Fine! I'll do it!

I was going to skip the love list this time around but for some reason I feel compelled to add my 2 beans.

*Disclaimer: I missed the elimination episode last night so I am basing this solely on the Week 1 reality and performance shows.

1. Storm Large – The Who “Pinball Wizard” - I am not a big The Who fan but I thought she was great. Very hot too.

2. Zayra Alvarez – Evanescence “Bring me to Life” - Maybe I just like the song, but I thought she did a good job. Some pitch problems but again, I like the song and she didn't kill it for me.

3. Ryan Star – Goo Goo Dolls “Iris” - Good if unoriginal performance. This song has been played to death. I would have liked to have seen a re-arrangement of it.

4. Dilana – Nirvana “Lithium” - Definitely one of the better Nirvana covers on this show. The intense eyes were scary-cool. I like that she broke out of the trance-like state and went nuts, but her movements were funny and silly to me.

5. Lukas Rossi – Billy Idol “Rebel Yell” - Funny, I campare his performance of this song to a crappy bootleg of JD signing it I found with a link on this board somewhere. JD's rendition, through the muffled, muttled sound, was much better.

<*GAP of mediocrity *>

6. Toby Rand – Bob Dylan “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door”
Patrice Pike – Jefferson Airplane “Somebody to Love”
Josh Logan – Black Crowes “She Talks to Angels”
Matt Hoffer – Coldplay “Yellow”
Jill Gioia – Janis Joplin “Piece of my Heart”
Dana Andrews – Melissa Etheridge “I’m the Only One” - all good, if uninspiring performances to me.

<* GAP of try again *>

7. Jenny Galt – Nickelback “How you Remind Me” - Gets the benefit of the doubt because of the illness and having a song selected for her by Storm. Though she should have seemed to give a crap and looked at the song list.

8. Magni – Rolling Stones “Satisfaction” - Your popularity in Iceland means nothing here. You need to reset your expectations.

9. Phil Ritchie – Living Colour “Cult of Personality” - I think the song requires prejection and a booming voice (think Ty Taylor) and Phil just doesn't have that.

10. Chris Pierson – Police “Roxanne” - After seeing him in the first challenge it is clear he is capable of much more. Bad song choice for him and couldn't quite make it his own.