The Voice Semi-Finals Recap - Cee-Lo becomes the sage this week
Damn, but if Cee-Lo had the two best of the competition. Although I adore Juliet, color me bitchy but I wish she had a different song than the current go-to James Brown staple. How abour "King Heroin". It'd fit her!
Jamar went crazy on "If You Don't Know Me", a MUCH better choice, though I guess I'm too obsessed with the show to be a weeny bit soured since the incredibly hunky Ben Saunders who won the original Voice Of Holland did the song as well, and these thing make me feel like the show has more of a preplanned script than I want.
Carson Daly is like Dick Clark if he had his stroke back in 1965.
Jermaine Paul - damn, great voice, damn WTF with the Journey? And I LOVE Journey. Just another overdone song, but miles better than Erin Willett's caterwaul on "Without You". I mean, are we supposed to forget that Glee just did this same version THIS season? (Apparently the judges have no clue). Blake's team dropped down to last, which is a shame, since Jermaine has chops.
Christina Aguilera's transformation to become a photonegative of Cher is 75% complete.
On Xtina's team, even though I crave Chris Mann's Zoolander goes to the opera voice, I give my vote to Linsdey, simply for picking an obscure song (check out the Birdy version it's 110% better than Bon Iver's, and his is good) that fit her waifish voice. Maybe is Zoolander did something besides the too-obvious grandstand operatic choice, I would've gone with him. Now duckface!
Adam Levine was sent down from heaven to test gay men's willpower. But God is gracious, and gave us his only gay brother.
As for Adam's team, it's actually getting uncomfortable now HOW MUCH XTINA HATES TONY. I am positive he made the nasty with her in some Mickeymouse dressing room. However her cattiness will earn him votes just for that. He's back with the seizure-"Dancing", but his choice of song was inspired, since it's a recognizable yet not-top-40 song. In fact, check out Dyke and the Blazers for the original sample from the song. As for Katrina, Adam has taken her from being Adele to becoming a Carnie Wilson tribute act. And while she admirably tackled "Killing Me Softly", I was too outraged about the constant reference (and treatment) of Lauryn Hill's version as opposed to the sublimne Roberta Flack (for ONCE, I stood up and appluaded C-Lo in my living room). I would've loved her take the song more down that route. ANd Lauryn Hill? STOP ICONIFYing her unless you're trying to teach them to simply go nuts after one album.
My four-pick? Lindsay, Adam, Jermaine, and in a tough decision, based on total performance, Juliet (who apparently is consistently covered with sweat and nose mucus).
That's my two devalued Spanish Euros.
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