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It was a horrible show and the music was warmed over Musak. (Wasn't this the 3rd night we've had disco music?)
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The song choices, in general, suck. That has been a constant. I agree about one thing, I too was not moved really by any of the performers or their performances.
Ruben - I think he was, as Randy, (or Simon) said, solid and consistent. The guy is just smooth. I did not sense that he was stepping up, like Randy claimed. After seeing the other performances, he didn't have to.
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I guess Josh was better, thought that is an awfully low bar.
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Yes. An incremental improvement on suck is still, well, suck. He was annoyingly bad. His cloying attempts to gain crowd support were just pathetic. I think he's bottom two, definitely, but since Kim L. did absolutely nothing to distinguish herself last night, she may go the way of Trenyce, and this assclown will surivive another week.
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Kim Locke wasn't any different than usual. She always starts flat and then hits her stride. She is always slightly off tempo until she hits the chorus, and sometimes even then. She can hit all the right notes, her singing just sounds slightly off to me.
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I think she was different. I agree that she has trouble sometimes with hitting the right notes and tempo. My first comment about her was that she seemed really off. mrs. fish thought that maybe she had something wrong, like a sore throat issue. I don't think that was it. Maybe it was just me, but it seemed like her emoting was more shouting than singing. I told my wife it was like listening to a decent (read: okay, not great) singer singing to herself in the shower. She has been better. Netiher performance was that good. She certainly didn't redeem herself with the second performance.
Clay - Maybe I'm crazy, but I thought his first performance was really good -- maybe the best of the evening -- and I'm not a Clay fan. Good choice of song. Showed good range. Refrained from making *too many* goofy faces while singing. I really thought this was the best performance of the night. That said -- second song sucked. Clay slips back into showtune mode. In fairness, I didn't watch the whole performance. He was totally out of rhythm, did that disturbing off-beat finger-snapping thing and just didn't sound good. Period. Plus, his facial contortions were really distracting, especially the goofy droopy left-eye, half-wink thing. Ugh. One good performance is probably enough to keep him safe considering that Kim and Josh had two poor performances, but I have ceased to predict how "America" may vote after last week. I don't personally care enough to take the bait.
Last comment re: Clay -- bad wardrobe choice on second song. Michael Jackson called and wants his "Thriller" jacket back.
Bottom 2: Josh and Kim L. I'm afraid Kim L. goes home, though she shouldn't.
