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I love this thread and all of your comments. It makes a great companion to watching the show. I must say I’m bummed that I can’t join you all as this show is unfolding, though. But I’m on Mountain time, so I’m an hour or so behind you. So, I’m gonna have to post my $.02, all in one post to catch up with ya’ll:

First off, I think the guys have it over the girls, this year.

And so far, of the girls, my favorites are:

McPhee did good with her song and has impressed me since her first showing. I like her sultry look about her.

Mandisa always rocks it and I really think she’ll go far. She has a great strong voice and performs well.

Tucker, although her song choice this week kind of sucked (I am not for the ballads), she is a great singer and you can tell she’s comfortable performing.

Paris, has a great singing voice (and yes her talking voice is somewhat irritating). The song choices she’s been picking though have been not so good and she needs to find what fits her (like songs she sang during her auditions) and she’ll get higher up on people lists, I think.

I'm not to keen on Melissa. Although I like her husky voice, she doesn’t perform well and hasn’t picked any good songs.

And as for Kellie, although she can sing well, I don’t think she’s as good as McPhee, Mandisa, Tucker or even Paris. Not to mention that she is just another version of Carrie. And while I totally loved Carrie, I just think this year someone with a different style should win.

Ayla and Kinnik I predict will get booted tonight (or at least I hope they do). Even though they can sing, neither of them have the caliber to move on in this competition, IMO. And is it me or do Kinniks lips annoy anyone else too?

As for the guys, my favorites are:

Chris is still one of my favs, however last night I don’t think he did so well. I find the one thing about his style/voice is that it’s the same with everything he sings. And to me, that can get old. Look at Fuel or any of the bands out nowadays, pretty much all their songs sound the same (even the bands sound the same as other bands). Hopefully he’ll pick something like he did last week or the week before and come out better. But if he keeps doing like he did last night, I just don’t see the variety and I for one, won’t go for that. We’ll see. He’s still good and can perform well.

Elliott is good and has a great voice. He just needs more charisma and a better performance, not to mention a new look. If he could liven up his stage presence and change his look, he could really fly.

Not my favs, but I still like:

Ace aced it with his performance last night. I really liked it a lot. His last few performances were kind of too femme for my taste and it kind of turned me off to him. But he can sing and gives a good performance (with sultry looks and all). And after hearing his performance last night, I changed my mind and now think he may go farther. Song choices make it or break it.

Bucky, oh Bucky. Last night he did good and I liked his song choice. He does sing well and have a good voice. He needs to do something, desperately, with his look though. The performances and songs before last night didn’t do anything for me and I was hoping he’d get voted off soon. I'm still unsure about him.

Gedeon, or “teeth” as you all have nicknamed him here, I’m not too sure about. Although I liked his last performance, his other ones, including last night, weren’t so good. He can sing, and when he finds the right style, does well. But his look/smile is bothersome and he doesn’t perform well, IMO. He could go either way for me.

Taylor , unlike the majority it seems, I do NOT like this guy at all. Of course, I can’t stand who he mostly emulates either (MacDonald, Cocker), so that plays a big part for me. He does have a good voice, but he’s a spaz when he performs and that whole movement he does, really bothers me. As someone once commented, where’s the chair? As for his look, I’m not even going to go there…

I think Will will get voted off tonight. It’s a shame because I like him, but he’s just not star quality. He sings well and is kind of cute (in a boyish way), but not as good as the others in the top. My niece goes to school and is friends with him, which I think is kind of cool. I’m glad he was able to make it this far though.

I also think Kevin will get voted off tonight. I haven’t like him since day one and I’ll be SO happy when he goes. His whole image is not star quality, not to mention that although he can sing, it’s not very well and that lisp is too obvious and gets in the way, IMO, of making the song good. And by the way, being cute is NOT being a sex object. WTF?

And could Simon be more obvious about who he wants to win? I love his comments though, he makes AI. And I especially love the banter between him and Ryan and him and Paula. I just with Randy would get over the whole, "Yo Dog" thing, THAT is annoying.