The good news, no playing around pretending there was only supposed to be twelve but now OMG it's a top 13...the bad news, we have a top 13, so 13 performances to slog through, but at least it is only one night of 13 performances this week.

Game Notices:

Post your Should Go and Will Go for Emydi's PTTE, and the directions to the funoffice pools for this season on it's thread as well. (all the fun of running a game without any of that pesky keeping track of the scores)

• RE: AI 11 Top 13 Performance ECST,Estee, 07:39 PM, 03-07-12
  • RE: AI 11 Top 13 Performance ECST,Snidget, 07:47 PM, 03-07-12
    • RE: AI 11 Top 13 Performance ECST,Estee, 08:39 PM, 03-07-12
• RE: AI 11 Top 13 Performance ECST,Estee, 08:57 PM, 03-07-12
• Happy anniversary ,Estee, 09:04 PM, 03-07-12
• Backstage with the judges Intro,Snidget, 09:04 PM, 03-07-12
  • Drink of the night,whimsey, 09:13 PM, 03-07-12
    • RE: Drink of the night,Snidget, 09:14 PM, 03-07-12
• Flush The Format Week.,Estee, 09:05 PM, 03-07-12
  • RE: Flush The Format Week.,zazzy, 11:03 PM, 03-07-12
• Joshua Ledet,Snidget, 09:05 PM, 03-07-12
  • RE: Joshua Ledet,Snidget, 09:09 PM, 03-07-12
    • RE: Joshua Ledet,whimsey, 09:15 PM, 03-07-12
  • RE: Joshua Ledet,Estee, 09:12 PM, 03-07-12
  • RE: Joshua Ledet,zazzy, 09:25 PM, 03-07-12
• Elise Testone,Snidget, 09:15 PM, 03-07-12
  • RE: Elise Testone,Snidget, 09:19 PM, 03-07-12
  • RE: Elise Testone,whimsey, 09:19 PM, 03-07-12
  • RE: Elise Testone,Estee, 09:23 PM, 03-07-12
  • RE: Elise Testone,zazzy, 09:33 PM, 03-07-12
• Jermaine Jones,Snidget, 09:21 PM, 03-07-12
  • RE: Jermaine Jones,whimsey, 09:24 PM, 03-07-12
    • RE: Jermaine Jones,zazzy, 09:35 PM, 03-07-12
  • RE: Jermaine Jones,Snidget, 09:25 PM, 03-07-12
  • RE: Jermaine Jones,Estee, 09:26 PM, 03-07-12
    • RE: Jermaine Jones,whimsey, 09:38 PM, 03-07-12
• My Coke Shillers.,Estee, 09:31 PM, 03-07-12
• Erika Van Pelt,Snidget, 09:32 PM, 03-07-12
  • RE: Erika Van Pelt,whimsey, 09:35 PM, 03-07-12
    • RE: Erika Van Pelt,Estee, 09:40 PM, 03-07-12
  • RE: Erika Van Pelt,Estee, 09:36 PM, 03-07-12
  • RE: Erika Van Pelt,Snidget, 09:36 PM, 03-07-12
  • RE: Erika Van Pelt,zazzy, 09:44 PM, 03-07-12
• Colton Dixon,Snidget, 09:43 PM, 03-07-12
  • RE: Colton Dixon,whimsey, 09:45 PM, 03-07-12
    • RE: Colton Dixon,zazzy, 09:49 PM, 03-07-12
    • RE: Colton Dixon,csnumber23, 09:26 AM, 03-08-12
  • RE: Colton Dixon,Snidget, 09:46 PM, 03-07-12
  • RE: Colton Dixon,Estee, 09:47 PM, 03-07-12
    • RE: Colton Dixon,csnumber23, 09:28 AM, 03-08-12
• Shannon Magrane,Snidget, 09:49 PM, 03-07-12
  • RE: Shannon Magrane,zazzy, 09:50 PM, 03-07-12
    • RE: Shannon Magrane,zazzy, 09:52 PM, 03-07-12
  • RE: Shannon Magrane,whimsey, 09:51 PM, 03-07-12
  • RE: Shannon Magrane,Snidget, 09:53 PM, 03-07-12
  • Tennessee Tuxedo.,Estee, 09:53 PM, 03-07-12
• DeAndre Brackensick,Snidget, 09:59 PM, 03-07-12
  • RE: DeAndre Brackensick,Snidget, 10:02 PM, 03-07-12
  • RE: DeAndre Brackensick,Estee, 10:02 PM, 03-07-12
    • RE: DeAndre Brackensick,Snidget, 10:15 PM, 03-07-12
  • RE: DeAndre Brackensick,zazzy, 10:05 PM, 03-07-12
  • RE: DeAndre Brackensick,whimsey, 10:11 PM, 03-07-12
• Skylar Laine,Snidget, 10:08 PM, 03-07-12
  • RE: Skylar Laine,Snidget, 10:12 PM, 03-07-12
  • RE: Skylar Laine,Estee, 10:15 PM, 03-07-12
  • RE: Skylar Laine,zazzy, 10:18 PM, 03-07-12
• Heejun Han,Snidget, 10:19 PM, 03-07-12
  • RE: Heejun Han,Snidget, 10:22 PM, 03-07-12
  • RE: Heejun Han,whimsey, 10:22 PM, 03-07-12
  • RE: Heejun Han,zazzy, 10:23 PM, 03-07-12
  • RE: Heejun Han,Estee, 10:24 PM, 03-07-12
• Hollie Cavanagh,Snidget, 10:23 PM, 03-07-12
  • RE: Hollie Cavanagh,whimsey, 10:25 PM, 03-07-12
  • RE: Hollie Cavanagh,Snidget, 10:26 PM, 03-07-12
  • One word.,Estee, 10:28 PM, 03-07-12
  • RE: Hollie Cavanagh,zazzy, 10:28 PM, 03-07-12
• Jeremy Rosado,Snidget, 10:32 PM, 03-07-12
  • RE: Jeremy Rosado,Snidget, 10:36 PM, 03-07-12
  • RE: Jeremy Rosado,zazzy, 10:36 PM, 03-07-12
  • RE: Jeremy Rosado,Estee, 10:38 PM, 03-07-12
• Jessica Sanchez,Snidget, 10:41 PM, 03-07-12
  • RE: Jessica Sanchez,Snidget, 10:44 PM, 03-07-12
    • RE: Jessica Sanchez,catsnotkids, 09:56 AM, 03-08-12
  • RE: Jessica Sanchez,Estee, 10:48 PM, 03-07-12
  • RE: Jessica Sanchez,zazzy, 10:48 PM, 03-07-12
    • RE: Jessica Sanchez,csnumber23, 09:37 AM, 03-08-12
• Phillip Phillips,Snidget, 10:52 PM, 03-07-12
  • RE: Phillip Phillips,Snidget, 10:56 PM, 03-07-12
  • Definition of unnecessary redundancy.,Estee, 10:56 PM, 03-07-12
• We. Have. Time. To. Kill.,Snidget, 11:01 PM, 03-07-12
  • RE: We. Have. Time. To. Kill.,zazzy, 11:16 PM, 03-07-12
• The Worsters back --,Estee, 11:15 PM, 03-07-12
  • RE: The Worsters back --,Snidget, 11:33 PM, 03-07-12

Some TV listings have this as Whitney/Stevie night, which means the mute buttons may wind up on the wrong side of the remote. 'We're going to take songs no one else should sing and prove no one else can sing them.' With frequent breaks for insincere praise. Joy. Rapture. Presumably lightning bolts.

And for the record: if Ryan announces this week's special guest mentor as Bobby Brown, I am gone.

This tweet doesn't give me a feeling of a warm fuzzy night...

Jermaine Jones ‏ @JJonesAI11

What do you do when people who claim to be music greats dont know what to do with your voice?

Rent a recording studio and do all the work yourself? 'Die from not-surprise' probably isn't his secondary option.

That "claim" is a dark word when it comes to his long-term prospects: it's basically an open invitation for sabotage to begin -- or so the producers will happily interpret it. I thought he stood a chance of making the tour: now I think he stands a better one of getting the death slot before the travelers are finalized. Pull the tail and find out it's attached.

Checking the AI list of cleared songs: nineteen for Whitney and forty-one for Stevie. So it's possible to get some surprises in the second half of the list, but it's also safe to assume anything performed from the first will be very old, very bleated news. (I'd paste, but it's a .pdf and resisting.)

I was hoping to get a few people back now that we're in single elimination again. Instead, I think we just eliminated another seven percent of the audience.

Four hundred episodes.

Two hours of good singing.

For songs we say no one should ever sing night.

Tomorrow, Bottom Guy and Bottom Girl revealled then judges pick which on.

Mary J. Blige the mentor tonight.

Drink of the night

Pomegranate martini

snack of the night

Thai steamed mussels, with hot, crusty bread

*glug*

Yum!

Voting will reveal the bottom males and bottom females, then eventually (probably) get down to the lowest vote-getter per gender. The panel decides who goes home from there.

*slow head shake*

Whatever they still had, they're losing it.

Remember how the girls got slaughtered last year, one after another, like 5 in a row before one guy exited? I think announcing the lowest guy and girl will help support the girls...but it depends on if the guy is a favorite of the producers or not.

So it is lowest vote gettig guy and girl and the judges (cough, cough, make that the producers) determines the boot.

Song and What Not To Sing Rating, When Available (and if this was on the facebook picture of song list).

I Wish 10.0

That is 10 out of 100

That piano key background made me wonder if I'd spiked my dinner with something.

Randy, hear you sing these ballads, and now you come out rocking, if you feel the beat you can do anything. Flavorless, I mean Flawless. oops.

JLO, so much love, I felt your performance, through what you were doing, That hand thing is a church thing, you feel it through your body, not coming out of their mouth, feel it. Mary gave you some great direction.

Steven, Randy is right, you brought it home, you listened to Mary J.

That was fun. I agree, I wish his wardrobe was as stylized as the performance.

Needs some Wardrobe help.

Needs to learn some basic dance moves.

Doesn't do a horrible job with the song. It was actually pretty competent: it just didn't move me to do anything other than listen. If I heard this from a street performer, I'd keep moving while considering what I was going to get for lunch that day. He has room to improve and potential to do so, but this was nowhere near what the panel is trying to sell it as.

You can probably apply the last part of that to the entire night.

OK, having Joshua sing first while there are plenty of other people who can be eliminated.

I thought he did a great job and was very entertaining. I can totally see him as a successful artist and on tv in the future.

I hope he gets a lot of votes despite being buried by going first.

I'm Your Baby Tonight 31.0

Oh.My.Heck, The Solar Flare is on her abdomen and destroyed the bottom third of the dress!!!

At least making wardrobe snark keeps me busy while I am trying not to hear this trainwreck.

GLOA has a rating of 48.5 so may have been the better choice.

J.Lo, Whitney is a beast, wanted to make it your own, and Whitney has such a specific style, you have an amazing voice, just not your best, timing issues, other things, felt a little unsure, switched a song on you last minute but I know Elise.

Steve. Has so much character you need to find the just right song. Chorus line was so be before, but missing tonight.

Randy. Felt like you were boxing with the song. You don't have to prove it every note you have that big old voice.

BOOOOO

This girl is amazing, that one wasn't good.

The performance wasn't quite "on". I liked her singing, but the music seemed karaoke - didn't seem to match her interpretation of the song.

Wardrobe is high.

Elise is also high.

They don't seem to be working from the same drug.

Normally if you see those kind of gyrations, you're supposed to grab her tongue before she swallows it.

Wonder if she brought enough for Steven.

Elise, meet AI production. The really reallys are setting in for her that she won't get to do what she wants to do.

If she had lived with the song longer she could have nailed it. Her trepidation showed on her face.

Not her best but I would go see a night of Elise's singing at a club. Agree with Steven that she has a lot of character in her voice.

She got an AI lesson tonight. Buck up, Elise, and play the game. Smile and say thank you, may I have another. Taylor Hicks did it all throughout his season and he won.

Knocks Me Off My Feet 35.0

They like the timber of his voice. Thrilled the judges brought him back.

Love him! Love him!

I think Ye Olde Antique Shoppe is opening right about now.

ROFL! Can MC handle him?

My DVR ate his performance...skipped straight to Erica singing.

I'll have to check his and Erica's at MJ's but from what I saw of Erica, she was doing well.

I think it is more wardrobe doesn't know what to do with him. Still not a fan of the rosary as necklace look.

Steven, for a moment last week you had a wobble, but this song fit you like and Armani suit.

J. Such a sweetheart. Connect with the song a bit more, now we have nailing all the notes, really singing to somebody, sing to me. Half way loosened up and I felt that a bit. Sometimes I just start feeling it and that is what I want from you.

Randy. Low kinda deep kinda thing, spot on with the verses, didn't like the chorus as you changed the melody. I'm just being real. J brought up, sit in it don't have to force it. Your register is different enough.

High school freshman who got onto the football team and hasn't figured out how to stop wearing his letter jacket yet.

He does have a good timber to his voice, but the performance has a bit of Look Out Below to it. It felt like he was concentrating so hard on lyrics and tone, he forgot to have any fun with it. The musical bar exam: half pass, half fail, and nearly everyone has a nervous breakdown somewhere along the way. We're not going to see the best of him until he learns to relax.

I didn't expect to see anything which reflected his tweet complaint and didn't. Still... I have some idea of what I'd do with him. I just don't know if he wants to become an Italian citizen.

*snort*

Oh, Estee, I think I've missed you the most.

For the Reward menu, there's now a red fleece blanket with the show logo on it and the return of the coffee table book. 750 points for either one.

I keep waiting for them to try and make people buy a vote.

Getting the Coke Stool Interview.

Footage of her photo shoot, she likes the fan.

I Believe in You and Me 69.5

Will the Weight Watchers commercial work against her?

Since shes going to sing like steak and potatoes.

Let the church say "Amen"!

I think the dress held her back a bit, but still amazing.

I'm assuming that by 'held her back' you mean 'can't sing at full power when you're not allowed to expand your ribcage'.

I'm not sure why the stage lighting has her in the Illuminati pyramid.

Starts off trying to sing lower than Jermaine, but she does hit the high note at the end.

R. Listen when you started that song, that little bit J got goosies. you have an amazing voice and unbelievable tone, when you hit that out chorus and let yourself go it was unbelievable. Yes Yes Go Go. Don't think...you can sing anything, let yourself go.

J. Goosies before you started singing, you are so I don't know what it is, combine with the tone and the fullness of your voice makes songs come alive. Playing it a little bit safe, cannot wait until you stop thinking and you let loose. That is the tip of the iceberg.

S. Feel the same way, in the beginning then you climbed up to the chorus and then you got into it. I think you are great.

....missed the beginning of her song but the part I saw was very good. They want her in top 10 perhaps.

AI trivia:

Last year, Ashton Jones sang 3rd of 12 and got the boot.

AI 9, Lacey Brown sang 4th of 12 and got the boot.

AI 8, Jasmine Murray sang 5th of 13 and got the boot

AI 7, David Hernandez sang 8th of 12 and got the boot.

Lately 43.3

Jimmy says this is not his wheelhouse. Vulnerability is an asset. Felt that so much more.

I kept thinking, "What would Adam Lambert or James Durbin do with this song"? Not bad, but I hoped for more.

And I was thinking....what would they have done with the song?

Colton = Durbin lite. I think he fine for top 10 but I dont see him as a winner of AI or even top 2.

Having said that he did fine with that song since Stevie isn't his wheelhouse. Meaning he did better with his adaptation than Elise did with hers.

He is a completely different singer than those two. I thought it was excellent.

They are thinking of banning skinny jeans at one of the local schools according to the news, and seeing Colton's I think I understand why. Talk about bird legs. No one needs to know that about you.

S. That was outstanding, only as good as your last performance and note, that was beautiful.

J. Probably the most challenged, when you show your heart, your strong suit, that is what you did with that song, why it was great.

R. Technically wasn't picture perfect. BOOOO Hang on, great constructive criticism here. The things most out of tune, soft and low, the last 8 bars were flawless, look at it like a Cold Play or a Rock Ballad and you slayed it at the end.

So if you ever wondered what would happen if James Durbin and Adam Lambert had a baby and raised it in a house filled with love, kindness, and really dubious production values, that? Was it. Unfortunately, the genetic techniques involved didn't allow him to inherit any talent, but at least he had a great home life.

I think the shark fin hair is used for slicing the life out of the notes before they can escape.

I don't agree

I Have Nothing 68.8

I know. She is only 16. I she had more time with the song she might have nailed it. She imitated Whitney for the most part and I heard wobbles here and there.

And the judges are doing some truth telling so far tonight!

That was unfortunate.

OK, I know the growling thing is supposed to indicate emotion, but when it seems very calculated as to I will do it here, it just doesn't do it for me.

J. Sweet baby, I think the thinking got the best of you. You can sing that song, we didn't get to hear that her tonight, you have to relax into it, think about what you are singing, no big notes you can't do, just tell the story. Relax and tell the story and make us feel it.

S. Your nerves got the best of you. Huge song, turn around, crashed and burned.

Sh. I know I can sing that song, I can sing my butt off in that song.

R. You are here because we know you can sing and sing that song, the nerves got the best of you. What you would go for you wouln't get. Blames it on the band maybe messing up but...

SH. Focusing on self, my nerves did get the best of me.

It's like a Giraffe hanging out with a pygmy Zebra when she and Ryan are together, isn't it?

...that is what Wardrobe put her in, right?

She can't handle this song. The song is trying to escape from her. The judges are engaging in either a Level Four Depimping or Build Up The Slow Road Back From Failure. Shannon may not understand either one. All she knows is that the people backstage tried to make her look like a boy, and then someone told her to sing like a boy, and now she's getting verbally smacked around like a Southern liberal, except that they let her live.

Long way to go and a short time to get there.

Getting the Coke Stool Interview. He's wearing his hair in an updo tonight.

He says Lord have mercy and Ooof seeing his ugly crying face.

Master Blaster, not sung before so no rating.

Mary J said not to be pretty with it.

Walking down the stairs of doom.

Is this a Zumba Cool Down he's dancing?

Just had to get the falsetto in there, didnja.

S. I have love you. Male Naima in you, different flavor. Jamacain Patwa (?)

J. Have rhythm and swagger, weird little ending, maybe it happened to fast for me. I liked it a lot.

R. Here is the deal, you and Joshua showed another side of yourself. We didn't want it to stop, you showed America both sides. Job well done.

7 down, 6 to go. I think I need that bottle of ale that is chilling in the fridge.

Mary J said not to be pretty with it.

He succeeded.

The notes are ugly.

The performance is ugly.

The hair whips are ugly.

The stage is turning colors I've only seen on warning signs for high radioactivity.

The Surgeon General has determined that watching this rendition has been known to produce suicides in laboratory rats. Except for the stupid ones, who went Swaybot.

Have the Worsters stopped cheering yet?

There has been such a plethora of riches lately they don't seem to think he really brought it in a Worster way. Bad, just bad, not OMH I have to vote for it bad, but if the rest stay boring he may win by default.

I think it was a fun performance. I liked Steve's mentioning the Jamaica like approach. I only saw him last week and was very underwhelmed with him and did not expect him to deliver as well as he did.

Poor Elise. I hope she is not the fodder for the week...or is that why the judges get to choose this time?

Sorry, I was cleaning out the "special room" in Ye Old Antique Shoppe. Just sayin'.

Where Do Broken Hearts Go 78.0

Mary J pulled the chorus back a bit, they say she is that good.

Can't tell if the weird phrasing was a forgot the lyrics, or just weird phrasing.

Oh she started the sway bots up again.

Started on the stool, but now standing and walking around.

She's going to have to shed those pants like a snake skin they painted them on so tight.

J. Definition of composure, can hold it together, parts in the front part got nasally, it is true, kept it together and gave us our biggest moment of the night. Amazing.

S. That was a think of beauty. Well done man, Front the way you climbed the ladder and at the end you nailed it.

R. The guys hit it on the head, the front a bit iffy, what I love about you, what are the other sides. Are they just in one bag. What you proved is you can sing any song. That was hot.

Better than I'd expected. She got a grip and rode it all the way to the end without having to completely change the style. If she can keep that up, she could go a long way in this competition -- and that's before you factor her death-before-anyone-else voting block in.

Reba, er, Skylar, is carrying the weight of the country viewer ratings on her back so she isn't going anywhere fast.

Better than Kellie Pickler... so she is going to last awhile.

I think she tackled Whitney well and I was entertained.

Coke interview of Heejun's Tweets.

All in Love is Fair 41.0

Gift for them, Photos with notes for them on it. He loves Mary J more than Jimmy.

Man the connection slowed down a lot. Bowed to the band.

J. Love you. You didn't come hug me..

S. Love your voice, really special, keep it up.

R. Wasn't perfect but it was really good.

So nothing to say, or they are way over time???

Funny as he!!, love him. However, when he is nervous, his diction changes. The man can sing, though, no doubt. Deserves to go through.

Somewhere Simon Cowell is saying "what a bloody wedding singer" and I agree.

I do not agree with the judges. There are so many better voices in the competition than his.

Top 13 format lends itself to showcasing Heyjun's comedy stylings and that is what is getting him votes imo.

Season Eleven: The Year The Asians Struck Back

He just might make the tour after all. On merit. Once I managed to ignore that horrible Head Of Cloud Deity on the background screen, he had the best male performance of the night to date. Wardrobe even had a clue. Hairstyle, still needs help. But he knows what his voice is and what it can do, which puts him ahead of the majority of the pack and all of the judges.

Tenth place might be the max, but now he's got a chance to get there.

All the Man that I Need 55.5

So where does the British accent come from

Works with her on the high note part.

Kristen Chenoweth

Uplights into the fog.

Glory note held just a tad too long, check.

R. So what do you say, you love taking on these big songs. Her prime joint you did here, you nailed it.

J. That is the Hollie I know from last year, may have a sing off between too girls this year.

S. Nailing it every time, really nice.

So they must have told them speed it up or we enable the shock seats.

Generic.

I like her and want to see more of her. She will sing something in a future Disney movie and will do AI proud in singing the national anthem at some future sporting event. Top 4.

Jimmy seemed nearly giddy over her.

Wants it, but will he deliver?

Ribbon in the Sky 51.5

Man the site is slow again, stop checking on my post count people, it will get there.

Oh yikes that was bad.

S. I love your voice, nice passion, didn't fly like you usually do.

J. Love to hear your interpretation, that was beautiful

R. For me it wasn't your best, a difficult song, you have to put more swag in it to make it believable.

I don't get why he is in the top 13 unless he is fodder but here he gets a favorable spot for singing tonight.

He's better than some we have had in previous top 13's but he is not in the same league as many of the other singers. I can only guess he goes somewhere in the first 3 and does not make the tour.

Randy spoke the truth.

Leonard: You know all those terrible things bullies used to do to us?

Raj: Yeah.

Leonard: I get it.

I Will Always Love You 53.0

They say she nailed it and she made Mary J Whoop.

And more fog rolling in.

So they put a sleeve on the skinny girl with a fat strap on the other??

Standing O from the judges.

R. Let me say this, give it all to her. Is legit. This is one of the hardest songs in the world to sing, best vocals of night, best singer in the whole competition, nay the country if not the world.

J. Amazing, Speechless, those last three little things, OMG yes. so talented.

S. You may be the one, made 40 million people cry.

That performance was amazing. I had goosebumps and tears in my eyes! Love WH, amazed that anyone could do that song justice.

I noticed she didn't go for the really high note like WH did, but I'm not faulting her for it. Amazing performance, got to be one of the top 5 hardest songs to sing on earth.

Okay. Now how about we try it without the special effects?

This is why I like American Idol. This is why XFactor did not even hold my attention for one episode and why the Voice barely does for half an episode here and there. AI can do it well and despite the spotlight, the fan, and the coaching, the girl can sing and sing very very well. And she is young, like AI likes its girl winners.

This is why the girls sang Whitney. To showcase the girl who can sing the song they always tell the contestants not to sing.

I hope she or Hollie does not get Pia'd at 9th place. I want to hear many more Jessica performances.

I don't agree

Superstition 47.2

He at least has some awareness of previous seasons, doing a different take on this. Playing a guitar for the rehearsal. Figure out the ending a little better.

He gets lost in the music. Great musician and singer.

Playing Acoustic Guitar.

Another WGWG on electric and I think a black guy on Electric Bass.

Horns on the side.

Very screamy.

S. You are an interesting character. HAve a lot of forget in your voice, you know what I'm saying.

J. Colton and you I was worried, but you took some of the other songs and you made it your own.

R. We need you in this competition, most different artist, alt/indie spirit. Waiting to see every time how you reinterpret, driving your own car in your own lane and I love it.

White guy with guitar in pimp spot.

Could the show have made their desired F2 any more blatant?

What did they hire the time guy from the X-factor to work in the booth screaching time calls out?
R In trouble, stand outs Joshua and Jessica. Crazy Good.
J. In trouble, not fair, have to say Shannon, So many strong performances.
Crazy, the girls were stronger. Songs just a little more range.
S. Elise and Shannon who he is worried about. Standouts. Checks notes. Jessica and Jessica.

I feel like Ryan's asking top two best and worst tonight could have helped Shannon since she was mentioned more than once. It puts her erstwhile fanbase on notice right away.

-- Shannon.

Expect an epic (and one-note) caricature.

I suspect they will only be able to capture her image from the knees down in the banner.