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Paris: Listening to her last night, it occurred to me for the first time that the girl's speaking voice DOES interfere with her singing voice. No question about it, Paris has talent. She has zero charisma, as I've said before, but part of that may be due to her young age. If I could give Paris some advice it would be to not sing another note after this contest and the summer tour until she first acquires the services of a top-notch speaking voice coach. The speaking voice can be modulated and improved, particularly in someone so young. I think that would also improve her singing voice. Why? It occurred to me that when she sings, Paris sounds more than a little like a boy going through the voice change.

You make an excellent observation here. I'm surprised that her mother and or grandmother haven't come to the realization. The sooner she gets rid of that squeaky high pitched speaking voice the better. It isn't 'cute' it's annoying and as a young adult she will be better served getting rid of it.

Taylor: Although I started out the season not liking him at all, I really do like him now. Unfortunately, although I don't think that was a terrible performance, he simply is not stepping up his game. I'm beginning to think he can't step it up, and that we're seeing his limitations. I can't quite put my finger on what's missing from his performances, though. Last night my strongest impression was that he's coasting. Choosing relatively easy material and relying on a relatively big finish to his songs to keep him in the competition. But I don't know if I've got it right.

I like him, but last night I hated his performance. To me it looked like his Country Roads performance. Like he was not enjoying the song and like he was uncomfortable with the song for any number of reasons. Recall the coach saying he was pulling for him to hit the note? Well, why sing a song that you just have such a hard time with the notes on? To me, that song just didn't seem like a song that he would normally do. There must have been so many other songs that he could have done instead. To me, last night was his worst, I'd rather he traded songs with Paris!

I also agree with you regarding Katharine. She tries to hard to hit the big notes and when she does try, they miss and sound forced and rough to me.

I hope Taylor gets back on his game for next week though, because this week sucked, in my opinion, and I know its a subjective thing as I have read on otehr forums that some people thought it was his best yet. Glad someone liked it, but I sure didn't. :)

I wonder if the song selections are so limited it's hard for some to find songs to suit them? Taylor seems to have that problem every so often. Maybe he just sings the ones he's more familiar with that he can choose from. Not sure, but you're right last night was very blah. Elliot's performance was the only one I enjoyed.

Hi Netizen, thanks for your reply and commentary. I don't quite know what to make of Taylor anymore.