Wild Card Round

Jesse Langseth, "Tell Me Something Good."  Despite her last performance, I like Jesse, but she's making herself very hard to like with this song.  Vocally wacky and off-key.  She is not helped by being in the bitch spot this week.  It was nice knowing you, Jesse.

Matt Giraud, "Who's Loving You" (Jackson Five.) I don't like the bluesier style of singing, just not my cup of tea, but it definitely suits Matt. He showed off his incredible pipes and nailed some really tough vocal gymnastics. Overall an excellent performance.

Megan Corkrey, "Black Horse and a Cherry Tree" (KT Tunstall.) I was worried about this song choice for her because I wasn't sure it would allow her to show off her voice to the best potential. She definitely sang it well, though, and her voice is suited to it. Sadly, she completely flubbed the last note. People will not remember the last note, though, and between the rest of the song and the judges' praise, she will be moving on. 

Von Smith, "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word." We still have the quiet, subtle Von. Sadly, we have the quiet Von that doesn't have enough power behind his voice to nail the notes, and he missed a lot of them. There were flashes of brilliance in among a mediocre-to-bad performance.

I don't know why Simon says he's sorry when he's clearly not.

Jasmine Murray, "Reflection" (Christina Aguilera.) Abysmal song choice, she doesn't have the pipes to pull it off and goes off key. She has big, big notes that she nails, but she also have big, big notes that are wretched. At least it ended well. The judges seem to disagree. Ah well.


Ricky Braddy, "Superstition." The audience thinks he hit the ball out of the park, and he sang very well, but the problem is... I won't remember him tomorrow.

Ryan Seacrest clearly does not like Tatiana any more than we do. She's crying.

Tatiana del Toro, "Saving All My Love For You" (Whitney Houston.) This was a very poor choice. We need a different reason to vote you back on, Tatiana, not the same thing you did last week, even though that was good. The judges are not amused by her antics. Simon is beyond caring.

Noop Dawg is in da house! "My Prerogative." Didn't he sing this before? Oh dear. Not the best vocal performance but he's still a great competitor and I still like him a lot.  He is entertaining, more than the other competitors this round.

Results... AFTER the break. Yeah, Seacrest, we get it.

Jasmine is in! She is going to bawl. Simon is not amused--clearly this was not his choice.

Megan is in, of COURSE.

Tatiana is clearly not dealing. At all. She is KNEELING in supplication in front of the judges. Wow.

Noop AND Matt are in! It's going to be a top 13!