Wyatt, I had almost come all the way around to picking Taylor as my personal favorite this year, but what the heck happened to him the last couple of weeks? Rhetorical question, of course. You don't know the answer any more than I do. He was just horrible last night. I think he might have been trying to sing in that very high-pitched John Denver style, and he just doesn't have that in his range. I would not be at all surprised to see him go tonight after that performance.
It's a shame, because he had been bringing a sense of fun and musicality to what is proving to be something of a dull season for me.
Taylor has a massive fan base so he won't go anywhere. I think he needs to get back to his basics and tell simon to STFU. If he wants a pop singer then too bad.
Elliott and Mandisa will be 2/3 bottom ones tonight.
I've read that he was very sick last night. Be that as it may, he's also screwed up by listening to someon (Simon?) about his "dancing". The last two weeks he's just been boring (although last weeks song was probably his best pure vocal). If he sings another song with the microphone on the stand he'll be in trouble. He won't go anywhere tonight though.