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Here's my take:

1. Kris (The Way You Look Tonight); 8/10; Good performance, especially as the opener. Didn't reach out and grab me with charisma, but can't really flaw the performance much, and he contained his tendency to make monkey faces (yea!).

2. Allison (Someone to Watch Over Me); 10/10; I can't think of anything she could have done better; I got goosebumps halfway into the first verse. The girl mesmerized me. Why Simon continues to be down on her is beyond me. He's an idiot and both Randy and Kara practically said so. He wants Lambert to win and she's probably his only real competition, and so he disses her.

3. Matt (My Funny Valentine); 7/10; worst performance of the night. It was pitchy in several places and sounded like an unimaginative karaoke performance. I think Simon pimped him just to spite the others on the Alison disagreement. This was NOT a good performance.

4. Danny (Come Rain or Come Shine); 9/10; This was a good solid performance; I especially liked what he did with the end. Pitch was solid - no attention on it.

5. Adam (Feeling Good); 9/10; I disagree that this was pitch immaculate. This is the first performance of his where I had any attention on his pitch being off on 2 or 3 notes. Except for the long high note he held (which WAS pitch perfect), I didn't think he was that much better than Danny - just more theatrical. AI is definitely pushing him: Who else got to use the staircase and had the extra-special lighting? This wasn't my favorite performance of his (or even in the top 3), but he's gold for now.

Sam...you may be right about the overall level of the singers this season. I can't think of a previous top five that would have done as well as these guys - IN THIS STYLE. I just question the marketability of this style right now. I think it's kind of irrelevant. I hope next week has something with more relevance to today's market.

Beth...OMG...are you serious? I don't think Bucky was in the top five (maybe top 10). I think he made a country CD, but I don't know if he sold too many. I did see him perform on TV during some Country Music award.


For this week, I think at least three of us agree that Matt will go home. It was the weakest performance regardless of any props by Simon. I sure hope it's not Allison.