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"After a season that has often been a snoozefest, I was pleasantly surprised by how well many of the contestants did last night. When I heard they&amp;#039;d be tackling the Rolling Stones, I was nervous. I knew a few would be fine (Hello, Crystal and Big Mike), but some of the rest\u2026Oy! Michael Lynche didn&amp;#039;t disappoint. I figured he&amp;#039;d be able to pull off a Stones song. After all, Mick and the boys always had an undercurrent of soul in much of their music. Mike picked &amp;quot;Miss You,&amp;quot; which actually has a disco vibe, but he made it work. Simon was less than thrilled, calling it &amp;quot;corny,&amp;quot; but the other judges thought it was great. I agree. Didi Benami sang &amp;quot;Play With Fire&amp;quot; and I&amp;#039;m on the same page as Simon with this one. I thought she did a good job, but it wasn&amp;#039;t brilliant. She goofed up a little at one point, but recovered nicely, so I give her kudos for that. Casey James&amp;#039; version of &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s All Over Now&amp;quot; had me from the first note. He put a little country flair to it and really made it his own. There&amp;#039;s such an ease about him onstage, but I&amp;#039;ll admit, I&amp;#039;d love to see him do something a little edgier just once. Lacey Brown took on &amp;quot;Ruby Tuesday&amp;quot; and, to me, it came off as lackluster. As Simon is so fond of saying, it was forgettable. She has decent enough vocals, but nothing about that performance stood out. Kara thinks Lacey can do better; I&amp;#039;m not so sure. Andrew Garcia, what can I say? It pains me to admit this, but I&amp;#039;ve pretty much given up on him. Maybe he really was a one-trick pony with that brilliant cover of Paula&amp;#039;s hit. Last night was once again miles away from that stellar Hollywood Week moment. He sang &amp;quot;Gimme Shelter&amp;quot; and it fell flat. Katie Stevens did &amp;quot;Wild Horses&amp;quot; and sounded like she was performing the talent portion of a beauty pageant. It was nice enough. It was pleasant enough. But nice and pleasant won&amp;#039;t win American Idol. Tim Urban turned &amp;quot;Under My Thumb&amp;quot; into a reggae song, which was just bizarre, as Randy pointed out. I understand wanting to take a risk and trying to make a song your own, but that was nuts. I didn&amp;#039;t like it at all. Siobhan Magnus floored me with her rendition of &amp;quot;Paint it Black.&amp;quot; Kara wasn&amp;#039;t the only one having an Adam Lambert moment\u2014I immediately thought of Glambert too as soon as Siobhan really started wailing on that song. The best line of the night came from Ellen: &amp;quot;You rise above, like Snooki&amp;#039;s pouf.&amp;quot; Too funny. Lee Dewyze&amp;#039;s version of &amp;quot;Beast of Burden&amp;quot; brought to mind a bit of Counting Crows, though Randy thought it was more like Rob Thomas meets Dave Matthews Band. I liked Lee&amp;#039;s performance but the judges are right, his personality is way too subdued. Paige Miles is fighting back\u2026in more ways than one. She had laryngitis last night, but no one would have guessed based on the way she ripped through &amp;quot;Honky Tonk Woman.&amp;quot; And after last week&amp;#039;s disappointing performance, she needed to come roaring back this week. Aaron Kelly was hands-down my favorite of the night. The judges gave that honor to Siobhan, but in my book Aaron&amp;#039;s performance of &amp;quot;Angie&amp;quot; was absolutely fantastic. Crystal Bowersox did &amp;quot;You Can&amp;#039;t Always Get What You Want&amp;quot; and once again, she nailed it. She&amp;#039;s a natural performer and it almost doesn&amp;#039;t matter if she wins Idol. This girl is destined to make amazing music. \u2014Angela Ebron "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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