My predictions were right and it was Avalon and Lee that we said goodbye to this week. There were four duets (one above the others), and some solid solos this week. So who ranks where? It gets shaken up again, here we go!
12. MacKenzie Bourg and Dalton Rapattoni- These two guys have been getting all the votes all season, but fell hard this week. This arrangement was a boring mess, and despite them being two great individual artists, this song played better to MacKenzie’s strengths, which was still pretty uninteresting in scope.
11. Lee Jean- Poor Lee. He really struggled with this song, and it felt very shaky and unfocused. His nerves took over, and he was definitely the right person to go home. He’s been a joy to watch this season, but his time was up, and for a performer as young as him, he should be proud.
10. Avalon Young- This performance was fine, but still not exciting enough for me to be her biggest fan. It was her time to go, so I’m not too sad to see her go. She went on a fun note, but an overall unexciting performance.
9. Tristan McIntosh and Lee Jean- I thought Lee did better than the judges gave him credit for. Tristan did fantastically, but definitely shined better than Lee. However, as for the song, they didn’t do anything unique with it. It was good, but like Harry said, “nothing special.”
8. Tristan McIntosh- This started fine, and her vocals are great, but the end was a little rough in some patches. Some of the high notes were a little off, and didn’t really excel for me. The emotion behind it is what she excelled at, she just didn’t make it unique enough for herself. Then again, it sounded fine, and she’s very manageable as an artist.
7. Trent Harmon- The judges liked this, but I wasn’t an incredible fan. It stayed in one place for most of the arrangement. The transition into the band was a little shaky, so I’m not sure. I think that Trent nailed the ending, but the beginning was slow, and uninteresting.
6. Dalton Rapattoni- To be completely honest, I have never been Team Dalton, and I really don’t love his voice. But his performance value is very good, and the ending was definitely a strong way to end it. The big notes were definitely the best parts, which he should stick with. This was heads and toes above last week’s performance, but he is still yet to convince me that he’s a winner.
5. Sonika Vaid and Avalon Young- These two singers sounded beautiful together. The song was good, but wasn’t super memorable by the end of the night. The harmonies were perfect, but their stage presence was somewhat lacking. Still good though.
4. Sonika Vaid- Sonika’s voice is stunning and beautiful! She killed every note she sang, but she just needs that confidence onstage to really push her over the edge. Just like her duet, she seemed a little nervous and didn’t show enough of the star power. However, she was easily the strongest of the bottom three, and one of my favorite vocals of the night.
3. MacKenzie Bourg- MacKenzie knows his style, which is why he’s always successful. It’s getting a bit repetitive, but this performance, I’ll admit, had lots of passion that we don’t always hear from him (since “Roses”). I think he is one of the best at his style, and I have to applaud him on good song choice, and a very nice performance.
2. La’Porsha Renae- La’Porhsa brings it to every performance she does. This was fun, spunky, and vocally spot on. I realized that she relies on riffs a lot, but in the end, it’s just her style, and it works for her. She’s definitely the one to beat.
1. Trent Harmon and La’Porsha Renae- This duet was perfection. Their voices blended so well together. This was the first performance of the night, but definitely the most powerful, and kicked a lackluster round of duets on a good note.
Well, it’s clear that Trent and La’Porsha’s duet was the strongest part of the night, despite it coming right at the beginning of it. As for the rest of the night, everyone had their moments, and I think the big winners were MacKenzie and La’Porsha, with Sonika’s vocals slaying as well. The rest were good, but still had things that I didn’t love. As for who will go home? With no more judge's save, it's going to be up to America. I think Sonika did enough at the end of the night to pull herself out of the bottom three, so I'm going to go with who I think is going to have trouble with votes.
My predictions were right and it was Avalon and Lee that we said goodbye to this week. There were four duets (one above the others), and some solid solos this week. So who ranks where? It gets shaken up again, here we go!