Here we go, the jam packed 2 hour finale! It’s really a 2 hour concert with 5 minutes of results at the end, but the results are really important.
Ryan mentions that less than 2% separated Crystal and Lee for the season but if that’s for the entire season it doesn’t really tell us anything about [...]
Lee Dewyze has had several great performances on this Season of American Idol. Lee started as something of an unknown but built his profile through the show to be the favorite going into the season finale. On the eve of the American Idol finale we take a look back at some of our favorite Lee [...]
We’re down to the final 2 and it’s between Lee Dewyze and Crystal Bowersox. Here on How We Judge It we’re going to break down why either contestant can become the next American Idol. In this article: Why Crystal Bowersox will win.
Crystal is really talented.
From the beginning of the season Crystal has consistently been one [...]
Chindi’s Take:
The Top 3 week is similar to the last week of the quarter-finals, you need to bring everything you have because notoriously the 3rd singers out of American Idol don’t tend to go all that far, even when they were well liked at the time. This is the week that you’ve been working towards [...]
Song Selection: ‘Hallelujah’- Leonard Cohen (by way of Jeff Buckley)
Chindi’s Take:
No pressure on Lee or anything, Simon’s just giving him one of the greatest songs ever, that’s been covered to death, and he gets to close the show with it. Plus it’s a song Simon adores, so if Lee messes up the last thing American [...]
Song Selection: ‘Maybe I’m Amazed’ – Paul McCartney
Chindi’s Take:
One of the things that annoys me to no end is when people covering famous songs make too much of a big deal about changing the gender pronouns etc, and I give credit to Crystal for ignoring that and just singing the song. Performance-wise I think the [...]
Song Selection: ‘Okay it’s Alright With Me’ – Eric Hutchinson
Chindi’s Take:
This week we get two songs per contestant, one chosen by them and one by the judges. This is Casey’s personal song choice, which he chose because it’s close to the kind of song he would write and it’s a song that he likes personally. [...]
Chindi’s Take:
Ryan promises shocking results tonight, which makes me think that we’re going to see a Siobhan related shocker at which point we’ll definitely be seeing the save. It’s also possible that we’ll see Katie fall (which would be shocking given the positive reviews), but if that’s the case I don’t know if we’ll get [...]
Casey James
27 – Fort Worth, TX
Casey was in a motorcycle accident that almost left him unable to play guitar. He also did a striptease for Kara during his initial Audition. We also now know that Casey has not owned a TV in quite some time and has never watched American Idol, preferring to fix-up his [...]
Aaron Kelly
16 – Pennsylvania
Aaron’s parents were in no shape to raise Aaron and his brother so they were adopted by Aaron’s aunt and uncle.
Audition Song – The Climb
Hollywood Week Round 1 Song – not shown
Hollywood Week Group Song – shown in a montage forgetting the lyrics
Hollywood Week Round 3 Song – Angel (forgets lyrics)
Semi-final Week [...]
Mike Lynche
26 – NewYork/Florida
Mike’s backstory is that his wife was pregnant when he auditioned and had the baby during Hollywood Week. He was also rumoured to have been disqualified but it turned out to be Chris Golightly instead.
Audition Song – Unchained Melody
Hollywood Week Round 1 Song – Waiting for the World to Change
Hollywood Week Group [...]
Lee Dewyze
23 – Illinois
I don’t really remember any backstory for Lee prior to the semi-finals. Since then we have learned that he got in some trouble when he was younger but found a mentor in a teacher.
Audition Song – Ain’t No Sunshine
Hollywood Week Round 1 Song – not shown
Hollywood Week Group Song – not shown
Hollywood [...]
