American Idol 3: Country Week

I sat and watched AI3 for the first time in awhile, and i thought the performances overall were ho-hum -- no one really stood out to me, except for Diana and George. Everyone seemed to be trying to play it safe - com'on its only 30M viewers you have to worry about ;-). Honestly though, I get the biggest kick out of watching the sparks and punches fly between Simon and Paula. I wonder how much Paula was paid to kiss Simon. Ha ha. Anyways..enough of my thoughts, let's hear what our AI3 correspondent, Missy D has to say about last night...

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Since the country-music genre is not my favourite, I wasn't too keen on this week's American Ido but lo and behold there were a few surprises for me. Here's my lil' rundown of the night's performers:

Diana--Great. This girl has some pipes and she's just the seasoned performer. Very natural. I think she can go really deep in this competition. George--Again, I missed his performance last week so I can't comment on how much he improved or didn't but he was just okay for me last night. Fantasia--I thought she was really good last night. I never would have thought she would do a Willie Nelson song. Good for her to change it up a bit. Camille--ooooohhhh...I thought she was really bad last night. I still love her voice but she's choking in this competition. I think it was just a bad song choice for her and it can cost her. She could be cut tonight. Matt--this guy is soooo cheesy! But I have to say every time I see him and his goofy grin, I smile too. It wasn't great but I think he'll stay. John Peter--Wasn't impressed but he's got some ladies' votes so I think he'll stay tonight too. Jennifer--I dug the straight hair and I dug the song but I have a funny feeling she was maybe in the bottom 3 tonight. Maybe she's like the Kimberley Locke from last year. I always felt Kimberley was good but she just kept hovering around the bottom 3 but eventually started to blow people away. I am hoping the same will happen to Jennifer. John (redhead)--Thought he was good. Didn't notice he messed up the words to the song. Really good recovery. For such a distinctive vocal style I feel he's done a really good job on picking songs the match his style. The guy just has to get more comfortable being on stage. Jasmine--ooohhh...she picked such a safe song but I thought she was totally off-key. Hopefully she's been good enough in the past to avoid the bottom 3 but it could be a close one for her. LaToya--Wowee-wow. Didn't expect the Garth Brooks's song she chose but she did awesome. I think she's becoming my favourite. Just everything about her performance last night was awesome. Amy--She was on point last night and so much better from last week. She was sooo good. So happy for her b/c I like her kookiness.

Bottom 3 picks tonight are: Camille, Jennifer & jasmine. Now I like all three and hope they stay but I think Camille is the one going home tonight.