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The Gloria Estefan night was a bigger disaster than the Elton John night. Perhaps only Gloria can sing her own songs well. In any case, there were no standout performances and some fairly weak ones.
Fantasia gave a great performance if you didn't factor in her singing. I don't know if it wasn't in a good key for her or if the effort of singing and dancing that fast made her voice weird or what, but it wasn't her best. Also, she needed a bra. I thought one of her breasts was going to smack her in the face. Simon said she sounded like Donald Duck on helium. That was a bit harsh but her voice did have an unpleasant edge to it on this song. Also, the repeated "salutes" to Jennifer Hudson were, as we say in Minnesota, "interesting." I couldn't decide if it was "Hey everyone, you let Jennifer get voted off, don't let me join her" or a way of showing that the wrong diva was voted out. But the sum of her performances should keep her in the competition.
George was better than last week but did not give a strong performance. He doesn't usually sing fast songs so he should have looked for a slower moving song. I suspect many of the singers were concentrating so hard on getting all the words out in the right rhythm that they weren't focussing on how they sounded.
LaToya made a smarter song choice. There were slower places in her song to catch up. She also put more zip into her performance. It was still not her strongest performance but it didn't suck.
John made a very smart song choice. If he had tried a fast song, he'd have embarrassed himself. Even so, he had major pitch problems and it was painful. He really should be the one to go, but Simon acknowledged that he is popular and is sticking around. He's becoming the Josh Gracin of this year's competition.
Jasmine also made a smart song choice, going for a power-ballad song. But it was so-so. Given that it was the kind of song right in her comfort zone, she should have been the best one, but didn't do great. One of the judges gave her a 7/10, which I thought was pretty generous. I don't know if any of the performances tonight were as high as 7s.
Diana had one of the best performances, along with LaToya, but considering that no one gave a great one, that isn't saying much. And she wore the ugliest dress; it made her look like a sausage.
Who knows who will go tomorrow. Based on all performances to date, it should be John or, if his fans jam the lines for him, Jasmine. But with one of the 3 best singers being voted off last week, you never know.
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