KINGFRIDAY: Is no one going to mention Kara’s comment – at least twice last night – “I agree with the guys on this…”The “guys” to whom she was referring were Randy and ELLEN (who is not a guy).Kara’s obvious dislike for Ellen already shows, without her making derisive and passive comments like that.

1.) Siobhan– Admittedly, there were a few bum notes, and I didn’t love this performance upon initial viewing. But then I watched again. And again. And again. She has a fantastic instument, and is one of the only truly exciting contestants this year.
2.) Crystal– Same old Crystal. Predictably awesome.
3.) Lee– Despite a case of nerves (again) and mumble-mouth (also again), I really enjoyed what he did with the song. I really like Lee, but he needs to get over the nerves and make me LOVE him.
4.) Didi– Very nice vocal for her, despite flubbing the lyrics and of botching that final note. She definitely made it her own.
5.) Mike– He has excellent vocals, but his hamminess is absolutely killing me. Just take it down a notch. Or five.
6.) Casey– Sounded good, but looked super uncomfortable.
7.) Aaron– He was actually in tune this week, and actually somewhat connected to the material. I didn’t love the song choice for him, though.
8.) Paige– I cannot believe I’m ranking her as high as 8th, but compared to the four people ranked below her, she sounded amazing.
9.) Andrew– How did I used to love you so much? How? You took my favorite Stones song and basically crapped all over it.
10.) Lacey– I also used to love Lacey coming out of Hollywood week. Her voice is grating to me now. She sounded bad, and the weird, sped-up “Still, I’m gonna miss you” in her ” Ruby Tuesday” cover drove me crazy.
11.) Tim– No. No. NO! He only gets the 11th spot because the last person on the list has become my punching bag for the season.
12.) Katie– I have a new punching bag every season (Nikki McKibbin, Kim Caldwell, Jasmine Trias, Constantine Maroulis, Kat McPhee, Sanjaya, Syesha Mercado, and Danny Gokey got that unfortunate distinction in seasons past), and this year it’s name is Katie. She has a decent enough voice (sometimes), but I don’t know why I cannot like this girl. Little Miss Teen Pageant Queen needs to go!!!! Why is she even here?

That’s just the way the cookie rolls. The judges, and most of America, felt the same way about Tim that I did. I can understand the Aaron debacle, since the judges proclaimed him one of the best, but I didn’t like the song and he didn’t really make it his own.

There hasn’t been much to dispel that feeling.

I have problems with Paige on the show, she was pretty decent tonight, not great and is not interesting. I’m offended that she was pimped into the top 12 without ever having a decent performance. That said, I thought her performance was ok, but I would move her down a couple of spots.

There is a lilting tone to Laceys voice that I really like.. today wasn’t great… but at least she’s interesting. If she goes home, fine. It’s not like the Lilly, Alex, Katelyn disaster but I would much rather lose one of the many dreadfully boring ones.

Andrew has so much potential, I keep hoping he will stick around. Great voice, great personality… but I’m starting to realize that my opinion is clouded by his terrific YouTube stuff

I want Aaron, Katie, Paige and Tim to go home. The judges completely screwed this up this year. Can we fast forward?