belated american idol round-up:
best performance: kelly. she's the only one consistently pushing herself.
worst performance: a.j. - he's got to go. i can't even remember what he sang, it was that immemorable.
most surprising: ryan. it's always risky doing a rock number with simon as judge. i thought it was a good idea poorly executed. the change of pace was nice, but she got lost on the track and sounded out-of-breath. lucky for her simon has no say in the matter. (which didn't stop him from calling the performance "dreadful.")
least surprising: justin. he was on cruise control, very obviously. it's as if he stepped out of a lake tahoe revue. simon was right to call him on it, and his response beautifully demonstrated the reasons to dislike him, i.e. justin. (side note: does he ever not perform a song either written or covered by stevie wonder?)
most likely to survive: justin, tamyra, r.j., kelly.
least likely to survive: a.j., one hopes. nikki, one hopes not.
hard to say: christina - she wasn't great last night and, despite simon's crush, she's somewhat faceless. ryan - did her rock move help or hurt her last night?
easy joke: r.j. is from cumming, georgia. ulp.