Celebrity Duets, September 21st – Judge Beauty Is On Duty
The Five Finalists Vie for a Final Three Spot
Somehow this crept up on us pretty quick. This is already the last week before the finale. How did that happen? While I wasn't so sure about this show in the beginning, finding it a little on the dry side, I have to admit it's grown on me. And now it's almost over. This week we're eliminating two singers, leave a final three for next week's finale.
Leading us off tonight is the one-time judge's favorite, Jai Rodriguez. He struggled last week, mostly due to the fact of being paired with Taylor Dayne and having to sing not just her song, but in her style and range. He says he wasn't proud of himself, and as an artist you know what you're capable of. This week he'll be singing with one of the greatest divas in music history, which he considers a dream come true and a curse. Jai is also struggling because he doesn't read music, and is confused when they call it off to him by "letters", yet when he steps onstage singing Lady Marmalade, all doubts are removed. And, of course, the diva joining him onstage is none other than Patti LaBelle. This is one legend brought in on this series that looks absolutely terrific, and sounds amazing. This performance is so amazing, Wayne Brady cracks at the end, "That's our show. Thank you and good night."
Marie Osmond tells Jai he smoked it, and before she can continue her critique, David Foster butts in and says for three weeks she's been going through here, but now he's going to go first. Marie chirps in with her characteristic giggle, and says, "Go ahead, Donny. I mean David." Now, who's smoking what? Not deterred, David says he's been judging this show based on his world, but based in Jai's world, he killed it. Marie, not happy to be in the back seat, says David talks too much. She grew up with eight brothers, so she's probably used to demanding people listen to her. Little Richard tells Jai he makes him scream like a white lady, then explains a white lady goes "whooo", and a black lady says "woah."He also tells Jai he's letting it all go, and he's in the top of it and in the middle, and he's pushing. "You go." Wayne quips at the end that the show is brought to us by the National Council of White Women.
Lucy Lawless left the stress of the competition this week and went home for a visit with her children, which she refers to as the perfect way to relax. Yet back in the studio, she recommits herself and is worried about knowing she was the first in terms of votes last week, as it will be hard to maintain that position. She comes onstage singing Right Here Waiting, and it seems she's singing like a "star" would, but she's not a singing star. It sounds like too much for her ability to me. She's joined onstage by Richard Marx, and it just sounds ... slow and boring. I'm not very impressed.
Marie says it's nice to hear Lucy start a song and sing it, and she's also finding comparisons to Marilyn Monroe, as Marilyn wasn't the best singer, but her voice had that quality. She also advises Lucy than when she's standing next to a man as gorgeous as Richard Marx who's holding a guitar, there's nothing wrong with a little touch on his shoulder to show some intimacy. Little Richard says the beauty is still on duty, and don't you forget it. Keep that on your paper and keep that on the point of your pencil. He knows what he's talking about because his name is Judge Beauty, and the Beauty says you did a good job. Again he has his note cards, so Judge Beauty on Duty must be his note card of the week. At least we're off the pushing and pulling thing from last week. David brings the train back on track, and tells Lucy when she gets a song that's good for her, it really works. He loves that song and loves what she did with it. Well, shows what I know.
Before introducing Hal Sparks, Wayne greets us from the audience while standing amongst some high school students, and tells them to use "spirit fingers." Hal says that when David told him last week that he wasn't a rock singer that his reaction was he doesn't necessarily think David knows rock, and certainly not the kind of rock Hal knows. He hit the LA clubs last week to reaffirm he can sing rock, as he knows in his heart he is a rock singer. Of all the fitting rock songs to get this week, he is singing We're Not Gonna Take It. I'm a little surprised to see this legend here, as he doesn't seem legendary in the way Patti LaBelle, Smokey Robinson, and Dionne Warwick are, but leaping onstage to join Hal is Dee Snyder of Twisted Sister. Hal comes directly up to David to sing in his face, and David answers with the "rock on" symbol. My 1o year old daughter was left wishing Hal would sing, in her words, "Highway to Heck."
Marie tells Hal she loves his attitude, especially against David Foster, although she knows it's all for fun, as they're playing for charity. She thinks Hal has risen tremendously, and she knows he loves it, yet when Dee holds a note, he actually as a note with the scream, leaving her thinking Hal is just screaming too much. Little Richard says it's time for Hal to hear from Judge Beauty. He looks like Prince the way he's dressed, and he thinks that the heavy metal rock is different from the rock that he created, where he notes they didn't get his permission to go to another page with it. Hal has what it takes, though, and it takes what he's got, but if it doesn't fit, he shouldn't push it. Now Hal as his permission to tear 'em down, though. When you weed through his overuse of words, Little Richard usually has a good message at the end. David says there's no doubt Hal can sing, and he agrees with Marie about the screaming. He'd like to take Hal into his studio, and show him that he can sound better than he does on the show, and Hal can then show him how he can rock. It looks like Hal wants to take him up on that offer.
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