I was more surprised by the positive comments he got. I thought his performance was all kinda suck.

The band wanted him to be more sincere, more real, less of a 'performance'. This is basically the same thing they have said to Ty in the past -- except that they gave Ty herpes by using the word "theatrical." Now everybody calls Ty "theatrical" like the word is an insult.

Dave made an excellent comment when Ty really hit it with "No Woman No Cry". He said something like "I saw a passionate guy rather than a guy portraying passion."

I believe this is what they were looking for from JD. Not JD doing his "rock star spaz" thing, but JD really feeling the song. I don't think he pulled it off - it felt really phony to me, especially the "for the children" crap and the mild seizure he had at one point.

A thought about his being difficult, pouty, not a team-player:
INXS has been around for decades. They've been through the "New Rock Star" stage, they're older, they have families. Do they really want to hang around with someone who's yet to go through any of it? (And JD's probably itching to throw back some Jack in the green room with a bunch of groupies.) Especially since INXS formed organically -- they were friends or chose to work together, and they've had years to learn to work well as a team. Are they really going to want to work with someone who can't even spend one day working in a team even when he was specifically told that teamwork was the whole point of the exercise? You say you want this JD? Then suck it up & do what they ask you to do!

The thing that should be the most elementary is that HE DOESN'T SING WELL. He just doesn't. EVERY time he tries to sing softly he has major pitch problems, major control issues, he can't sustain notes, and his voice sounds completely different than when he's belting - like a different person. Yes, he can belt - and he belts fairly well. (eh, so what? singing softly is harder.)

One last thing....WHY ON EARTH does it matter if "He wants it more"?

First of all, prove it. Prove he wants it more than any of the others. OR, is it just that the others behave like adults, like professionals...so JD's little tantrums & episodes just look like stronger desire...or uh, 'cause he SAID he wants it more?

But most of all, since when is "wanting it more" criteria for choosing a winner? Or choosing a job candidate? This is a talent-based competition. This isn't "Queen for a Day".