AI was entertaining enough tonight that I watched it a second time.
Tough for me to rank the performances tonight.
Taylor--The most entertaining, but it wasn't the best singing. Hoping he's saving his best for the weeks to come.
Elliot--Still the best voice in the competition, but I didn't like the song very much.
Gedeon--He's good at singing the kind of stuff he's done this week and last week.
Chris--Didn't think the song played to his strengths but at least provided a break for him from doing the same thing every week. May work out okay for him in the long run.
Bucky--Not bad, but it still probably won't save him.
Kevin--Thought he actually made that work for him.
Will--Nice voice but no charisma nor even any offbeat oddness appeal that some of the other contestants have.
Ace--Absolutely hate that type of performance.
AI has a problem this year. The ones who are good aren't very marketable(although some have niche market potential), and the ones who are marketable aren't very good. I think that this is most apparent on the men's side but also somewhat true for the women, as well. Still thinking it's Bucky and Will that will be leaving. Think Kinnik is gone for sure and probably Melissa.
Dead on accurate. Agree 100%. It will be interesting to see if "America" pick artistry and ability over a pretty face and marketing. I "hope" but fear I will continue to be underwhelmed by what the public considers good music. And yes, I am a music snob...;-)
I agree with you on the latter, but I think the ones who are good are marketable. The one exception is Elliot, IMO, but that can be fixed.