My Windy Thoughts:

Magni – My Generation/The Who: Miles better than Satisfaction last week, but he’s really a snooze. Haven’t seen anything special yet.

Jenny Gault – Tainted Love/Soft Cell: As I thought last week, chick should sing folk – and I’m not sure she even has the chops for that. Her voice is pleasant, but tiny and really tight – and she is making it tiny. It’s like she actively chooses NOT to breathe. If she learns how to breathe, her power will go way up. Plus, with the so-weird-it’s-funny breathing, her endurance must be crap. LOVE Dave’s sandwich comment – wonder if she knows it wasn’t a compliment.

Jill Gioia – Violet/Hole: What a fraud. Last week she did a full-on rip-off of Janis, now she comes out even dressed like Ms. Love? And when they called her on it, she copped an attitude & claimed she didn’t know what Courtney did? BS. And then, while standing with Brooke, she had zero personality – she looked like a wax dummy. She’s the Rebecca Corry of Rock Star.

Zayra Alvarez – You Really Got Me/The Kinks: Aiyaiyai. Someone get this woman a tissue, she obviously has a stuffy nose. What’s with the weird arm movements? She is ALL kinda suck. Were the other singers laughing at her? And that horrible attitude. This chick is toast. I love that Tommy just shut her down “ok, thank you…”

Chris Pierson – Take Me Out/Franz Ferdinand: Sounded OK, not a whole lot of stage presence. Eh. Doesn’t suck, but eh.

Dilana – Ring of Fire/Johnny Cash: She is just incredible. I love her. Mesmerizing. She looked amazing, love the dress (ok, Hannibal Lector just visited my brain). One worry – it sounded too low for her, did they have to do that so she could hit the top notes? A warning of a small range? Hope not.

Josh Logan – With Arms Wide Open/Creed: I really like Josh, but I agree with the guys that he needs to be careful with the pop-ish runs & embellishments. Bravo for staying away from the Scott Stapp “baritone Kermit” sound. Not sure Josh is hard enough for these guys.

Phil Ritchie – If You Could Only See/Tonic: I like Phil’s voice, but his diction’s a bit mushy, as is his movement. I get it, and I kinda like it, but as Jason said, he needs to show that he can move with conviction too.

Storm Large – Surrender/Cheap Trick: She’s Dilana-lite. But since we have Dilana…why do we need her? Nothing special. Something I noticed last week more than this week – her screams/wails, etc. are of the “bad” variety…throat shredding. Following that, she sang rather straight this week. Eh.

Patrice Pike – Heart Shaped Box/Nirvana: Lordy I hate this song. As for Patrice…she’s OK. Really bad start, but mostly she’s just a snooze.

Lukas Rossi – Don’t Panic/Coldplay: Nope, still don’t like him. Hey – just because it’s rock doesn’t mean you can’t enunciate. Couldn’t understand a word of it. And this...this dude is a lizard. And I don’t mean in a cool, Morrison, “Lizard King” way. He’s just icky. I can’t get over his enormous, overly-mobile, funny-shaped eyebrows. And it doesn’t help that he accentuates those eyebrows by shaving that stupid line and wearing too much (red!) eye shadow. Sorry Glowie, he’s just gross – and not a good enough singer to make me not care that he’s gross.

Ryan Star – Jumpin Jack Flash/Rolling Stones: Yay! He didn’t sound or move like Jagger! Good for him! Tommy, if he had moved like Jagger as you suggest, you would have slapped him for trying to imitate Jagger. I like Ryan, but thought he was better last week.

Dana Andrews – Born to Be Wild/Steppenwolf: You’re kidding, right? *sigh* Oh Dana, go home sweetie. Totally unbelievable. Oops – she stopped performing before the end of the song (the song isn’t over just because you’re done singing, honey). Dana Andrews – the secret truth behind why Kat McPhee isn’t doing the AI tour.

Toby Rand – Somebody Told Me/Killers – OK, final 2, Dilana & Toby. Love this guy. Good range, lots of presence – and he feels real. He’s just a guy who goes out on stage & kicks arzt. No drama, no hype, no "costume," no “persona.” Love it.

My categories:

You Are A Rock Goddess: Dilana

I Like You As Much As I Like Dilana: Toby

I Like You Guys Too, Just Not As Much: Josh, Ryan

You Bore Me, So Step It Up: Phil, Patrice, Storm, Magni

You Have Enormous Attitude, Now Is The Time To Back It Up: Lukas, Chris, Jill

You Suck, And Need To Go Home Really, Really Soon: Jenny, Dana

You Suck AND You Have A Bad Attitude AND You’re Clueless: go home Zayra