I wasn't feeling it

Brandon Rogers dedicates his song to his grandmother - talks about how she wanted him to do better, be better. He thinks she would be proud of him, to see the kind of man he's become. He sings "Time After Time" by Cyndi Lauper and it's one of my favorite songs. I hope he does it justice.

Eh... not sure what I think. I liked it, but I can't tell if it's because I love the song so much or because he sang it well. I do like his voice - I'm just not sure if this was the best song to showcase it. It was too soft, somehow. Like you're waiting for his voice to just boom out at you, but it never comes. I don't know - I think he sold himself short on this one.

Randy liked the sentiment of the dedication, but didn't think it was the best song choice, that it didn't show what he could do.

Ouch... big mistake on Brandon's part - this is why I think he's too cocky. Just shut up and take the criticism... it's not like Ryan isn't going to ask you what you think after it's over... why interrupt??? He chimes in to say that he was trying to feel the song and put his heart into it and he didn't think it needed anything extra.

Paula says she felt his heart and a whole bunch of other gibberish. I'm glad that Simon brings it back to the singing. He says that Brandon's comments about feeling the song were rubbish (agreed). He tells Brandon that he needs to forget all the "feeling it" nonsense and go out there and show America why he's a great singer.

Chris Richardson dedicates his song to his grandmother, too. He calls her his "big momma," and that's pretty cute. He sings "Geek in the Pink" by Jason Mraz. Now, I'm already not a big fan of his - I think he should have gone home last week, so he's going to have to blow me away for me to change my mind this week.

And he doesn't. Maybe it's the song - I didn't really understand what he was saying, which made it nearly impossible for me to google the song and get its title and singer. For me, he's kind of a poor man's Blake Lewis. Blake is cool, funky and hip. For me, Chris tries to be the same, but somehow falls short.

Randy liked him last week, too and I was kind of confused by it, so I'm not surprised that I am, again, confused at the fact that Randy likes him this week, too. He tells him he was better than Jason Mraz. Huh? Simon liked it too. I may have to give this guy another look - it could be that I was just turned off by people comparing him to Justin Timberlake. I will be more open-minded about him next week - well I'll at least try.