AI - The Top 8

Jennifer Lopez and Latin night! She basically is not offering anything except shake your booty. No mystery here how she got to the top of the charts. On with the show!

Melinda – She looked and sounded too old. More Broadway and not enough sultry latin flare. Solid performance but I think she should have showed a little cleavage. Show that sizzle side! I agreed with Simon 100%.

Lakisha – Now Lakisha did it right. It might not be her strongest vocal but she will compensate by her looks. She looked great. Cleavage, sexy dress, cleavage. Did I already say that?!? I don’t think she was having fun in that song. I think it was hard for her and definitely out of her comfort song. Better than Melinda though.

Chris – Latin night is always a tough night. This year is no different. The music was good during the performance, but the singing was bad. He should have just done Justin Timberlake’s song Senorita. I did like it the best so far but its still a rough night.

Haley – She was off beat walking in. Never thought I would miss Diana DiGarmo. Could you even hear her over the music? Maybe that was a blessing in disguise. All you could here was her yeah, yeah, yeahs. Damn, Simon!

Phil – I definitely think that has been his problem all season, connecting with the song. He got into at the end. I would rate it a B- performance, no goosebumps.

Jordan – Great job! She is the dark horse in all this. Past Melinda and Lakisha, despite the Sanjaya conspiracy, SHE just may be the next idol. The song was lacking because the song is lacking. They are doing their best with the material and she has done the best all night so far.

Blake – I see what Simon was saying. I like this performance but it (and all the singers) are lacking something. It may be the tempo of the songs. I love this song and it definitely is faster. So again, good performance with what they have to work with.

Sanjaya – You go boy! He got that 5 o’clock shadow going on! He is here another week gang! After Blake and Jordan, he was next best. All he had to do was stop smiling and be a little more smoldering with the camera and he would have nailed it 100%. Perhaps pretend to be seducing someone. I agreed with Simon. Sung it like a 14 year old boy, but didn’t do horrible.

So based on the review at the end, Haley or Chris is going home. Should be Haley. Wish it was Sanjaya. Until tomorrow, c-ya!