Idol Fever!

Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Taylor Hicks!

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What a night! We saw, we heard and now we wait. Taylor! He came, sang and he conquered the Kodak Theater. He started off the night with a lively number and ended strongly. The second song was a moderately off the key at a number of places, quite dry but managed to pull it off without much damage. Ah, the last song was appropriately the finale of the competition thanks to his ability to improvise the song which would have been mediocre.

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Unfortunately, Katharine didn't make an impact. Her vocals are undeniably far more superior than Taylor's but she only shone in the phenomenal Somewhere Over the Rainbow. She followed Simon's advice to stick to the tune too strictly and that's why the first song sounded a little dry. She should have been more brave to put in a little naughty tone in that song and it would have sounded great. Rainbow definitely touched us right to the soul and nothing could have been better in the last five years. The last song was a disaster. It was 60% the fault of the song and 40% hers. The song was a little low and draggy for the verses but quite ok for the chorus, composition-wise. On her part, she didn't improvise as expected and made numerous pitch errors. Quite glaringly I would say. Greatly huge potential, but what a shame that the impression was blown. Katharine will take over Broadway and jazz but I think that's her only forte.

So what do I think? I think that Taylor Hicks IS the next American Idol. And Katharine will continue to mesmerise the musical world and the hearts of any hot-blooded boy. =)

Simon Cowell: "I believe you had just won American Idol."
(24th May 2006)