Hi all — I’m predicting Casey James as the American Idol contestant who gets sent home this week. Honestly I have to say I felt bad for Casey as the judges were brutal. He did seem very nervous and his performance was certainly not his best… but Kara telling him he sounded like a lamb “baaaa..ing” with his vibrato was just plain mean (true, but mean).

I loved Lee DeWyze and Michael Lynche this week (as always). Crystal Bowersox was good (as always)… and Aaron Kelly … well, just say everyone seems to like him but he’s just not the best out there right now (I think with time/age/experience he will still do well in a music career.)

I was so happy that Harry Connick Jr. actually “mentored” the contestants – giving them feedback and true guidance, and not only that – actually provided the arrangements of the Frank Sinatra songs – as well as performed with the band. It was also quite fun to see his close friend Ellen DeGeneres giving him a hard time… “I thought the piano was a bit pitchy”. That kind of banter and good-humor is priceless on a show like American Idol. At this stage, the mentoring and guidance provided was needed – but a few of the performances fell flat – not feeling like they were actually “competing to win”.

My niece watched for the first time this season and said she’d certainly buy an album from Crystal Bowersox as her voice was incredible (but felt absolutely zero connection with her… which is what I’ve said most of the season). She loved Lee DeWyze (“There’s just something about him that you can’t help but like”), and Michael Lynche (“His voice is so smooth and his eyes twinkle”.) She thought Aaron struggled and his voice strained, and poor Casey (I made her promise to go and listen to his earlier performances where he did much better).

Anyway, who do you think is going home this week?

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