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American Idol: Didi Benami
Season 9
Profile Didi Benami
Born in Knoxville, TN, Didi Benami got her interest in music from her mother. Her real name is Vered Benami but was given the nick name Didi by her sister. Didi broke down during her Idol audition in Los Angeles because she dedicated her performance to a friend that passed away four years earlier. She considers herself a country/pop singer and plays the guitar.
Didi Benami Idol Performances
Top 12: RollIng Stones Night
Song Choice: Play With Fire | Play Video
Judges Comments:
Randy: Yo–Rolling Stones, one of the greatest bands in history– you picked Playing With Fire and I think for the first time in weeks -YOU were on Fire tonight!- That was one of your best performances in a long time.
Ellen: You have an amazing voice, i love that you lost your way and even though it could spin you out you didn’t let it. I though you sounded great.
Kara: Sometimes when you push on your vocals you lose your way a bit but tonight I saw an intensity you attacked the song with and there’s something very compelling about the sweetness of your voice and the intensity you brought. So for me it’s two steps in the right direction. Very well done.
Simon: Ya know what I agree with what everybody said tonight. I like how you’re showing what kind of artist you’re going to be and I’ve been a fan of yours for the last two weeks. It was another solid, not brilliant performance. I think you can still do better then that.
Top 11: Billboard's Number One Hits
Song Choice: You're So Good | Play Video
Judges Comments:
Randy: Liked the idea better than the execution, but "you never quite hit the pitch right."
Ellen: I did not get the song choices tonight.
Kara: I felt you were playing a character. ... It felt like you're trying to be something that you aren't.
Simon Cowell: There was a certain irony to your screeching out 'You're no good, you're no good, you're no good,' over and over again," Simon says. "It didn't sound like it was you." He compares her to Lacey Brown. "It sucked the life out of you, a little bit.
