The night opened on footage of our three contestants headed home, where crowds of fans stood in the aisles of grocery stores, parking lots, by a Verizon sign, anywhere so long as they had a view of their king or queen.A little girl acted as Laurens page, handling her cell phone and all incoming texts. But in real life, the three were back in the land of that one staircase theyve walked down for ten weeks and that one island of judges they have to circumnavigate each and every performance, without fail, until theres no tension left. Haley actually fell this time as she crossed back downstage, and it was no big deal. She got up and kept going. Great job on her part, but at this point that cross-section of stage is impossible to dramatize. She could probably ascend to heaven and the judges would beam as usual and say that this time, for real guys, they felt like theyd just been to a Haley Reinhart concert.
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The live show unrolled with a camera pan over the crowd that revealed a girl holding a sign that said: Thank You Ford. Ford thanks you too, obedient little girl. Ryan introduced the visiting superstar coach/album hawker: Beyonc was an irreplaceable choice, he went. According to Beyonc, Scotty is charming, Lauren should stick to fun songs, and Haley is a rock star. Your tone is so warm and your raspiness is so natural, Beyonc said, uttering her last until the handing over of her pound of flesh, a premiere of her brand new video. Beyonc and a dance army writhe hypnotically in a desert. For more, please see Beyonce.com.
Now for the children, who after all, are our future:
Scotty sang his favorite song by Lonestar, Amazed, as opposed to his favorite song of all time by anyone, man or beast, Baby Lock Them Doors. He spoke directly to every girl edging off her parents couch pressing the volume upppp, with lines like, I want to spend the whole night in your eyes. The money shot, said Randy, was when Scotty looked in the camera at the last second. That, and every other time. His next, Jimmy-Iovine-chosen song was Thompson Squares Are You Going to Kiss Me Or Not, yet another unabashed plea to young girls. The judges felt like they were at a Scotty McCreery concert (they attend one at least once a week) and Jimmy Iovine called Scotty the lovechild of Bruce Springsteen and Garth Brooks. Only two of those ideas are hyperbole. Scotty closed with the judges choice, She Believes In Me, by Kenny Rogers, an expression of the weird, maudlin road he could have gone down at the start of the season if hed wanted the grandmother vote. Sitting on the stage in a maroon vest/tie combo, he looked exactly like he was peddling an album of Christmas songs. Judges loved it.
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Lauren sang Wild Child by Zaca Creek, because it reminds her of the best friend she used to sing with growing up. Beyonc suggested she calm her nerves on stage with the ultimately scarier thought experiment of replacing everyones heads with her best friends. Dont do it Lauren! She ended up with a good, not great performance. Still: Youre ready for America to just be all over you, said Steven. Hmmok, Steven. (Dont do it America!) Next up, Jimmy Iovines choice of last years country chart-topper, If I Die Young, by The Band Perry. Lauren started off beautifully but lost steam halfway, though Steven still called her the round winner. Last: I Hope You Dance, the judges choice. This suited Laurens country pop sensibility and inspired Jennifer to call her goosebumps goosies.
Haleys trio was Zeppelins What Is And What Should Never Be, Fleetwood Macs Rhiannon, and You Outta Know, by Alanis. She did the second two justice to be sure, looking as dreamy for her Stevie Nicks impression as one can with an enormous fan blowing in face. But the biggest stunner was the Zeppelin number, which she chose on her own. Theres something about Haley that seems too self-assured for Idol, too cool, and this was the embodiment of it. No one so far has been as confident and wild as she was spinning around the stage and picking herself up from the nothing fall, her vocals on. With her dad strumming guitar at her side, she looked for all the world like the director, producer and star ofyes, a Haley Reinhart concert.
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