Melinda kills it, but Lulu takes the prize

Chris Sligh sings "She's Not There" by the Zombies and Peter Noone tells him it's perfect. He tells Chris that if he can figure out what the song is about and make it his own song, the audience will be wowed by it.

I don't understand why he's coming out form the audience - it's weird. I definitely don't like the song, it's kind of boring and just like LaKisha, even his singing doesn't make it interesting for me. I still love his voice, but I just don't think his choice of song was right - he could have done much better with a different song, I think.

Randy actually thinks it was a good song for him, but that it started a little rough and he was a little ahead of the beat. Paula agrees, but says that he's dressing much nicer and that his vocals were really good. Simon tells him it was fun, that he showed personality and that it was a lot better than last week.


Melinda Doolittle cut her hair... I actually like it better than the way she had it before, but it's still not great. She sings "As Long As He Needs Me," from the musical, "Oliver!"

Lulu says that Melinda found herself in the song, that she feels it. She says that she's shining, big time.

I don't like the song - so dull, so slow, so totally putting me to sleep. But it's Melinda - she's just so awesome. I think she could have picked a better song, but she's still amazing.

Randy says the best vocal was saved for last... he tells her she's a pro up there. Paula tells her she's in her own league and Simon says that first part of the song was boring, but that she made the second part of the song absolutely sensational, that her vocal was impeccable.

I just need to say one last time how amazing I think Lulu is. She really jumped into the role of mentor and did what she could to improve the girls' performances. She was thoughtful and her suggestions were really for the good of each girl. You could tell that she really wanted each and every one of them to be her very best and I think she succeeded in improving on all of them. Lulu was the real star tonight, as far as I'm concerned and I hope that all the guests they have in the future take their role as seriously as she did.

As for tomorrow's cut, I think it should be Stephanie Edwards.