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Patrick touched on this before, but their voting set-up pretty much guarantees a small margin of victory. The voting period is limited to four hours, and the capacity of the system is maxed out during most, if not all of those four hours. If the calls keep coming in for both contestants at max...

Latoya has a better understanding of and command of dynamics than anyone in the competition. When Jasmine tries to incorporate dynamics into her performance, she loses the thread and it is almost always a disaster. Diana does not even try. Left to her own devices, Fantasia will "oversing", but I...

Last week was Latoya's second time in the bottom three. As for this week... Fantasia was not at her best, but was still slightly better than Diana, IMHO. She lost the thread a bit towards the end. George has had three bad weeks in a row. Latoya was the highlight of the evening and is...

Simon's whole "battle of the divas" comment probably resulted in a lot of votes being split between Jennifer, Latoya, and Fantasia. In next week's "election", the "diva ticket" will only be split two ways, and I bet Latoya and Fantasia do better (assuming their performances are up to snuff). I...

My rankings in order of preference: Jennifer & Latoya - Toss a coin they were both great Fantasia - Nice churching it up, but the ending was way overcooked. Diana & Jasmine - Toss a coin for fourth place. Maybe give Diana a bonus point for taking a more mature approach John - I actually...

Actually, those two sentences weren't really related to each other. I certainly was not trying to say that Tina Turner was "immature". I should have made that a new paragraph. Regards,

If voting is based on merit, it should come down to those two. I wouldn't describe them as "opposites", but it is pretty clear that Latoya is more mature. She's like a Gladys Knight whereas Fantasia is more like a Tina Turner. Both are a lot more versatile than any of the other contestants, and...

Next week it is movie themes with Quentin Tarantino as the celebrity guest judge. No. I am not pulling your leg. Regards,

Brandon wasn't saying they deserved to be in the top three, he was just speculating on the horrible yet plausible scenario that the fan base for the John's could be big enough to place them in the top three. Brandon and most people with two properly functioning ears would not say that this is...

It is all about giving voters a reason to vote for you. At this point, there are installed fanbases who will be voting for certain contestants no matter what they do. That voting bloc will carry them a certain distance, but probably no further. John Stevens will hang around for a couple more...

Agreed on the singing, but the music and background vocals were better than ever. It's not hard to figure out why, either. :) Regards,

Aaron Neville was not a Motown artist. I thought he would have been better off picking something a bit flashier such as a Four Tops track like "Reach Out (I'll Be There)" or "I Can't Help Myself". Regards,

The band, "The Irish Rovers" for a short time changed their name to "The Rovers" and had a big country hit in the US called "Wasn't That a Party". :) Regards,

It is not only going to be Motown this week, but they will have the Funk Brothers as the backing band for all of the contestants. They are so good they could make William Hung sound like a real singer, so it should be less painful to watch than some previous episodes. Hey! :) Ever hear of...

Diana was out of tune for the first 2/3 of her performance. She finished strong, but I am surprised by the praise she has received. Fantasia didn't bother me at all, including her general attitude and demeanor, which I thought was funny, but far from disrespectful. that being said, it was kind...

There are plenty of "safe" country songs that he could pick to croon. He'll probably go with something like "Crazy" or "You Were Always on My Mind". Similarly, a lot of the other contestants will probably go with soulful country ballads such as "For the Good Times". We will see, though. My...

I don't see how this show is either the zenith or nadir of the overpackaged singer phenomenon. While there are elements of it, the fact that it is about singing as much or moreso than the packaging makes it less annoying to me than when I see Britney trying unsuccessfully to sing live on SNL...

She's the name I used when I got confused and meant to say Lisa Wilson (since corrected). It involved two simultaneous on-line conversations on wildly different topics, but it is over now and I am taking my medication and feeling much better. :)

Oh yeah? How about this one, then. There is less silicon in the device I am using to connect to the internet and post this message than there is in Lisa Wilson. :) Regards,

I'm not sure the teenage girls were the ones voting for John. It may have been their mothers and grandmothers, though. :) Regards,

I thought Heather was better than the judges gave her credit for, but I also thought her "ooohs" sounded like "ewwws". Perhaps she found her new attitude kind of gross. :) Regards,

Diana Ross was out front because she was unique and had tremendous audience appeal. Mary Wilson is and was a fine singer, and I happen to think that Florence Ballard was the best singer of the original three, but as a front-woman, Diana was unlike anyone else out there and she had charisma to...

The pen salesman has never looked smaller than he did while standing next to Amy last night. Regards,

Patrick, They have to slow the tempos a bit to make room for all of the melismatic runs and gratuitous vocal flourishes the contestants want to insert. They can't let the number of sung notes per syllable drop below previously established levels from Seasons 1 & 2. :laugh: Regards,

It probably has something to do with the editing, but I find it mildly amusing the way the judges excoriate anyone who actually follows their advice. There was "Joe Rose Bowl", who after listening to complaints to the assembled group about how they needed to come through with more personality...

It's funny how they will accuse some contestants of being "affected" and yet Simon told that guy with the grossly melismatic version of Desperado that he liked the arrangement. It must have been a moment of weakness. The guy who sang Stevie Wonder's "Lately" was unbelievably good compared to...