The lack of real criticism is IMO what has been slowly killing AI. It was interesting when they talked about the music in some depth. Now it's mostly just cheerleading and complaining. Occasionally Jimmy Iovine has something enlightening to say, but that's not enough to carry the show.
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I saw Lazaro's performance last night. I actually thought it was pretty good! He "made the song his own" (as they say) by taking it down to his range without losing the gist of it.