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Ranking:

Elliott--Thought he was the best tonight. Finished the song with a run that just matter of factly said "Nobody else here can do that."

Chris--Didn't like the song, but once again Chris showed that within the narrow confines of his comfort zone, he is very, very good.

Taylor--Back to entertaining. Hope he does some songs in the weeks to come that make the most of his soulful voice though. Manic Taylor is fine and Soulful Taylor is fine; it's the in between stuff that he falls flat with.

Paris--Another chameleonlike performance from her. She's not really great at most of the things she does, but she is good at pretty much all of them.

Bucky--Pretty decent. Not great but still enjoyable.

Katharine--Wasn't my favorite performance from her, but I do like to hear her sing in a straightforward manner. I want to hear her purr rather than belt though.

Ace--Started out much better than I expected. If he would have amped that up a little more and not strayed into Ace-osity as the song continued, it would have been okay.

Kellie--Simon said a lot of people would consider that performance hideous. Yep. But it was better than I expected from her. Only slightly hideous.

Good assessments, as were the others from FReeperdom. Here are my two pennies, as always after taking in the performances twice (no small task sometimes):

Bucky - he always comes off a little bit better than I expect him to, and he did once again tonight. Still, Simon's word for him - "mediocre" - fits to a tee. Gets extra credit though, for making the veiled "get behind" gay remark about Mercury and for "eulogizing" Mandisa with song choice.

Pickler - Her singing was ok at times, off at other times. She masked the song well enough, though, with her look and performance. I really don't want to see her win this, but she sails through another week.

Ace - My pick to be gone tomorrow. He actually took a rock anthem that drunk hetero guys sing at every stadium, ballpark, and arena in America, and made it GAY. Ticking off the Queen guys by ruining their song won't help him either.

Chris - Hey, the 90s called, Chris - they want their vocals back! Wierd song, too much screaming. But he too will sail on. Sooner or later when the field is trimmed he will fall.

Catherine - I just don't get the judges love of her (besides her rack). Her singing gets awful when it gets loud. She jumps around in a song, at times indecipherable, never clear and smooth. Not a very good singer at all, sooner or later that will catch up to her, despite the judges.

Taylor - Gave the masses what they wanted, the "old" Taylor. His singing was actually quite good during all the histrionics. Personally I would have loved to hear his take on "Champions" instead. He kinda has an "young Elvis vs Old Elvis" thing going on in his alternating performances. But I believe he has a strategy to go far in this and his popularity is immense. I'm guessing internal polls have him way ahead. When he pops out "Georgia" at a later stage this thing could be all over but Simon's shouting.

Elliot - The man has a great voice, but there still is a disconnect. Popping up and down with your eyes bugging out is not the way to sell a song. Shame he cannot find a way to get a style to go with those pipes. The song was tough and well sung, but it was uncomfortable to listen to, as it jumped all over the place.

Paris - She did look strange. However, I thought her singing, as usual, was strong and sure. She is the best remaining female vocalist by far. That doesn't guarantee her anything though, up against the two overrated vixens.

All in all, Queen night was strange. In the future, I hope the braintrust at AI picks a rock group with more than just a handful of listenable songs. The contestants need a bigger bank to choose from.