Jonny!!
FD!!
The introduction of the judges, the singers and of Usher eats up 8 minutes. Especially Usher--Seacrest sits down with him in the audience and they shoot the breeze about his new album.
Usher tries to coach her on what to wear, doesn't want her look to be distracting to the performance.
Her song is Chaka Khan's "Through The Fire". She's dressed more conservatively (for her).
But no matter what she's wearing, nothing can distract from her painfully sour notes. And yes, she screams. Again.
Kind of a mess.
Randy: Big song. I don't know if you caught on quite pitch-wise. Don't know if it was one of your shining moments. Like the outfit, dog. Wasn't your best performance at all. Kinda rough.
Ellen: Went off a bit. Starting the evening off with you is like desert before the meal.
Kara: Should have worked for you. You have delivered every week. You are entitled to one off night. You're a great singer.
Simon: It sounded to me like you were running a marathon, and you were singing while you were out of breath. You're kidding yourself if you think that was a good performance. I'm getting bored with the scream.
Seacrest: She didn't "kill" the song, did she?
Simon: I'm going to call it manslaughter.