American Idol-one of the most successful shows in the history of American television.
Wednesday's bloated episode featured the finalists singing three songs each that were chosen for them: The first by mentor Jimmy Iovine, the second by the panel of judges and the last by the Idol production team.
And each round went to a different singer, at least according to Iovine, who gave Miller the progress after she sang his pick, Elton John's Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word, then switched to Harrison after her emotional rendition of the Chris Sligh-penned Rascal Flatts hit Here Comes Goodbye. Finally, he called Glover the winner of the night for her bravura rendition of West Side Story's Somewhere.
It was the one thing Glover -- who also performed Emeli Sande's Next to Me and U2's One -- hadn't done all season: Just sing the melody and nail the audience to the wall with it. It was like she'd finally internalized all of Harry Connick Jr.'s advice from the previous week. She didn't mess with the song, she just sang it and sang it hard.
But one would be hard-pressed to argue with those who favor country singer Kree Harrison. Though she didn't quite connect with Pink's Perfect or The Band Perry's Better Dig Two, Here Comes Goodbye had many people in tears -- even Iovine seemed a little choked up.
And, to hear Randy Jackson tell it, Miller "became a complete performer," starting the night away from the piano for Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word, followed by a version of Pink's Try that showed her rocker side better than her misguided take on Shop Around a few weeks ago could have. Finally, she returned to the piano to perform Sande's Maybe, giving her audience what they love most about her.
Wednesday's bloated episode featured the finalists singing three songs each that were chosen for them: The first by mentor Jimmy Iovine, the second by the panel of judges and the last by the Idol production team.
And each round went to a different singer, at least according to Iovine, who gave Miller the progress after she sang his pick, Elton John's Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word, then switched to Harrison after her emotional rendition of the Chris Sligh-penned Rascal Flatts hit Here Comes Goodbye. Finally, he called Glover the winner of the night for her bravura rendition of West Side Story's Somewhere.
It was the one thing Glover -- who also performed Emeli Sande's Next to Me and U2's One -- hadn't done all season: Just sing the melody and nail the audience to the wall with it. It was like she'd finally internalized all of Harry Connick Jr.'s advice from the previous week. She didn't mess with the song, she just sang it and sang it hard.
But one would be hard-pressed to argue with those who favor country singer Kree Harrison. Though she didn't quite connect with Pink's Perfect or The Band Perry's Better Dig Two, Here Comes Goodbye had many people in tears -- even Iovine seemed a little choked up.
And, to hear Randy Jackson tell it, Miller "became a complete performer," starting the night away from the piano for Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word, followed by a version of Pink's Try that showed her rocker side better than her misguided take on Shop Around a few weeks ago could have. Finally, she returned to the piano to perform Sande's Maybe, giving her audience what they love most about her.