I love to read the blogs of a good music journalist. They are so intense and professional yet are agonizingly candor in their comments. But I haven't seen one lately. The blog boards are overrun with people like myself, who want to put a word in edgewise about their favorite and don't care if a journalist has any comment because what I have to say is more important. Note my mood above.
Jordin Sparks aced the winning performance even with her shaken nerves after Simon gave the first round to Blake.
What some bloggers are referring to as "almost choked up" was what a good music journalist would call the "glory" note that chirped softly out of Jordin's closing rendition of "This Is My Now."
I'll be the first to admit, that if the songwinners had written a beatboxing song then Blake could have very well sailed out with the winning performances since more would pay less attention to his singing and more to his beatboxing. But as it were Jordin's expertise seems to be those songs which have "coronation" notes ringing at the end of them and last night she did a repeat of Kelly and Carrie. They too, on their finals had a passionate moment when they opened their mouth and the note almost failed to burst forth because of the passion exploding off the ending.
Well, "glory note," "crowning note," "coronation note, " whatever you want to call it, has most likely sealed Jordin Sparks's future as the next American Idol and the youngest I might add. Randy said "you deserve it all, baby," Paula said "you have a lot to be proud of" and Simon said, "You just mopped the floor with Blake on that song."
Now, I'm not a psychic, but I have been able in the past to predict accurately when something was about to happen that seemed very unlikely in the eyes of others. This was such a case early on in the season, but as time went by Jordin started pulling out front like the horse who was behind the whole time in the race and bringing out a fresh victory aura that became apparent to others as well.
Being a Tennessee girl and having lived all of my life in the south, I interpreted the look on Doolittle's face during the recap to say something like, "I hope you don't crack under the pressure, girl."
Round one could have only been given to Blake for his beatboxing, and although he gave it his all on "This Is My Now" this was not enough. Could he have built a fan base of teenie boppers who would spend all of Mom and Dad's hard earned money on .99 cent calls to vote for him for four hours? That's a possiblity, but I'm going by first impressions and sticking to that old chiche that first impressions are lasting ones. It's a clear win for Jordin.
So, although I am anxious right now, I will have my own "crowning moment" tonight when my prediction will be fullfilled. And even if the two were competitors for the finale the picture below expresses how I think they looked together when they were trying their best to get to the finals.
Speaking of finals, be sure to check out the American Idol message boards and blogs for a few comments about the finals. I found this on the American Idol posting board and had to steal it for this blog. It looks like it came from a site called Turntablekitty or something like that. Soooo cute!
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