Top Ten

Hey Phats, guess what! I knew TWO songs tonight on Idol! That's more than in the last two weeks COMBINED!!! :) I thought you'd be proud.

* Ramiele - I actually liked the background vocals better than I liked her. Not sure that's a good thing for her, but way to go for them! I agreed with Randy (often, tonight, actually) that she was way off pitch several times.

* Jason - I spent the first half of the song getting over those EYES in that baby picture! I kind of lose the eyes in the dreds now, but when he was a baby and he was bald, you couldn't notice anything else! The second half of the song I spent wondering if he had an aversion to singing a whole song through in English...and alternately laughing because right before I watched Idol, I watched an episode of Friends where Phoebe and Monica were making fun of the way someone said "mo-bile" (in reference to a phone) and his "fragile" reminded me of that. So I'm actually not sure I paid enough attention to the song to know how well he really did.

* Syesha - You go, girl! That was just amazing. I still love her because I think she is one of only two or three in the whole thing who can already pull off the entire star quality factor. I thought she did a super job.

* Chikeze - I know his choice was not popular with the judges, but I actually liked the slower song. I do wish he and Simon would stop trying to outlast each other on arguments. That part gets old after while.

* Brooke - I loved it that she stopped and restarted because I think it made her real. I also love it when she plays the piano. It was 100 times better than last week, and I think she is definitely making a place for herself in music, whether or not she wins this.

* Michael - I really really loved it - and this was one of the two songs I knew. Song totally gets on my nerves, but I thought he did a great job with it and I loved watching the audience really get into it. I agreed with the judges that it was his best night ever.

* Carly - I liked the beginning, but I did NOT love the part where she tried to be a rocker. I was glad Simon agreed with that.

* David A. - I'm still a fan, but I really thought that it sounded like a high school talent show tonight. I was waiting for Simon to say that (since that's one of his commonly used descriptors) but he went the theme park route instead.

* Kristy Lee - Okay first let me say that I do think the song is an amazing song and I appreciate the respect it gives to our country. BUT. It's been played so much that I was not excited that she chose it. I would agree that it was her best, but not the best (by a long shot) that song has ever been performed. But since she'll get all the country music lovers' votes, it was good enough, I'm sure.

* David C. - I want this guy to win it. He's amazing and I loved what he did. Loved it. My favorite of the night.

Bottom 3? You know I never get this right. Um, Ramiele, Chikeze, Carly?