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I did like today's show.

First off, I like Gwen Stefani but WHAT THE HELL WAS THE POINT OF HER?! She didn't even give advice. Here she is telling the camera what they should each do or how she hopes the singer does something. WHY THE HELL ISN'T SHE TELLING THE SINGERS THAT?! If she had, maybe people like Chris S and others who made changes to the melodies or whatever would listen and not do it. Ugh...like Gwen but she was a waste. Oh, and this week's theme was a mess. It was pretty much them giving the singers a list. There was no known boundery for the audience and I felt the show as a whole was lacking very much tonight. I hope for a better theme next week.

On to the show, it was incredibly rushed tonight. They went overtime as it was. They need to cut out the coke interview segments because they are a waste and they really need to get the judges and Seacrest to move a little faster through the show.

Lakisha: She was back in a groove this week. I am glad she went uptempo for once. Great performance, one she needed after being a little down the past few weeks and because she was first tonight.

Chris S: Horrible. He is grating on my nerves too. I appreciate this honesty in thinking he was bad but...ugh.

Gina: Her best performance yet. She finally realized she could keep her edge and doesn't have to sing hard rock to do it. Good performance. I like her alot.

Sanjaya: AMERICA!!! WAHE UP AND TOSS JACKO 2 OUT OF THIS COMPETITION!! Seriously, the voice and mannerisms of this kid scream Micheal Jackson. The hair changes are annoying and he is so bad to listen to and watch. End his suffering and ours...cut him loose!!!

Haley: Too safe. Not horrible but boring. She started the major trend for the night...which was playing it too safe.

Phil: Not bad but again it was too safe. He looked a little stiff early on but I still felt as if he was holding back.

Melinda: Great. Not her best but she is good singing anything. Liked her doing uptempo too. Solid job.

Blake: Too safe. He is the best male right now but it was lacking tonight. Glad he didn't beebox for once but it was too bland for me. Nothing special.

Jordin: Glad she went uptempo as well. Nice, fresh, young, hip...energetic. Hated the outfit but pretty good performance.

Chris R: Ok. Nothing great. Felt too safe though. I like him but he regressed a bit back into the Justin Timberlake mold, which I guess is good for him since last week he did something entirely different which I liked and he ended up in the bottom so whatever.

My bottom 3 is Chris S, Sanjaya, and Haley. I think it will be between Chris S and Sanjaya to go home and, hopefully, Sanjaya will go home but it could easily be Haley or Chris S. I kind of want Haley to stick around because I think she has great potential.

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I thought AI was the best show to date. It was great. I'm finding it so difficult to decide who to root for besides Melinda who definitely has it made. I didn't really care for Gina or Phil, but tonight they both were shining. I love rock so guess they will win me. Actually, I'm about to get excited about Phil even though I don't yet think he has a chance of being in the finals. Are there three bottom choices? I forgot. I think Chris S., Chris R. and Haley will be the bottom three and Haley will go home.

Oh and I LOVE Sanjaya. He is so cute and a great entertainer.

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Not a chance this week. I think his fanbase will keep him in for a couple more weeks. I just checked DialIdol which is notoriously wrong, and so far it's really a mess with Phil, Haley, Jordin and Chris S in the bottom positions. But, the AOL poll even has Sanjaya, Chris S, Gina, & Phil as the bottom four and last week they showed Stephanie as lowest and the week before the bottom three was accurate with Brandon in it. I was amazed that Phil got the sympathy votes last week and he is bottom here and Chris R. is getting the sympathy votes.

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Well - I just don't even know what to say about Sanjaya's hair tonight. He is riding his hair's fame for all its worth. I did notice a little bite...a little more spark/comeback to his personality though.

Gina was great. I'm really liking her.

I thought it was funny that Gwen didn't always say something positive about each person. She spoke the truth - and I liked that. She was looking great tonight too!

I used to be a big Chris Sligh fan, but each week throughout this season I've liked him less and less. Tonight made it official - I don't care now whether he leaves or not.

Oh and Melinda is great. She's a great singer. But she's awkward to talk to and her humility is annoying. I wish she had more of a personality. She's always speechless and has that dumb expression on her face. Don't get me wrong - she's 'lovable' - but I want something more out of her personality. I'm tired of Ryan telling her to be happy and enjoy the fact she got good comments and to actually say something.

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Melinda holds a BA degree in Commercial Music from Belmont University in Nashville. She has been a backup singer for a number of name groups including CeCe Winans. She has a good musical background and probably knows the ropes with dealing with people. I'm thinking that this exposure on American Idol means a lot to her and she just wants to show her appreciation and not get a personality issue going. I don't agree with Simon about what she wore tonight. I thought it was very becoming and loved the sapphire blue on her.

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I loved Gwen Stefani. Loved her honesty.

Some surprises tonight. I loved that Gina got her groove back and gave her best performance this week. Also Phil gave his best performance as well.

My Top 5..........

(1) Melinda Doolittle, still on top, back at #1 (after Jordin's #1 placement last week IMHO). Very good on Donna Summer's "Heaven Knows".

(2) Gina Glocksen and Phil Stacey tied. Their best performances, rocketing them up to the Top 3! Gina was very good on The Pretenders "I'll Stand By You". Phil was very good on "Every Breath You Take" by The Police

(4) Lakisha Jones & Blake Lewis tied. ---- still very good! Lakisha but for some reason, a little disappointing IMHO this week. Glad though that Lakisha did a uptempo song.

Middle

(6) Chris Richardson, almost tied at #4. Did very well.

(7) Jordin Sparks------very disappointing, poor song choice.

(8) Sanjaya Malakar ----- still better than he was, but not as good as last week. That mo-hawk look was very laughable.

My Bottom 2 and I don't care which goes home (I wish they get rid of both 'em and bring back Stephanie, lol)

Chris Sligh (who was a mess like Simon said) and Hayley was pure horrible on "True Colors".

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THANK YOU, alwaysAMC, for being brave enough to say what I've been DYING to say for weeks now, but couldn't find the courage.

little miss perfect Melinda's humility IS annoying, as is her "humble" face she WORKS -- and yeah, she's WORKIN' THAT THING OVERTIME!

I'm SO glad Ryan called her out on that [!@#$%^&*] Tuesday. It was subtle, but when he pointed out how she sings, gets showered with compliments, is flattered and then the next competition comes, rinse and repeat, he was TOTALLY digging her.

Especially with that "hug yourself" comment. OUCH!

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I know and I loved it! I was watching and thinking, did she just bash Hayley? I was surprised bc I hought the artist were paid to come on adn say nice things about the contestants to boost up their performances. My favorites from the night were Lakisha and Chris R, followed by Blake and Melinda.

I was confused. What was the theme for last night? I thought it was going to be Gwen Stefani songs but most of them didnt sing anything she did.

Was I the only oen that hated Jordin's performance? I think she ruined Hey Baby but the judges loved her

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