think rainbows

So here's my thoughts about today's performances...


Hollie Cavanagh 
Rolling in the Deep
One of her better performances, could even be the best for me.
Son of a Preacher Man
I think she found her confidence already. She seems different on stage and yeah this was kind of better than her first song.

Colton Dixon 
Bad Romance
Rockin' performance as always!
September
I get what the judges were saying that it wasn't as exciting as they would've expected of Colton but I liked his arrangement. And it always gets to me when he does that stare right at the camera. Swoon.

Elise Testone 
No One
Just an okay performance.
Let's Get It On
There was just a lot of things going on. Just another okay performance. I'm thinking she might be in the bottom again.

Phillip Phillips 
U Got It Bad
Goosies all over. Right on J.Lo, that was sexy!
In the Midnight Hour
Oh yes, Phil, more please? Another great performance!

Jessica Sanchez 
Fallin'
Awesome. What more to say? I just love hearing Jessica sing.
Try a little tenderness
Goosies for Ms.Sanchez this time! And it was a bit of Haley Reinhart I heard right there. C'mon Jessica, give them that moment again! (I'm a bit nervous for her though, I wish she doesn't end in the bottom again.)

Skylar Laine 
Born This Way
Really good arrangement, she did great for her first song!
Heart it Through the Grapevine
It was another good performance from Skylar but I didn't feel anything special with it.

Joshua Ledet 
I Believe
I got goosies! Usually doesn't happen with Joshua but he did really good with this song. Not much screaming and all that. I liked it.
A Change is Gonna Come
There he goes again. He's good, but I really don't like all the over the top screaming and everything.

Round 1 winner: Phillip/Jessica/Skylar/Joshua (can't choose!)
Round 2 winner: Phillip

Most Improved Award: Hollie
Underperformer Award: Elise
Most likely to be in the bottom Award: Elise
Achiever Award: Phillip
Biggest hair award: Jessica (lol, just had to add that)

Let's wait and see tomorrow who goes home!

I have been wanting to blog about American Idol's performance shows but it's only now that I'm actually going to be able to do it. These are just my opinions, simple opinions from an avid watcher of the show for I am no professional singer or whatever. So I'm going to be telling you about what I think of each singer in general, and then what I think of their recent performance.

I did not fully understand what the theme was but from what I heard from Ryan Seacrest, they chose songs from 2010 up to now. That's a loooooooooot of songs to choose from. They also got Akon as this week's mentor. Okay, on to the show.

I know this is a late post, but better late than never!
I've already missed two concerts early this year; Simple Plan and Avril Lavigne. There is no way that I would be missing the next concert I planned to watch.

The Greatest Hits Tour with A1, Blue, and Jeff Timmons from 98 Degrees was held last February 25, 2012 at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum. This was my chance to see A1 live on stage. The boyband which I was totally fangirling way back in elementary/high school. I even have a poster of them which I can't find anymore, and some clippings from song hits magazines, and one of their CDs which was my most prized possession then, since CDs were very pricey, and it was a special edition too!

Of course I wanted front row seats but since I can't really afford them, we satisfied ourselves with Upper B section tickets. We were at the venue early so that we could get good seats. To say that I was so excited would be a bit of an understatement. Then it was time.

Jeff Timmons of 98 degrees was the first one on stage. He performed their group's greatest hits together with South Border, and even sang one of South Border's songs, Rainbow. I thought it was kind of weird the way the show/his set started, but nevertheless, it was still a good set from Jeff Timmons. Can I just say that he's hot? Even though he wasn't with his own group, he still gave a good performance and I'm pretty sure the girls (yes, including me) in the audience enjoyed it very much.

On to the last performer muna...
Blue was the last to perform. I was actually expecting that their set would be like the most highlighted since they're complete, and they're the last. Their stage setup was simple, unlike Jeff Timmons's and A1's which had a whole band setup. They performed the way they performed years ago and they still have it indeed. After all these years. They were singing and dancing their greatest hits to the delight of every Blue/boyband fan in the audience. I appreciated Lee Ryan's singing more after their performance. After they sang around 7 songs in total I think, their set was over, and we were all like "That's it?" They didn't even sing Guilty and Best in Me! It was super bitin but nevertheless, I'm glad I was able to see them live, and they were such a joy to watch. It was also fun singing to old time hits. And oh have I mentioned that Duncan James is so gorgeous?

Now, on to the highlight of this night for me, A1.

It's that time of the year once again where we witness the 'gorgeous journey' to crowning a new American Idol. It is American Idol's 11th season this year, and the talents just keep getting better and better, and the number of auditionees get so much bigger. It is both fortunate and unfortunate in a way; fortunate because we get to see and hear all these amazing talented people while unfortunate because as we know only a few can go through.

It's not enough that you're good to be able to make it in this competition. You have to be amazing, or at least be able to blow the judges' minds away even with just one line of a song. During the auditions we've seen people who are pretty good, but they don't make the cut because something's still missing. Then hollywood week came and the pressure was so intense that a lot of the contestans suddenly were fainting here and there, as we also see more talents facing the end of the line of their journey. Not everyone can be accommodated and only the best of the best can stay.

Then the contestants are down to the top 25, and the live shows start. 13 boys and 12 girls battled head to head to sing and fight for their survival, and for a spot in the final top 13. I personally liked Jessica Sanchez's and most of the guy's performances; Colton Dixon, Phillip Phillips, Reed Grimm, Deandre Brackensick, to name a few. There's a lot of very talented guys in this year's American Idol!

After two nights of perfomances, the results are in...

I may have missed Bruno Mars and Michael Copon; but Danny, Mark, and Glen all made up for it in the BEST. WAY. EVER.

I haven't really watched a lot of big concerts; my first was the Pussycat Dolls concert in 2009 at the MOA Concert grounds, then there was the Changing Lives concert with Timbaland, Justin Timberlake and Jojo, and the Jay Sean concert last year which I got to watch thanks to the tickets I won thru a contest by Magic 89.9. I also got to see Boyce Avenue's show at the San Mig by the bay area in MOA, as well as Jason Derulo's and Jason Castro's Glorietta mall shows. I did miss a lot of awesome concerts (Usher, Paramore, Adam Lambert, David and David, etc.), but this one, there was no way I'm going to miss it.

Red Horse Beer's Muziklaban was held last January 22, 2011 at the open field along Roxas Blvd. corner EDSA ext. just across Toyota Manila Bay. This event which features amateur rock bands is held yearly and also involves a lot of activities for one whole day. This year's Muziklaban included tattoo competitions/exhibitions, deck art (skateboard) competition, indie film making competition, and of course the main event where the grand champion will be determined. The Muziklaban this year was also a tribute to a Pinoy Icon, the King of Pinoy Rap, Francis M.


I don't usually go to these kind of events because it's a bit too much rock for me, and the crowd is not really my type of crowd. When our uncle asked if we wanted to go though, Kuya and I immediately said yes even if the passes weren't sure yet. Because I knew that we would be getting good passes, just like last time when we went to the 2009 NU Rock Awards. The last time my uncle went to the Muziklaban event, they got VIP passes, so we were thinking what passes we would get since the entrance for this year is free.

And this is how we got in...