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The top three on American Idol, Blake Lewis, Melinda Doolittle, and Jordin Sparks all have one thing in common: they are already winners. This season of American Idol has already made household names out of Sanjaya Malakar and Lakisha Jones, imagine if they would’ve made it further. I don’t think Sanjaya could’ve made it further, that was a time when America said enough is enough. Lakisha Jones will undoubtedly have a record deal soon, that girl can sing.

I’m not sure how the next show will play out, but I do have a guess: Jordin Sparks isn’t going anywhere. I’m thinking that unless Blake Lewis pulls something out of the sky and sings his heart out (minus the beatboxing), he’s a goner.

It’s the year for a woman to win American Idol, plain and simple. My money is on Jordin, but Melinda may surprise all of us.

Only time will tell.

Here is your Top Three, America!

We are now left with beatboxing Blake Lewis, quiet and shy Melinda Doolittle, or surprise may-be winner, Jordin Sparks.
Now that Lakisha Jones has been ousted from the show, the top three are left to strut their stuff and prove to us and the judges, that they have what it takes to become the next American Idol.

So, we will see what next week holds for us….and did I mention that Barry Gibb sucked tonight?!?? Oh yeah, I did.

In case you missed it, like I did, here is a recap of the action happening on last night’s Bee Gees version of American Idol:

Here’s Blake Lewis doing “This is where I came in”. He put his little beatbx spin on it, but I’ve never heard of this song before.

And here’s “You should be dancing” done by Blake Lewis:

Next is Melinda Doolittle doing her rendition of “How can you mend a broken heart”. Great stuff, as usual. Melinda is very talented and I don’t foresee her going home tonight.

Also, here’s Ms. Doolittle doing, “Love you inside & out”:

Great job, Melinda!

Up for your picking apart next, is Lakisha Jones, firstly doing, “Run to me”:

And, “Stayin’ Alive:

I’m boppin’ to that one, even though she didn’t do such a hot job.

And lastly, Jordin Sparks was on the scene, with “Woman in love”:

Pitchy and drab, just my two cents.

And again, Ms. Sparks, with “To love somebody”:

American Idol’s top four, Blake Lewis, Lakisha Jones, Melinda Doolittle, and Jordin Sparks are indeed a force to be reckoned with this season. Following last week’s ousting of Chris Richardson and Phil Stacey, America is left with a choice to make, who doesn’t make it to the top three. Certain websites have me thinking that Jordin Sparks will go all the way, primarily because she hasn’t really had too many messups and the judges drool over almost everyone of her performances.

Blake Lewis keeps it in step with his beatbox performances and shows the public just what it wants to see: a young generation bringing the groove back to some old classics, in his own way.

Melinda Doolittle is still a bit shy about the responses to her performances and keeps showing us that she is a performer. If American Idol doesn’t crown her the winner, I’m sure this diva will still get a record deal.

And last, but definitely not least, is Lakisha Jones. She is, unfortunately, Votefortheworst’s new favorite. I’d encourage everyone to call in and vote for Lakisha, not because she’s the worst, but this girl has talent.

It’s a hard choice to make, but it seems that America is following Simon’s advice and voting out whoever he says is horrible. Look what happened to Sanjaya, Simon finally cut out the crap and thought, this kid has to go, it’s time to get serious already.

We shall see what happens tomorrow night.

I love Bon Jovi week. Jordin Sparks screeched through “Livin’ on a prayer”. I liked the rock look and the guest appearance with Gina Glocksen, but Simon was right. This wasn’t Jordin’s genre or her type of sound. Everyone has their time to shine, last week it was Jordin’s, this week goes too Lakisha.

First up on this special episode of American Idol, Ryan Seacrest and Simon Cowell travel to Africa to learn of the deplorable conditions of living in such poverty. Ryan looks like he could use a shave and Simon looks sad and emotional, for once.

To lead off the competition tonight is Chris Richardson singing, “Change the world” by Eric Clapton.

I wasn’t too fond of this version of the song. I’m a fan of Clapton’s music and this didn’t come close for me. The judges seemed to eat it up, but I don’t think so!

The judges visited Louisiana, Kentucky, Chinle, and Atlanta, to see poverty in our own nation.
Next up is Melinda Doolittle singing Faith Hill’s song, “There will come a day”.

Very nicely done, I like her vocals. She is going to be hard to beat this season.

Blake Lewis is up next to answer a viewer’s question as to what his biggest sacrifice, which is his family. He sings John Lennon’s “Imagine”. The song lends itself to blandness and I don’t think it was a good song choice for Blake.

Next up is Lakisha Jones, singing Fantasia Barrino’s “I believe”.

It was a little rough in the beginning and somewhat pitchy, but I don’t see this as a real competition if Lakisha goes before Chris Richardson.

Up next is Votefortheworst’s choice, Phil Stacey. He is asked what he misses most about home, to which he answers, his babies. He sing’s Garth Brooks’ “The change”.

I think he butchered it, just my two cents, though.

Finally and last, but not least is Jordin Sparks singing “You’ll never walk alone”.

I wasn’t as impressed as I normally would be with her singing. It seemed to me that she was shouting a bit and it sounded fake. I disagree with the judges on this one, too.

With no readily available video of last night’s American Idol performance of Jordin Sparks doing Martina McBride’s “A Broken Wing”, here we have the young 14-year old Sparks doing her version of the song. To have that much talent at such a young age, she could walk away as the crowned American Idol champ.

Enjoy!

Starting off last night was Melinda Doolittle singing “Sway”. Very good performance. She picked on Simon saying that he was looking for something bad to say, when he said that she very cabaret. I disagree, this was a great performance.

Next up was Lakisha Jones doing “Conga”. I was singing at home along with this tune. She definitely pulled this song off and I don’t think it was a safe song selection at all.

Chris Richardson was up next doing his butchering of “Smooth” by Santana & Rob Thomas. Good lord, this guy was pitchy and this was the Sanjaya of suck. Covering this track made me cover my ears. Somewhere Rob Thomas is choking.

Haley Scarnato was up after that with her rendition of “Turn The Beat Around”. She looked like she was having a fun time, but no one noticed besides Simon, that she killed it.

Phil Stacey was up doing his version of “Maria, Maria” by Carlos Santana. There were parts of this song that I liked, but for the most part, he murdered it.

Jordin Sparks covered “The Rhythm Is Going To Get You”. She did a wonderful job and showed all of the enthusiasm a seventeen year old should have. She had a great time and did a great job. She’s not going anywhere.

Blake Lewis then did Mark Anthony’s “I Need To Know”. Very good choice of song and he performed it nicely.

Sanjaya Malakar did “Besame Mucho” last night and did half-way decent. I’ve never heard the original on this one, but it didn’t 100% suck. Simon agreed, stating that it “wasn’t horrible”.

The verdict and my prediction:
The bottom three will consist of Haley Scarnato, Phil Stacey, and Chris Richardson. I could be wrong on the Chris Richardson thing, but I really thought he pulled a Sanjaya last night. I don’t know what the judges were raving about.

Who’s getting the boot? My prediction is Haley Scarnato. We will have to watch tonight to know for sure. She should’ve known better not to tear up on stage, though.

Update: I was right!