[Netizen]

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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minx

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

WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University

minx  
n.

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

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Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.

[Wolfstar]

As for Chris, I just didn't the way he did that song last night. Struck me as 'dark, eery'.

I agree. It's one thing to make a song your own, and quite another to make it totally unrecognizable. In a way, it's kind of like ripping off the lyrics from someone else's song and putting your own melody to it. Not good.