I agree with everything you wrote. It just goes to show how fickle the voting can be. You’re only as good as this weeks performance. There are two kinds of voting, those that look at all the weeks and those that vote based on the most recent week alone. The teeny boppers with shot attenetion spans do the bulk of the voting and it seems they may vote basead on the most recent performance.
I think Cook made a bad song choice. When will they learn to NOT pick songs because they like them, but choose songs that will showcase their abilities? He looked dejected last night after his performance and rightly so. I didn’t see any anger from him, just dejection, because he knew he blew it. jmo
It's tough for him to give it his all as a sibling is fighting for his life I would think.
On one hand he has an opportunity of a lifetime, and on the other a brother who could be dying (based on snippets in the rags) and he is split in two and probably tired as hell over it all IMO. I know I would be.