1. In general, a lame, safe night, because Manilow's songs are centered on melody, not on the ability to sing difficult notes. Why? Because Barry can't sing them himself.
2. Conan O'Sinatra has never sounded better than he did on "Mandy". He totally kept the song in his (significantly limited) range, and it worked for him. Still, he's not that good overall.
3. Gold star for the night went to Jennifer Hudson, who makes every song she sings sound the same (The Church of the Glory Note), and her facial expressions wig me out, but that was a right-pretty "Weekend in New England".
4. Repeat standard complaint about lameness of AI theme nights.
5. George Huff has locked up this year's Ruben Studdard Memorial Award, for his valiant efforts to start strong in the competition, then coast on charisma despite bad song selection and unmemorable singing all the way to the finals.
6. Yeah, it's going to be George and Fantasia in the end, isn't it? She got her gospel on in a serious way last night on "It's A Miracle", and I adored it.
7. If the younger performers (Diana, John, Jasmine, Leah, Goat Girl) aren't mature enough to handle the songs, or to handle the competition, don't let them in next year. Make it 18+ only, and stop with the teenyboppers.
8. Did you miss QT as much as I did? A judge who refuses to judge is useless.
Tonight's anticipated group performance of "Copacabana" could be a train wreck of epic proportions, no?
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