On Sunday night’s episode of American Idol, Michelle Sussett tried to impress the judges with a unique, bilingual version of Beyonce‘s “If I Were a Boy.” While Lionel Richie, Katy Perry and Luke Bryan were all impressed with her unique take on the song, Twitter was less impressed.
“She really up there butchering Beyoncé’s song,” one person wrote.
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She really up there butchering Beyoncé’s song 🙄 #AmericanIdol
— Jordan✨ (@the_afroditee) April 9, 2018
“Omg this girl is so bad AND THADDEUS COULD HAVE GONE [Through],” another wrote, bemoaning about her getting a slot instead of a previous contestant.
Omg this girl is so bad AND THADDEUS COULD HAVE GONE THROIGH #AMERICANIDOL
— it’s gilderoy (@stirfryedshana) April 9, 2018
“This is kind of horrible,” another added.
Why is this girl still around…… sorry but…. #AmericanIdol
— Sarah Cline (@sarahh_marie12) April 9, 2018
“Why is this girl still around…… sorry but….” one fan who was unimpressed with Sussett wrote.
Why is this girl still around…… sorry but…. #AmericanIdol
— Sarah Cline (@sarahh_marie12) April 9, 2018
Another fan thought she was “pitchy.”
no no no no no Michelle #AmericanIdol pitchy dawg pitchy
— American Idol Fan (@krummy09) April 9, 2018
A few viewers were puzzled by the song choice. If she wanted to sing in Spanish, why not choose a song from Jennifer Lopez or Shakira?
#AmericanIdol like why would you sing Beyonce when Jennifer Lopez has a million songs? If she sang Waiting for Tonight or My Love Don’t Cost a Thing or I’m Not Your Momma… Easy peasy all the way. But Beyonce songs comes with musical standard thatbis hard to meet and expected.
— Beauty_n_Her_Eyes (@BeautynHerEyes) April 9, 2018
If Michelle wanted to do both languages, should’ve done a Shakira song or Selena. Shit, no damn Beyoncé song. #AmericanIdol
— Brittany Acevedo (@richhomiebla) April 9, 2018
Not all Twitter reviews were negative though. There were a couple of words of praise.
Michelle that was a pretty good performance great job making it your own on a Beyonce song #AmericanIdol #Idol #Idoltop24.
— Ben Bruex (@Buffy619) April 9, 2018
While Twitter fans had mixed reviews, the comments from the judges were all positive. Perry did have one critique though. She suggested Sussett slow down to take better advantage of her pipes.
Photo Credit: ABC / Eric McCandless
