1st-Taylor. It was Taylor's night. Did a good job with both extremes of his performance style.
Close race for 2nd in the rankings. Elliott did a decent job with both songs but wasn't as impressive as usual. Chris was good on the first song, but the second performed in the same manner emphasized what has been the knock against Chris--lack of versatility. He should have done something similar to what he did last week for his second song. 2nd-Elliott. 3rd-Chris.
4th-Katharine. Saved herself from last place with her second song.
5th-Paris. Didn't like either song. Thought Paris performed them decently, but that wasn't enough to overcome the songs themselves. Taking Katharine's weak night into account, Paris blew a real chance to last another round because of her song choices.
Paris is 3-4 years too young for this. If was 20-21 she would likely own this competition talent wise. The knock on her is that she cannot seem to define herself. Well, she actually does great with classic American songs. When her voice gets a little older....look out.
I think so, too. I like Paris, and she has a nice voice... On certain songs. I didn't like the songs at all last night.
I think, that if she wants to continue as a singer she needs to get that speech coach that Wolfstar mentioned, then get a good vocal coach, and I think she that vocal coach, mommy and Granny all need to view and critique every performance together. The reason I say granny and mom should be there is because with them being in the business, a vocal coach may say one thing and the women might say another. That would leave Paris just as confused as she already is about her singing.
After the mom and granny hear what the coach says, they can leave Paris and the coach alone. jmo