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Rusty has asked me to finish off the season and it seems like it has been a long one and getting longer by the minute. I think many were disappointed in seeing James leave as he was regarded as the frontrunner, at least among those who appreciate rock and roll. We are essentially left with two country singers in the top three, which is very unusual. Also unusual is the fact that two of the top three are women, but I consider that mainly a good thing.
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So we already know that Naima and Thia were the ones eliminated.  I think that was the right decision, as much as I liked Naima’s originality.  The problem with Thia, as I said before, is that she’s just not interesting. You can easily sleep through her performances. Naima has the opposite problem: she’s maybe too interesting, in that her originality and risk-taking are going to alienate as many people as they impress. So leaving those two aside, here’s my ranking: Read the rest of this entry →

Don’t know if anyone’s watching this season, but this week the field was narrowed to 13 finalists, and we had the first hint that there may be a star or two among them:

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