This Smithson woman is the one I want to hear more of, ten measly performances just whet my appetite, because vocals like this on reality television are not something I've ever heard before. Pro quality range, power and control with "the gift" of great tone. I WANT MORE!
Finally someone who can actually sing this song! This young lady is simply awesome. How in this world she hasn't hit it big time already is just devastating. With all the fake singers we have in this world she should not have any problems making a hit album. This world has totally gone insane.
ok: shes is BEAUTIFUL inside and out shes a wonderful person, she is CRAZY talented with her voice, great range, control, emotion you name it. and she WAY deserved to get second place!! (behind david cook of course!)
I only ever watched her without you' performance and I hated it....but that was so freakin awesome. I really want to search out more of her videos now.
i like this of her best. Mainly cuz the back ground music is good. i think the american idol band makes ppl sound werse the they are. i was sooo mad when she got voted out. that was sooo unfair!!!! I LOVE YOU CARLY!!!!! u rock hard!!!
Could we please all keep in mind that this video is of CARLY SMITHSON singing and that it's her we should be critiquing? That'd be fantastic. On a separate note, I think this is the best I've ever heard this song sung.
I love her and her voice. This studio version is better than what she did on "Come Together" (liked her live version but not the studio recording). She or David Cook are my hopes for winners.
She is great. I am so glad she went to heavy metal. It is where she belongs. May never get the recognition due to its lack of mass appeal, but perfect for her nonetheless. Congrats girl, you made it!
I watched a video of Carly performing this on the show and was shocked at the judges' dislike of her rendition. Carly did wonders with this song and definitely prefer this to Bonnie Tyler's.
yeah you people have great comments for carly! but remember just cause we voted our asses off to prevent her from being in the bottom again doesnt mean we're out of the clear! keep voting as many times as possible please, carly fans unite! people think its not possible for someone really talented to make it all the way because america votes, so lets get together and change how america votes! its worth a shot and carly deserves to be given this chance! lets work together and vote vote vote!!!!!
I think either the judges should pick the bottom two and hen American should vote, or America votes and the judges pick from the bottom two. Carly shouldn't have gone. It should have been Jason. I miss her and Brooke... :'(
FireOnIce916450, just do a RU-vid search for: "Bonnie Tyler Eclipse" and listen for yourself. Carly definitely made it her own. Carly could cover a whole lot of songs and do them better than the original artists, her voice is awesome. I think her goal post-Idol is to make some original music.
I think Carly was a whole lot of people's "second favorite", because I read that a lot. I never really bought Cook as a "rocker dude" and what I hear in his voice is more ballad singer or musical-theater-major-type vocals. To my ear, he has almost no growl or grit in his voice. I thought Cook played what I call the "Idol game" quite well, he recalls Taylor Hicks in that respect: Inferior vocalist wins popularity contest. Cook was better early on he seemed to fade after the hospitalization.
I like this version WAY much more than her live one. I think she BY FAR has the best voice in the competition, but I highly doubt she'll win. I hope she at least gets to top 3. She vocally overshadows the rest of the people left, but she doesn't have the backup of a gazillion teenage girls like David A. or the creativity of David C. Her image isn't helping either. Almost everyone I know acknowledges that she has the best voice, but they have reservations on her image. Sad, but true.
shes brilliant i hope she doesnt win ai so she can really do something good with herself.. kind og like what kat went on to do.. working with people who saw the goods.. ai doesnt seem to "get it" kind of like they didnt see josiahs talent
i love how you guys are saying teenage girls only vote for hot/cute boys, when in the past idol seaons, a girl one, or a bad looking guy. so please. but i agree, she should have gotten farther then jason and brooke for sure, but i think she was just as good as the davids.
Jason is a joke that the producers are playing on America. Like I tell all of the Jason fans spamming Carly's videos here: You Buy Jason's CD and I'll Buy Carly's CD and we both will be happy. Simon had it right about five weeks ago, Jason is like some dude playing a guitar at a bus station waiting for somebody to take pity and liberate a quarter from their pocket.
Cause the winner of American Idol is controlled by all the teenage girls who vote for the boys that they think are cute or hot. It's not even a talent competition anymore. Carly should've won by a mile.
do you think that ramiele has yet to have single live performance that was amazing? i love carly but the song is not right for her.. ramiele was sick during that time, as compare to carly she is veteran as a singer, right? she knows a lot, technique? ramiele is 20 yrs. old, as can be noticed paula and simon always gave her a credit evrytime she performs? because they know that there is something xfactor with reagards to ramiele.
BOO Jason! YAY Carly! Jason should have been out, not Carly. Jason can't even sing and he's only in because he's cute. Carly has an amazing voice and is only out because America doesn't like people with tattoos on their arm. BOO Jason!!! YAY Carly!!!
