The Voice semi-finals

[rfisher]

One elimination this week.
Michael Buble pretending to be a Christmas angel or something.

Adam looking very GQ rather than torn t-shirts

Xtina gets a shout out from the audience

[my little pony]

holy fog machine. i thought he was slipping on some dry ice residue or something but apparently those were his dance moves.

[my little pony]

i absolutely hate the song "the wind beneath my wings." it's not at all catchy and so full of treacle my glucose goes up by 100.

but that's not revun's problem. however, this is not his best. parts sounded strained.

[rfisher]

Trevin did NOT hit those high notes. The judges are being nice.

[rjblue]

That was painful to listen to.

[my little pony]

i swear each wk they take a half inch off his hair, "we're just trimming the split ends nick, not a real haircut." it's so clean and glossy looking now, somewhere betw barry gibb and bert lahr

[rfisher]

Nick has such a smooth voice. Like butter.

[Matryeshka]

Just watching Trevin. Every week, he sounds more and more like a poor man's Luther Vandross. He's sung this song in at least three different keys.

[rfisher]

I hope Xtina sings Santa Baby since they're singing Christmas songs.

[Garden Kitty]

Maybe we could just try to forget Blake sang White Christmas.

[personwhoishere]

WHY am I tearing up after that st. Jude commercial with Jennifer Aniston??

[rfisher]

I sincerely hope Cassadddddeeeee and Terry do not sing ballads. What are they trying to do to us?

Well, Cas A D is screeching. Sigh. Xtina is sucking up to Blake for some reason.

Terry is our only hope.

[my little pony]

I hope Xtina sings Santa Baby since they're singing Christmas songs.

i dont want anyone singing that ever

[rfisher]

At least she could slink around instead of having fake snow. So far, the show has pretty much sucked tonight. And, now Terry is also going for a ballad. WTF did they decide these songs were good for the semi-finals?

At least he sounds sort of like Paul and is in tune. Terry and Nick for the finals. Send Trevin back to cook some more and Casade to do whatever she does.

[Matryeshka]

The Crown and Anchor is five blocks from my office They will sell you unlimited Irish Car Bombs (shot of 1/2 Baileys and 1/2 Jameson dropped in a glass of Guiness. You have about 45 seconds to drink it before they curdle. Not that I would have ever participated in an Irish Car Bomb blowout or anything ).

That was better than Terry's done in the last couple of weeks, IMO.

[rjblue]

Terry was decent when he sang the song like the original- although it was pure karaoke. But everytime he changed it up it became terrible.

I just don't look at Nick when he sings. I think he was the best of the night.

[Garden Kitty]

. I think he was the best of the night.

That's not much of a compliment tonight.

[dbell1]

That was the first time I've liked Cassaaddee. I think the world is coming to an end. Surprised she didn't go for the dancing around the stage glory note shouting stuff again. But, her hometown is West Palm Beach? I guess her idea of paying dues is country club fees?

I wanted to like Nick. But they've sent him to the Voice Makeover Room one too many times.

Trevin sucked. That was painful.

Terry was forgettable. That was the longest song ever.

[barbk]

Trevin was horribly, repeatedly off pitch. I wish Amanda or Melanie had made it to semifinals instead.

My theory: the sudden rule change to advance 3 to the finals is a ploy to make it a lot more likely for Casssidddeee to win -- Nick, Terry, Trevin -- whichever two make it, I'd guess that those two will split a bunch of the votes.

I'm guessing Cassiddeee would have won on her own, but this feels like cheating.

[taf2002]

i swear each wk they take a half inch off his hair, "we're just trimming the split ends nick, not a real haircut." it's so clean and glossy looking now, somewhere betw barry gibb and bert lahr

Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion, right?

i dont want anyone singing that ever

Would I be dating myself if I said only Eartha Kitt should sing that song?

I'm not crazy about You Are So Beautiful but that was great. I liked most of Terry's too although I agree it was too long. I found Trivin painful...really horrible. Wind Beneath My Wings fit the movie beautifully but NO ONE should have ever sung that song again. But if you're going to sing it, hit the notes please. Cassaddee was almost as painful.