Nashville Star Roundup
It’s love song Monday, with out top six dwindling to five, and a lot of snarky judging to go with it. This week, we find Sophie and Laura in the bottom two along with Shawn Mayer, and America finally got it right and sent the duo home. They’re too young and soft to really be able to compete at this level, let alone dive headfirst into showbiz. The most surprising thing about the ouster was John Rich’s outright confirming that NBC had a huge role in picking the finalist. He said they made some questionable choices, and I think they know what they’re talking about. Sophie was dressed down for ‘disrespecting Jewel on national television’ and responded as any teenager caught would. She didn’t realize she did it, she apologized, and they still hammered her for it, and that, along with their still growing talent that needs work, makes me glad to say goodbye. I hope they keep singing, but they really weren’t ready for this at all.
Shawn Mayer survived elimination and sang Before He Cheats. It wasn’t really a love song, and it was ok, but not really fabulous.
Ashlee Hewitt was top dog and sang Cowboy Take Me Away. Love the song, didn’t like the slowed down version much, personally. She did well, though, and was praised accordingly.
Gabe Garcia is still the Judges sweetheart. He sang “Must be doing something right” and it fits.
Coffey sings “It’s your love” and gets all kind of choked up, but does really well regardless. Even with his pitch problems, he had the crowd, and that’s half the battle.
Melissa Lawson was close to being bottom two again and I would have had to kick everyone’s behinds for putting her there! She sang “My baby loves me just the way that I am” and it was awesome, of course. The judges found it over the top, but I loved it.
What about you? Who do you think will take this bad boy home?
Gabe is still the judges sweetheard,
