On a night when female singers stole the limelight in Idol’s audition episode from Texas, Cortez Shaw offered a ray of light for the guys. OK, the start of his version of Adele’s “Someone Like You” wasn’t that great. But once he hit the chorus … wow. Cortez brought with him a hard-luck story that…
Top 5 — Fortunate Son Top 5 — You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me Top 5 — Your Love Takes Me Higher (with Hollie Cavanagh and Jessica Sanchez) Top 6 — Tattoos On This Town Top 6 — The Show Must Go On (Queen) Top 7 Redux — Born This Way Top 7…
We’d seen her on the Idol promos before Season 11 started. Finally, tonight on Idol, we met Baylie Brown. Or perhaps I should say we were reintroduced to her. Baylie, now 21, was on Idol back in Season 6 at age 16 and got herself a golden ticket to Hollywood. Simon Cowell’s assessment at the…
Post-show review: Assessment: Hey, Idol, that was your best audition episode since the season-opener from Savannah. Nice mix of talent and humor. Even a few disagreements between those too-easy-to-please judges. For the first time this season, I might add. Best voices: County-singing females face long odds in this competition, but watch out for Baylie Brown….
