COME OUT, COME OUT, WHEREVER YOU ARE: Let's not spend too much time on the Ryan-Simon interplay tonight; it was what it was, and it's about time for the participants to either drop it or stop playing around and be a bit more mature.
As to the Idol singers, well, LaKisha and Melinda owned the night, as you'd expect. Especially LaKisha on a restrained "God Bless The Child", and that may be because Melinda's overwhelming oh my, are you clapping for me? humility is on the verge of getting tiresome. Jordin isn't quite on that level, but she just might win this. She can sing, though she needs to work on the performing. And Haley finally demonstrated that she belongs in the competition -- though not to, like, win it or anything.
I thought Phil Stacey did a rather nice job on "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me", and whether Chris Sligh or Beatbox Blake did better depends on whether you prefer your Supremes as remixed by Coldplay or the Pet Shop Boys. Unlike the judges, I preferred the former, who sang "Endless Love" really well; Blake is a latter-day Guarini, and his performing skills don't overcome lesser vocal ability. And Chris Richardson, well, he became the first performer to work the full room, but was meh.
At risk: Sanjaya, Brandon, Stephanie.
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