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Well.. it was a good night.. but a little boring. But that's motly because they are all pretty good and surprisingly were all fairly even tonight. That's really unusual for AI to have 5 singing well and all choosing great songs. (Song choice has been pretty strong all season.. I think they are getting help).

My ranking for this week's performances:

1. Alison: She should be in the final two but probably won't be. Shame!
2. Danny: I am not a Danny fan, but he did a nice job. His pre-show publicity will likely carry him all the way to second place. It's a good example of how the show manipulates the results all season. They wanted him in the finals and they likely have him. And it was all created before the show ever started.
3. Kris: He's still the most immediately marketable and relevent contestant. He's likely to be a non finalist success story for them.
4. Adam: He's always good but I totally didn't feel his performance this week. It's my least favorite of his all season. But he's still by far the best voice in the competition.
5. Matt: Didn't connect, was flat, sucked. But I will say at least his suck was far better than the typical suck this late in the game. In previous seasons he might have been a contender. Here here's clearly the weakest of the 5.

Alison and Matt will likely be on the chopping block. I sure hope Alison gets at least 1 more week. If she does last, it might get interesting as the other 3 guys may start splitting votes enough to give her a chance to stick around even longer. This is a dangerous week for her and the fact that it was her Birthday this week that is nearly ALWAYS the kiss of death for every contestant. They even did a spot on that last season when it happened again.

Can Alison break the curse of Birthday week? Stay tuned.

Brian