Recap – Top 2 ” The Finale Night ” Performance

LET’S HOPE FOR THE BEST…PRAY HARD!

JESSICA FOR THE WIN!!

This is it! The finale is here…tomorrow night we will find out who will be the next American Idol. Live at the Nokia Theatre L.A. TuesdayMay 22,  as Jessica Sanchez and Phillip Phillips battled it out for the title.   Tonight, Jessica and Phillip sang three songs each: One selected by “Idol” mastermind Simon Fuller, one reprise of a memorable Season 11 performance, and one “winning song”.

ROUND ONE – FULLER’S PICKS

Jessica took the stage first, performing the Whitney Houston classic, “I Have Nothing.” It was a somewhat predictable song choice for Jessica, but she did put herself on the “Idol” map with a Whitney cover, so I guess Fuller didn’t want to mess with the formula now. Jessica sold the song (a bit of her growly alter ego, Bebe Chez, came out to play), and she sounded flawless, of course. And she looked flawless as well.  I was amused by how she was all dolled up like she was headed to the Oscars, and Phillip was wearing rumpled, fresh-off-the-bedroom-floor everyman-wear, like he was headed to work at his pawn shop.)  Then, Phillip performed the Benny King classic “Stand By Me”   Randy Jackson declared that Jessica won round one.

ROUND TWO – CONTESTANTS’ PICKS

For her second number, Jessica sang “The Prayer,” a song she performed earlier in the Top 24 competition. –an interesting choice, since her signature songs on this show, in my opinion, were “I Will Always Love You” and “And I Am Telling You.”– once again, I couldn’t find a single fault with her lovely voice….it’s flawless!  Then Phillip returned, and his reprise choice was “Movin Out” by Billy Joel. The judges were mixed in their round two verdict. Steven called it for Jessica, Randy choose both and Jennifer goes to her crush Philip. (What do you expect?)

And so…it all came down to their original songs…..

ROUND THREE– WINNING  SONGS

The song that Jessica will release as her debut single, if she wins this week, is “Change Nothing”– she did it with grace.  “You brought the song to life, but I thought the song was just okay,” said Randy. “I just didn’t think that song was the proper song for you to sing,” shrugged Steven. Even Jennifer agreed that it was the wrong, soulless song for Jessica–which of course, was not Jessica’s fault. Phillip closed the show with his original tune, “Home,”

Tune in to Wednesday’s big finale.

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