LINKThis is going to be an interesting theme tonight, and might I say it's quite a departure from Queen last week. The guest artist is Rod Stewart, but before you start wishing for Ace Young to do Do Ya Think I'm Sexy? it's not that type of Rod Stewart music. It's songs of his Great American Songbook, a collection of songs from a bygone era.
As Rod comes to meet with the Idols, he brings along his fiance, Penny, and newborn son, Allistair.
He offers a big hug for Ace after he sings, and I think he makes some mention to it making the gossip papers.
Ace Young is singing That's All, calling it a fun type of song. And hey, I know that song. I have it on a Leif Garrett album. So I guess you can say it will be fitting to hear Ace do it. He admits to being worried about doing this song, as it's been sung by the best. I'm guessing here that he means someone other than Leif Garrettt. Rod says Ace stuck to the melody, then branched off. Ace admits he kept looking to Rod for approval, but Rod wasn't giving him any. Then at the end, Rod tells him, "You did that better than I did. I have nothing to say; it was brilliant." Ace calls that the most fulfilling thing he could ask for.
And, woah! Oh my God, as Ace steps out on the stage. He is wearing a suit, and has his hair slicked back into a tight bun. It reminds me of the men in the Disney movie, Mulan. He is also sporting a scruffy beard. Ace sings this very well, and is even able to find a spot for his famous falsetto. Randy says he thought it was cool when Ace came out in the suit, with the whole vibe, and the hair pulled back. He thought Ace had a little problem with the bridge, but he worked it out in the end, especially with the "false", that Randy calls Ace's moneymaker. Paula admits that the falsetto is Ace's backpocket token to whatever he wants. She thinks it's such an interesting thing to see him dressed like that, and says it puts Ace in a whole different light. She thinks the Idols may think they are putting everyone to sleep, but says it's a magical night, and they will all go back home, watch it back, and realize how great it was. With actor Michael Rapoport looking on, Simon admits it wasn't bad. Ace gets extremely excited at Simon just saying it wasn't bad, and yells, "Yes! Wooh!" Simon thinks it was a little lazy in the middle, but he thought it was a charming performance. Ryan wonders if the hairstyle hurts, and Ace says no. He also admits he really is going home to re-listen to his performance, and play Simon's comments over and over.
I think tomorrow will be telling when the votes are revealed, and I think Simon is right, that it will come down to personality. It should be Kellie going tomorrow night after that awful performance, a performance so bad she even panned herself. But if she isn't even the bottom three, we'll know she has a huge fanbase. Ace did pretty well, so if he ends up in the bottom three again, we'll know he lost whatever fanbase he started out with. Elliott did much better than recent weeks, so if he's back in the bottom, we'll know he just isn't connecting with the audience, the same goes for Paris. Other than that, it's hard to predict who will leave, as we just can't tell at this point, whether people are voting for personality or performance, but I suspect it's personality