Ditto!

I loved it.

the boy is an Aggie, I don't care what he does you best be voting for him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love Jason Castro! Every week he gives me goosebumps.

I think it is really interesting that I wasn't the only one who thought he didn't do a good job on that song, and that others thought it was great.

I may have to download it from itunes to get a better feel and decide.

It's going to be interesting tonite to see what the girls bring.

Someone needs to punch it up a few knots, and knock me off my bed.

I don't know their names, but I only liked two performances last night.

1. The 17 year old kid who did the Phil Collins song.
2. The guy who did the Lionel Ritchie song.

I couldn't believe it when Simon liked that guy's peformance of the Leonard Cohen classic, "Hallelujah." I thought he butchered it. Simon said it was one of his favorite songs, so I guess the lesson here is to find out his favorite songs and do those.

P.S. Does it bother anyone else how Simon keeps his hand on the back of Paula's chair. Do you think he does it to signal her that she's starting to weird out? If so, it didn't work last night. Wow!

you may be on to something Bugs!

Paula acted as if she had been in the sauce prior to the cameras rolling

I think they were ALL in the sauce tonite - what was up with that? The last singer got very few comments, because too much time had been taken up w/the judges being stupid.

The girls weren't as strong as the guys, but did ok. Rocker Nurse did much better but I think it's going to be Carly. She and the rocker guy will probably be the final two.

Amanda did fine last night.
Bring on the boys! They got it happening more than the girls by far.
I like Simon. I like Paula until she goes on and on and seems to not be able to formulate complete sentences at times. It gets old.

There is talent there within those people but the show is getting old. Bring on the sports channel.

Amanda did do "fine" last night. They all did fine last night, up until the last two. Brooke was amazing. When they said she was going to do Pat Benetar, I cringed. BUT, she made it her own and gave it a whole new sound. I downloaded it. And Syesha nailed that song. I'm sure they gave her more comments after closing the show and apologized for the lack of time.

In my opinion, the two to go home tonight should be of the three following contestants: Asia'h, Amanda, and Kady.

Asia'h just isn't in the category of the other girls. She's good, but I'm not sure she will ever be GREAT.

Amanda is a one trick pony. She's not going to grow in the competition, or give us anything new. She's going to go up on stage and be a poor man's recollection of Janis Joplin. It will be the same every week, and frankly, one of the things I like about this show is watching people grow and get better.

Kady did better last night, but she's just not ready.

I got really irritated last night with all of the judges rambling on and 'in' jokes. No one cares if you crack each other up, guys.

My husband asked if they had 'wrap it up' music on Idol now like they do on awards shows because of Paulas endless blithering on and on and on....

Anyways...Kady Malloy and Kristy Lee Cook are my two choices to go.
Carly and Brooke were my favorites last night.
Sayesha was pretty good (why does she slow down every song she sings?), Asia'h and Remiele were both okay. Amanda was a ton better last night, but I fear she will crash again the second she has to really SING a song.

I kind of like Kristi Lee Cook. She's the only country singer in the bunch this year, and I want to see how she can grow in the competition. I think she has a TON of potential and just hasn't shown us enough yet.

I pretty much agree with everything you said, Madison.


I really hate to see Amanda crash again.. I agree.. she will. I'm such a fan, though, because it's not often you find a woman who can wail like that.

And OH MY, is Amanda's fiance SMOKING hot or what?

Um, YEAH!!
I was kinda shocked, actually...

I'll agree to throw her a few votes if they promise to show him more every week

I think the girls are better as a group than the guys, I really enjoyed Brooke and the BOL anthem "love is a battlefield"

As a GROUP, the girls are better than the guys. HOWEVER, as individuals, several of the boys are far and away better than any of the girls.

Heck yeah, me, too!

I thought Brooke was really good last night, but my favorite of the night was Kristi Lee Cook. I am really missing some contestants with that "country" thing going on. . .possibly because I listen to country music almost exclusively.

other than Archuleta, which ones Cinci?

David Archuletta and Jason Castro to me are far better than anyone else in the competition, with Carly Smithson, Brooke White, David Cook, and David Hernandez coming into the next tier. After that, they are all about equal until you get down to the bottom tier of the bride of frankenstein Amanda, Kady Malloy, Tranny in Training Noriega, and Luke Menard at the bottom.

They got it right this time!

Hardly. But good luck to all of them.

I thought of you last night, Patrice. I knew you'd be disappointed Danny's gone.

I would have liked for Danny to stink around another week or two.. I think he's really entertaining. I'm ready to say bye bye to Chikiezi.

I agreed with all four who went home last night. And (sorry Patrice) most of all, was relieved that Danny was gone. He could definitely sing, but I needed to close my eyes to be able to listen to him!