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1 - David C. - 9/10 - Another brilliant song choice and performance. He should be the clear frontrunner to win by a mile now; I say should but we all know that's not the case. Not quite as good as Billie Jean, but equally as good as Hello and better than all his other performances. He is the only one in this competition who week after week performs as if he's already a famous artist performing at his own concert. Choosing ABMB was trainwreck potential for a rocker, yet again he re-arranged it to perfection. I particularly loved the staccato feel with the strings when the chorus came in. I felt transported watching his performance. And his hair looked great tonight.

2 - Jason - 8/10 - Loved it; loved the arrangement and the three musicians sitting on stage with him. Randy was correct - I could imagine hearing that on a beach - but that only makes it all the better. It was low-key, mellow, romantic and beautiful.

3 - Syesha - 8/10 - Probably the best song choice of the night, and again she sings it almost perfectly. Her problem is with charisma but tonight I thought her personality worked perfectly on the song she sang. Easily in her top two or three performances to date. And I liked her dress and especially the big teardrop earrings.

4 - Kristy - 8/10 - Last week everyone else thought she did great and I thought it was only mediocre. I haven't read around to see what everyone thought of her this week yet, but I think it was her best performance so far. Great song choice for her and she sung it very well, especially the last part. It fit her well. And she looked prettier than ever tonight, so much so that she almost looked like a Stepford wife.

5 - Brooke - 6/10 - Interesting song choice and take on it, but I thought she was only halfway successful. The song and arrangement just seemed too big for her voice, and it did seem as if she lost confidence as the song went on.

6 - David A. - 6/10 - Yet ANOTHER boring inspirational song sung excellently. Actually, hearing the title I thought it would be a god-awful song but surprisingly turned out to be a halfway decent song. And for that he made it up to 6/10 but I cannot give him a score higher than that as long as these saccharine song selections continue. David A. and his song choices and fans all remind me of Clay, and Clay Aiken has never been my cup of tea.

7 - Carly - 6/10 - Carly is one of my favorites but I try to be impartial in these rankings from week to week. I thought she sang it better than the judges made out, but still I thought it sounded more forced than needed. If there had been any bad performances she wouldn't be last on my list but there really weren't any bad ones tonight in my opinion. She looked great though; whoever's doing her wardrobe seems to slowly be getting better.


Overall - I don't like most of Mariah Carey's songs, but despite that a lot of the performances tonight were quite good.


Edited because I must've spent the last couple days thinking violins were wind instruments. :p