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American Idol Recap: Lee DeWyze and Crystal Bowersox soar in semis while Casey James faces elimination

idol-top-3Might as well say this up front: When Lee DeWyze was performing Hallelujah on last night’s American Idol, I got choked up. It’s such a beautiful song and he just sang it so wonderfully.

He not only assured himself a place in next week’s finals, I think he is now heavily favored to win.

Lee needed to be that good because Crystal Bowersox had just finished a sensational performance of Paul McCartney’s Maybe I’m Amazed that really was one of her best yet and she looked so great in black boots and a sexy outfit.

It will be a joy to watch these two fine singers and future recording stars face-off next week.  The audience will be the winners no matter who wins.

Both of those numbers were their second of the night and their first efforts were also outstanding with Lee opening with Lynyrd Skynyrd‘s Simple Man and Crystal singing the Melissa Etheridge hit Come to My Window.

No, I have not forgotten that Casey James also performed. He’s a terrific singer and he’s damned sexy but good God, his song choices have been so bad in the later rounds that he is fortunate to have even made it to the top three and will most certainly be voted off tonight.

Casey opened the show and had the opportunity to wow us. He chose Eric Hutchinson‘s Ok, It’s Alright with Me and was solid, as he always is, but it was not memorable. The judges rightfully criticized him for not picking a tune that would have allowed him to seize the moment.

His second song was better as it was chosen by judges Randy and Kara: John Mayer‘s Daughters. Casey excels at this kind of ballad but the song, by nature, is not a bring-the-house-down kind of tune. So Simon and Ellen served their contestants better by choosing Hallelujah and Maybe I’m Amazed, respectively.

Here are some of the performances from last night:


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  1. May 20th, 2010 at 2:55 pm
    Gabriel Oak says:

    Thought I should comment that Casey was intending to sing Pride and Joy by Stevie Ray Vaughn but was told at the last minute he couldn’t. Casey was not handled well for this whole competition.

  2. May 21st, 2010 at 5:43 am
    Joan Fine says:

    I have to wonder, too. On the Wendy Williams show yesterday and on several sites, Casey James was reported to have chosen Pride and Joy by Stevie Ray Vaughn and had been practicing it for five days when he was told he couldn’t sing it and had to choose something new.

    Sabotage? It has even been reported that he sang “Pride and Joy” at the rehearsal and brought the house down. Anything to keep TCO’s finale????

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