O.k., now the whole Sanjaya thing is just getting ridiculous but again...hey....if for no other reason to keep him in...than to see what "the hair do du jour" will be! I maintain however...with the right kind of training, marketing and production, he could produce a comfortable, easy lovin' on a Sunday morning Starbuck sold CD. Just a thought!

Haylie...why? What is the attraction....she's o.k., looking...but the singing...unless those Howard Stern fans ARE voting for the worst one each week? If ya'll disagree...let me know what is it with her that keeps her in....millions of horny boys and men? Am I being too rough on her?

LaKisha and Melanie....again I repeat...it's like apples and oranges. LaKisha is old school, Mahalia Jackson, Aretha Franklin and Melinda, if you can get passed the now very old, very tiring: "aw shucks-a-tude" is more Gladys Knight with a little Mary K.Blige thrown in. Still, she has my vote, no neck and who-me attitude and all! (Just watch the fashion angle girlfriend!)

Chris Sligh...knew he was going...did you hear him say to Phil as he was hugging him..."You owe me $50 bucks."? Well he had bet him he'd be next. There's a market out there for him...he's funny...put him on a show or something.

I missed the other Chris.

Well anyway...you get the idea....so I have some questions:

WHO WILL BE NEXT TO GET THE AXE?

WHO DO YOU WANT TO GET THE AXE??

Me? I want Haylie and I think it will be down to her and Phil and damn it...I suppose Haylie's face will save her ass for another week.

And here's a prediction....Lakisha (or KiKi as her friends call her)....will get kicked off quite unexpectedly. People love her singing but she's doing nothing to ingratiate herself with American. She doesn't have the charm of the others. Hey I could be wrong...maybe a big voice will overcome lack of charm.

And remember from last season...don't let it shock you if it goes down to someone and Melinda and Melinda loses! Cause when it came to someone with talent and a good ole boy underdog with mediocre singing skills....remember what happened. America took him to their hearts and the groundswell, the grassroots machinery took on a life of it's own that he couldn't have stopped if he had begged them to stop. Soul Patrol was a patrol possessed!

It's getting interesting....

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Melinda....Melinda....you are the one! Get rid of that aww shucks mentality...it's wearing thin....hated the outfit!

Phil....good song choice!! Your head scares me...but the eyebrows are being tamed more...skanky hat.

Sanjaya....oh dear lord....son,....BUT you have a groundswell of grass roots support! You go on wif yor badself! Take it as far as you can run with it! You massacred the song but hey...run with it.....

Haylie....why oh why is this girl still on?

Gina...perfect song for her...she was in her element.

Blake....oldest daughter watched it with me...knew the song well...hated his version of it. Don't know myself...what do you guys think?

Sparks....good girl...rockin right along...BUT the song didn't have enough melody but plenty of hooks. She's gonna' be around for awhile...I didn't know her dad was a retired NFL jock? Did you? And OMG...pleeze...who the hell told that girl that outfit would work tonite! Can anyone spell...t-a-b-l-e-c-l-o-t-h and the skirt did NOT enhance her at all.....

Came in late tonite...missed LaKisha and only caught the criticisms for Chris....oh and missed Chris Richardson...how were they???

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Hey fellow Am Idolers....I'm on a road trip and may miss this weeks posting (but hopefully not the show?)

Anyway...please feel free to post your comments as always!

Who do you think will go home this week?

I hope Haylie?!!

Take Care....see you soon!

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Well...like he said, he expected it and he felt it was his time...he did screw up the lyrics big time after all.

My oldest watched it with fiance and I tonite. And she was thinking it would be Hayley. So did I although I also thought Brandon might be up for it too...

When there was that replay of Hayley singing from last night I thought...MY GOD she's BAD....but I guess there's enough Hayley supporters to save her ass. But she isn't long for the show... If it's not next week...I predict the week after.... come on, look, even Antonella had her last show once people started seeing her for the no talent she was...your looks can only take you so far!

Who do YOU think sang the best? And who needs to get knocked off next week? How many agreed with Brandon going this week?

And um, no disrespect to Miss Ross...but she sounded terrible.

But looks good for her age.

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KiKi (LaKisha) She reminds me of a young Jennifer wazhername (the original Dream Girl!)....or Etta James. Wonderful performance tonite! It takes a big voice and charisma to fill that larger venue. Lovely dress she was wearing...form flattering...vs that tight little denim mini she was wearing a few weeks back.

Melinda...OMG...what's not to love. I want my Melinda CD NOW!

Blake....I don't care...I liked this technotronic take on Diana's song!

Justin...er I mean Chris. I wasn't sure WHAT I thought of it. I'm old enough to know alllll of Diana's songs but for the life of me...I didn't know this BOSS song. I wasn't sure what to think...I had to turn to fiance and say,..."I leave this one up to the judges!"

Chris Sligh....I'm sorry....that song is too iconic to mess with. I think Stephanie should have done Endless Love. Great voice, don't get me wrong...but I agree with Randy..it was too COLDPLAY.

Sanjaya...bless his heart.... he's a sweetie and Diana took to him like he was Michael Jackson BUT the hair wasn't workin' and neither were the vocals...but he will be back. He's America's little sweetheart boy. I'd still love his songs on a cd on a lazy Sunday morning, sippin' on my Bloody Mary, enjoyin' the rain fall...

Bald Guy....(sorry, name's escapin' me!) O.k.....that's all...o.k. Phil, yeh, that's his name.

Stephanie....I liked her...nice voice.....I was waitin' for the upbeat disco stuff too...but then I was around for the original and I am not ashamed to say...I LOVE DISCO! Yeh, I said it!

Brandon....o.k. but forgettable....as Simon would say..."utterly forgettable." I'm still mad that Jared got bumped off last week. Unbelievable. What a shock...I had never heard any contestant actually forget the words. WOW....but they are all braver than I would be!!!

Jordan....she's wonderful...so young....so talented. I thought she did o.k. but the judges thought she did better than I did. I still contend I could see her doing Dorothy in THE WIZ. She'd be great.

Haley...... If she is still on next week...I'll eat my blog! I was SHOCKED when I heard Simon say good things about her...but then I thought...uh huh....he liked what she LOOKS like...she's got that Katherine McPhee thing going minus the vocal talent. I thought she was a mess. But what do I know...I taught dance not singing....

Gina...the Evanescence girl! I think she's great with the Heart/Evanescence-esque-Joan Jett songs! I think she did great with Love Child! Hell, it might have been better (to me) than the original.....(o.k., maybe not) but she didn't do half bad! Hey, she remembered all the words and that's saying a lot considering that 1/4 of the contestants DID forget their words tonite!

Well, that's what I THINK
How about you guys!

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