I am late with this summary, since I watched this during my Legazpi City vacation this week. I must confess I am not at all familiar with Dolly Parton music. I was only familiar with her ubiquitous pop stuff ("9 to 5", "Islands in the Stream", and yes, "I Will Always Love You".) But you know that the songwriter is good when even his unfamiliar songs can actually sound good on the first hearing.
Syesha Mercado sang
"I Will Always Love You," mixing the Dolly and the Whitney versions. With her hairstyle this week, she actually looks like a young
Condeleeza Rice! Hahaha! The familiarity of her song and her solid performance automatically places her as safe.
The rest sang unfamiliar, yet pleasing songs. Best for me was
David Archuleta with
"Smokey Mountain Memories" and
Michael Johns with
"It's All Wrong But It's All Right".
The rest were again a homogenous blur. However the clear laggers were
Ramiele Malubay with
"Do I Ever Cross Your Mind" and
Kristy Lee Cook with
"Coat fo Many Colors". Both were not really that bad, but in the face of the competition left, these two are really outclassed. The third member of the Bottom 3 is very difficult to call. I may have to go with
Jason Castro and his
"Travellin' Thru".
I think that this is really Ramiele's time to go.
