It Really Is a Girl's Year

Lee Dewyze got it started by taking on Owl City's "Fireflies".  Another pitchy performance leads me to think that we might as well just save some time and eliminate him now as it doesn't seem that he is going to mature much during the season. 

Alex Lambert followed with "Trouble", a song that was recently covered by Ray LaMontagne.  Lambert performed the song well, but yet again, this kid doesn't seem to possess "it". 

Tim Urban, this year's major reject destroyed positive memories of Jason Castro singing "Hallelujah" in the past as well as Justin Timberlake and Matt Morris's haunting version during the Haiti telethon.  With no connection to the song, I truly hope that Tim will soon be out the door.

Andrew Garcia slightly redeemed himself after weeks of subpar performances by covering Christina Aguilera's "Genie in a Bottle".  Making a bubblegum pop song palatable, however Garcia continues to hit a number of flat notes during his performances which shows that he has more flaws than other top contestants like Crystal Bowersox and Lilly Scott.

Casey James finally found his way to country with Keith Urban's "You'll Think of Me".  James didn't blow me away for a genre in which I thought he'd kill, but his acoustic performance should be enough to get him into the top 12.

Dork Aaron Kelly, another contestant built for country, took on Lonestar's "I'm Already There" and like James did a mediocre job and probably one that will allow him to find his way into the top 12.  Like many of this year's contestants, this little dweeb simply doesn't have the stage presence or the voice for that matter to win.

Todrick Hall performed one of my favorite songs in Queen's "Somebody to Love" and unfortunately it had no where near the fire of Freddie Mercury and the original.  Hall tried to provide an R&B/gospel flavor to it, but opposite from the judges thought, it came across boring.

The show finished with Michael Lynche mastering Maxwell's "This Woman's Work" in a performance reminiscent of when Ruben Studdard came into his own.  I can actually say that he gave me the chills. Job. Well. Done.

Kara once again looked outstanding.  If Kara is a cougar, I want to go to the zoo to eat!