I know I’m not alone when I say that I still can’t believe Alexis is gone.  Admittedly, she made a terrible song choice last week and maybe she deserved to be in the bottom three.  But gone?  It just seems too early to be sending her back to the trailer park.

This week – the sounds of Motown. 

Matt – Black cardigan over blue shirt and thin tie.  He may look like he’s on his way to visit Mr. Roger’s neighborhood, but he was sounding like he wanted to Get It On.  Nice job from the Michigan native – way to represent!

Kris – Non-regulation modified military shirt and black pants.  His vocals were ok, and I’ll give him props for trying to make it his own, but I didn’t care for it.  How Sweet It Is for him that the judges liked it.  I’m guessing he is safe.

Scott – Pinstripe suit coat over paisley shirt.  It started out good but then faded into a typical hotel performance.  You Can’t Hurry Love but you can start picking better songs.  And he better do that in a hurry. 

Megan – Ok… regular readers know I like her quirky sound.  She’s not bad to look at either (although I wish she’d cover up the tat sleeve).  That said… WTF???  Terrible.  Completely wrong song.  Dreadful interpretation.  I didn’t even like the dress.  And, of course, she still can’t dance – which puts a damper on her backup career with a pole.  She’s certain to be headed for a spot in the bottom 3 this week.  Hopefully she is saved by the desperately needed Michael departure.

Anoop – Modified black varsity jacket.  Some decent crooning, so maybe he does deserve to letter in music.  But Oooh Baby Baby… it was just ok for me.  I’m putting him in the middle of the pack with Kris this week.

Michael – Karaoke hell.  He Ain’t Too Proud to Beg, but begging ain’t gonna help.  Even the judges hated it.  (Paula too!)  As if I needed another reason to want him gone, he even added an “s” to the word “anyway” during some pre-performance banter.  So NOT fair that he is even here and Alexis is gone.  Anywaysssss.

Lil – Cute fringe dress with spaghetti straps ala 20’s flapper, but the hairdo didn’t seem to work with the ensemble.  The hair was kind of helmetish.  Check the silhouette and tell me you don’t think of Darth Vader.  She should have hit Nathan up for his headband before he got kicked off the show.  As for the singing… I expected her to shine but she ended up melting in the Heat Wave.  Wrong song, some bad notes, and overall a casino lounge performance.  Judges expected more too.  Nevertheless, she’s probably safe this week.

Adam – Silvery grey suit over black shirt and product infused DA haircut.  (Dude, watch the shelf.)  Don’t bother looking for the Tracks of My Tears because he didn’t cause me to weep with joy or sorrow.  It was very good and I dug the whole acoustic arrangement, but it’s annoying how much the judges were fawning all over him.  Even Simon.  Still… great week for him and he deserves his spot in the single digits.

Danny – Black shirt with indistinguishable graphics.  I thought he was great even though Simon panned his performance.  Nice job working the stage… especially the dance move with the backup singers.  Get Ready to see more from him.

Allison – She’s not the first 16 year old to need some fashion assistance, but she doesn’t need much help with the singing.  AWESOME.  Best performance of the night.  Maybe her Pappa Was a Rolling Stone, but she will find a home in the recording business.  Hat or no hat. 

Dare I make any predictions after last week’s disaster?  Ah… why not:

Michael HAS to go.  Megan and possibly Scott will keep him company in the bottom three this week, but hopefully America will finally get it right and send the oil rigger on his way. 

Lil is my alternate for a bottom three spot – not that she deserves to be there.  She’s got a great voice but she has to start choosing better songs.

Christopher.

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