Singing the Rolling Stones. Simon drank out of Pauler's cup.

"Is this live?"

Wanted a rock song with a blues influence. Just perform and let loose. Nicole says her age will hold her back.

Satisfaction.

Age inappropriate much?

I do not want to be thinking about a little girl's satisfaction.

Can't Sleep. Stage is trying to kill me.

LA. Last week made your official return, can you sell records, can you sell tickets. And the answer is yes. Not some karaoke rendition.

Nicole. Perfect song choice. My favorite performance of yours. Rock and Roll, effortless and fun, and you made it look so easy.

Paula, one of my favorites. I love how you are starting to connect with the camera and the audience. What I love about you. Doesn't matter if you have 100 dancers I only see you.

Simon. You said I want to win to me this week. I can see you winning, and see you in the Superbowl commercial. Too many think I've got some exposure, I like winners. People are going to start to respect you, they already like you.

I just thought of her as singing about Bathroom Quest Iv.

(And yes, the stage is trying to kill you. It felt like watching race cars go by on a vertical track.)

The show is not desperate for a female winner to distinguish itself with. 'Desperate' is too weak a word. That was a good performance -- but good doesn't get that kind of praise. 'Kill the boys!' does.

From Bob Marley

Talks about working on his sobriety. Mom comes every week.

Everythings Gonna Be Alright

Extreme Knee Bending!

Wearing the discontinued Occupy All Streets because none of the money was going to the movement, just making money off it.

Nicole. I love that song. Very original. I rocked with it, not my favorite performance by you. I was a little confused. Love that you took a chance.

Paula. You got by because Bob Marley in the hall of fame. Why you chose this for Chris. Doesn't matter if you are the best vocalist you are original.

Simon. I love the performance, great if theme was Reggae music.

LA says on what station does it play?

LA. I was worried, but you did stay on key, Bob Marley is a rock star. I support it and did a great job.

Extreme Knee Bending!

(I did this to her. I can't undo it.)

He spent half the song crouched down trying to look like a little person on stage.

Making a play for Rachel's voter base?

Originally by Meatloaf. Celine Dion

Kill.Me.Now. Soulful, so can throw it out there. It's is hard for Stacy to go there, pull from the pain. Gosh you'd think she'd cry more often.

"It's All Coming Back to Me Now"

There is a key in there somewhere, maybe she will find it.

Please let the key come back to you NOW!

LA. I'm not going to be mean. Happy for you and leave it at that.

Paula, this was my least favorite song, this is the song Stacy wanted to sing. Pitch was under, You look lovely.

Simon. Good news, your hair looks better this week. A Horrible choice, the feathered microphone, that was a pebble. Sing at the Hilton Hotel. You are going backwards, got to sort yourself out this is not a caberet.

Steve tries to get Simon to stop talking.

Nicole. You are glam rock diva tonight. Through all this adversity you continue to rise, you wanted to be real and that is rock enough.

Wanted to get back to what the Franatics love.

Girlfriend looked like she wanted to cut a b!tch. Is she always this awful? Why is she still in the competition?

It may be my memory is fading, but this seems much worse than usual for her.

all this adversity

Oh, is that what we're calling her self-inflicted credits paradise this week?

I had a phone call and put the TV on mute for the last half-hour, so all I saw were her expressions. It was enough to let me know the show is, at least for the current cycle, Sick Of This. (They can change their minds. And still might.) The depimping is well under way -- and she doesn't understand why. The denial won't let her.

She's still safe, of course: this judging is almost guaranteed to turn into extra votes. But they just told her winning is off the board. And she doesn't want to hear it. And doesn't know how...

REM a Rock Band Doing a Rock Version.

Lived with Grandparents until High School.

Not uptempo. Stripped away everything. Her and a piano. Nicole doesn't know if she's seen her let go. LA, she is not edgy.

Everybody Hurts.

Would have been more believable if she hadn't smiled. Lacked the depth of the song. She has a beautiful voice though and a great performance.

At least she wasn't screaming "It hurts! It hurts! It hurts!"

LA. That was rock right, that was so not rock.

Nicole. You sounded beautiful. I'm confused that this is one of my favorite songs and I don't know why I didn't cry, loved for it to be a little bit raw.

Paula. You took us to church, rock and roll church. Unparalleled voice, let go.

Simon, Reminded me of Adele and Alicia. Call up REM and tell them they are not rock. The audience are really going to support you.

So far, this has been a very wide definition of 'rock'.

And a really weak one of 'singing'.

*snort*

Now you know I'm either sipping or chomping when you say something like that. A girl could choke - which is better, frankly, than gagging, which is what some of these performances made me do.

pimping the X-factor app.

From the Foo Fighters.

The Pretender

Interesting... A little bit 70s, a little bit 80s, and a whole lot of flying hair. He knew what he wanted to do with that and he went for it. It reminded me of Casey during his more screw-this-I'm-losing-anyway moments.

Of course, we all know what happened to him.

Lurve him! Lurve him!

Wait, this seems vaguely like what I thought "rock" would imply.

Who let that happen.

Nicole trying to snap her head off. We can only hope.

All four judges standing.

LA. You have the authenticity, stage presence, only person that has rocked this house tonight.

Paula. Everything about tonight worked for you. Best performance of the evening. So good.

Simon. Never listen to another person on this show, that was bloody fantastic.

Nicole. Oh babe, you took me back, got to tour with foo fighters, thanks to Dave Grohl for clearing that song for us.

Here comes Astro!

So. He won't sing. He won't perform someone else's work. And it's a rock week.

The stage is about to go extra-loud.

Lakoda pimp spot to try and keep Paula from three-for-three?

Step pop with him. Haven't seen Mom but speak to her everyday.

As big a hip hop hit as it was a rock hit. Gee, that is a shock.

Love song.

Every Breath You Take?

...umm...

*tries to think of something helpful to say*

...he could have an amazing career as an auctioneer.

Damn that little munchkin! Diddy would be proud.

Pimping out all the dead rappers on the stage.

Judges standing for that.

Nicole. Very smart song choice. The question is (LA won't shut up) if you are ready for a $5 million contract and I believe you are.

Paula. Can you just suck for once, you are phenomenal.

Simon. Two weeks in a row, Puff Daddy? More maturity and intelligence than some of the older contestants. I think you have a shot at winning this.

LA. I couldn't agree more. Knocked it out of the park. Everything it takes to win. Everything it takes to be a major international star. Shout out to Stereo Hoggz, and his little sister.

Paula. Can you just suck for once

No, he can only svck for all time!

Gawds, they want to make sure they can sell him after this. Do they even remotely understand the wanna-be-adopted image of the rap audience?

*sigh*

He's gonna have to shoot somebody.

I cringe at the thought of LeRoy, Josh and Astro as final three. The munchkin has to go.

By Outfield and Fleetwood Mac.

(I Don't Want To Lose) Your Love

LIPS!!!!

With, You Can Go Your Own Way.

Well, I think Paula will be out this week. Although they'll probably get rid of whoever else is in the bottom two just so she'll have something to do.

LA. What I am happy about is this the first time I've seen you have fun. Does it measure up to your competitors, do you have what it takes to be superstars? It was better, was it amazing?
Not sure.

Nicole. I think you found your lane, country rock. Tonight you did your thing. See you let go even more.

Simon. I thought you had potential. Tonight was a complete mess. I hope America sticks with you. Great performance waiting to happen. Choreography made it gimmicky. LA says it wasn't that bad. Simon says watch your back.

Paula. These girls stood their ground and chose their song. A void where the Dixie Chicks are gone.

A void where the Dixie Chicks are gone.

...what?

That's as close as I could get.

I think she is saying since the Dixie Chicks aren't charting all the time anymore this is one group that has an empty niche in the marketplace so would be more commercially appealing as a winning artist.

They lost everyone's love tonight. And then they all went their own ways.

I wouldn't bet against three for three just yet.

Confused. Do they always wear these get-ups? Could be lovely but would have to be tweaked ... not in a dirty way.

What happened to the groups? Must watch the other groups to see why they sucked so badly that there is only one group left. From the auditions and boot-camp rounds, I thought there were some contenders.

I thought there were some contenders.

for sure