[CajunConservative]

I'm sure he is holding back until the finals. Taylor can honestly probably rock better than Chris if he wanted to. I really wish he could have sung Hank Jr. He would have nailed the country vote and sent the pickle packing.

His brother posts on the main AI boards and said that right now he's just trying to survive theme weeks until they have more freedom in song "choice".

[Netizen]

I've been downloading his music and listening while posting. Couldn't do it before we kept having trouble with the DSL. So far so good now and I figured to frab them NOW! LOL

I can't wait til he re-releases his music so we can buy them!

[over3Owithabrain]

I'm tired of the theme weeks too - they are getting dangerously close to "jumping the shark". Queen? Barry Manilow? Rod Stewart? Who's next - the Partridge Family?

If Taylor makes it to the point where he can just blow what he wants to blow, this thing is over. From the beginning he has been the most unique and widely popular finalist ever to grace AI. Early on, both Simon and Paula acknowledged this. Now they have to "keep the competition close" for rating and hype. I don't fault them for that. But I'm sure the internal polls have Hicks walking away with the title.