American Idols-In Concert

A group of friends and I went to the "E" center last night to partake in a little Idol worship. It was such a fun show and one of the loudest that I have ever been to. The loudness factor wasn't for the usual reason however. The crowd was on fire for David Archuleta.

Anytime his name was mentioned, face was flashed or "Risky Business" commercial was shown, the noise from the cheering crowd was deafening. It was actually really cool and I was glad for David A.

Recap of the show:

Chikize opened the show. He was incredible, what a fantastic performer with a fantastic voice. This show is all covers really so they were all able to perform songs from their styles and he picked some Usher-"Caught Up" which was terrific and a little John Legend which I also enjoyed.
Great way to start off the night!

Ramiele- I won't even bother to tell you about this performance. She's a cute girl but her voice is just not strong, bless her heart. And she had to follow the Chik, not good for her let me tell you.

Michael Johns-is it just me or has he always been that attractive. He did mostly Queen covers and I thought it was great! He seemed really comfortable on stage and the crowd had a good time as well.

Kristy Lee Cook- Alecia and I had are fingers ready for eye poking when it was her turn, but she actually did a pretty good job. She knows how to use what she's got to work with and I'd say her "moves" were the best of the night. Actually this was probably a tie between her and Syesha, but I digress. She sang "God Bless America" and closed with a nice rockin' country song which I thought suited her very well. I never needed to poke an eye once. So thumbs up!

Carly- I really like her, and we decided that a Michael Johns/Carly concert would be such fun. She opened with Evanessence and close with "Crazy on You" be Heart. As I heart, Heart I enjoyed. Thought she was a great performer.

Brooke-Got some of the biggest cheers of the night. She used the double reference of saying "This is the place" and proceeded to have an amazing performance two of the three songs sung were "Yellow" by Coldplay and a great cover of "1, 2, 3, 4" by Feist.

I waited until almost the end of intermission for my bathroom break as Jason Castro was first after and I didn't care to see him perform. However the bathroom gods combined against me as I have never in my life experienced a shorter line for the Women's restroom at any sort of public event. So I caught all 3 of his songs......

Jason Castro-Still looked stoned but all in all I thought he did well. His voice sounded better than I remembered. He opened with "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" The Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwo'ole version. He played the Uke and did pretty well. Then he sang "Daydream" by Lovin' Spoonful. He commented that he was only introduced to this song through the show. I was a bit surprised by this. Finally he ended with "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley. Which I thought was a pretty interesting rendition.

Syesha-I will preface by saying she bugs. She opened with a Rhianna number "Umbrella". Followed by and Alicia Keys number. At this point I have to be honest I thought she was singing songs way out of her league. However her last version was "Listen" from DreamGirls. This song blew me away! I had chills, I thought it was one of the best performances of the night.

David Archuleta- He came up on the piano singing "Angels" which was classic. You couldn't hear most of the song over the crowd roaring their support for the home town hero. Same thing throughout his entire performance. It was so loud that I was surprised the roof didn't blow right off. He was very emotional and adorable through all 4 of his songs. He did such a fantastic job and his version of "Stand By Me" was completely to die for.

David Cook-Bless him, had to follow the Arch in Utah. He did a great job, I really enjoyed his version of "Hello" which we are all familiar with, he obviously sang the Idol song, and he sang his cover of "Billie Jean" which I thought was amazing live.

So there you have it. My recap of how I thought all the Idols did. What a great night and thanks to Brian helping me to open my mind to the joy of David Cook, I felt like I especially saw him through new eyes and could even see myself perhaps purchasing his album. Stranger things have happened.