I think Lee is in the top three, talent-wise. If it were up to me alone, I would send home Aaron Kelly & Andrew Garcia. My current favorites are Mike Lynche and Lee Dewyze (though he had an "off" night last night, he deserves to stay, IMO)

I like Mike's voice but I'm bored with him singing all those s-l-o-w songs. I want to see him sing some fast, toe tapping tunes. I really don't care who wins this time. They are all pretty good (don't like Lee) but not nearly as good as past contestants. Kind of boring season IMO. Linda

I used to think that Adam was kind of arrogant until he landed in the bottom three a few weeks ago. His demeanor was exactly the same as when he was one of 'the top chosen' - a very gracious smile *instantly* and he remained gracious through the entire "bottom three" process. That really changed my perception of Adam. The same thing happened last night - I DVR'ed it and watched his exactly first facial movement in slo-mo - the same as before. An instant smile followed by an instant embrace. I thought that was quite remarkable. From Kris's initial reaction, I kind of felt that Kris felt he didn't 'deserve' to win, which is just a *shame*. Each sings in a different musical genre and I felt that each was equally as good in their own genre. However, I felt that after hearing Cook perform, to be honest I thought David Cook was better in general than either Adam or Kris. Adam sometimes screeches (to me) but he does it in key - that's just remarkable. Cook is always in key and never screeches at all. However, my preference in music is the Kris/Gokey style by far. If I voted in these contests, I honestly don't know who I would have voted for. I've never bought any song or recording from any of them. I guess I'm not their target audience *LOL*

As far as constructive criticism, I think Kara gives the best. She tempers the bad with the good. Simon and Randy keep telling them the same things: song choice, do something different with the song to make it yours, etc then when they do, its not right. Ellen doesn't have any musical talent to base her comments on, just whether she likes the person or not. I wish they just had the 3 or the 4th being a musical guest of the week. I didn't care for Sinatra night. I liked Crystal's song better than the judges, and Lee was good. Mike was okay as was Aaron. Casey wasn't very good. He looked lost without his guitar.