Phil Stacey's arrived

Diana Ross says that Haley Scarnato has a recording studio voice as compared to a live audience projection, that her voice is too much inside.

So, Haley sings "Missing You," which Diana says was recorded after Marvin Gaye's death. It really is a beautiful song, but Haley starts it off rough - her first four words are all over the place - not in tune at all. But she recovers and it gets better. I'm not crazy about the breathy thing she has going in the verses, but the chorus is pretty good.

Ooh. Just got a good look at her dress - really, really awful.

I don't know. I think she may be in trouble, but next week.... I still think Sanjaya and Brandon were way worse than her.

Randy tells her that she started off rough, that she forgot the words - I didn't catch that - and that he's surprised because he thinks she's better than that. Paula tells her she looks lovely, which is a lie because that dress is really ugly, and again repeats how she forgot the words. Simon tells her he doesn't think it was that bad and Haley starts crying. He gives her credit - and remembers her name - and tells her she has a real presence up there.

Phil Stacey asks Diana for advice on getting into the right mindset before going out to sing and she tells him to look at the audience, that they're real people with feelings.

Phil sings "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" and it's a little strange - I feel like he's singing a little too low. But it's still pretty good and by the time he gets to the chorus, it's better than good - it's almost great. I'd say, so far, he's the best guy to sing tonight - even better than Chris Sligh, whom I usually love.

Randy gives him the voice award of the night, but tells him the performance itself was a little boring. Paula agrees and Simon says it was OK, better than last week.