taylor - "takin' it to the streets"

i don't remember an A.I. crowd reacting that positively to any previous performance at this stage of the contest. as good as he seems watching from the couch, he must really fire up the crowd in front of him. infectious, man. just an incredible voice, and he reminds me more and more of joe cocker every week.
and i really don't care if this guy's a spastic dancer... i don't think he has any "phat dance moves" he coreographs beforehand (as it's painfully obvious some of the others do), the music just moves him. as cheesy as that sounds, it's true.

kevin - "vincent"

the vocal chops this kid has are just inspiring... every week he gets better and better. and he's just so adorable! he's gonna go a long way in this competition!
okay, now i want the producers to send me a $15K watch and some top notch "pain medication". 'cause bribery is the only explanation for randy and paula's weekly lovefest for this kid.
randy, dawg, keep it real, please! this dude is wayyy out of his league at this point. he's got to fucking go.

seriously, the other two i really enjoyed this week were

gedeon - "when a man loves a woman"
old school is a good thing in my book. apart from a shaky start, i thought this was one of the best vocal performances of the night. and i'm getting over his weird way of talking... plus i liked his painting and the thought behind it.

elliot - "heaven"
i love this song. loved the bryan adams version, loved the techno version, and now i love elliot's version. he totally made it his own... this wasn't his strongest vocal, but this song wasn't as difficult as the other stuff he's done.
how many teenage girls do you think were wondering why he was doing a song by a girl?

chris - "broken"
he's still one of my favorites, and he sang the hell out of this song, but damn, was it boring. it was the songs fault, however, not his.

bucky - "wave on wave"
i'm not a fan of country, and i'm afraid if he makes it thru this week he won't go much further, but i thought this was his best performance so far.

will - "how sweet it is (to be loved by you)"
wow. this was fucking bad. it just shows that you can sing a whole song in tune and still suck. donny osmond/bobby brady/kid from surface has gotta go.

ace - "butterflies"
he started off shaky, and then was a little pitchy during some of the falsetto. BUT, it was a huge risk, the band was fucking grooving, and he nailed the break thru the outro. i admit, he's a pretty boy i don't particularly want to like, but i do love me some falsetto.

i hope this is the end of the road for kevin and will, but america getting it right two weeks in a row? i've been watching this show too long to think that will happen.

i think gedeon and kevin will be going home, with will rounding out the bottom three.