[silent_jonny]

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[ken5050]

Cutting it a tad close, aren't you?...(G)

[mystery-ak]

Hi Jonny...showtime

[OXENinFLA]

Musicals?!?

Oh, boy....

[ChocChipCookie]

I hate it that AI doesn't come on for 90 more minutes. :O( I don't like reading all the posts right now because they're spoilers. :o)

[Ciexyz]

I'm trying to figure out who wins the "sexual mugging for the camera award" this week -- Anwar or Constantine.

I believe it's Anwar, for rolling his eyes and flashing those pearly whites.

[kevkrom]

An interesting night, pushing a lot of the contestants out of their safe zones. Nonetheless, I was surprised at how well, pretty much across the board, everyone did with adapting and modernizing their song choices to their styles. (This isn't to say whether or not I'm fond of those styles, but rather that I recognize and appreciate what they did.)

My scorecard from last night...

1. Naida -- Wow. With the exception of the very end, where she was exposed on that last note, the best she's ever sounded. A nice, "smoky" jazz style, and most of all, she "sold" the performance.
2. Constantine -- I know, we all hate "Lt. Dan", but let's give him some credit here, this was a good performance -- the best he's done by a long shot. Like Nadia, a weak last note was about the only issue I had.
3. Bo -- Looks like he forgot some of the words, or had a serious lapse in diction. Still not the best voice in the competition, but did a good job with performing the song and adapting it to his style.
4. Vonzelle -- This whole 4-7 range was a toss-up for me. I'm giving Vonzelle a little more credit because of the difficulty of the song she chose, although it was a bit rocky from a technical perspective, especially in transitions from high to low registers, and vice-versa. If she had 3 or 4 more days to prep this one, it could have been really, really good.
5. Carrie -- A very average performance, and the biggest exception to my broad compliment about adaptation. Not a great challenge, and a bit shaky at times. Still, a pleasant voice (and easy on the eyes!)...
6. Nikko -- Hard to judge vocally, because he never stays on a note long enough to determine its pitch; the style seems a little too affected and forced. Nice choice and interesting adaptation, just could have been a bit more natural in execution.
7. Anwar -- He finally started and finished at the same level, but that level was at best average. This guy is turning into a major disappointment.
8. Anthony -- Speaking of major disappointments... Good vocal, lousy presence as usual. And "ford every dream?" At least he covered the lyrics screw-up well.
9. Scott -- No stage presence at all, vocal was OK, as in on-pitch, etc., but like last week, the tone was weak and thin. Not good enough for this competition.

I think the voting audience might actually agree with me this time around, as far as the bottom 3 are concerned, and "Slingblade" Scott will be sent back to Cleveland.

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