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July 14, 2008

Nashville Star: Shawn Mayer finally hits the right note

9:45 PM Mon, Jul 14, 2008 |
Mario Tarradell   E-mail   News tips

NAS_0643.jpgI've not been a fan of Shawn Mayer's Nashville Star performances since the start of this season. She was never the worse one for me, but always far from the best. Something about her came off as more shock value than substance. But whoa, her take on Carrie Underwood's "Before He Cheats" smoked tonight. It had fire, the kind that burns deep down inside. She felt the song, which is something I thought was lacking until now. Ms. Mayer was in the bottom two tonight, but was spared. Let's hope the major improvement is not too late for her.

Photo: Shawn Mayer (Courtesy of nbc.com).

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Nashville Star: The competition is down to five finalists

9:24 PM Mon, Jul 14, 2008 |
Mario Tarradell   E-mail   News tips

NAS_0734.jpgAnd then there were five... The elimination of Laura & Sophie, who received the fewest viewer votes, leaves the sixth season of Nashville Star with a mere five finalists. Remaining are: Ashlee Hewitt, Melissa Lawson, Coffey, Gabe Garcia and Shawn Mayer. Three of them are Texans. Pretty cool, huh? Anyway, the best of the night was Mr. Garcia, whose smooth, confident and vocally sophisticated take on Billy Currington's "We Must Be Doing Something Right" proved yet another mature step for him. He even successfully used his falsetto. Ms. Lawson was good, too, singing Martina McBride's "My Baby Loves Me." She gave it lots of sass and swagger. Two of the judges said she overdid it. Any thoughts?

Photo: Gabe Garcia (Courtesy of nbc.com).

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George Michael at American Airlines Center

2:27 AM Mon, Jul 14, 2008 |
Christy Robinson   E-mail   News tips

Did you go to the concert? Tell us how the night went, what the best number of the show was and anything else about the Father Figure's first tour in eons. Also, check out Hunter's George Michael breakdown here if you haven't seen it yet.

• Thor's review of the concert

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