American Idol - The Top 5

Jaime Foxx is tonight’s mentor for Rat Pack night.

Kris Allen is first with a nice slow jam that impressed Jaime Foxx so much that he wants to record with Kris, calling him “Absolutely incredible.“ “The Way You Look Tonight” is a dynamite choice for Kris. The tempo picks up midway and it’s a swinging number for a moment. He tries for a little too much and the last note isn’t pretty but it was a winner overall. Judges love it. Contemporary crooner says Paula.

Allison Iraheta is the final girl in the competition, and turned 17 yesterday. “Someone to Watch Over Me” is another great performance from Allison. She has a powerful voice and has awesome control of it. The judges all love it except Simon, who thinks she’s in trouble. No way man.

Matt Giraud studied jazz and chose “My Funny Valentine.” It’s pretty boring and I agree when Randy calls it pitchy. He completely missed several notes and has the weakest voice of who is left. Simon thought it was brilliant though.

Danny Gokey – it’s a typical snoozer from Churchy until he picks it up towards the end of the song. When he really belts it out like that it’s hard to deny his charm, but too often he’s not interesting. Kara loves the “Rat Pack Swagger” or “swag”, and Simon Cowell agrees. Paula knows he “can see the finish line” and it seems all but certain he will make Top 2.

Adam Lambert rounds out the Top 5 with “Feeling Good”. “He’s gonna knock everybody’s head off” says Jaime Foxx. It’s a little scary as always, but I think this works for him better than most of his choices and then wow! He hits that crazy long note at the end of the song and does in fact knock my head off. Cool. That might have been the most entertaining Lambert performance yet. Paula thinks he is the Michael Phelps of American Idol, or something, and Simon says he is in it to win it.

Tonight had some strong moments but the least impressive was definitely Matt Giraud, and it’s his time to go. Anyone else going home this week would be a travesty.