Way To Go, Elliott
The American Idol underdog is out.
Elliott Yamin, whom I consider to be the best male vocalist to ever appear on the show, was booted off AI Wednesday.
Although I’ve been secretly hoping he’d win the competition, his elimination seems fair, as he did, sadly, deliver sub-par performances last Tuesday night. He hit one too many flats and sharps on all three songs, and his nervousness was so apparent you could practically reach out and touch it. The smashing turns of the luscious Katharine McPhee and the epileptic Taylor Hicks didn’t help his cause either.
Nevertheless, Elliott’s exit doesn’t change the fact that he is one tremendous talent, and a pretty down-to-earth one at that. Armed with a soulful and a really sincere singing voice, he got to where he is despite a number of obstacles that would have prompted lesser men to just roll over and die.
He’s got Type 1 diabetes, the worst sort; Unbelievably for a singer of his caliber, he’s 90% deaf in his right ear; And least important to me but probably the one thing that seems to matter the most to many actual AI voters, he isn’t much to look at.
And yet he got to the top three, not because voters pitied him (as many say rather unfairly) but because he really is a damn good singer. That fact has already been established early in the season, when Elliott, with the help of judge Randy Jackson, weathered one of the hissy and bitchy Brittenum twins and made him look like a flaming idiot.
If only for that, I take my hat off to the “funky white boy” from Richmond, Virginia. Way to go Elliott. We’ll be looking forward to your album.
As for the finale, see who Simon Cowell thinks would be the next American Idol.
Elliott Yamin, whom I consider to be the best male vocalist to ever appear on the show, was booted off AI Wednesday.
Although I’ve been secretly hoping he’d win the competition, his elimination seems fair, as he did, sadly, deliver sub-par performances last Tuesday night. He hit one too many flats and sharps on all three songs, and his nervousness was so apparent you could practically reach out and touch it. The smashing turns of the luscious Katharine McPhee and the epileptic Taylor Hicks didn’t help his cause either.Nevertheless, Elliott’s exit doesn’t change the fact that he is one tremendous talent, and a pretty down-to-earth one at that. Armed with a soulful and a really sincere singing voice, he got to where he is despite a number of obstacles that would have prompted lesser men to just roll over and die.
He’s got Type 1 diabetes, the worst sort; Unbelievably for a singer of his caliber, he’s 90% deaf in his right ear; And least important to me but probably the one thing that seems to matter the most to many actual AI voters, he isn’t much to look at.
And yet he got to the top three, not because voters pitied him (as many say rather unfairly) but because he really is a damn good singer. That fact has already been established early in the season, when Elliott, with the help of judge Randy Jackson, weathered one of the hissy and bitchy Brittenum twins and made him look like a flaming idiot.
If only for that, I take my hat off to the “funky white boy” from Richmond, Virginia. Way to go Elliott. We’ll be looking forward to your album.
As for the finale, see who Simon Cowell thinks would be the next American Idol.
posted by Couch Camote at 12:36 PM
1 Comments:
trite i start..but when acts are done 'from the heart' they left a palpable sense of longing...people are missing Elliott for this, and more. for the jaded (calling him "funky"), he is just another dude pulling a show, but he's got huge talent and most of us lingered on this note. We listened and we wanted more of him.
bow Elliott bow, and flex. the show is over. at this point, i am not minding who's gonna win. It's yours Elliott. In no time, we are buying your records and give you your deserved millions.
Ephraim Elliott Yamin - the name - has 'shining star' factor written all over it. Must be your ancestry of gods from Israel...trite, i wink.
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