Hmmmmm, how I feel about the final 5:
In General - With the other seasons I've been really disappointed with the final group, I've always thought the final 5 were usually a worse group than the first 5 eliminated in the final 10. This season, however, I've been very happy with all the eliminations -
except Mandisa. She should still be there, replacing Taylor Hicks.
Here's how I feel about each contestant:
Taylor Hicks - Worst out of the final 5. He has a very nice tone to his voice, but it's inconsistant, and his quirkiness got old really quick for me. He bores me more than any of the other contestants.
Chris Daughtry - Hmmmm... I don't know what to think about Chris. I think he would do very well in rock music, and I hate rock music. So, I don't like Chris mostly because of musical preferences, but I also dislike him because:
a) he forces vibratto. Last week, with Andrea Bocelli, the singers pointed out that he did not have proper singing technique in that he sang from his throat and not his diaphragm. But his singing technique is off in many other ways. Take a look at his chin when he is singing, it often vibrates with his vibratto, which is bad singing technique as well and is a pet peeve of mine. Vibratto, when forced, sounds like a sheep 'bahing'. He sounds like a sheep to me. Vibratto should come naturally if you open your vocal chords. He creates his vibratto with air fluctuations, which sounds very bad to me.
b) He can only sing rock well. And he does it very well, but his non-rock performances are very average like last week, or bad, like prior weeks. I prefer more dynamic singers.
Other than that, I think Chris is very talented when it comes to rock music, and I certainly wouldn't mind seeing him and his beautiful shaved head and body on billboards, CD covers, etc
. I find him to be very attractive
. But personally, I'd prefer him to be a model than a singer.
Elliott Yamin - I like Elliott, but he isn't exciting enough. His vocals are very good, but he hasn't wowed me very often. None of the other top 5 have wowed me often either. When he sang Moody's Mood for Love, I was
very impressed, it was a
flawless performance. He hasn't bested that performances yet. I'd be most likely to buy an Elliott Yamin CD, so he'll probably get my vote till the end, but I don't think he'd be successful in the mainstream.
Katharine McPhee - She's consistently decent. She has never wowed me. She, along with Chris, needs to stop singing from her throat and nose. Her voice isn't as big as she tries to make it out to be. Her personality is completely uninteresting as well.
Paris Bennett - She might get my vote rather than Elliott just because she's more fun and she has a lot of potential. At 17, she has a lot of maturing to do vocally and her voice is already mature. She is inconsitant though, but that's kind of to be expected because of her age. I'd be very happy if she won. She reminds me of a non-annoying Fantasia
.
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