He certainly ripped nikki a new one the next week even though her performances were as good as the week before... They called her unoriginal and copy cat for doing Black Velvet (their song) and Edge of 17 close to how the originals were sung.

do you think he'll criticize demon seed if he royally fucks up (on Tamyra's level)? I don't... but I do think he's gonna tear Syesha a new asshole no matter how well she does.