Culturally Preconditioned

OMG was that crackhead Paula Abdul in the audience? Will we never be spared of her on our television? I loved Navarro’s Survivor (Survivor : Cook Islands starts in 2 days people! TWO FUCKING DAYS! Can you feel the excrement????) “Take your torch and head back to camp” shout out. I also loved the 10-minute tribute, or a recap if you must say, of the Final 4’s journey in this competition. That was fantastic. Anyway, by this time you’d already know I am NO huge fan of Ryan Star but I must give him props for the amazing song and performance. And I must cut him some slack cause I know for a fact that he’s rooting for Dilana to win. AND I finally figured out that sometimes, he reminds me of Eddie Vader from Pearl Jam.

Toby ~ Karma Police (Radiohead)

I love this song, but I don’t know if it’s the right one to sing at this stage of the competition. Toby is well known for his stage presence and the magic that he brings on stage. This song does nothing for him. It’s a shame cause, like Navarro, this is one of my favourite Radiohead songs ever, and I had pegged Toby as a front-runner very early & late in the show.. but the song just didn’t do him any favour. 5 out of 10.

Toby ~ Throw It Away

Not gonna comment much on this since we’ve already heard it twice before. And THREE times in, and I still find myself loving the song. The only reason I would want Toby to win is to hear this song on the charts. The song is amazing. EVS, mate. EVS. 8 out of 10.

Lukas ~ Fix You (Coldplay)

A Coldfuckingplay song. Should I even bother commenting on this? Okay, I’ll try to be fair… no sorry, I can’t. Over one hundred songs and he chooses fucking Coldplay.? Gimme a fucking break. Okay, okay fine. He did try to fix the song up a bit, but I still didn’t like it, and more importantly, I still don’t like HIM. 3 out of 10.

Lukas ~ Head Spinning

We’ve heard this before. He may be The Chosen One, but he will always be MUSHMOUTH to me. I can live with any one of the other three winning, but not Pukas. Rossi Posse, my ass. Even stripping down the song to the bare accoustics didn’t bring out the words in him. Okay, maybe we can hear one or two words better this time around, but I’d much rather hear this song with the full band playing. The accoustic version makes me feel all depressed and shit. And how appropriate was it that the camera panned in on Paula Abdul during a song called ‘Head Spinning’? LOL Priceless. 5 out of 10.

Dilana ~ Roxanne (The Police)

I don’t know why the House Band was bitching about the arrangement in the reality episode, but that was amazing. I have to say that I do NOT like this song (weakest Police song by far) but that somehow really worked for me. I loved how the three guys were singing the backup vocals. Maybe that made the difference? Who knows? Who cares? I loved it. Dilana is not trying to front Supernova. She IS Supernova. 8 out of 10.

Dilana ~ Supersoul

I was dreading the fact that I was gonna have to listen to this song again, cause I honestly didn’t like this song that much last week. Maybe it’s because she just pulled a great performance, but I think this song sounded slightly better tonight. Not by much though, but good enough. 6 out of 10.

Magni ~ Hush (Deep Purple)

Nice song. I loved it. Unfortunately I felt Magni’s performance lacked a certain je ne sais quoi. Doesn’t seen he was really putting his full heart and soul into this performance. And he sounded out of breath. It was still good though, but I’m a little disappointed cause it could’ve been more anthemic and Magni could’ve brought the house down with this one. 7.5 out of 10.

Magni ~ When The Time Comes

The song didn’t work the first time, and it didn’t work the second time. I just don’t like the melody of the chorus. Basically my feelings on this song didn’t change at all since I last heard it. And basically, all original songs that followed Toby’s Throw It Away sucked ass in comparison. 5 out of 10.

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