Would it be extremely lazy of me to not write about tonight’s performances, and just say “Simon was right.”? Because he was. On every count.

I adored: Melinda Doolittle & Jordin Sparks. They can sing- they really, really can. Mostly everything else made me feel like I was in a Karaoke bar.

And Lakisha Jones: Oh. My. God. What an amazing singer!

The songs they sang:

• Alaina Alexander:  “Brass in Pocket”
• Amy Krebs:  “I Can’t Make You Love Me”
• Antonella Barba:  “I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing”
• Gina Glocksen:  “All By Myself”
• Haley Scarnato: “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now”
• Jordin Sparks: “Gimme One Reason”
• Lakisha Jones:  “And I Am Telling You, I’m Not Going”
• Leslie Hunt:  “(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman”
• Melinda Doolittle:  “Since You Been Gone”
• Nicole Tranquillo:  “Stay”
• Sabrina Sloan:  “Never Loved a Man The Way That I Love You”
• Stephanie Edwards:  “How Come You Don’t Call Me”