1. David Hernandez -- took a big risk and vocal hiccups aside, it paid off. Much improved in confidence and performance.
2. David Archuleta -- I don't have my hate trained on him yet, so he doesn't bother me. Good singer, seems to know his range. I'll give him a pass on changing the controversial parts of "Imagine" because that could have been the producers. I would ask that he please not sacrifice the emotion of a song for vocal acrobatics, as he unfortunately did tonight.
3. Jason Castro -- weak voice, but this performance was much more entertaining on rewatch; the judges were right about the guitar.
4. Jason Yaeger -- entertaining trainwreck performance; good vocal; nice butt. Too Lawrence Welk, but still better than the judges gave him credit for.
5. Chikeze -- decent performance, and even though Elliott is my favorite ever on AI, I don't think there was anything wrong with Chikeze giving his own spin. His arrogance is still off-putting, even when hidden under attempts at humor.
6. Danny Noriega -- got attention last week for his freak show moments and bickering with Simon; apparently frightened enough by the experience to take the safest road possible and focus attention on his very limited vocal ability. Bad idea.
7. David Cook -- completely average in every way except ego. I do have to congratulate him on the "me smart, me knows big words" video segment, as it replaced Ace's "I wear beanies" segment for most self-conscious, narcissistic video package ever.
8. Luke Menard -- dumb song choice, bad voice.
9. Michael Johns -- if you're going to shout out of tune, why would you pick a song from one of the best selling albums of all time? Forget Lindsey Buckingham, he's a worse singer than Lindsey Lohan.
10. Robbie -- bound and determined to show us K-Fed is not Britney's least talented ex. Let's turn a classic Foreigner song into a plodding, confused bog. Wretched. He's also defensive as hell. Go away.
I think Danny and Jason Yaeger or Robbie will be leaving.
2. David Archuleta -- I don't have my hate trained on him yet, so he doesn't bother me. Good singer, seems to know his range. I'll give him a pass on changing the controversial parts of "Imagine" because that could have been the producers. I would ask that he please not sacrifice the emotion of a song for vocal acrobatics, as he unfortunately did tonight.
3. Jason Castro -- weak voice, but this performance was much more entertaining on rewatch; the judges were right about the guitar.
4. Jason Yaeger -- entertaining trainwreck performance; good vocal; nice butt. Too Lawrence Welk, but still better than the judges gave him credit for.
5. Chikeze -- decent performance, and even though Elliott is my favorite ever on AI, I don't think there was anything wrong with Chikeze giving his own spin. His arrogance is still off-putting, even when hidden under attempts at humor.
6. Danny Noriega -- got attention last week for his freak show moments and bickering with Simon; apparently frightened enough by the experience to take the safest road possible and focus attention on his very limited vocal ability. Bad idea.
7. David Cook -- completely average in every way except ego. I do have to congratulate him on the "me smart, me knows big words" video segment, as it replaced Ace's "I wear beanies" segment for most self-conscious, narcissistic video package ever.
8. Luke Menard -- dumb song choice, bad voice.
9. Michael Johns -- if you're going to shout out of tune, why would you pick a song from one of the best selling albums of all time? Forget Lindsey Buckingham, he's a worse singer than Lindsey Lohan.
10. Robbie -- bound and determined to show us K-Fed is not Britney's least talented ex. Let's turn a classic Foreigner song into a plodding, confused bog. Wretched. He's also defensive as hell. Go away.
I think Danny and Jason Yaeger or Robbie will be leaving.
