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G'day to you, Netizen. Truly, I'm so glad at least some other folks saw what I did in Chris' performance. I want to like him -- because I'm hoping for a male winner this year and he's the most likely to win -- but he's not making it easy for me.

As for Pickler -- I picked up "Hickler" from another site -- she absolutely murdered that great Patsy Cline song.

As for Simon's (and the other judges') comments, they almost seem hell-bent on proving this year has the best group of finalists. What some of these finalists are doing would have been blasted in the earlier seasons.

Vocally and in their song choices, Katharine and Paris are the female equivalents of Clay Aiken. Remember how Simon used to blast Clay for being "too Broadway" when the point of AI is to find a pop star? How come Katharine's choice of an 1946 standard on 1950's night isn't "too Broadway" in the sense Simon meant it?

And Pickler. How come they never criticize her tendency to toss flat notes often in her performances. She'll sing a few bars on key, then all of a sudden it's as if you're listening to an old record with a scratch in it. How come they didn't point out that she sang 'Walkin After Midnight' like a cheap floozy? How come they didn't criticize her ridiculous pronounciation of some of the lyrics in that song last night?

Simon actually praised her for being "ballsy and sexy." Ugh!

I think Simon is being real careful what he says. I think he is concerned about giving some of the contestants sympathy votes, so he goes almost neutral for fear of losing the ones he wants! I kind if find it funny.

As for Chris, I just didn't the way he did that song last night. Struck me as 'dark, eery'. Maybe I'm just too used to the way Cash sang it. I grew up in a household where a lot of types of music was played. Benny Goodman, Boots Randolph, Buddy Rich, Dorsey, Miller, Gershwin, Belafonte etc and of course pop and country. About the only styles I don't care for are rap, opera and jazz. Even opera I suppose I could tolerate, since I liked the contestant that sang opera. I reall wanted to see her perform more but she was eliminated early.

After AI last night, I surfed channels a bit and saw Nashville Star was on. I never watched it before and didn't catch much of it but I think I know why Hickler is on AI. She wouldn't have made it into Nashville Star. Just the brief clips I saw, showed that clearly.

She isn't that good. Wonder why Simon hasn't told her that she is like the drunken girlfriend that sings at weddings and flirts with all the guys? Or did he?

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n : a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men [syn: coquette, flirt, vamp, vamper, tease, prickteaser]

A girl or young woman who is considered pert, flirtatious, or impudent.
Obsolete. A promiscuous woman.