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LOS ANGELES – "American Idol" finalist Thia Megia could be gone with the wind come Thursday.
The breathy 16-year-old high school student from Mountain House, Calif., didn't dazzle the Fox talent competition's judges Wednesday with her rendition of Vanessa Williams' "Colors of the Wind" from Walt Disney's "Pocahontas."
Megia defended her choice on the evening of birth-year songs, but Steven Tyler questioned whether it defined her as an artist.
"I felt like I was at some pageant somewhere," blasted Randy Jackson.
Other wannabe divas also failed to impress. Jackson admitted he was still confused by Haley Reinhart, the 20-year-old college student from Wheeling, Ill., who pummeled Whitney Houston's "I'm Your Baby Tonight." Reinhart, a victim of a "lipstick massacre" during her performance, received her critique as "Idol" host Ryan Seacrest wiped a smudge off her chin.
"I feel like you're still a little tense in your body," Lopez told Reinhart.
The diva judge also advised bilingual 21-year-old college student Karen Rodriguez of New York to stop being nervous after taking on Taylor Dayne's "Love Will Lead You Back" in English and Spanish. She also wasn't in love with the version of Tina Turner's "What's Love Got to Do with It" from Naima Adedapo, the 26-year-old dance instructor from Milwaukee.
"You're consistently pitchy," Lopez said. "That's hurting you, and it makes me worry."
The breathy 16-year-old high school student from Mountain House, Calif., didn't dazzle the Fox talent competition's judges Wednesday with her rendition of Vanessa Williams' "Colors of the Wind" from Walt Disney's "Pocahontas."
Megia defended her choice on the evening of birth-year songs, but Steven Tyler questioned whether it defined her as an artist.
"I felt like I was at some pageant somewhere," blasted Randy Jackson.
Other wannabe divas also failed to impress. Jackson admitted he was still confused by Haley Reinhart, the 20-year-old college student from Wheeling, Ill., who pummeled Whitney Houston's "I'm Your Baby Tonight." Reinhart, a victim of a "lipstick massacre" during her performance, received her critique as "Idol" host Ryan Seacrest wiped a smudge off her chin.
"I feel like you're still a little tense in your body," Lopez told Reinhart.
The diva judge also advised bilingual 21-year-old college student Karen Rodriguez of New York to stop being nervous after taking on Taylor Dayne's "Love Will Lead You Back" in English and Spanish. She also wasn't in love with the version of Tina Turner's "What's Love Got to Do with It" from Naima Adedapo, the 26-year-old dance instructor from Milwaukee.
"You're consistently pitchy," Lopez said. "That's hurting you, and it makes me worry."
