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LaKisha Jones Fantastic performance! Her voice continues to amaze me with its dynamic range. And she looked great tonight. A.
Chris Sligh It seems dangerous to me to take on a song as iconic as this one. His tone is all wrong, but you can hear him trying to mimic Sting - bad idea. He really should have worked out a different arrangement he could do. As it is, this is nothing more than karaoke. Bad karaoke. I have to disagree with the Randy and Paula - his problem wasn't limited to tempo. It was far more than that. C-.
Simon: "It was a mess." Nailed it. Phew.
Chris: "My bad." Indeed.
Gina Glockson Good start, if a sketchy falsetto. Perhaps it's just me, but I like this week's performance much better than last week's. But maybe that punk (is it safe to call it that?) shit just turns me off. I thought it was a pretty good performance, actually. B+.
Simon: "Your best performance." I'd have to agree. But better than LaKisha? Hmmm.
Sanjaya Malakar Oh lord. He can't remember the words when he's in with Gwen? Not a good sign. And she thinks it's a tough song? Christ. I think he knows he should be gone already, so he's gone right off the deep end. Evidence: the hair. He went up there for just a second, but surprisingly, he has a pretty good tone tonight. Apparently, as is common, not caring makes him better. B.
Paula: I think he's getting close to having the gumption. If he makes it, next week could be interesting.
It's funny, I've been comparing him to Chicken Little and John Stevens, but Sanjaya is WAY WAY WAY more interesting. Yay!
Haley Scarnato My husband says: "She looks like the love child of Sally Field and Sandra Bullock." Hmmm. Haley's working the sexy angle again tonight, which is what she's gotta do. Because otherwise this performance just isn't interesting. Sure she can hit the occasional note, but eh. B.
Simon: "Sweet but forgettable." Yep.
Phil Stacey Ah. I think Phil is my current least favorite. Hopefully he won't ruin this the way Chris Sligh ruined his. He sounds better than Chris, but I still think this is basically a karaoke performance. It's better than his normal stuff, and I don't dislike him quite as much as before. B-.
Melinda Doolittle Gwen thinks her voice is "beautiful and mindblowing." Wow. And her performance was, as usual, incredible. There's nothing at all to complain about. She's true to the song, but making it her own. If she doesn't win this, it's an absolute crime. A.
Randy: "Da bomb!"
Simon: "Hate the outfit." Thank you, Mr. Blackwell.
Blake Lewis Wow, this is a tough song to sing, but like Gwen said, I think he can do it if he's careful. But the beatbox has to be really light and just right. I think he did the perfect amount of beatbox, actually. And he had a great tone throughout. B+.
Randy: I agree, it wasn't my favorite song choice for him, but he did a really nice job.
Oh, and he looks really cute tonight.
Jordin Sparks This is really hard because of the range required - and you can hear her bottoming out in a dangerous way. But she's got a good attitude going on that's helping her out. She did a good job on a very tough song. B+.
Chris Richardson "Vocal olympics." I love that. I'm sure the IOC has already sued her for that. Hopefully they won't sue me too. As for Chris, he's doing a great job. Really involved in the song, but doing a good job of restraining his tendency to play around with his voice. And he's always fun to watch. B+.
Randy: "Just believe baby." Well, that says it all.
Simon: "You struggled in the middle." I don't think so - I thought it was great all the way through.
And Gwen did a great job with the coaching and commentary this week! I love her!