TOP 13

Woo hoo, they're doing the wave! Everything's so shiny and sparkly on my High Def. I've only had this TV for 6 months and Idol is a whole new experience! whoa those are some red lips JLO!

I love when the kids come out all Hollywood'd up. All glam and spiffy. The theme tonight is the Favorites of the Contestants. No instruments?

1. Lauren Alaina from GA- (Shania Twain) So here we go.. Well she should have worn heals with her outfit. Singing Any Man of mine!,,,I'm not liking this song too much but she definitely can sing country music. I agree with Steven Tyler,,it needed to kick some ass, and it just didn't. Poor girl is getting critiqued across the panel, but I agree,, she needed to step it up. Her personality kinda bugs me, she's like a little lamb when she talks, or a baby in a sense.
2. Casey Abrams - (Joe Cocker) Love his personality!! Cracks me up. Singing the Wonder Years song,, What would you do?...Love that he's on the stairs just singing. Out comes the gospel choir, this is awesome. He has such a stage presence, his hair is a mess, his beard is atrocious,, but I love him! Steven Tyler "You are a plethora of passion"... i like that phrase, I may use it in my every day life! ha.
3. Ashthon Jones - (Diana Ross) Starting off a little shaky here folks..She does look gorgeous in that silver dress and makeup. This song is boring,, i'm  not a huge Diana fan though. That high note didn't quite make it. Her voice kinda grates in my ears, it's not crystal it's very tingy. Steven Tyler is going to be the judge who only comes up with one sentence. JLO was right on, she does need to sing songs America really knows. She is a good singer,, she's just not a STAR in my book.
4. Paul McDonald- (Ryan Adams) "Come Pick Me Up"  This is not starting out good, ok, the chorus picked it up. He is a cookoo dancer around that stage, but he's fun to look at. Love that smile. Um, not sure about this performance, but I have a feeling he'll be safe. Oh gosh, Ryan is trying to do around the stage, he's such a weird guy.
5. Pia Toscano- ( Celine Dion I so called that before she even said it!!!!) Geez they are really pushing the Coke ads. It's all over the screen. Start noticing it viewers, it's hilarious. "All By Myself"... Here we go. She looks beautiful. She has a powerful voice in the high register. It was good, she'll be safe.
6. James Durbin (tourette boy)- (Paul McCartney) "Maybe I'm amazed"  This is gonna be good. I can tell. They changed it up to a little rockier sound. He has such a high voice. Wow, here comes the chorus. I can't wait til he gets braces.... man he really is good. Will he ever do a bad p
7. Haley Reinhart - (LeAnn Rimes) "Blue" Whoa, hope her dress is a little higher next week. Too much cleave girl...She has a good little yodely voice. I'm not thinking this was a good choice for her to sing. She needed to come out and slay it. Sounded like I was at the State Fair Grounds. Finally Randy says what I thought,, it was sleepy.
8. Jacob Lusk - (R Kelly) he's your idol? really? I'm sure Jacob will do this 100 million times better than that skinny little white country boy last season. Remember that one? I was pulling my ears off. "I believe I can fly".. Jacob is off a little bit during the buildup as the choir came out. He seems to be yelling the song more than I would like and I don't like the end of this song, never had with the same 4 notes over and over again. But his voice is unreal. How does he hit those high freaking notes??  The judges will never say anything bad about this cat for sure. See, Randy agreed with me... off a bit in the buildup.
9. Thia Megia- (Michael Jackson) She better be good tonight cause she is not high on my list. "Smile"..these young kids are learning all about American History, she didn't know who Charlie Chaplin was. whoa. Ok, she's sounding good. Good control and vibrato. K what? they changed it up now, with a little beat to it. Producers did a fun change to that song- She has such a timid weak personality to me. Like she's about to cry and pee her pants.
10.  Stefano Langone- (Stevie Wonder) "Lately" He pulls so many funny faces when he sings, it's kind of distracting. His lower register is boring and dull, but then when he pulls out the chorus and end of the song he wails and brings it! He won't win, but he will be here for awhile.
11. Karen- (Selena) "I could fall in love" Oh no, is J Lo gonna start crying? This is not spectacular. It will only be good at the end I bet. Really boring. She does look really pretty. Told ya, one good measure that is memorable. Man, they need to hire me to judge. ha. Do you think she's gonna pull "The rhythm is gonna get you" out of her back pocket and bring out the old Gloria throwback? lol.
12. Scotty McCreery - (Garth Brooks) "The River" This kid knows who he is, and he won't ever change. I like that. Good grief, it's weird to hear that voice come out of his mouth. It still trips me out. His mic is not loud enough at times. Something weird going on. He might just win this thing folks. Wow, he is sooooo freaking country and sooooo good. It's so not an act. That's just him and I love it! So does the audience apparently.  Wonder how his hair is going to change in this new life of his. Should he Keith Urban it? Or put a 5 gallon black hat on it?
13. Naima Adedapo- (Rhianna)  "Umbrella"?? Not sure about this. Let's see. Her look is a lot different tonight. Last week she reminded me of Big Bird in her yellow get up. She sounds out of breath and she's not really finishing the phrases. Wow, the rap part... interesting. I didn't see this side of her coming. She needs to do some Lauren Hill this season. Ok. Um, not a fan of the vocals,, for real. She is confident however.Wow, Randy and I are right on this night.

Ok, the thoughts on the night. I really liked how they are showing the producers working with the contestants. Yipee, last year we had Miley Cyrus mentoring them. What a difference a year makes. These producers are super talented.

My Power Rankings based solely on tonight's performances:
1. Casey Abrams
2. Scotty McCreery
3. James Durbin
4. Pia Toscano
5. Paul McDonald
6. Jacob Lusk
7. Stefano Langone
8. Thia MegiaPi
9. Naima Adedapo
10.Haley Reinhart
11.Karen
12.Lauren Alaina
13. Ashthon Jones

Woo hoo,,, Adam LAMBERT is performing tomorrow! Can't WAIT!