[kevkrom]

Okay, finishing up my review and rankings...

• Michael - Not much to say... it was kind of a dull, "safe" choice, which ordinarily would have been bad news, but on a night where there were so many train-wrecks, good enough. B-
• Kristy Lee - There were so many problems here, it's hard to know where to start... well, that's not entirely true, she failed miserably in the most important job: song selection. Then, the arrangement was terrible (way too fast!) and she failed to meet the band's energy level and kept looking like she was racing to keep up. D
• David A. - I was expecting more of a train wreck from the comments than I actually saw, but this was a whole lot of not good anyway. Forgetting words, composure breaks, and continuing bad habits (the lip-licking and the audible breath intakes are starting to get really annoying) aside, I don't think this would have been particularly good even if he did it "right". D

Rankings for the night:

1. Chikeze
2. David C.
3. Brooke
4. Carly
5. Michael
6. Jason
7. David H.
8. Amanda
9. Syesha
10. Remiele
11. David A.
12. Kristy Lee

Overall Rankings After Week #1:

1. Brooke White (+1) - Consistency and good song selection continues to pay off
2. David Archuleta (-1) - Voters will forgive forgetting the words once, but he's rapidly running out of second chances
3. David Cook (+2) - Moving from dark horse to front runner; I could really see a Brooke/Cook finale
4. Michael Johns (n/c) - Is he waiting to make a move, or is this the best he can do?
5. Carly Smithson (+1) - Evil ice queen or no, she has the power of pimpin' from the judges, and a solid voice
6. Ramiele Malubay (-3) - Some of Danny Noriega's suck seems to have washed off onto her
7. Chikeze Eze (+3) - Moved up from the elimination tier to solid second tier with a great performance
8. Jason Castro (-1) - Just not feelin' it, dude
9. David Hernandez (-1) - Back to working the pole, if you know what I mean
10. Syesha Mercado (-1) - Just a whole lot of dull in a pretty package
11. Amanda Overmyer (+1) - I still think she's a short-lived novelty
12. Kristy Lee Cook (-1) - Falling below Amanda in my rankings tells you something. Song selection must get better and she needs to sync better with the band. A lot better

[Netizen]

David Hernandez (-1) - Back to working the pole, if you know what I mean

Double entendre...