I liked Jesse Langseth better than Kris, but he sure is a cutie. Wonder who they will bring back. I also wonder if this new format is in any way an attempt to defeat the "Vote for the worst" clubs that keep people like Sanjaya in the competition for so long. They have their sights set on a guy comming up next week.

From where I sit, Tatiana is totally putting that on. There was one shot of her, somewhere along the way where she was just walking quietly down a hall, looked up, noticed the camera, and started in with her hoot-owl-on-speed imitation. She knows what she's doing. It's hard to get anywhere in that competition unless you stand out in the crowd. She stands out--unfortunately, in an idiotic way. I really hate to say this, but the guy who lost his wife gives me a very bad vibe. Don't like the way he's trying to use that terrible tragedy to get ahead. He's okay--good, even, but definitely not really good enough to have made the top 3 dozen--except for the fact that he's got a heartwrenching back story. His friend, IMO, is far better than he, and it's a shame he got cut.

Yes I too caught the 2 lyrics slip ups, they just can not do that at this stage of the competition it will kill them. Still in love with Casey, think Jacob was awesome and James did very well too, I do like Paul he has such a unique voice and style but am afraid many do not get him, to me he is another along the lines of Rod Stewart and Bob Dylan, I was bored with Tia, Pia, and Naima, who apparently got confused and thought she was on the dancing show. I am so ready for her to be gone. Stephano was great last week but dropped it this week. Was glad to see Scottie stick to his country roots and put a spin on his song. Haley is good but is getting eaten up by the competition if she does not step it up she will be gone, her lyrics slip up may have been the last straw for her unfortunately, I wish she would get her confidence back and really go for it I love her raspy growly blusey voice when she goes there. and I thought that stupid Chef who is always so mean on his own show had to come to AI and be insulting to Stephanos mother who was kind enough to go and cook for the whole gang, that was so uncalled for shame on you Chef Ramsey.

I am a huge Adam fan, and agree with donna about Ring of Fire. He has consistently taken a genre song and made it his own, even if outside the genre. The others have generally tried to put their stamp on a song, but stayed within the given genre. I don't know which is the better course, but I have enjoyed Adam's creativity and performances more than anyone else's, to the point of downloading several mp3s. Evidently 6 of the 10 most downloaded songs from AI this season are Adam's. People have noted his sometimes over the top theatricality, but hey, don't you remember the 70s and 80s? Rock bands back then made their bread and butter on hugely theatrical performances. I too thought Kris would be going home since he is so forgettable. Danny is highly overrated but has a loyal fan base that gets him in the top every week. Last week, Adam's fan base was soooo p*ssed about the results that they voted in overdrive Tuesday night (I did my part) -- didn't hurt that he had a great performance. I was so surprised to see Allison go, but she'll be okay, maybe even better in the long run since she won't be shackled by AI contracts. IMHO, Danny's got a good future, most likely in Christian-oriented popular music, but I don't think he'll make it big time in the general music industry.