IDOL thoughts:
Surprisingly, the evening was not the train wreck I was expecting, and was 1000 times more entertaining than the Stevie Wonder week or the 21st century week.
I thought Elliott had the best rendition of the night. Chris found a way to be a rocker while still actually singing instead of screaming. Even Bucky found a way to make Queen compatible with his singing style.
I really found Paris the weakest link of the night. Her outfit was WAY too old for her (like a little girl playing dominatrix dress-up) and the band was too loud and drowned out her vocals. Randy was reticent to give her a bad review saying she brought it home at the end, but the end seemed desperate to me to try to make up for all the bad singing choices earlier in the song.
I like Katharine but tonight she seemed really straining to reach those top notes and had to kind of fall off them once she got to them for fear of cracking.
Kellie for one of the few times really put on a real show, and I liked her. Ace picked a song that didn't allow him much to work with ("We Will Rock You'), so I think he's in trouble.
On the basis of tonight's vocals, I'd send Paris home, but her line was busy all night, so I think she'll be safe. Katharine's line was never busy at all, so I think she may be in trouble. During the first hour, the numbers who seemed busiest were the two left remaining from last week's bottom three: Elliott and Paris.
During the second hour, everyone's line was busy except Chris and Katharine. I won't believe Chris is in any danger so I'll put Ace, Bucky, and Katharine in the bottom three for my guesses.
