"Here Comes Goodbye"
This was an excellent song choice for Aaron. I don't think he's all that good, but I can't really say he's all that bad either. He's a cute kid and his "likeability" factor will keep him around for several weeks, where he will more than likely deliver strong performances.
ODDS ON STAYING: 10:1
"Wonderful World"
Yet another please-vote-me-off-I-want-to-go-home performance. Are you kidding me? Didn't this guy have skills just last week? What a frighteningly disjointed display of intolerable warbling accompanied by a ample dose of awkward gyrating. He's so much better than this. You would never know it by watching tonight.
ODDS ON STAYING: 42:1
"Sugar, We're Going Down"
This self-proclaimed "stay at home dad" probably wishes he had stayed at home tonight. I have to agree with the judges. His smooth rendition of "Straight Up" during auditions set his bar pretty high. If he wants to hang beyond the final twelve -- and he will make the final twelve -- he'll need to rekindle the flame he ignited several weeks ago. Did Paula Abdul have another hit song?
ODDS ON STAYING: 4:1
"Heaven"
Not surprisingly, Casey delivered a strong rendition of a brilliantly chosen song. Obviously, he's got all of the essential pieces of the package already in place. Time will tell if he can demonstrate the versatility he'll need to go the distance. He'll easily survive the boy battles, but when he goes up against the girls, his "dreaminess" will be severely neutralized. Regardless, he's a certain frontrunner.
ODDS ON STAYING: Even
"You Can Reach Me"
Did you hear that boing sound? That was Jermaine's career bouncing off the pavement. I'm struggling for a comment because my brain shut him off less than halfway through the number. I'm not really sure if that even qualified as a performance. It's clear that Jermaine has watched himself singing into a mirror for so long, he's convinced himself that he's real smooth. Not smooth. Loose the 'tude and find some talent. His "get up" looked stupid too.
ODDS ON STAYING: 80:1
"You and I"
He looked irresistibly comfortable and delivered an undistinguished performance. Lucky for him, "undistinguished" gets you through to next week at this point in the competition. Give him an "S" for "Satisfactory" and a "B" for "Boring." Yawn. See ya' next week.
ODDS ON STAYING: 12:1
"God Bless the Child"
Honestly, until the chorus, I couldn't determine whether or not John was singing in English. Not only was he unintelligible, he couldn't maintain pitch for more than two bars. He fell short on the last minute sympathy play after the judges carved him up. If this song was actually "so special" to him, his performance wouldn't have been so wretchedly uninspired.
ODDS ON STAYING: 34:1
"Chasing Cars"
If you've ever wondered if the judges actually "root" for certain contestants, you have your answer tonight. Even though the judges did all they could to protect Lee, he could have really screwed things up with this mess. I love this song, but it's far too fragile a melody to be left in such careless hands. He was hopelessly off-pitch and his tempo was way out of kilter. He owes the judges. They saved his butt tonight.
ODDS ON STAYING: 19:1
"This Love"
Does this guy look uncomfortable on television or am I just uncomfortable watching him? His huge build with the dwarfed guitar and the ill-fitting wardrobe adds up to one gigantic distraction. His personality and his wife-giving-birth story will carry him for a couple of weeks but it isn't going to last unless he picks up the pace and shows us that he can sing.
EODDS ON STAYING: 23:1
"Apologize"
I don't suppose anybody's wondering why Tim was originally sent home during Hollywood week. I could describe his performance as "atrocious," but that would be a terrible waste of a perfectly good adjective. Oh yeah, and the Jonas Brothers called. They want their hair back.
ODDS ON STAYING: 736:1
"Since You've Been Gone"
An interesting (if not weird) arrangement of an otherwise vacuous pop song -- and that's as good as it got for Todrick. When the time came for his voice to be truly melodic, he couldn't deliver the goods. I have to agree with Simon. He's a dancer trying to sing. This attempt to veil his lack of talent might get him through until next week, but it won't carry him much beyond that.
ODDS ON STAYING: 37:1
"American Woman"
Somebody get a towel! The front row has charisma splattered all over them. The judges gave him a nice spank for his hyper-persona, but I'm not sure that they realize that we don't know Tyler as well as they do. The show's producers have kept him cleverly concealed from America throughout Hollywood week. I suspect that the boy's magnetism made a huge impression on "the inner circle" and they think they have something special in this kid. He's now been responsibly scolded by the judges, but he's successfully etched an unforgettable identity into the minds of the voters.
ODDS ON STAYING: 4:1
Remember a few weeks back? The press was brimming over with talk that "this may be the best group of singers we've ever had," blah, blah... It's not looking that way now is it? It's a shame that all we have to look forward to for the next month are back-to-back nights of listless, if not agonizing performances as America slowly whittles away the waste. If only we could exchange our stilettos for cleavers... but that ain't the way it works.
So let's go ahead and relish the opportunity to snuff a couple of these stiffs. I boldly predict that Tim and Alex will join Lacey and Janell in being voted Thursday night.
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