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Contestant Sings 'Hero' on American Idol 5 // 2:08 PM EST Updated by Liron
Heather Cox, one of the 10 female finalists on the 5th season of "American Idol" sang Mariah's "Hero" on last night's show.
The comments made after Heather's performance, both from the show's judges and the media show how respected Mariah is as a vocalist and how difficult it is to try to sing her songs:
Paula Abdul: Here's the one big problem: Sorry, but when you sing songs that the great Mariah Carey sings, you run the hugest risk of being compared to icons. And right now, there's no one hotter than Mariah Carey and we're constantly reminded of how brilliant her voice is. It's a big, big, huge risk to take on a song like that. You did a good job but it wasn't great.
Randy Jackson: They hate when I say this, but it's hard for me because I work with Mariah... Paula's absolutely correct, when you choose stylized songs by these kinds of singers, you're gonna pale in comparison because this was their own soul, own heart, own thing so... song choice, song choice, song choice tonight.
Simon Cowell: This is going to sound odd but Paula and Randy actually spoke some sense. The problem is it was kind of like, you know those ghastly pageants when just before the finalists have arrived, somebody gets up to sing, you know, a Mariah song or something, and it's a horrible moment and it did come over a bit like that, it's sort of pointless really. Pointless if you're not gonna be as good as the original, unless you're gonna do something different with the song.
Foxes on Idol:
Tyler: I've always wanted to hear this song on the show, but I also wanted to hear it done well. If "well" is synonymous with "flat," Heather succeeded.
Curlio.com:
American Idol stalker Heather Cox decided to be brave and perform a song that has never been done on American Idol, "Hero" by Mariah Carey. Doing a Mariah song is risky, but Heather wasn't as bad as she could have been. She was pretty good actually, just not great. Paula said she improved, but picking Mariah is just a bad choice. Randy said that most everyone pales in comparison to Mariah. Simon agreed with Paula and Randy, comparing it to a beauty pageant performance.
The Post Chronicle:
Next up was Heather Cox, who sang Hero by Mariah Carey. After her horrible performance last week, the very idea of her attempting Mariah made me cringe. Unfortunately, her singing did as well. This girl just does not have a voice. How did she even get into the top 12? Granted, she did give a better performance than last week, but the bar was set amazingly low. I was quite surprised that she didn't belt the sections of the songs that were written for belting. Very amateurish.
PhillyBurbs.com:
Heather Cox seems truly lost on the Idol stage. She set herself up for comparisons to Mariah Carey with a ridiculous version of the hit, "Hero" and then looked like she might die after hearing Simon's comment that her performance was "pointless." Heather would have been better off turning in her resignation on the spot than to suffer what is her almost certain fate – getting kicked off the show this week.
TV Fodder:
Heather Cox made a fatal flaw in my book: She performed Mariah Carey. It's a bit overdone and made me feel like I was at a wedding -- without an open bar.
Blogcritics.org:
Heather Cox decided to attempt the impossible and took on a Mariah Carey song, namely "Hero". She held her own I thought, weakly but she held it. The big problem, she is not Mariah Carey, has no where near that kind of voice and so she couldn't possibly live up to the original. Gutsy song selection but it may also be a fatal one for her.
The Watercooler - TVGuide.com:
Heather, there is a reason nobody has performed Mariah Carey's "Hero" on American Idol. The woman's voice goes from gutter growl to dog whistle at the speed of light; nobody can do what Mimi does. Nice gratuitous name-dropping by the way, Randy Jackson. I'd love to see him try to tell Mariah she sounded "pitchy."
Heather Cox, one of the 10 female finalists on the 5th season of "American Idol" sang Mariah's "Hero" on last night's show.
The comments made after Heather's performance, both from the show's judges and the media show how respected Mariah is as a vocalist and how difficult it is to try to sing her songs:
Paula Abdul: Here's the one big problem: Sorry, but when you sing songs that the great Mariah Carey sings, you run the hugest risk of being compared to icons. And right now, there's no one hotter than Mariah Carey and we're constantly reminded of how brilliant her voice is. It's a big, big, huge risk to take on a song like that. You did a good job but it wasn't great.
Randy Jackson: They hate when I say this, but it's hard for me because I work with Mariah... Paula's absolutely correct, when you choose stylized songs by these kinds of singers, you're gonna pale in comparison because this was their own soul, own heart, own thing so... song choice, song choice, song choice tonight.
Simon Cowell: This is going to sound odd but Paula and Randy actually spoke some sense. The problem is it was kind of like, you know those ghastly pageants when just before the finalists have arrived, somebody gets up to sing, you know, a Mariah song or something, and it's a horrible moment and it did come over a bit like that, it's sort of pointless really. Pointless if you're not gonna be as good as the original, unless you're gonna do something different with the song.
Foxes on Idol:
Tyler: I've always wanted to hear this song on the show, but I also wanted to hear it done well. If "well" is synonymous with "flat," Heather succeeded.
Curlio.com:
American Idol stalker Heather Cox decided to be brave and perform a song that has never been done on American Idol, "Hero" by Mariah Carey. Doing a Mariah song is risky, but Heather wasn't as bad as she could have been. She was pretty good actually, just not great. Paula said she improved, but picking Mariah is just a bad choice. Randy said that most everyone pales in comparison to Mariah. Simon agreed with Paula and Randy, comparing it to a beauty pageant performance.
The Post Chronicle:
Next up was Heather Cox, who sang Hero by Mariah Carey. After her horrible performance last week, the very idea of her attempting Mariah made me cringe. Unfortunately, her singing did as well. This girl just does not have a voice. How did she even get into the top 12? Granted, she did give a better performance than last week, but the bar was set amazingly low. I was quite surprised that she didn't belt the sections of the songs that were written for belting. Very amateurish.
PhillyBurbs.com:
Heather Cox seems truly lost on the Idol stage. She set herself up for comparisons to Mariah Carey with a ridiculous version of the hit, "Hero" and then looked like she might die after hearing Simon's comment that her performance was "pointless." Heather would have been better off turning in her resignation on the spot than to suffer what is her almost certain fate – getting kicked off the show this week.
TV Fodder:
Heather Cox made a fatal flaw in my book: She performed Mariah Carey. It's a bit overdone and made me feel like I was at a wedding -- without an open bar.
Blogcritics.org:
Heather Cox decided to attempt the impossible and took on a Mariah Carey song, namely "Hero". She held her own I thought, weakly but she held it. The big problem, she is not Mariah Carey, has no where near that kind of voice and so she couldn't possibly live up to the original. Gutsy song selection but it may also be a fatal one for her.
The Watercooler - TVGuide.com:
Heather, there is a reason nobody has performed Mariah Carey's "Hero" on American Idol. The woman's voice goes from gutter growl to dog whistle at the speed of light; nobody can do what Mimi does. Nice gratuitous name-dropping by the way, Randy Jackson. I'd love to see him try to tell Mariah she sounded "pitchy."
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