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Since I was gone last week, I am playing catch up. Last week’s performances aren’t really worthy of a recap. The people that went home deserved to go. So let’s move on…Michael Lynche – This Woman’s Work – Wow. This was really REALLY good.  However I thought Kara crying was a bit much. Kinda thought she was channeling Paula or something. Still…he deserved all the kudos. He just seems like the unlikely star but his voice is so good. I’m not sure he can win but he will surely be right up there in the top half of who’s standing when we head into the end of this season.Todrick Hall – Somebody to Love - Meh. I dunno. Yeah. This finally showcased his voice which was really good in this song. I agreed with Simon though…he’s a theatrical singer and not what I’d call a recording artist. I just don’t see him doing anything commercial at all. And he rubs me the wrong way. He is a little too into himself which to me isn’t very likable. So if there are many that think the same as I do then I think he is vulnerable this week and this could be his last week.Aaron Kelly – I’m Already There  - This was good in some parts and pretty bad in others. Aaron’s vocals fell pretty flat in some parts of the song and it didn’t begin well. He seemed to pull it out towards the middle of the song but it was just OK. Unless he can get all of Middle Pennsylvania to vote for him like a million + times then he could be vulnerable too this week.Casey James – You’ll Think of Me – Me likey! Prior DWI arrests and icky mug shot photos aside, the boy is making amends now and finding his path. He is super cute to look at and has a voice to match. The commercial appeal is endless with him. I cannot see how he does NOT make Top 10. He needs to be on the tour because…well, he just needs to be.. Andrew Garcia – Genie in a Bottle  - Whoa. What?! Ha ha. I was like how will he sing this song?!? And he kinda made kinda Carlos Santana-ish and funky and totally not like the original which is good because it’s Christina Aguilara but whatever. He’s forever the guy who sings chick songs and sings them well. Is it as good as his rendition of Straight Up? Nah. But it’s good enough to keep him in there because (1) there are others that suck way more than him and he has more talent in his pinky finger than they could ever have. Like this performance or not, he proved he can take risks and that he can take a song that you wouldn’t imagine a guy, much less a guy like him, singing and make it his own. I liked it.Tim Urban – Hallelujah - Tim may have saved himself with this performance because this was his best yet. He really hasn’t been good at all while he’s been on the show. But this performance was the first time I thought he actually proved he had a good voice – something that goes beyond his boyish good looks. The problem for him is that there are previous week’s performances working against him and that there are others who are better and who have established a fan base. I am not sure he can sustain for another week . IF he made it, then I don’t think he could make top 10 for the tour. That being said the 11 year olds that vote for him may get him through so they can have some good meet and greet experiences this summer. But still…hmm..he’s super vulnerable this week.Alex Lambert – Trouble – This person can’t produce a personality to save his life. He constantly looks petrified to be there (with good reason but really…c’mon!) and I always wonder when he’ll just toss his cookies in the middle of the song. Still, he’s got a really interesting voice.  There could be real potential there if he could just learn to perform. I don’t think he’s done enough to stick around. He’s gonna go home this week, I think.Lee Dewyze – Fireflies – Me likey some Lee.. He’s a white Hootie. I just like his raspy voice. I have no idea what this song was as I have never heard it before but I liked it and I like him. He stays.Lilly Scott – I Fall To Pieces - This wasn’t good. You just don’t mess with Patsy Cline unless you can sing the song as good as her and she didn’t. Still, she’s weird enough that people may vote her through just despite the fact that she drives me crazy. Ugh.Katie Stevens-Break Away - Yeah…this wasn’t great. It wasn’t BAD…but it doesn’t live up to the hype that Idol has given this poor little girl. I think she is still good enough to make top 10 but that top 5 that I predicted a few weeks ago?? Not so sure unless she can stop listening to the judges and start injecting her personality more into the performances. Otherwise….. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzSiobhan Magnus -  House of the Rising Sun - In the beginning I did not like Siobhan. She gave me the creeps but I must say that she has grown on me. I am liking her more and more. She needs to lose the nose ring though. It’s really distracting. She can be so pretty but every time I see that thing I just want to yank it out of her nose. I thought she really sang this song well. Her voice reminds me of Linda Ronstadt (sp). It’s almost as good. She has done enough to make top 10.Lacey Brown – No idea what song she sang - Whatever this song was fit her voice well. She sang it well. But she has yet to give a repeat wow performance like that she gave during Hollywood week. It’s great that she finally made it this far but there’s just nothing there with her. I dunno. No star factor. No stellar vocals. Not even a great performer. Just ok and that’s not good enough in my opinion to be moving on. She could go home this week.Katelyn Epperly – I Feel the Earth Move - This song sucked. Not because she sang it. Just because the song itself SUCKS. Of all the music, why? WHY did she sing this? Is it because she’s got hair to match? I dunno. The keyboard didn’t do her any favors. It was sung a’ight…but it was really blah. And she may have shot herself in the foot with that performance. Luckily for her, Paige did really poorly.Didi Benam – Rhiannon - I really liked this one!! I thought this was by far Didi’s best performance yet and I really thought she was going to mess up again and this would be the end. But this was really super good and she deserves to make top 12. Top 10?? Not so sure about that but this was great.Paige Miles – Smile – This was bad…. so bad. Which is really TOO bad because Paige has such a great voice but she really screwed up on this performance. And because I don’t think she’s got the fan base to support her I am not convinced she can make top 10 let alone Top 12. I wish I were wrong but of all the girls who deserved to go this week based on THIS week’s performances, it is her.Crystal Bowersox - Give Me One Reason – Awesome. Crystal is just so cool and calm and collected. She’s just like whatever, I know I rock. Crystal doesn’t give a crap if she doesn’t fit into this Idol mold. She knows who she is and what she wants to do and what she can do, she can do quite well. This song was hot. She is certainly the GIRL to beat.