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May 20th, 2008

Well, We have finally made it. Through all the bad auditions, the Danny Noriegas, the male strippers, and the Brooke White stop-and-starts, we have arrived.

This boxing bit is hilarious! Archie is drowning in his robe thing. And his gloves are as big as he is. Loves it! The theatre is huge, and the mosh pit has arrived from the tv set (boooo).

Archie won the coin toss, which gives him the advantage of choosing his very own pimp spot.

01. David Cook	Rating:	“I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” by U2 - That was a tall order to perform a U2 song. And I thought it was fantastic. Wow - nice way to kick it off Cookie!
02. David Archuleta	Rating:	“Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me” by Elton John - He had some big Idol shoes to fill (I smell a CompShop) but it was amazing. I think it was the best this song has ever been performed on Idol. Wow - keep this momentum going, boys!!!

03. David Cook	Rating:	“Dream Big” by David Cook - Well, it didn’t have the appeal of the first song, but what can you do with a crappy song? He arranged it well and performed the crap out of it. But still.
04. David Archuleta	Rating:+1/2	“In This Moment” by David Archuleta - The beginning was crappy, the end got better, but that was because the song was crappy at the beginning. But better than Cookie’s song.

05. David Cook	Rating:	“”The World I Know” by Collective Soul - Wasn’t he supposed to sing this last week? Perhaps he wasnted to save the best for last. The performance was fantastic. I love that song and really enjoy collective soul, and I think he did it better than them. I disagree with Simon that he should have done something different–the competition is about progression and I think it gives people a clear idea of the album he wants to make.
06. David Archuleta	Rating:	“Imagine” by John Lennon - Well, I thought it would lose its luster the second time around, but I was so wrong - it still gave me chills! I do wish he would have sang a different verse or changed up the arrangement just to differentiate it from his original performance, but it really doesn’t matter. He rawked it tonight. Go Archie!

And at the end we get some live Studdard performance. To a montage of crappy videos.

SUCH a tough call regarding who will take the cake tomorrow. They both were on their A game. I am still rooting for Archie, and I think after tonight, he deserves the title if he gets it. I will throw a few votes for Archie tonight. But I can’t vote for too long because I am boarding a plane EARLY tomorrow to get there for tomorrow’s performance. (yes I am flying from Miami, and yes, that is a looong flight)

If you want to follow my LA adventure, I will be flickring and twittering throughout the day tomorrow via my cell phone. I will put a post up at the top of the page where all the updated info will be. Like if I get to meet Carrie Underwood or something. See you soon!

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1. D Girl | May 21st, 2008 at 11:24 am

What a night! I am exhausted today. I voted the entire four hours (for my Cookie of course). Land line in one hand and cell in the other. My fingers were cramping when I was finished! My gosh — still sore today!

Archie was very very good on Imagine and very very pitchy on the Elton John song.

I REALLY COULD SHOOT THE JUDGES tonight, with the exception of Paula standing up and applauding DC after his final song and the beautiful display of emotions that he exhibited. WOW!

DC did his thing without guitar, with acoustic guitar and electric guitar. I LOVED hearing him sing a U2 song. Just the fact AI got that cleared for him is phenomenal and a testimony to talent he has exhibited on the show.

This could go either way, but I really feel Cookie is going to win. Archie only has Imagine. Cookie has Hello, Always Be My Baby, Billie Jean, Daytripper, Eleanor Rigby, Music of the Night, I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing (clearly more show stoppers than Archie). I think he shows the most versatility and he is a true artist…not just a singer. He is such a great songwriter….would have been nice if they had let him pen his own song instead of doing a cheesy songwriter contest song.