Check out BuddyTV!
American Idol




The American Red Cross



Season 5

Taylor Hicks

Katharine McPhee

Elliott Yamin

Daughtry

Small Town Girl

Princess P

Bucky Covington

Season 4

Some Hearts

The Real Thing

Pray For The Soul of Betty

Mario Vazquez

Worlds Of Change

Season 3

Fantasia

Free Yourself

Blue Skies

Jasmine Trias

Love And Life

Miracles

Red

Dreamgirls

Jennifer Hudson: American Dreamgirl

Stories From Hollywood

Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Season 2

The Return

I Need An Angel

Soulful

A Thousand Different Ways

Measure Of A Man

Merry Christmas With Love

Based On A True Story

One Love

Josh Gracin

Carmen

Season 1

Breakaway

Thankful

Walk Away

Justin Guarini

The Dreamer

Real Life

Rollercoaster

General

Season 5 Encores

Karaoke Revolution

American Idol - All Star Challenge DVD Game

William Hung - Hangin' with Hung

I Don't Mean to Be Rude, But...: Backstage Gossip from American Idol & the Secrets that Can Make You a Star

Anthony Fedorov (The Philly Sound - American Idol 4, Final 4, Song 2 of 2)

Anthony Fedorov
Song: If You Don't Know Me By Now Download 'If You Don't Know Me By Now' at iTunes Check out 'If You Don't Know Me By Now' at Amazon.com (Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes Download 'Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes' tracks at iTunes Check out 'Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes' at Amazon.com)

We rate Anthony's performance as the best of the night and his personal best in the competition to date.
In his video-note to his mom and dad, Anthony thanks them for giving him the All-American dream, by emigrating to the U.S. from the Ukraine. They wanted their children to have a better life, and there's no question that Anthony is living out that dream as he performs for a second time on the Idol stage tonight.
If we were impressed by Anthony's first showing tonight, we are astonished as we watch him now singing the same Gamble and Huff song that Carrie sang earlier.
Compared to Carrie's version, this is a slower, much more measured arrangement where the vocal, not the band, dominates.
What's fascinating though is that something seems to have really changed in the way Anthony approaches a song, because he is singing it like he wrote it! It's the perfect vocal coupled with a totally believable spell-binding delivery. In short, Anthony is fantastic!
We rate Anthony's performance as the best of the night and his personal best in the competition to date.

Panel-Bites:

Anthony:  Mom, dad, thank you so much for basically giving me the all-American dream, you know. You guys brought us here for a reason. To make a better life, and I'm living it. I'm making all my dreams come true and that would never happen if it wasn't for you two. So thank you, I love you both and I will make you guys proud.

Anthony sings...

Randy Jackson:  Yo Anthony. An-thony. All right, so check it out man! You know what? This was a much better version of the song. It kind of put you in the mind of Simply Red, like Mick Hucknall, Paula and I were just saying. Dude, that was good man, you worked it out.

Anthony:  Thank you.

Paula Abdul:  You came out here with conviction. You nailed it.

Simon Cowell:  (To the band) That was a better arrangement guys. (Paula laughs) (To Anthony) Ahm, the problem I have with that if I'm being honest is that I think you need soul to sing that song. Ahm, and it came over like trying to have Woody Allen play the lead in Shaft.

Randy Jackson:  No, it wasn't that cheesy!

Ryan Seacrest:  Anthony Fedorov... do you have soul?

Anthony:  Yes I have soul!

Ryan Seacrest:  All right... you like him, you want him to stay in, you've got to vote for him...

Go Back


















Idol News

'American Idol' Watch is an unofficial fan site of the "American Idol" television show. Fox and their associated companies are not responsible for the content of AmericanIdolWatch.com and do not have any liability in relation to any content or services provided by or on AmericanIdolWatch.com. Users seeking the official 'American Idol' website will find it at http://www.americanidol.com/.




© 2008 AmericanIdolWatch.com . All rights reserved.