Top 15 Season 8 American Idol Performances - 5/5

# 03 If I Can't Have You - Adam Lambert

This is Adam Lambert's best vocal and most original performance on Idol Stage by a mile. I absolutely love it! This was definitely his shining moment on Idol, to take a song from disco's hall of fame and change it so much that it turns out to be something completely different is amazing and remarkable. This is the performance for which I give Adam the cake.

# 02 I Can't Make You Love Me - Allison Iraheta

This definitely has to be one of the most moving performances of Idol. Allison displayed the best of the her vocals again and again but with such conviction and determination is something I witnessed for the first time with this one over here. Paula Abdul's comment was true when she said that 'You hear one note and it's undeniably Allison'! This stayed with me on the top spot being the most played song on my player till Top 3 week.

# 01 Heartless - Kris Allen

The most original song performed on the Idol stage after David Cook's "Always Be My Baby" has to be Kris reprise of Kanye West's 'Heartless'. I'm no big fan of Kanye, the original version never grasped me. Kris version is far far better than his. Even Simon said it was his favorite performance of the season. No wonder Kris took hime the title!

Top 15 Season 8 American Idol Performances - 4/5

# 06 To Make You Feel My Love - Kris Allen

Country Week bought a very cool surprise to the table. I for one was expecting Kris to be a complete disaster this week but was hoping(Also praying) for the opposite to come true. And it did! Kris gave the most touching performance of the night and this was the point where Kris showed that he was more than just a 'pretty face' in the running. This was where the tender dawg took the spotlight all for himself. This is one of the best ever!

# 05 P.Y.T.(Pretty Young Thing) - Danny Gokey

I solemnly swear I'm no Danny Gokey fan but even then I have to give credit where it is due. This was no doubt one of the best of the night, though I could've done without the dancing(Read; Gyrations), but thanks to me(And the Studio Versions) you don't have to witness the uncomfortable scenes. Enjoy the only up tempo Danny's song I ever liked on the show!

# 04 Part Time Lover - Matt Giraud

This song has been performed twice before on the American Idol stage but never was it this good and this much fun. The casual flirting and fun-loving side of Matt G was clearly the winning point of the whole song. His riffing and falsetto were fine tuned and extremely well placed. Never before was a Stevie Wonder song made current along with keeping it listenable to the ear. Great going, Matt!

Top 15 Season 8 American Idol Performances - 3/5

# 09 Let's Get It On - Matt Giraud

Matt's smooth R&B styling recieved a full on display over here. It has a fun loving party animal touch to it that clearly told us that he had changed the song to suit his vocals. Matt gets full points on this one from me. He started the night with a bang and was clearly one of the best at that particular night. Awesome!

# 08 Falling Slowly - Kris Allen

This is the second most touching performance of the entire season. Kris picked a contempary song off the current charts and gave it his own folk rock touch which went along with the song beautifully. It was a brilliant performance as Simon Cowell put it, definetely one of my favorite and it's certainly going to stay on my playerlist for a long time.

# 07 Papa Was A Rolling Stone - Allison Iraheta

This is the second track from the little rocker of Los Angeles, California. The Temptations put forward one of the most popular and hard to sing tracks ever in the history of music, plus it isn't a rock song to begin with. For Allison to take the song up and change it to excel her fine points is an amazing thing. She definitely proved herself to be a force to be reckoned in the competetion by turning the heat on to several degrees with this hot little number. This girl definitely has the spazz to tackle the big guns in the industry.

Top 15 Season 8 American Idol Performances - 2/5

# 12 The Way You Make Me Feel - Lil Rounds

This is probably the only song for which Lil Rounds will be remembered in good words. The R&B styling of Michael Jackson suited her well and she did her own sassy spin on it making it all the more cherishing. Lil indeed started her reign with the passion of a fire cracker, but it's sad she shouldn't maintain it in the coming weeks.

# 11 Come Rain Come Shine - Danny Gokey

Danny Gokey had never been anywhere near my favorite contestant for many numerous reasons, foremost being the fact that he wasn't original at all. While he definitely had the second best voice up there, he didn't do anything with the song he choose to make them his own. But still this was one song which made me watch him in the repeat telecast again. As the judges put it, it was a vocal master class.

# 10 I Don't Want To Miss A Thing - Allison Iraheta

Never has there been a female rocker as good as Allison at such a tender age of sixteen. 'I Don't Want To Miss A Thing' is one of the most popular Aerosmith tracks and she did it better than anyone on the show before besides David Cook. Her love for rock clearly showed through as she put forward one of the most amazing performances of Season 8. Kudos to you, girl. You rocked my world!

Top 15 Season 8 American Idol Performances - 1/5

# 15 Walkin' After Midnight - Megan Joy

This performance by Megan was in my opinion her shining moment on the American Idol stage. There was just something so weird and corky about the song that mixed so amazingly with her. I had sort of thought that Megan would do a Patsy Cline song, but I was thinking more along the lines of 'Crazy'. And for once, I'm glad my guess was incorrect!

#14 Always On My Mind - Anoop Desai

If there was one person in Season 8 who's voice was so soulful that it was just too good to be true, it had to be Anoop Desai. Kara often commented on his smooth ability to infuse soul into any song and make it his own. Seriously speaking, this performance was just the right example of that! I think I won't ever get tired of listening to this soulful number.

# 13 Play That Funky Music - Adam Lambert

The word that would fit Adam perfectly is the word 'fearless'. To come out on stage all glammed up with a bouffant and pull off a feet stomper is something not everyone can do; But for Adam it was a peice of cake. The arrangement was not his own but it suited his vocals brilliantly. This was the only up-tempo performance from Adam which I like, otherwise I prefer him more with ballads.

Seriously Really Disturbing!!

The 90s saw Backstreet Boys! The Y2K are witnessing Jonas Brothers! And strictly speaking, I can't tell which one is worse! Keeping aside the fact that I'm terribly against many of the younger talent in the Music Industry given the shocker that nearly all of them happen to be incredibly over-rated. Jonas Brothers always had a close knit competetion with Hannah Montana of being amongst the most annoying, in my opinion.

Their fourth studio album 'Lies, Vines and Trying Times' is scheduled to be released on 16th June. Now what surprises me alot is that they released an album just last year and they are releasing another one so soon. Just when the my channel simmered down thier Jo Bromance here I am getting another spoonful.

Their first single 'Paranoid' has already hit the airwaves and with what I've heard till now, on comparision it's somewhat better than their previous stuff as the lyrics have a touch of maturity, which sadly can't be said for their appearences. They all have YET to hit puberty!

This 'promotion' stunt is.....seriously really disturbing!

I strictly advise you to watch the video at your own risk. I'm not responsible for any irreversible damages that might occur to the viewer after they've seen this increasingly disturbing footage!

Cheers!