Norman Gentle - "I'm telling you" Idol Top 36 Week
The big note after 1:40. He delivers! This performance is among the top 25 all-time Idol performances, I'd say, along such greats as Melinda Doolittle's "Funny Valentive," Daughtry's "I walk the line," Adam Lambert's "Whole Lotta Love," Danny Noriega's "Superstar," Clay Aiken's audition, Jacob Lusk's "Alone," Casey Abrams's "Why don't you do right?" Blake Lewis's "You give love a bad name." and Bo Bice's "Vehicle."
During season 8, Nick Mitchell was the first in Idol history to perform as a character on the show! Very creative! A breath of fresh air! He made it to the top 36 elimination week, where he was in the same sub-group as Adam Lambert and Kris Allen, the group of death, because of how competetive it was. He made it to the final cut, him vs. Adam Lambert in a nail-biter. Adam sqeaked past Norman, then had smooth sailing to the finals.
When Nick looked at Kris Allen and Adam Lambert from the stairs at the start of this and said, "There's no way we will ever go," meaning his group, he was right. His group took the top two spots in the show finals, Adam & Kris. The group of death won in the end – on stage until the final announcement of the winner. Norman was right.