American Idol Finalists Perform at Microsoft Store in Atlanta - Haley Reinhart

She did a great job, but she doesn't have quite a voice of Lauren Alaina or the stage presence of Scotty McCreery.  Still I think there is a place for her in the music world once her Idol commitments are over.

American Idol Finalists Perform at Microsoft Store in Atlanta

It's their first performance since Scotty McCreery was crowned this season's American Idol and the unofficial kick off of the Idol's Tour.

Microsoft went all out today as they flew in the top 4: McCreery, Lauren Alaina, Haley Reinhart, and James Durbin to perform at the Grand Opening festivities at the new Microsoft Store at Lenox Mall in Atlanta.

Durbin, Reinhart, and Alaina all sang two songs before McCreery finished off the set with three well sung songs.

Observations:

Durbin has a HUGE voice, booming and fun to listen to. 

Reinhart has a good voice as well and you can tell she loves to sing.

Alaina is still struggling with some of the vocal chord problems she had during finals week.

McCreery is a great performer, he has his act down pat and the crowd loved it.

I'll start out with some pictures of James Durbin.

New Microsoft Store in Atlanta

The 9th Microsoft Store opened on Friday at Lenox Mall in Atlanta.  Good crowds hit the store all day long.

I'm hoping to check out the store today, and possibly go to the American Idols concert they are putting on in honor of the Grand Opening.

Anyone Seen Fantasia Lately?

This is what Fantasia currently looks like.  This picture taken last week as she performed at the New Orleans Jazz Fest.  Think she would've won American Idol looking like this?

RickLimpert.info Picture of the Week for 1/30/11: Tyler/Rivers

Whew!  Twenty-seven straight weeks of following and watching football.  We still have one to go and it's a big one.  Next week there will be nothing but Super Bowl XLV lead up and then finally the game.

So I'm going a totally different direction with my picture of the week.  My friend  affectionately known as "The Iowa State Guy" for his rabid obsession with Iowa State Basketball wanted me to do a side by side comparison, kind of a separated at birth between a current picture of Steven Tyler of Aerosmith and now American Idol fame and Melissa Rivers who wouldn't have a crumb of a career had it not been for her mom.  If you have any comments or complaints about this topic, The Iowa State guy can be found on Twitter at @CloneGator

It's fitting as we are now two weeks into the American Idol auditions and in my opinion, Steven Tyler is the hit of the show.  So far, he's been popular with contestants and has endeared himself to viewers.  He might be the key to the show now that Simon is gone.

And for Melissa Rivers, well it's award show season and that means Joan and Melissa Rivers will be doing their fashin critiques on some channel nobody watches.  Take a look at this picture and look at the uncanny resemblance.

Now doing my own experiment using some face swapping software, I've switched just the faces and look what we have.

The software transfer isn't perfect, but by switching just the faces, it isn't much different.