A little forgettable

Ryan just announced that Jared Cotter will be singing "Let's Get It On," by Marvin Gaye, and before the commercials are over, I can already see the disaster. He needs to get away from this R&B sound he thinks he's so great at. People want to see versatility and when you're an unknown, of sorts, the last thing you want to do is appear to be a one-trick pony. Plus, the judges didn't really go crazy for him last week, so you'd think he'd try to switch it up a bit.

Well, I'm hoping he can make it work for him... I really hope he can somehow make the song his own - make a statement of sorts.

He dedicates his performance to his parents - talks about how his mom told him about the audition and how his dad introduced him to music. blah blah blah. I hate to say it, but as much as I'd love to see our Long Island boy go all the way, I think he's shooting himself in the foot. He's blending into the background too much - he needs to wow people and right now, he's barely keeping my interest.

And as expected, he does nothing special with one of Marvin Gaye's hottest songs. His voice is great, but in my opinion, not as good or as smooth as last week, which means bad news for him, since the judges didn't like his voice as much as I did last week. He seemed to be forcing a sexiness that wasn't quite there. I mean, he's a good-looking guy and I think if he had played it more natural, the sex appeal would have come through a little better. I don't know.

Audience seems to like it...let's see what the judges say. Randy says his facial expressions were kind of McSteamy, but also comments on the fact that he was a bit pitchy in spots. Paula makes a fool of herself a bit with an unintentional pun about not needing to "push" a song like that. But again, Simon zeroes in on the truth - he says it reminded him of the "Love Boat" and that it was corny. But overall, it wasn't too bad - they didn't destroy him with the comments.

Which may prove detrimental to him - if they had killed him with the comments, America might have rebelled and voted for him in order to protect him. If they had loved him, America might have agreed and voted for him because he was awesome. But given that they were only mildly critical of him and given that the performance was only average, I think he may be in trouble... He's made it too easy for America to forget him.