Top Twelve Girls

The girls put the boys to shame. I was disappointed that not one person sang country or even a current pop song. Most were R & B or 80's ballads.





1. Stephanie Edwards** Georgia's only contestant this year. She started the show out with a bang. Great stage performance. She set the standard being the first to perform. Reminds me of Tamara Grey from season one.

2. Amy Krebs** She sang the over used Bonnie Rhatts " I Can't Make You Love." It was just OK. Although I am so sick of hearing that song. She played it way too safe. Her voice is just OK. We hadn't really seen her before tonight. No air-time at all.

3.Leslie Hunt** I do not like this girl. She always looks as if she has a piece of gum stuck on the roof of her mouth. She tried to sing Natural Woman. The song was way too big for her. Kelly Clarkson sounded 100 times better with it.

4. Sabrina Sloan** (Aretha Franklin’s “I Never Loved a Man”) She was my favorite up until the end of the show. She has great personality and she picked an awesome song. I absolutely love her curls.

5. Antonella Barba** HORRIBLE. She mutilated (Aerosmith’s “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing”)She was extremely nervous and it showed all the way through. She should leave tonight. Bye Bye Yankee from New Jersey. Bad, very bad.

6. Jordin Sparks** aka. The youngin. Only 17. (Tracy Chapman’s “Give Me a Reason”) At the beginning of this song I thought Oh NO. But she worked it out and ended really, really strong. She has a big Voice and seemed really comfortable on stage.

7. Nicole Tranquillo** REALLY, REALLY REALLY Bad. (Chaka Khan’s “Stay”) She looked like she was in pain throughout the song. Too. Aggressive. She needs to go home tomorrow too.

8. Haley Scarnato** Outdated Meatloaf's It's All Coming Back To Me. During her song it was like she picked the wrong time to take a breath. She is extremely pretty though.

9.Melinda Doolittle** She didn't do little. She did big. Back up singer no more. She belted out Aretha Franklin. She is one of my favorites.

10. Alaina Alexander** aka The Cryer** The Pretenders’ “Brass in Pocket”) BORING. She just sang it. No feeling at all. She "didn't make it her own"

11. Gina Glocksen** She has been one of my favorites since day one. I love her look, personality and spirit. Even though she has a big voice she still needs to step it up a bit. She picked the right song for the might but hopefully she will try something different.

12. Lakisha Jones** The soft spoken single mother. She was passion and adds emotion to every song that she has sung so far. Hopefully she will go far. She has a sweet spirit to her. And Jennifer Hudson better watch out. Simon was right when he said "I am very tempted to say to 23 people book your plane tickets home.”

Overall the girls were just better than the boys. But the strong front runners in the beginning don't ever keep it up. They level out at some point. Kelly Clarkson stay under the radar for the entire show until the end and we all thought last season that Mandisa would win. So it is still too early to make a prediction.