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David Cook was great again. I do think the guy is very talented. I thought Sayesha’s voice shone through even though she did make some mistakes. I think she is the dark horse that many have overlooked.

As for Mr. Dreadlocks, his departure is weeks overdue.

I thought Ramielle had a better voice than she demonstrated on the show. Her song selections were terrible. The keys she sang them in not playing to her strengths. She makes the same mistake most of the other women do at some point. They want to show the largest range possible, so they start out the songs in a low key. The first few verses you have to struggle to hear them. Then they transition to a higher key (or not) and it gets much much better. If they don't, some of them provide terrible performances, when they have the capability to pump out some incredible stuff, but don't.

I hate to see this. Ramielle should have lasted at last one more week, perhaps two or three. Instead she goes home and the guy with the least actually ability, Mr. Dreadlocks, doesn't even make the bottom three. That is very unfortunate. He is without question this year's Sanjaya.

Kristy Lee has a great voice, although she has more often than not picked the wrong song and just about forced the fans to vote her off. She is a great looking girl. She has a great voice. There's power behind it. She's basicly been given a Mazeratti and drives it around town like it's a 1972 dodge dart, clanking through the gears. It's a sad thing to watch. By the way, who dresses this chick? She's a cuttie, has that great long blond hair, and then she dresses like a 35 year old mother of eight who just came into the living room after doing five loads of laundry.

Kristy isn't the only one. She, Sayesha, Carly, Brook and Ramielle have pulled this routine too many times. Ramielle in particular couldn't get that hair thing right. During the interviews prior to the performance she'd have this cute little cap on, revealing a striking little cuttie that was seldom unwrapped when she gave her performances. With poor song selections, poor clothing choices and what seemed to be unintentional inattention to detail, these women seemed to me to be throwing away a great opportunity with both hands at times. Very sad.

David Cooks hair was better this time. He still hasn't hit his grove there IMO. Prior to this week it just looked like classic ‘girlie’ to me. I'm all for avant guard looks, but it just wasn't cutting it IMO.

Jason... where do you start. His hair looks worse than Cooks by a factor of ten. Who is he trying to be? He's got this persona thing going that doesn't work. He looks like a clown. Okay, I realize he is being voted back on each week, so I will admit that's just my opinion, but jeez kid, enough already. His performances are whiny, underpowered and simply not in the same league as the others, and I especially want to address Ramielle here. She had three times the talent this kid has. I just wish the thirteen year old girls had a few more brain cells hitting on all cylinders.

Michael Johns has hit his stride. It's nice to see. I've liked him from the start, but he has made some great song selections in the last few weeks and is really showing his strength. He's a likable guy. He has shown maturity when criticized without surrendering his views or being rude in the process. My one suggestion would be to upscale the clothing a bit. It's time for all the candidates to start dressing like the star they want to be crowned as in a few weeks. I realize he's going to always be a more casually dressed guy, but you can go casual in a manner that will maximize your appeal to your fans. And isn't that what it's really all about?

Every one of these folks needs to maximize their persona in every aspect of their being right now. Song selection, hair, apparel, shoes, accessories, makeup... this is it folks. Time to put up or have the fans shut you up.