American Idol! Top 8 Contestants Slug it out…Smoky Robinson appear as Special Guest of Honor
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BY SIMEON ADEYEMO/ENTERTAINMENT REPORTER/LIVE IN L.A
IT was party mood all the way in Beverly Hills, the Hollywood Zone in Los Angeles where the round of eight contestants displayed their melodious singing gifts, as each one of them take time to ‘electrify’ the crowd and win higher points from the American Idol judges who seems to be enjoying every bit of the competition.
At yesterday night, there were only eight contestants left in the competition on “American Idol” and you know it’s heating up! Left at this stage are Angie Miller, Burnell Taylor, Devin Velez, Janelle Arthur, Kree Harrison, Amber Holcomb, Lazaro Arbos and Candice Glover. Last week, we saw the elimination of Paul Jolley.
In case you’ve missed the elimination episode of the show, our Correspondent who was in the event live wish to inform you that after his elimination, Jolley spoke of his journey on the show and the advice that the judges imparted upon him.
Show hit it off on FOX Channel
The show makes its return to FOX at 8PM EST tonight, Wednesday, March 27, 2013. The theme for this particular episode is songs from Motor City. This basically means that the top eight performers will take on songs such as “What’s Going On” by Marvin Gaye, “I Want You Back” by The Jackson 5 and “Where Did Our Love Go” by The Supremes. Yay for Motown favorites!
Stay tuned for our live recap of the show tonight at 8PM. Refresh this page often for the latest scoop! In the meantime, tell us who you’re rooting for to win the competition this season!
RECAP:
Performances:
Candice Glover is up first, performing her rendition of “Heard It Through The Grapevine”. Smokey Robinson commented that she made him cry with her version of “I Who Have Nothing”.
Next up is a country twist on “Like A Prayer” by Madonna from Kree Harrison and Janelle Arthur. Ugh. Nicki commented that Kree flew in to do a duet with an Idolcontestant. She wasn’t trying as hard and she sounded like butter.
Lazaro Arbos is up next looking for some redemption with the Stevie Wondertrack “For Once In My Life.” Can he do better than last week’s performance? Much better!
Janelle Arthur is up next singing “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” by The Supremes. Boring and forgettable.
Devin Velez is up next singing his version of “The Tracks Of My Tears” by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles. It was decent, but behind the beat.
Candice, Angie and Amber are singing “I’m Gonna Make You Love Me” by The Supremes. Not bad! What is Angie wearing?!?
Burnell Taylor is up next singing his version of “My Cherie Amour” by Stevie Wonder. Not shabby, but not great this week.
Highpoint with Smoky Robinson
Highpoint of American Idol yesterday night was the ecstatic rendition of ‘Evergreen Songs’ of Smoky Robinson cleverly displayed by majority of the contestants, while one of them rendered other top American songs.