Over on the forum, HappyYellowBall said that Ty should get to do the encore this week. I started my review by responding to that comment: He should, that was beautiful! I also liked how he directed the verse about good friend who are their and friends who have been lost to the other Rockers... that was a nice little touch. He had me choking up a bit on that one. I canNOT believe what JD did to "Crazy". Oh BLECH! It was simply AWFUL. And something I've noticed - he may say he wants to be the lead singer for INXS, but when he rearranges a song, it almost always comes out fairly trip-hoppy, and INXS may cover a variety of styles, but they're NOT a trip-hop band. That really seems to be where his interest lies, though, and what he should be doing. The sooner he can get off the show, the sooner he can find the trip-hop outfit that's right for him! Likewise with Brandon - I like him a lot better than I like JD, but he's not right for INXS - he needs to front a sweet Southern blues-rock boogie band. He'd be great at that! I've never been much of a fan of Suzi's, but I really did like her rendition of "Losing My Religion" - I liked the harder edge, and that she still kept some quieter moments. I was really impressed with it (and I love the original version quite a bit!) "Layla" is a tough song to cover, and Jordis didn't do as well with it as she could have. The song has so much angst to it that it needs to have a much looser feel than she gave it - more room for the emotions to come out. She's been so good otherwise, though, that - unless she proves otherwise - I'd tend to think it was just a mismatch of singer and song more than anything else. And I have to give Marty props - he ACTUALLY managed to NOT look demonic for once, and I really enjoyed his performance. I don't care for the song he was doing, but I didn't mind sitting through his singing it, which is actually a bit of an accomplishment :) Deanna was obviously having a lot of fun, but I've got to agree with the guys - it'd be nice to hear her do something she doesn't belt full force. And I think it's interesting that twice, now, the guys have told Jessica they'd like to see more of her personality or more feeling in the song and she's said she's doing the best she can. That doesn't bode well for her. Since I've managed to cover everyone else, might as well mention MiG - he was pretty much, well, MiG :) He did ok with the song, but nothing spectacular. It sounded just like the record. I like him, but this was just a very routine-type performance. He can do a LOT better. (Note: this is a duplicate of the entry below - I put the wrong code in to one of my links and ended up making the whole article a link - and for some reason, I can't get at the "Edit Message" button, so I couldn't just fix it. Of course, this ALSO means I can't delete it :/ If anyone has suggestions on how I can make it go away, I'd be much obliged!)