AI, Week 4 Sucks

I knew it as soon as they announced it was Stevie
Wonder week. Suck! His songs are hard to sing, lack
a lot of melody and generally are difficult.

Last night?

Chris nailed his song ("Higher Ground", I think). He
had the advantage of having the Red Hot Chili Peppers
breaking the ground for him in their recording of the
song so he already knew how it could sound (although
he didn't know at first that it was a Stevie song -
funny!). He was excellent, Excellent, EXCELLENT.

Kevin? Sucked royally. If he's not gone tonight
it'll be a miracle. Plus he was rude to Simon and I
think he's taking this whole "sex symbol/heartthrob"
business VERY seriously, which is too bad because it's
all a joke on him and he doesn't get it. Kid is
getting cocky, and I want to spank him - but not in a
good way. He's 16? - more like 11.

Paris was OK. Mandisa was OK. Elliot was OK. Lisa
was OK. Kellie's and Katharine's performances were
worse than usual but they're both good so they were
still better-than-OK compared to the rest.

The judges thought Melissa did a good job but I
thought she was awful, she went from sharp to flat and
completely missed notes all in the same moment.

Bucky! did OK on "Superstition" and was the best of
the night through his performance (fourth one in).
Simon commented about his "Jessica Simpson" hair which
was pretty funny, because "huh"? I have no idea what
he meant by that - nobody got it but Simon.

Ace sucked the big one. He sang first, which is a big
disadvantage in itself, and his voice was weak and thin. He
does best on whispery songs. He can go. I don't get
the ooh-la-la for him when Sexy Chris is there, and
for me Bucky! too.

Taylor was OK, I guess, but I dislike him so much I can't like him.

All in all, very disappointing week - let's not do
Stevie Wonder Week again.