Totally agree Glow that Ryan did a great job answering that loaded question and did fantastic with the anchor, but after tonight’s edit of Ryan I am now worried about him long-term. A couple of editing tricks by Mark Burnett made me go hmmm tonight. First was the very mild reaction of SN of the encore. Only a quick shot of Tommy giving mild applause was used and very little crowd enthusiasm. Second was Jason saying that Ryan only won the encore by a very small margin. While I thought Storm, Dilana, and Josh did fantastic, it wasn’t that close in my mind.
And why did they go to Ryan for that question? Wasn’t it only Patrice & Josh who were shown to have any interest in performing that song with Tommy? Were they hoping Ryan would give a poor answer to take him down a peg or two after a spectacular surprising performance?
Not saying Ryan is going to get the boot anytime soon but does SN want him to make it as far as week 11, 12, the finale, or to win the gig? I don’t know, but on a night when praise should have flooded into Ryan’s ears, it just didn’t happen. It was almost as though they felt obligated to give it to him.
On an editing plus for Ryan, he was the first shown when Gilby told the rockers about the next task. Knowing what I do about Ryan, I totally think he is going to step-up to the plate with something special for lyrics. This task is also right up Lukas and Magni's alley. They will excel!
I never did have the patience to wait out my buffering problem to see the group song writing clinic. Who was shown to excel & who fizzled?