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Amber Holcomb

In the pimp spot is Amber. She chooses another Kelly Clarkson song, "A Moment Like This." It starts off squeaky.

I'm suspicious of these victory songs, singing it like you've already won. Manipulative.

An undeserved standing-O from the judges.

Keith: That was incredible. Love that song for you. Crazy big note at the end? So easy. Effortlessness about your performing.

Minaj: Ber, that was the best performance of the night. (no it wasn't) That last note was giving me Whitney. Your charisma, your grace. So simple for you. I can't wait to see you spread your wings and fly. Great job!

Randy: The greatest American Idol song ever. You blew it out of the box tonight. You feel like you belong here. So beautiful and so perfect. Guys, where are you at? The girls are you killing you!

Mariah: So beautiful. Can't be explained. To critique it would be unnecessary.

A little extra pimping: Amber's mom (I guess that's who she is) walks up on stage to give her a gift and a hug. (the gift is in a bag. We don't see what it is)

My rankings

Girls
1 (tie) - Kree
1 (tie) - Candice
3 - Angie (was my favorite coming out of "Hollywood Week", but Candice and Kree have been great)
4 - Amber
5 - Janelle (I like her personally, and it's good to have a country girl, but just doesn't come close to the others in nailing the songs)

Guys
Devin has become my favorite (seems most relaxed and natural). Curtis is starting to bore me big-time. Burnell is okay. Paul is okay but obviously fruity. Lazaro is by far the weakest singer and if he didn't have the stutter to endear him with the crowd, he wouldn't have been anywhere near the Top 40.

I luv Amber Holcomb's voice. She has mad skills. Angie has great talent and stage presence and Candace is a throwback to the great jazz singers if she wanted to go that route. The country girls are not as talented as Carrie Underwood. The guys - they can all go home for all I care. It's either karaoke or gospel - and they all look awkward on stage.

The cable company forgot to unhook my cable on Monday so I have free cable last night and tonight. I'll be downstairs tonight watching AI on my tiny tv that's still hooked up to cable.

I kept it plugged in so MY DUCK could watch animal planet. His favorite is to watch the dog rescue shows. When the dogs wag their tails, Les wags his.

Be back to comment on tonight's elims later on. HAVE FUN AI, HOLDOUTS. This year the singing is okay but I think the show FORMAT is tired and they should change the show format to keep it fresh.

We all know what Ryan's gonna do and say, we know the format after all these years. The only hope and change I'd like is AI's format. Tweak, please. Bye.