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   From: setzer@setzertopia.net   
      
   > 1. Lukas Rossi   
   > "Bittersweet Symphony" by The Verve   
      
   Same old shit, different week.  The guy is legitimately awful and I'm   
   actually really starting to wonder why they don't just come out and admit   
   it.  At least Newsted sees it.  As before he has enormous stage presence but   
   he flat-out cannot sing.  He was just speaking lines towards the end, not   
   singing at all.   
      
   > 2. Zayra Alvarez   
   > "Call Me" by Blondie   
      
   Terrible.  I thought she might have a chance after last week, but this was   
   god-awful.   
      
   > 3. Dana Andrews   
   > "About A Girl" by Nirvana   
      
   I liked it, but I was shocked they did.  After saving her ass last week I   
   figured they'd give her hell for not doing a massive rocking song.  Glad   
   they seem to be warming up to her a bit.  She's still not going to win, but   
   I'm glad she's not going anywhere this week.   
      
   > 4. Patrice Pike   
   > "Remedy" by The Black Crowes   
      
   I like her, but they were right about her this week.  Same thing, week in   
   and week out.  She doesn't seem capable of getting out of her mold at all.   
   I'm sure she's successful with it, and what she said to Navarro was dead   
   right, but she's on national television and we, the audience, want to see   
   her do more.   
      
   > 5. Toby Rand   
   > "White Wedding" by Billy Idol   
      
   Toby is the only person left in the competition that I can "take or leave".   
   He's not bad, he's not good.  He's just there.  This performance continued   
   that trend.  There was nothing wrong with it, but in the face of some of the   
   other performances of the night, it just didn't hold up.   
      
   > 6. Magni   
   > "Heroes" by David Bowie   
      
   I was surprised he didn't "rock out" a bit more to it (there's several cues   
   where he could have done so), but he continues to grow on me.  Of all the   
   males this year he's the guy who has both stage presence AND a voice.  That   
   alone makes him worth keeping around for a while.  The performance was okay.   
      
   > 7. Ryan Star   
   > "I Alone" by Live   
      
   I still don't like him, but all things considered I thought he did okay with   
   this.  Definitely not enough to make up for last week though.   
      
   > 8. Jill Gioia (with Gilby Clarke on guitar)   
   > "Brown Sugar" by The Rolling Stones   
      
   She's cool, but she's wearing out her welcome I think.  She's not a "threat"   
   to win and I think I'm getting tired of her.  She's kind of the Toby of the   
   female side...she's okay but she's nothing special.  We know she can rock it   
   though when she wants to, I just wish she'd do it more.  The really bad   
   thing is, she gave a bunch of testerone monkeys a vision of how they'll look   
   if they let a woman win, lowering the stock of deserving contenders Dilana   
   and Storm.   
      
   > 9. Phil Ritchie   
   > "One Headlight" by the Wallflowers   
      
   I hate this song, I despise him as a performer and this was terrible.   
      
   > 10. Dilana   
   > "Time after Time" by Cyndi Lauper   
      
   I love Dilana, she's the best in the competition.  Unfortunately for her she   
   likes to take risks.  Normally this is great, but both times she's really   
   done so now (Ring of Fire and this performance) I've not really enjoyed it.   
   It isn't that she can't do them competently because she can, but I just   
   don't see why she feels the need to do so.  Maybe she isn't quite as aware   
   of her position in this competition (top 2 at the very least) and thinks she   
   has to do off-the-wall performances.  I don't know.  Either way, she's not   
   going anywhere.   
      
   > 11. Josh Logan   
   > "No Rain" by Blind Melon   
      
   God, this was just bad.  After turning "Come As You Are" into a ballad I   
   wanted him gone.  Now's the week to do it.  Kick this doofus off, please.   
      
   > 12. Storm Large   
   > "Anything Anything" by Dramarama   
      
   Performance of the night off a great song.  She better get the callback over   
   Pukas tomorrow.   
      
   > Bottom 3 at the end of the show:   
   > Josh   
   > Jill   
   > Zayra   
   >   
   > Who should go: Lukas   
   > Who will go: Josh or Phil   
      
   My bottom 3:   
      
   Josh   
   Ryan   
   Phil   
      
   Who should go:  Josh   
   Who will go:  Josh   
      
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