TOP 10 GIRLS (Week 2)

Rank these girls 1-10 giving 10 points to the contestant you think is MOST LIKELY to be voted off. Picks should be in by 7PM CST Wednesday night.

We sadly have to say goodbye to Amy Davis and Joanne Borgella. I heard an interview with Joanne in which she said that she just felt honored to be in the top 24 on the year with the most amazing vocal talent. I am sorry Joanne, I might have believed that two weeks ago but after hearing everyone sing I am not convinced that the vocal talent is any better than other years. I think Lisa Leuchner was a better vocalist than most of the girls this year - and she didn't even make it to the final 24 of Season 3. But whatever makes you feel better.

Now on to our top 10 girls.

ALAINA WHITAKER
I think it is fair to say that Alaina was the Jason Castro surprise of the girls show last week. There were so many other blondes that were supposed to be better, but she left them in the dust. That being said, her performance wasn't amazing - just much better than expected. Now that we are expecting more, I will be interested to see how she holds up.

ALEXANDREA LUSHINGTON
I am still not sure how to pronounce her name. I liked her performance last week because she is fun to watch. However, I honestly thought her voice was about as strong as Betty White in an arm-wrestling match. One of these weeks she is going to do a standing at the mic vocal performance and it will kill her.

AMANDA OVERMYER
I think Amanda kicked some a$$ last week. I also think the stylists did a good job with her. They changed her look from scary to just unapproachable. The judges were right in saying she will have a hard time singing other styles - but that is not Amanda's fault. I am sure Janis Joplin was never forced to sing with a different voice. That is the problem - they want you to be authentic, but not authentic enough that you can't sell out and sing a Wilson Phillips song. But this week is 70s week - so Amanda should be fine.

ASIA'H EPPERSON
Asia'h did a good job last week. I was still bothered by her tendency to leave out beginning consonants. I believe last week was "Ache another little eece of my art now baby". Maybe nobody else notices it, but as a lyricist - I would be worried that she is actually trying to re-write parts of the song. It is good to see someone so comfortable on stage, though.

BROOKE WHITE
I feel bad about making this comparison, but I am beginning to think that Brooke is this year's Haley Scarnato. No - I don't think Brooke is going to start dressing like Daisy Duke. I do think that Brooke is just trying too hard performance-wise. Scarnato was always laboring to look like she was comfortable performing (or she was just an awkward performer). The moments when Brooke put both hands on her head during last week's performance to act like she was "into it" looked totally uncomfortable to me. It was honestly a bit hard to watch. That is sad, because she is much more likable than Hotpants Scarnato.

CARLY SMITHSON
I really had high hopes for Carly. She has moments of greatness. None of those moments were included in her performance last week as far as I am concerned. Who knows? Maybe a healthy Carly can restore my faith in her this week. I keep hoping for a Kelly Clarkson-esque makeover from the style folks but it just isn't happening.

KADY MALLOY
After watching Kady's reactions to the judges comments, I realized that I had seen her before. She was every girl in High School that I was glad not to be dating - regardless of how attractive they might be. She is the kind of girl who makes that entitled pouty face whenever her boyfriend says he's going out with the boys - and then starts talking in the high-pitch whiny nag voice trying to sweet talk with stupid pet names like "sugar muffin" or something like that. No thank you.


KRISTY LEE COOK
I learned a couple of things from KKKristy's performance last week. I learned why her record on Capitol was never released and that there isn't much truth to the rumors of AI picking professionals that they wanted to sign anyways. She just wasn't that good. Of course it could have been the flu.

RAMIELE MALUBAY
The judges really liked this pretty midget. I thought she was OK but I kept getting distracted by her Billy Idol lip curls. I would place her among the girls right where I would place David Cook among the boys. It looks like they have the same hair as well.

SYESHA MERCADO
I didn't think her voice was so awesome last week, but it didn't seem to matter. She was confident, looked good on camera and acted like she was a professional. It is hard not to like her but her imperfect vocals solidified my original thought that she will only go so far.