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Twitter: jevjos
This is one of the those voting things from a days ago. Danny’s percentage took a dive. http://www.wmzq.com/pages/HOT9at9.html
Good Morning Ihearties,
Danny’s song MBDAAOM moved up a spot today to #26 with 1212 spins and up 172 spins. Woohoo!! He passed Lee Brice, not in spins but by a few points.
Twitter: steph6449
lizzy, yay for #26. Hopefully Danny will keep moving up in spins/points as Toby and Brad are coming up behind.
I did a few more votes on the 9at9 page here in DC. Lizzy, have you heard that show & are they playing MBD since it’s on their poll? Meant to try listening but I missed it so far.
Twitter: mrbingfordannyg
Great news MBD is climbing up.Have done with my voting part.Have a great day everybody!
Steph, I have not heard the show so don’t know if they are playing it. Keep forgetting to listen to it. If WMZQ is playing Danny’s song in regular rotation I’m sure not hearing it. I am hoping when he breaks the top 20 they will start playing it. I still request Danny’s song once or twice a week. I don’t want them to get sick of me.
Just dropping by to say how great it is that Danny is getting a pre-show concert at the Country Awards. Fantastic exposure for him
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Also, am digging all the wonderful new photos here. Danny has such a unique look and sound. Someone said it the other day, but his looks really do compliment his music. He is a seriously handsome dude. So photogenic.
I think I’ll drop this tidbit here, in case someone from the family lurks, because I am sure dear old dad would appreciate it…
When they featured Danny’s family on AI, I thought his dad was really sweet looking for an older man. Warm smile and beautiful kind eyes, just like Danny.
Twitter: jevjos
Danny’s music video is #18 on the on demand section on radio station websites.
Ellen, Billie and Pam, thanks so much for the shout-outs yesterday! I so appreciate you guys thinking of and/or praying for me!
By the way, Steph and Pam, I also love “Tiny Life.” It’s my 23-year-old daughter’s favorite on the album.
I actually think there are more than one that could be hits, including IWNSG, Tiny Life, Get Away, and Crazy Not To. I LOVE Crazy Not To…I replay that one a lot.
Blessings to all. Have a beautiful day!
Cindy, I totally agree. I love both “Tiny Life” & “Crazy Not To.” Both great songs.
Good morning everyone! I’m going to go check on the video soon. Hopefully if you guys haven’t yet, please vote for my video at http://bit.ly/9haVtO Especially when I’m at school for the few hours cause I can’t vote there. But if you can help out, I really would appreciate it so much. Have a great day everyone!
You can see how beautiful the fabric on THE SHIRT is very clearly here:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3797524&id=312780244214&l=8cd988ecea
We KNOW Danny appreciates positive comments on ALL his assets:
http://www.accesshollywood.com/danny-gokey/dish-of-salt-danny-gokey-answers-fan-questions-july-2009_video_1137221
I applaud him for keeping himself in good physical condition: it’s respectful to care for what you’ve been given. I applaud both Kris Allen and Tim Urban, too. I hope Tim does well tonight.
Hi Cindy S.! Yes, you’ve been on my mind lately. (And it is so weird that on Sunday, I thought to myself, “I really need to say something on iheart in case Cindy S. is lurking.” And then on Monday, there you are!) Have a lovely Easter, and after that, hope you have a clear path and that everything lines up into place for you.
Twitter: pjgvet
Morning everyone.
R2, you are obsessed with that shirt, lol! I think what is inside of it is even more beautiful
Yeah, for #26 on mediabase. I hope for a bunch of recurrents in the next couple of weeks to make up for heavy hitters coming up from behind. We need that song to get to the top 10 or 20 to expose his music to future fans! And because I just have this feeling they are saving national PR to capitalize on the release of IWNSGB.
Maryann, I know Danny gets a lot of beauty from his mother too. In person, she is drop dead gorgeous- she looks as young as her daughters do!
pjgvet, that’s why it’s THE SHIRT, not just the shirt! I’m going to have to look for, or make, one like it for my husband, and for myself, too. Matching shirts would be fun, don’t you think?
Ellen, I loved your recap: how nice of you to incorporate mentions of some “ihearties” in it, too!
Twitter: jevjos
I think that ad worked for yesterday, his spincrease is up +286 and that’s the highest that I’ve seen it at. I have a feeling the Pray for You song is going to pass him up though sometime soon and as well as Jerrod and the water song sometime next week. I can’t believe someone did a song about water.
Okay… I get it. Its been really slow here today, because so many of you are preparing to ‘shop’ for eyeglass in the Milgokey area in your trench-coats and hats
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Prodigal son? I think not.
Nice to see you back Cindy2! Hope life is treating you well.
Twitter: JosieInSeattle
Hi everyone! Maryann, I am actually doing “Danny stuff” even though I haven’t been around here today, I’m working on more data to add to our “Request Danny Gokey” page. It is taking forever but I am getting there. But I bet you’re right, I’m sure there must be some Milwaukee fans who are keeping a sharp eye out today. It will be fun to see the commercial when it’s done.
Just came in to say that I am leaving work now so I can look for Danny.
Hi Josie, Maryann, Cindy and everyone else.
HDD has their final sales estimates in for sales from last week. They have Danny down at #45 on their list with a little over 10,000 albums sold. Here’s hoping that when the Soundscan numbers come out tomorrow, that Danny will still be in the Top 50 on Billboard.
Link to HDD’s final sales chart:
http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/salescht.cgi
Hey everyone. I just checked the latest standings. We’re in second. Somehow, those kids amassed 30,000 votes in one night & then added 10,000 more. Please help me out. It would mean so much. http://bit.ly/9haVtO Thanks everyone.
Twitter: jevjos
For the people in the Milwaukee area WMIL has changed the listener panel feedback form so now you tell them which songs they should play more often. I just got mine in my inbox.
Stephfoo, it is nuts that they let the participants see the vote totals. And are you absolutely sure that views = votes? Because when I click on the video link, I see 30,000+ views, but I see a different (much lower) number off to the right side that says “votes.”
I think it may be slow in part because it is Holy Week for some folks, and people may be involved in Easter preparations.
Two fires to put out at work today. One down, one to go. BBL!
Twitter: pjgvet
FOGS, glad to hear Danny is estimated to sell 10,000 albums; thats pretty good. I hope he is in the top 50 tomorrow.
I don’t know why they always overestimate his placement and get our hopes up; because it always drops a lot!
Haven’t had the time to stalk Danny, lol. And I actually know a location extremely close to my work where they shoot commercials
But I’m sure they shoot at more than one location. And they have the windows all boarded up (for lighting I assume) so you couldn’t see inside anyway.
Happy to see Danny’s album in the top 50 at #45 on HDD with 10,427 and only down 32%. Let’s hope it stays close to that when Brian posts the SoundScan numbers tomorrow. And for you Pam since you always ask about Easton, he sold over 13,000 but his total sales are still approx 20,000 behind Danny’s which is how they started off.
Hey–tried to show my son video of Danny at Oasis Church in Nashville, TN. Apparently it was pulled from YouTube. If anyone has Danny singing at the church could you please somehow get it back on the internet. It really inspired me and I wanted to share with others what a great guy and singer he is.
Twitter: pjgvet
Thanks Lizzy, you knew I would ask that, lol! I like to compare him because they are both new; very different kinds of Country artists; plus Easton has the #1 song, yet Danny has AI.
This just in : pics from Danny’s commercial shooting downtown at the Rave club (a spot where alt rock bands perform)
http://www.fox6now.com/
Twitter: pjgvet
So funny on those pics for the commercial; they have some guys pretending to be Danny’s band! I wonder if they really played, or if there was lip synching involved with Danny’s music being played. Now it makes sense why it was filmed at the Rave; they needed a stage that a band would play on!
Will be fun to find out!
Danny looks good as usual!
Thanks for the pics link Pam. Lookin’ good!
They just had a spot on Fox6 about the Wisconsin Vision shoot today. It was pretty long actually. The band on stage did play a little bit but I didn’t recognize the song. Danny did a little “fake” singing and a few lines a capella. I’m guessing they’ll have the clip up on their website later on.
Good evening everyone
. Hi Cindy- nice to see you on iheart again. I’m a long time lurker and have saw your previous posts. I can’t believe Danny was filming his commercial not even 5 minutes from where I work – Grrrr 
. I’m really glad to see Danny’s album sales are higher than I thought. Also, great to see so many people contacting Country Weekly. Let’s hope they put Danny on the cover 
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Here’s the link to the Fox6 news story
http://www.fox6now.com/news/witi-100330-gokey-commercial,0,7765432.story
Twitter: jannworth
Can anyone direct me to where we can track individual radio station spins? I swear that Q106.3 has moved MBDAAM into the higher point play time–this afternoon at 3:30, also during dinner, and I’d like to check it out. Maybe some of the radio stations have put it in the moderate play mode and he’ll really start to move up!
Good news on the album likely exceeding 10,000 sales! Now if only they had some national promotion….ok, I’ll try to be patient….
I’ll be watching AI 9 tonight, how about all of you.
Love the pics from the photo shoot of WI Vision. There’s some “fine” poses there!
Jan
Twitter: jannworth
Milgokey, now I know I’m lucky being a Wisconsinite, but you Milwaukee fans, you have it MADE! I wish I could turn on my FOX news and see Danny news like you all!
lol Jan! I guess we really do have made here. Click a button and Danny appears on the TV
And, I’m really glad he brought the Danny weather with him again. It’s supposed to be really nice tomorrow, too. What kind of magic is that??
Twitter: steph6449
hi all. this is a little closer look-alike than some I’ve seen, but what caught my eye is the magazine with Danny’s pic in it. Any idea what that is, it doesn’t seem like Country Weekly though it’s a little hard to tell.
http://img511.yfrog.com/i/ixj.jpg/
Ellen, yes, according to the site: “One vote equals one view.” & I’ve emailed the lady too. The smaller votes that you may be seeing are the star ratings. They don’t really matter much. But those are positive for my friends & I who made it, to see
I really need all the help I can get. If you just have a spare time, please head over & just watch the video. It’s short & it’s a little bit funny. The deadline is April 10. The competition is getting intense & it’ll just mean so much for us to win. Thank you! http://www.schooltube.com/video/86fcaeaf7ae4e9aeaa9d/I-Dont-Want-To-MissMercy-Entry
Twitter: jannworth
Hey Stephs! I don’t know what magazine that is either….anyone have a clue!
Good luck Mercy!
Twitter: pjgvet
Steph, it looks like some sort of music magazine; but not strictly country-one of the articles talks about Salsa!.
I will try to tweet him to ask!
Hi Jannikas
. It’s nice living in Milwaukee where Danny is originally from, but it seems everytime he’s in town, I seem to miss him at the mall. I hope to see him at summerfest. I’m watching American Idol now. They seemed to somewhat like Casey’s performance. Simon loved his performance- that’s a rarity.
Twitter: pjgvet
Hi Paula;
Haven’t watched yet; its on DVR.
But I’m a Casey fan
Glad he did well!
I never run into Danny either, but don’t really try to; poor guy probably gets swamped more and more.
Really stupid question, but who the heck is Sharon Wilbur? Specifically re the comment about being assigned a seat next to Danny during Hollywood week?
Oops! I’m not supposed to be here on an AI night!
Twitter: steph6449
speaking of Sharon Wilbur, her interview with Danny apparently will air on Florida tv tonight. not sure if they have an online stream
FaceofFox30: ok JACKSONVILLE, don’t forget to watch Action News @ 10pm after Idol for my EXCLUSIVE, in studio interview w/ DANNY GOKEY!!!!
Twitter: steph6449
brian’s hot pick to win AI9 is up. so far it’s been a guys night but umm…
Twitter: steph6449
GAC has a promotion for CMA Fest, where there’s been word Danny will perform the first night (Jun 10th)
gactv: GAC is giving away a trip for 2 to the 2010 CMA Music Festival, enter every day and maybe you’ll be on your way! http://www.gactv.com/win
less than 5 seconds ago via web
Twitter: steph6449
Lizzy, WMZQ is playing MBD as #2 on that hot 9 song show
Guess it is worth voting for it on that silly page.
Twitter: .
Sorry didn’t get to post this earlier but Danny remains at #29 on Billboard radio chart this week.
Twitter: jancute
Good Evening Ladies!!!!
Wow, Danny has a new commercial???? wow! and billboard too??? wow!!! in Downtown Milgokey?!!! what can you say about that? People will surely start looking at that one… YAY!
jan, thank you! We really need it. Online voting is a tricky bench.
http://www.schooltube.com/video/86fcaeaf7ae4e9aeaa9d/I-Dont-Want-To-MissMercy-Entry
Please help me!
Jan:
I emailed you tonight!
Danip, Can you explain to me why Danny’s song is still #29 on Billboard when it finished for the week at #27 on mediabase? I guess i don’t understand how the Billboard country songs chart works.
I watched AI tonight and think I have decided on my two favorites – Crystal and Lee. Lee really did it for me tonight and I have always really liked Crystal.
Twitter: jancute
jen – I saw it, Im downloading it right now… YAY!!! sorry for my grammar LOL! haha…
Twitter: jancute
Jen – OMG! Im so sorry! Im so embarrased!!! did you add something? where is it there?
Pam – if you’re lurking…I sent you a DM
Jan – I put my changes in red but left the rest alone
Twitter: steph6449
Today, March 30, 2010, 9 minutes ago |
WisconsinVision (Wisconsin Vision)
What an end to a great day of commercial filming- dinner with Danny Gokey @ Roots. See u tomorrow for the filming of commercial #2.
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two men on twitter, love that danny has a lot of male fans — first time I saw one tipping another to Danny’s OS though
{man #1} check out danny gokey’s cd on his website.he came in 3rd last year.good country with a touch of inspiration. http://www.dannygokey.com
{man #2} agreed
Twitter: jancute
Jen – I hope its interesting enough for the ladies here… what do you think?
Twitter: steph6449
Video of I Still Believe from Tunica
Twitter: .
Lizzy, I think the reasoning for the difference in ranking on the 2 charts are because of the different set of stations they use to make their rankings. Some of these are the same but some are different. I believe we have the Mediabase stations in a permanent post above and I posted the Billboard ones a while back. I can get them again if you like?
Twitter: jannworth
Gokeyguy, I’m sure we’ll love to hearing about your experience at your first Danny concert! Please don’t fret! A little grammar error (or whatever) will not diminish how happy we are that you got to go and whatever you care to share.
Its all Gokey, you know! Jan
Twitter: jannworth
Danip, could also be that Billboard doesn’t have the same rules about going recurrent as Mediabase?
Twitter: .
Jan I think their rules are the same. I will look for the rules and the stations and post them although it may be tomorrow.
I’ll try to be quick.. roll:roll
Twitter: jancute
Hey Jan! LOL! sigh! ok… Ill email it to Erika now YAY!!! but still preping the pics YAY!!!
Did you see the commercial? you Milgokeeans are so lucky LOL!!!
I think Danny said once he would be very flattered when people start covering his songs. This is absolutely adorable!
Twitter: .
Here are the recurrent rules for Billboard.
RECURRENTS
On Hot Country Songs, descending
titles below No. 10 in either audience
or detections are moved to recurrent
after 20 weeks, provided that they
are not still gaining enough audience
points to bullet or if they rank below
No. 10 and post a third consecutive
week of audience decline, regardless
of total chart weeks. On Country
Indicator, descending, non-bulleted
titles below No. 10 are moved to
recurrent after 20 weeks.
And the rankings
RANKINGS
Hot Country Songs is ranked by total
audience impressions for the week
ending Sunday based on monitored
airplay of 125 stations by Nielsen
BDS. Audience totals on the chart
are derived, in part, using certain
Arbitron Inc. copyrighted Persons
12+ audience estimates (under
license © 2010, Arbitron Inc.).
Country Indicator is tabulated using
reported playlists and Nielsen BDSmonitored
airplay at 100 stations,
ranked by total plays
Twitter: .
I’ll post this in two post and am not sure it will format correctly…
BILLBOARD HOT COUNTRY SONGS PANEL — 125 STATIONS
Akron, Ohio WQMX
Albany, N.Y. WGNA
Albuquerque, N.M. KRST
Allentown, Pa. WCTO
Asheville, N.C. WKSF
Atlanta WKHX
WUBL
Augusta, Ga. WKXC
Austin, Texas KASE
Bakersfield, Calif. KUZZ
Baltimore WPOC
Baton Rouge, La. WYNK
Birmingham, Ala. WDXB
Boise, Idaho KIZN
Boston WKLB
Buffalo, N.Y. WYRK
Charleston, S.C. WEZL
Charleston, W. Va. WQBE
Charlotte, N.C. WKKT
WSOC
Memphis WGKX
Miami WKIS
Milwaukee WMIL
Minneapolis, Minn. KEEY
Mobile, Ala. WKSJ
Modesto, Calif. KATM
Monmouth/Ocean, N.J. WKMK
Nashville WKDF
WSIX
New Bern, N.C. WRNS
Norfolk, Va. WGH
Oklahoma City, Okla. KKNG
KTST
Omaha, Neb. KXKT
Pensacola, Fla. WXBM
Philadelphia WXTU
Phoenix KMLE
KNIX
Pittsburgh WDSY
WOGI
Portland, Ore. KUPL
KWJJ
Portsmouth, N.H. WOKQ
Providence, R.I. WCTK
Raleigh, N.C. WQDR
Reno, Nev. KBUL
Riverside, Calif. KFRG
Roanoke, Va. WSLC
Rochester, N.Y. WBEE
Sacramento, Calif. KNCI
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continued…
Chattanooga, Tenn. WUSY Shreveport, La. KXKS
Chicago WUSN Spokane, Wash. KDRK
Cincinnati WUBE Springfield, Mass. WPKX
Cleveland WGAR Springfield, Mo. KTTS
Colorado Springs, Colo. KATC Syracuse, N.Y. WBBS
Columbia, S.C. WCOS Tampa, Fla. WFUS
Columbus, Ohio WCOL WQYK
Dallas KPLX Tucson, Ariz. KIIM
KSCS Tulsa, Okla. KVOO
Denver KYGO Washington, D.C. WMZQ
Des Moines, Iowa KJJY West Palm Beach, Fla. WIRK
Detroit WYCD Wichita, Kan. KFDI
Ft. Myers, Fla. WCKT Wilkes Barre, Pa. WGGY
WWGR Wilmington, Del. WXCY
Ft. Wayne, Ind. WQHK York, Pa. WGTY
Fresno, Calif. KSKS Sacramento, Calif. KNCI
Gainesville, Fla. WOGK KNTY
Grand Rapids, Mich. WBCT St. Louis WIL
WTNR Salt Lake City KSOP
Greensboro, N.C. WPAW KUBL
WTQR San Antonio, Texas KAJA
Greenville, S.C. WESC KCYY
WSSL San Diego KSON
Harrisburg, Pa. WRBT San Francisco KBWF
Hartford, Conn. WWYZ San Jose, Calif. KRTY
Houston KILT Santa Rosa, Calif. KFGY
KKBQ Seattle KKWF
Indianapolis WFMS KMPS
WLHK KNTY
Jackson, Miss. WUSJ St. Louis WIL
Jacksonville, Fla. WGNE Salt Lake City KSOP
Johnson City, Tenn. WXBQ KUBL
Kansas City KBEQ San Antonio, Texas KAJA
KFKF KCYY
WDAF San Diego KSON
Knoxville, Tenn. WIVK San Francisco KBWF
Lafayette, La. KMDL San Jose, Calif. KRTY
Lakeland, Fla. WPCV Santa Rosa, Calif. KFGY
Lancaster, Pa. WIOV Seattle KKWF
Lansing, Mich. WITL KMPS
Las Vegas KCYE
KWNR
Lexington, Ky. WBUL
Little Rock, Ark. KSSN
Los Angeles KKGO
Louisville, Ky. WAMZ
Madison, Wis. WWQM
McAllen, Texas KTEX
erika sorry for the big posts
Twitter: jannworth
Thanks, Danip. I didn’t realize that top 10 songs get to stay around, don’t go recurrent, even if they lose “placement” for 3 weeks in a row. It makes more sense to me now.
milgokey fan, that vid is so cute!!
Twitter: pjgvet
Milgokey, that was absolutely adorable!~ She did a good job too.
AI was a big improvement tonight. Glad Andrew is back! I do love his voice; unique. Lee was really good; but he looks and sounds too much like Danny and David Cook to me; I just have to like someone different this year, lol.
Casey was great! He is very laid back and casual; he still will have his breakout moment.
Crystal good as usual.
Twitter: mrbingfordannyg
It’s pretty slow here today.Just wanna share my happyness of getting my own CD.The very first CD of Danny,it’s so special.I dont wanna open it.Since I have downloaded the album from iTunes.I will just collect the CD,lol
milgokey, cute video!
I remember I wanted to cover a song & I did. It’s not easy covering Danny’s amazingness. But then again, my voice does suck.
Twitter: pjgvet
Ellen,
In response to your earlier question; I’m not sure; but I think Sharon Wilbur may be an AI contestant that Danny came to know? Maybe that is why he sat next to her during Hollywood week?
That is what I assumed; but maybe someone else knows for sure…
Good night all!
Congratulations, Mr. Bing, on owning your very own CD of Danny’s music! But you definitely want to open it to see the pictures inside, plus the words to the song, and the people that Danny thanked . . .
Twitter: BLfolsom
Milgokey, thx for posting that video – to cute.
Rowansmom, Lee killed, killed, killed it tonight!!
You’re the first person I thought of when the judges praised him.
Casey, Andrew, and Crystal were killers too tonight. All-in-all, a good show.
Ellen, the short answer to your post last night was…..yes; you are correct about those riffs.
And…yes, I am/was a music/education major and theater minor *shout out to Danielle, she was a theater major.*
I’ve posted before that I’m classically trained but had to sing/play pop, country, blues, rock, and bluegrass in during the 80′s to make a living.
I’ve been around the world twice touring with a Christain music group; but of all the musicians I’ve ever worked with, I’ve never heard anybody connect with a song or audience like Danny has; kinda reminds me of Stevie Ray Vaughn, B.B. King, Ray, and Aretha.
Have a good night everybody
I finally got a chance to pop in and saw your post, Billie.
Yes, he did. I think he reached a whole new level tonight. It’s perfect because he didn’t have his first real moment too late or too early–and I think he really has a chance to win this. He had much more swagger and confidence. I don’t think there’s any way he won’t make Top 3 at least, and we could be looking at a Crystal/Lee finale.
It was good to see Andrew give a good performance again, I was rather impressed, even though I am not a fan of his. I do like his vocal tone. Still not feeling Casey, sorry. I know some of you like him. Siobhan was terrible and I think she might have peaked. A shame. I think Tim may be going home.
Cool, Billie! Thank you for sharing that!
Oh, and I thought Usher was an amazing mentor. He really seemed to care and act as a true mentor to the contestants.
Goodnight! I promise to post more tomorrow, but I have to get some sleep. Or try to.
AI SPOILER ALERT
Much better week this week. Liked almost everyone. But it’s still weird that who I like changes from week to week depending on a given week’s performance. I think Michael has been the most consistent. None of his performances have been bad, even though he doesn’t always wow me.
I think either Tim or Didi is going home. I actually thought Tim did surprisingly well, especially with a very weird song choice (for him), and his limited vocal ability. The judges weren’t wrong in their criticisms of his vocals — Randy demonstrated the weakness quite well. But Tim always looks like he’s enjoying himself, and I think he performed close to the best that he is capable of. I don’t think this was one of Didi’s better performances. But I have to give the girl credit. She has stood on that stage and smiled, week after week, after being savaged by the judges. In contrast, Siobhan didn’t take the judges’ criticisms nearly as well.
Siobhan deserves to be in the bottom three this week (although she doesn’t deserve to get booted). That’s the worst I’ve ever heard her sing. She was all over the place, very inconsistent. Her scream this week didn’t hurt quite as much as last week, but I noticed something. The scream started out narrow, (as Bosman would say), then in the middle there was some meatball splat (as Billie would say), but the scream ended up narrow again, and it was just all over the place.
Michael gave a very nice, understated performance. Liked Casey; he’s finally starting to show off his vocals a bit. From a comment he made, sounds like he’s interested in blues and roots music. I like blues and I’d be interested in hearing Casey sing it. Crystal was good. I liked her a little better this week, personality-wise. I don’t understand why nobody seems to like Katie. I like her vocals. I liked that she put a little anger and moxie into her performance. She is young though (and I hate the way she grins and begs for votes). Aaron wasn’t as good as last week, but he still was good.
Andrew and Lee were the best surprises. It’s good to see Andrew back on the top of his game. But although I like his tone, I think his range may be too limited for me. (He’s good within a certain zone though.) For the first time, I heard an interesting timber to Lee’s voice. I especially noticed it in the vignette when he was singing for Usher. And it finally looked like Lee was starting to believe in himself. If he can continue the momentum, he will be a competitor.
Suz, I agree that Usher was a good mentor. He took his role seriously.