sooo, I saw the first half last night, finished the 2nd half early this am. Kinda a waste of recording time on my DVR. I have pretty much the same conclusion as the rest of you. I did notice however, that they have much better theatrics/lights/stage shows right off the bat this year....so those were more interesting to me than the *talent*. I like Reed...but I was having trouble hearing the audio for the singers last night. The band and backround singers were much louder. I had this issue last year around the semi-finals time. Someone else was having this issue too last week

To me, they all may as well be on a do-over since no one was a stand out to me. Deandre, the dude w/the hair, omg, on my tv it was painful-off key and weak until the end. When I was hearing the judges comments I was like wha....? I am a big Steven Tyler fan, but dude, quit haivng to comment first/ interupting/jumping in on JLo. What was up with that? He probably knew they were all going to run out of generic comments to give.
Well, here's hoping the girls give a more lively performance tonight. I like Elise , Jen and Jessica (but she needs to not go all Celine, you know, stay current, young) I will admit I will be watching to see if Bailey Brown tanks or not..I still think that is all about packaging, and will be watching the audience for Brielle's mom, she's like a non-orange Snookie
