I just got home and finished watching the show; will vote in a moment. Haven't read all the posts yet but I am, in a mild way, rather shocked and had to get this off my chest.
I am, frankly, disappointed in both Bo's and Carrie's performances. I did not at all expect to have to say that I was disappointed in anything tonight. Carrie had real pitch problems, and was also "swallowing" the sound on Independence Day. Not her best work. Bo was weak in both his lower and upper ranges tonight, more so than usual. He also seemed restrained and yes, a little boring. Both performers' problems can probably be chalked up to nerves, but these were not their best performances.
And those new songs!! If you can call them that... wow, what wretched songs. No wonder the kids had trouble putting them over. When is AI going to hire some real songwriting talent and get some decent songs for the end of the season? Yikes.
I agree with you about those songs. Not very compelling at all. In fact, they were so boring that I couldn't remember the song at all from one singer to the other.