Quote of the day: My friend's mother, talking about my friend not being seen much on last night's program: "Maybe I should have beaten her as a child so they'd be more interested in her story." Heh.

Ok, my reaction to the 2nd night.

Well, I think Cincy is in trouble. I just finished voting for my hometown team but I doubt it will help. I was underwhelmed by Team Lachey tonight. And I still hate the superfluous commentary from all the celebrities. But at least, the sappy stories were cut down a lot. (Still, you'd think they could find a way to fit more than 8-10 minutes of singing in an hour show. Even AI doesn't have that much filler.)

My rankings:

1)Team LaBelle: (some Temptations song I've forgotten the title of) Still the best group, though no longer in a league of their own. Soloist was good, but I wasn't as impressed with the unison of the choir as back-up. They're a choir, they should be in parts more. And I didn't like the song, but that could be just me.
2) Team Bolton: (Ain't no Mountain High Enough) They brought it tonight. Which is good, because their performance last night was wretched. Soloist (same guy as last night) was still out of tune, but we found out afterwards he's been fighting a cold.
3) Team Shelton: (Taking it To the Streets) Same as last night--good energy, good song, mediocre singing and dancing.
4) Team Lachey: (Friends in Low Places) This performance left me cold. I didn't like the song at all. The solo was ok (good until an ending that was forced and oversung) to start, but when the song reached the title line, the basses couldn't hit the low notes. Wrong key for them. Brought the performance to such a halt that the fast-paced ending couldn't recover. Yecch. And I know they have better, flashier songs in their repertoire. They might be saving them for the longer performances tomorrow, which would be too bad if they don't even make it that far.

So I hope y'all voted to keep them around, even if they did stink a little tonight. Dog knows they'll need the extra help.

Oh, and Team Rowland is out. Which I can live with, but they weren't the worst last night.