Was anyone else surprised how the contestents made the band back up last night. A couple of the singers confronted criticisms by the band and they came back with, "yeah, you're right, good for you answers." I think in the case of Marty and Deanna they should have stuck to their guns some more and stood by their criticisms. But I think it just shows that for the most part they are good guys.

And I'm no Ty fan, but I was impressed by his passion and emotion during and after his "bottom 3" performance. He finally took hold of the stage and got pissed. I liked to see that. Sometimes you want to see a rock star with his big middle finger up to the world. After all that is what rock 'n' roll is about, IMHO.