Ramiele, Where Art Thou?

Check it out dawg. When Ryan announced Ramiele Malubay would be singing "In My Life" my heart skipped a beat. This is one of my favorite Beatles' songs, one whose lyrics and simple melody is so beautiful that Simon singing it could move me. As soon as Ramiele opened her mouth my imagination speed ahead in anticipation of how she was going to approach the rest of the tune: straightforward skating to get the audience grooving to their memories before wowing the crowd with a series of spectacular triple and quad jumps. But it sounded as though she chickened out at the last minute and finished with a few single salchows. The judges berated her for "playing it safe", which I don't think was disappointment with the performance but with delivering below her potential. Surely Brooke White's rendition of "Let It Be" (upon which the judges heaped excessive praise) was not much better or original, it's just that no one can imagine Brooke doing better. Fortunately, Ramiele made it through to the next round (thank you Manila and Dick's Cabaret) and has the chance to redeem herself next week.