Online Idol Finale

No one's posted videos yet but just thought I'd give you guys a head's up on who's left and what's taking place. Unfortunately, only one of my favorites made it through, Paige Cook. The others that made it are Mollie Evans and Trevor Hoen. They're all doing 2 songs; one is judges choice and the other will be an original song. So this should be interesting. Having to do an original will show us what they're capable of lyrically in addition to vocally.

Online Idol Finals UPDATE

Paige Cook
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Not a big fan of the song but she sings it pretty well regardless.


Rankings:
1. Vanessa Colleen-Campos
2. Ryan Kelley
3. Paige Cook

Online Idol Finals UPDATE

It's down to the top 5 now and 3 of them have a video up already. All my favorites got through except for Stephanie Empson, unfortunately. I wanted to see her get through. Voting works the same way, and you can vote from August 8th at midnight (Saturday) to August 9th at 5pm.

Vanessa Colleen-Campos
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Ryan Kelley
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Even though it was hard to judge because the band drowned her out a bit, from what I could hear, this is the genre for her. The song fits her really well. Wasn't expecting the music video-esque aspect of it either lol.


Mollie's entry started out okay but I'm still not a fan of the screamy parts. I think she'll be better just singing softly and not belting it out.

Online Idol Finals UPDATE

The finals are here and voting is up to us (the viewers) A lot of people are gone since semi-finals.
Voting starts at Midnight on August 1st (2 days from now) and ends on August 2nd at 5pm. You can vote up to a max of 20 times by sending blank emails to the contestant's email addresses, which I've provided below

Stephanie Empson
Hmm, I wonder if she read what I wrote last time. She really stepped it up since her last video and showed off her range a bit more.
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Paige Cook
I still love this girl's voice. So unique.
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Vanessa-Colleen Campos
Wow the best vocal this round. Song choice was right on point
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Ryan Kelley
Nothing too special in comparison to everyone else. A little screamy and over the top.
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Rankings:
1. Vanessa-Colleen Campos
2. Stephanie Empson
3. Paige Cook
4. Ryan Kelley

Online Idol Semi-Finals UPDATE

Brittany Brooks
Nice female take on this song


Trevor Hoen
I didn't like him much in auditions but he sounds really good this round. It proves that good song choice is key


Stephanie Empson
The song doesn't show off too much range but I liked it


Rankings:
1. Paige Cook
2. Trevor Hoen
3. Ashleigh
4. Brittany Brooks
5. Dayze Estelle
6. Stephanie Empson
7. Chelsey Ponce

Online Idol Semi-Finals UPDATE

Paige Cook
Nice take on this song. She really changed it up.


Chelsey Ponce
She's got really good control on this song, but I think some background music could help strengthen her voice


Ashleigh
She's less screamy than she was in auditions which is a good thing. I like seeing different sides of people's voices.


Rankings:
1. Paige Cook
2. Ashleigh
3. Dayze Estelle
4. Chelsey Ponce

Online Idol Semi-Finals UPDATE

Dayze Estelle
Seemed like she was holding back a little in the beginning but as the song progressed she got a little more into the song


That was the only good one so far. Mollie Evan's entry just didn't do it for me this time around.

Online Idol Auditions UPDATE

Since my last post about Online Idol there have been quite a few good ones that have been added

Paige Cook
I love Adele and this girl really does it justice


Riley Mcmahon
The national anthem is a hard one to sing but she's right on key with every note


Brandy Kay Riha
The face doesn't really go with the voice and she's a little nasaly in certain parts, but she can still sing really well


Vanessa-Colleen Campos
She has great control over her vocals and knows when to go soft and when to belt it out. Flawless.


Dayze Estelle
She also has good control over her vocals and it's cool to hear her accent come through in it


Kendra Wolcott
Whoa, did not expect that sound to come out of her. Her voice slightly resembles Allison Iraheta who was my favorite during Season 8


Stephanie Empson
There's a definite grit to her voice and she does that cool raspy aggressive thing with her voice near the end (I'm not sure what that's called but when you watch it you'll know what I mean)


Chelsey Ponce
Very nice soft voice, a lighter tone that a lot of these contestants but it works for her


Ashleigh
No last name? That's okay though because she's really good. However, the ending could have been better


Tommy Benrowski
Really unique, another face that doesn't go with the voice. I like this guy


Ryan Kelly
Her voice doesn't conform to that genre so I'm interested to hear her sing something different because I can see some potential in her


Updated Rankings:
1. Kendra Wolcott
2. Robert Hough
3. Madeline Olsen
4. Brittany Brooks
5. Vanessa-Colleen Campos
6. Riley Mcmahon
7. Ashleigh
8. Ryan Kelly
9. Stephanie Empson
10. Chelsey Ponce
11. Paige Cook
12. Brandy Kay Riha
13. Tommy Benrowski
14. Dayze Estelle
15. Mollie Evans
16. Danielle Chan

EDIT: All of my favorites got through except for Riley Mcmahon. And unfortunately some bad ones slipped through as well. Now we're in the semi-finals until July 17. Let's see what happens.

Online Idol Auditions

I heard about this Online Idol thing which is going to be judged by three of the top 36 contestants from Season 8 and decided to check out the auditioners. Here's how my favorites stack up:

1. Robert Hough - His voice is really smooth, I'm just worried he might become forgettable


2. Madeline Olsen - If she was on the real American Idol she'd definately be in the highlight reels, though something in her voice sounds a bit awkward in the chorus. Also I love the way she sings "driving"


3. Brittany Brooks - she's good but she screams the high notes


4.Danielle Chan - I see a potential in her, she kinda reminds me of Chantelle Readman


5. Mollie Evans - Again, a bit screamy but still good


You can check out the others but they really can't sing in my opinion, except for the little kid, she might be good in a few years but she's only four so she's too young for me to really tell. But she's really cute and looked like she was havin' a lot of fun.

Auditions are going on 'til the end of June so If any other good ones get added I'll be sure and post them and update my ranking.

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