(03-22-2012, 08:13 PM)cherelann Wrote: (03-22-2012, 07:37 PM)Miguel Wrote: I don't feel like Haley got enough of a reaction from that performance on Twitter. 19 didn't help with that stupid #freehaley hash tag. Ideally, "Haley Reinhart" or "Haley" and "Idol" would have trended naturally.
She put forth a heckuva effort but I don't think it's a song that grabs a live audience if they're not familiar with it. Maybe if she had sung it in quieter fashion with less movement it would have sucked them in.
Let me preface what I am about to say. I love Haley, I will always follow her & I will ignore the haters. However, I was disappointed with this performance, mainly the performance part. Her vocals were spot on but the actual performance had too many bells & whistles for my taste. An understated delivery, IMO, would have been the bomb. She looked beautiful, I loved the dress but her hair seemed to overpower the song.
I guess the reason I am disappointed is because AI is such a huge platform....maybe I don't know what I'm talking about & she wowed America.






Please feel free to refute my observations.
Cherelann, this evening I'd been following the MJ Blog and also Michael Slezak's partial recap of the AI proceedings. You are not alone in thinking the staging of the performance was -- well, at best, odd. You're right -- a simple, more natural delivery that focused on her and the song, would probably have been more compelling. (I agree with you as well.) We are probably a very small minority, but you are not alone.