To summarize everything, I'd like to do it the "AWARDS NIGHT KINDA WAY."
What a night to remember! My much anticipated AI concert almost didn't happen (I'll tell you all about it later)...and there it was, Wed night Peter & I at the Staples Center. Good seats, man! Floor Section 4 Row 4 Seats 1 & 2, aisle seats, baby! You probably would like to know how the idols fair. I know you've read a bunch of them since the beginning of their tour & tired of the same old stuff, you know, the usual..."who's great, who's fake, who's hot, who's not, who rocks & who sucks." Let me tell you, in all fairness to all the idols & to all of their fans...each idol did their own segment & each different from one another. Ballads, Rock, R&B, Pop, Country & Nostalgic Classic Oldies.
THEY ALL BROUGHT THE HOUSE DOWN!!! People young & old were all enjoying everyone's performance & giving them the love, support & respect that they didn't receive at the other venues. To summarize everything, I'd like to do it the "AWARDS NIGHT KINDA WAY." The Idols performed in this order: Jessica (2 songs), Anwar (2 songs), Constantine (3 songs), Nikko (3 songs), Scott (3 songs including a duet with Jessica), Nadia (3 songs) and then the intermission...Anthony (3 songs), Vonzell (4 songs including a duet with Anwar), Bo (4 songs including a duet with Carrie), Carrie (4 songs including a duet with Bo & the group) & finally 2 group songs.
AND THE AWARD GOES TO...the envelop please...
Best Patriotic Performance - Carrie "Independence Day" (people were just clapping, singing & feeling good about themselves being in America)
Best Action Performance - Nadia "Try A Little Tenderness" (the way she handled her silver guitar wearing those high heels & kicked the air, held her mic while dragging the mic stand from one end of the stage to the other plus ending her signature song "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me" with stretched arms, she was so much fun & entertaining to watch.)
Best Sound/Visual Effects - Constantine "Bohemian Rhapsody" (with the fans screaming in the background & the loudness of his music together with the visual montage onstage, this is what your mind is like when you're on drugs - very high energy, indeed)
Best Foreign Language - Anthony "Marc Anthony Adaption song" (he sang it in Spanish! Watch out Josh Groban, here's your competition! And by the way, he sings in Italian too.)
Best Instrumental - Bo "Voodoo Child" (although he played the keyboards when he sang Desperado & played the guitar when he had a duet with Carrie, he knows how to handle that electric guitar with ease, resting his right injured foot on the edge of a speaker. Bo is one Versatile & BOnafide performer!)
Best Dramatic/Sincere Performance - Scott "Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)" (the audience did what he asked them to & it was a very emotional & heartwarming moment. The impact of his song, the power in his voice, the expression in his face & tie them all in a melody. If only he can give a speech after his performance, this is what he would've said, "Go ahead, take a good look at me now, I'm an average guy who likes to sing & sing from my heart. I'm just like you, I dream about having better things in my life & I'd like to do something about it & make it happen & now here I am, performing for all of you & I'll continue to do so because I love my son & I'd love for him to have the good things I never had growing up as a child. I'm making a big difference in my life & would like to thank the good Lord above for listening to my prayers & to all of you, a million thanks.")
Best in Choreography - Nikko "Like I Love You" (you just focus on watching his every move. You feel like you're in a trance, you try to take a picture but you can't. You want to absorb each & every strut he does & it makes you wonder, "How did he do that?")
Best Theme Performance - Anwar "What a Wonderful World" (he dedicated his songs to the late Luther Vandross. You can feel the vibration inside the stadium with his mighty voice. What a wonderful smile, what a wonderful voice & what a wonderful man you are!)
Best Broadway Performance - Jessica "The Boys Are Back In Town" (she opened the show standing at the top of the (prop) stairs while her back was facing the audience & flawlessly gyrated her way down the steps to the beat of her music. Her husky voice never sounded any better.)
Best Costume Performance - Vonzell "I Have Nothing" (there was a magical glow when she came onstage dressed in her mustard yellow gown. She sang passionately & the audience loved her. A guy two rows behind me kept shouting, "I Love You Baby V! Isn't she beautiful!"
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