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Here's the breakdown:

Diana has a great voice. She's got power and the "American Idol single" is perfect for her and all the other mini-Mariahs out there. However, she seems like she's just singing to impress people with her loud voice and doesn't really connect with the song or the audience. It's like she's trying to show off her voice instead of showing off well, herself. My friend Azadeh calls Diana the new Leann Rimes - so true! - So she'll be the slightly plump looking wannabe "pop" star who grows up too fast and tries to slut it up to no avail and is left to sing cookie-cutter songs with cheesy lyrics but booming choruses written by Diane Warren.

Fantasia's first song sucked. But "Summertime" should be her classic song - she does it like no one else and I get goosebumps everytime she sings that. She's got that lazy, jazzy sound down perfectly. The last song was not made for Fantasia's voice, but she's got so much passion and soul and heart that it doesn't matter anymore. I bet Tamyra Gray was like "damn, now everyone will think it's HER song instead of MINE!" (As if it's hard to write about "believing in your dreams" and "following rainbows"!) Fantasia feels her music and you can tell she's really just enjoying each moment instead of thinking about what fancy high note to hit next.

Fantasia IS the American Idol (But I have a sneaky suspicion that conservative white middle class America will vote otherwise...)
posted by Tim at 9:18 PM