I wasn’t able to post this before but when I first heard Andrew Garcia’s version of straight up, I just fell in love with it. As Kara Dioguardi said, “genius”. I totally agree. I really love it when a contestant flips a song, make it his own and make it sound better than the original.

Most of the time the original song is better than any revivals or renditions but there are a few that stand out. One is last year’s “Heartless” by Kris Allen. This season, given proper polishing, Andrew’s Straight Up was it. I’m pretty sure we’ll hear some more like these from this season’s contestants.

You know wnat I would really like to see? I want to see Andrew perform a full version of this song.

Check out the youtube/utube video of Andrew Garcia’s Staright Up rendition.

Now here’s Paula Abdul’s version

March 11, 2010 American Idol – Elimination day once again. Four out of the 16 contenstants will go home. Who will it be?

Before I tell you who they are, Scott MacIntyre and Matt Giraud performed during the show. Wow, it’s nice to see these awesome guys back on stage from last season.

Anyway, here it is…

Here are the names of the 4 People who were eliminated.

Todrick Hall
Katelyn Epperly
Alex Lambert
Lilly Scott

Whew! I thought Andrew Garcia was one of the 4. Fortunately he’s not included.

Didi Benami’s March 9 Performance on American Idol 2010 top 16. For sure, this was better than her last week’s performance. She’s singing better, smiling, and the judges all agree that this was a good performance.

The original version was faster and more of a rock and roll type of song, however, Didi Benami’s version was slower, more mellow and I guess this is what the judges wanted to see in their contestants, pick a song, and make it theirs.

http://video.yahoo.com/watch/7123238/18541220

Original Version – Fleetwood Mac (youtube video)

March 9, 2010 – Lilly Scott, one of the top 16 American Idol contestants sings I Fall To Pieces by Patsy Cline. I agree with Simon that it didn’t have the wow factor. For me it’s an ok performance, but it’s something that I would remember after a few days.

Check it out and see for yourself.

http://video.yahoo.com/watch/7123832/18542916

Here’s a youtube video of the original by Patsy Cline.

I like the voice of Lee Dewyze. I think he has the singing talent to be on the top of this seasons American Idol. Today, March 2, 2010 (03/02/2010), he performed a nice song called “Lips of an Angel”.

Check out Lee Dewyze Lips of An Angel (Youtube Video)

vs.

Original Version by Hinder

Here’s the Lyrics in case you’re interested

Lips of An Angel Lyrics

Honey why are you calling me so late?
It’s kinda hard to talk right now
Honey why are you crying, is everything okay?
I gotta whisper ?cause I can’t be too loud

Well, my girl’s in the next room
Sometimes I wish she was you
I guess we never really moved on

It’s really good to hear your voice saying my name
It sounds so sweet
Coming from the lips of an angel
Hearing those words it makes me weak

And I never wanna say goodbye
But girl you make it hard to be faithful
With the lips of an angel

It’s funny that you’re calling me tonight
And yes I’ve dreamt of you too
And does he know you’re talking to me?
Will it start a fight?
No I don’t think she has a clue

Well my girl’s in the next room
Sometimes I wish she was you
I guess we never really moved on

It’s really good to hear your voice saying my name
It sounds so sweet
Coming from the lips of an angel
Hearing those words it makes me weak

And I never wanna say goodbye
But girl you make it hard to be faithful
With the lips of an angel

It’s really good to hear your voice saying my name
It sounds so sweet
Coming from the lips of an angel
Hearing those words it makes me weak

And I never wanna say goodbye
But girl you make it hard to be faithful
With the lips of an angel

And I never wanna say goodbye
But girl you make it hard to be faithful
With the lips of an angel
Honey why are you calling me so late

There’s a lot of good talent this season in American Idoland one contestant that I think has the potential is a girl named Didi Benami. She’s actually a waitress but she sings like a pro.

If you haven’t saw her performance, check out the youtube video below. The song is actually an original song by Kara Dioguardi, one of the American Idol judges.

This week, the top 24 was announced and she got in. I bet we’ll be sing more from Didi in the coming weeks.

Check out Didi’s performance

And here’s Kara Dioguardi’s version

So which do you think was better?