American Idol

Season 1 Episode 20

Two for Each One

Favorite
0
6.4
out of 10
User Rating
28 votes
1

EPISODE REVIEWS
By TV.com Users

Episode Summary

EDIT
Two for Each One
AIRED:
Tonight the Top 4 will perform two songs live for the nation, vying for the American Idol title. The contestants will give it their all in hopes of winning America's vote and surviving another week. Who will play it safe and who will take the big risk? Their fate rests in your hands. Tonight's theme is the 80's and 90's. Performing tonight are Tamyra Gray, Justin Guarini, Kelly Clarkson, and Nikki McKibbin.moreless
SUBMIT REVIEW
  • Perfect: Kelly Great: Nikki Good: Justin and Tamyra

    7.0
    There were A LOT of surprises that night.



    Tamyra Gray "New Attitude"- Umm... wow. I didn't like it at all. Honestly, it was an awful performance and she better have a showstopping one next or else she will get the boot.



    Nikki McKibben "Mary Jane"- That was possibly her best performance to date. I liked that. She sang it well and did a great job. I lo- I lo- I loved it.



    Kelly Clarkson "It's Raining Men" No surprise. Perfection. Nothing more, nothing less. Now after Tamyra's awful performance, she is the best one in this competition.



    Justin Guarini "Get Here" I'm speechless. Perfection. Just, wow. This is going to be my shortest review for a single contestant cause, wow.



    After first half,

    Bottom 2: Tamyra and Nikki

    Eliminated Ta- Ta- Tamyra (that was hard)



    Tamyra Gray "Feel The Fire" She's back! Another great performance by her. I think that performance saved her from elimination. Now let's see how Nikki does.



    Nikki McKibben "I'm The Only One" Her best night by a million miles. I think she sang it well, great song choice, and who knows, she might beat Tamyra to the final three.



    Kelly Clarkson "I Surrender" Guarenteed in final three and finale. Another perfect performance. Singing wise, she has never failed me. I love her. She is great. What more do you want me to say?



    Justin Guarini "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" From perfection to awful. That performance was a train wreck, worse than Tamyra's first performance. That was a mess and I hope he knows that.



    Based on second half,

    Bottom 2: Nikki and Justin

    Eliminated: Justin



    Baseon on whole night (my opinion)

    Bottom 2: Tamyra and Justin

    Eliminated: Justinmoreless

Trivia, Notes, Quotes and Allusions

FILTER BY TYPE

  • TRIVIA (3)

    • A video only played before the first song of each contestant. For their second song, they just came out and sang after being introduced. This is the same in the next performance episode too.

    • Songs sung:
      Tamyra Gray - "New Attitude" by Patti LaBelle (1st song), "Feel the Fire" by Stephanie Mills (2nd song)
      Nikki McKibbin - "Mary Jane" by Alanis Morissette (1st song), "I'm the Only One" by Melissa Etheridge (2nd song) Kelly Clarkson - "It's Raining Men" by The Weather Girls (1st song), "I Surrender" by Celine Dion (2nd song)
      Justin Guarini - "Get Here" by Oleta Adams (1st song), "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" by Michael Jackson (2nd song)

    • The theme is "'80s/'90s," but Kelly sings Celine Dion's "(I) Surrender," which didn't come out until 2002. (There are no earlier versions of this song listed in the All Music Guide, so it doesn't appear that Celine's version is a cover.)

  • QUOTES (0)

  • NOTES (0)

  • ALLUSIONS (0)

Friday
No results found.
Saturday
No results found.
Sunday
No results found.
More
Less