First off, Ryan - lose the turtleneck. If you’re wearing it to elongate your neck, thus making yourself look taller than all the girls, heh heh…didn’t work. Okay enough about that. Let’s get down to the nitty gritty:

Jordin Sparks: She’s one of my favorites because she’s a hometown girl…yup, she’s right here from Phoenix. I thought she did great with a Pat Benatar song, but I kind of wish she would pick something that’s more in her “age group”…the girl is 17 years old and she totally can sing. I don’t think she was “shrieky” as Simon put it…Great job…through to the next round.

Sabrina Sloan: You know, I think I was expecting more from her this week. Don’t get me wrong - she can totally belt it out but there wasn’t really any “wow” to her performance. Simon likened it to a “hotel resort performance and too mechanical”. I just thought it was okay. She’ll move on though, no problem.

Haley Scarnato: She sang “If My Heart Had Wings” and it was a snoozer. It was all right but again…no personality=boring=bye bye bye. Simon thought it was boring too and said “I don’t know your name”. Well, he’s right. She hasn’t stood out at all from the get go and this was probably her last performance. I didn’t really like her comment of “I’ll clock in and clock out”. Hmmph. Ya must not want it that bad, Haley.

Stephanie Edwards: She reminds me of Latoya London…I thought she did a great job and worked the crowd but to the judges they felt as if she is somewhat of a “copycat” performer and that she needs to really come into her own - show off her own persona so to speak. I predict her to be in the top 4.

Lakisha Jones: Ummm yeah, the girl rocked it out again tonight - wasn’t as incredible as her first week when she sang “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” but she definitely can sing. I loved it when Simon said, “Tonight, you look beautiful.” I agree. She looked great tonight. Of course she’s moving on.

Gina Clocksen: Well, now…There’s the rocker chick that we’ve been wanting to see!! Loved her tonight…pulled off an “Evanescence” song and you could tell that this was her element. Simon hopes that America didn’t think it was too edgy and puts her through. I hope so too…she might be one that could surprise all of us. Note to Gina: You looked wayyyy better! ! Lose the prom dress from last week and burn it.

Melinda Doolittle: She sang “I’m a Woman” and dang she was the best one of the night. It’s hard to believe that all this time she has only been a back-up singer ’cause girlfriend…you rocked it out tonight!! You can tell she is getting more and more comfortable on stage and I loved Simon’s remark…”You little tiger”. For me…it’s gonna be a battle between Melinda and Lakisha.

Antonella Barba: I left her last because truly she’s sinking fast. It’s the end of the road…It’s gone on too long…It’s so obvious that these other girls in the competition are way out of her league…I did like her song choice - Corinne Bailey Rae’s “Put Your Records On”, but she had some problems with the lower register that you couldn’t even hear her singing. Randy wasn’t diggin’ her again this week…Paula gave her some constructive criticism and the surprise of the night was when Simon had addressed the fact that Antonella had really taken a lot of flack from the media lately and she has held her own throughout. Hmmmm. Simon has a heart. Heh heh. This was it for her. We’ll see if she takes that GGW gig or not….

Well that’s it…the American Idol girls recap…We shall see what happens tomorrow night.

Don’t forget…Carrie Underwood performs tomorrow.