Jeff & Konnor's Blog

Round 1:
We both think this was the best round of the night. Konnor really liked both Syesha's "If I Ain't Got You" and David A.'s "And So it Goes," but would give a slight edge to Syesha. Jeff thought that David C.'s "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" was one of the best performances of the season. Simon was clapping in the middle of it (although he may have just been congratulating himself for picking the song). Jeff thought David A. could have been great if he'd just sung the song without the runs and embellishments. You can pick the exact note where the song goes from good to Archified.

Round 2:
This round was rough, which is interesting because it's the only round that they were able to choose their own songs. David A.'s "With You" was just silly, and made sillier with that "dancing" of his. 17-year-olds from Utah should not be allowed to dance in public. David C. should have been in the zone with Switchfoot's "Dare You to Move," but it just didn't get there, and was actually quite pitchy. (Jeff encourages you to use whatever music service you subscribe to/steal from to listen to the original). Syesha was OK with "Fever," which was good enough to give her this round in our opinion. We do wish her choreography wasn't so carefully manufactured.

Round 3:
We both liked David C.'s "Don't Want to Miss a Thing." For those of you who complain that David C. is "shouty," have you heard Aerosmith? Jeff thought "Longer" was David A.'s best performance of the night because it went almost a whole minute without a signature Archie note; Konnor preferred his Round 1 song. We thought that the producers picking "Hit Me Up" for Syesha was their way of saying "We want David and David in the final." A song from Happy Feet? Really?

Who Will Go:
Deservedly or not, Syesha. The fates seem to have been aligned since Day 1 to produce a David versus David final. Konnor does think that Syesha is probably the most marketable of the bunch, and we both think she could sell close to a million albums with the right song choices. Jeff would give the marketability prize to David Cook, but Jeff is genre-biased. On the other hand, if Hannah Montana can sell millions of copies of multiple albums, then maybe David A. has the edge after all.