American Idol 10: Carole King Week Goes to James Durbin & Scotty McCreery

Tonight the final six contestants on American Idol season 10 sang songs from the library of Carole King. I was afraid it would be a yawn-fest, even though I like most of her songs. It’s not a good genre for these young singers. It was not as bad as I feared. In fact, James Durbin and Scotty McCreery managed to have really good performances, again. Hopefully we’ll get the country vs. rock showdown it looks like we are headed for in the finals.

Just for filler, Idol producers gave us duets tonight too. Yay. So, mixed in with the regular top six performances we saw: Haley Reinhart and Casey Abrams, Lauren Alaina and Scotty McCreery, Jacob Lusk and a less than thrilled looking James Durbin.

Kenny “Baby Face” Edmonds joined with Jimmy Iovine to mentor the Idol hopefuls. He definitely pointed them in the right direction.

American Idol 10: James Durbin Revisits Heavy Metal, Casey Brings the Jazz

The night was dedicated to music in the movies this week on American Idol 10, but first… let’s honor Jlo for being named “Most Beautiful Woman in the World” by People Magazine. M’kay, awkward moment while a spotlight falls on JLO and an old recording is played of “The Most Beautiful Girl in the World.”  The prelude should have been Ryan Seacrest saying, “and now for something completely different.” Finally we got to the music. It was a bit of a sleepy night until the end.

American Idol Season 10: James Durbin & Casey Abrams Rock Their Idols

Last night was the first live night of performances on American Idol season 10. It was a little disappointing and the nerves showed up for most of the Idol contestants. There were a few who shined through though. James Durbin continues to impress me, and Casey Abrams is still my front runner to win AI this season. Contestants were to choose a song from their musical idol this week.



Here’s how the first live night went on AI season 10:


Lauren Alaina - Shania Twain “Any Man of Mine”
It was a fun song, but for the first time it felt like a karaoke bar when Lauren Alaina sang. The performance was okay on the whole, but not nearly what I expected from this powerhouse voice.
AI Judges:
Steven Tyler said he wished it had been “a little more kick ass…”
Jlo said the judges wanted to hear Lauren “kick it into a higher gear…”
Randy Jackson agreed that Lauren sang it well, but needed to find a song to “make her shine.”

AI Season 10 Videos: Best Performances So Far

We finally have our Top 13 for American Idol season 10, but they did not necessarily have the best performances of the year so far. A couple of them did, but I think some others stood out during the Hollywood and Vegas auditions as well.

Here are a few of my favorite AI season 10 videos so far:

Jacob Lusk puts his heart and soul into "God Bless the Child" during his solo. Take us to church Jacob! Best solo during auditions ever, I think. 

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