 I think he'll squeak through.
The only other notable thing from last night was Chris Sligh being goaded into mocking Simon for producing Il Divo and Teletubbies albums. It made him look like a jerk, which is impressive when being held in comparison to Simon.
Anyway, women tonight, with hopefully less suckage.
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