Reply #50: Taylor's my fave [View All]

He's got talent and personality, and I thought he rocked the house Wednesday night with "Takin' It to the Streets" (and if he grew facial hair, he'd even look like Michael McDonald). Mandisa's my fave girl right now. Simon might have made fun of her size, but I think her spirit's even bigger.

Ace, however, comes across to me as having studied how to be a teen-pop star before he auditioned for Idol. The whole thing regarding his beanie hats sounds like something you'd read in Tiger Beat or some other pre-teen girl magazine. His song choices are kind of "girly" in my opinion too (George Michael, Daniel Bedingfield, and Michael Jackson all appealed, or continue to appeal to young ladies, or at least they were marketed to young ladies.)

I don't really care for Bucky, however. He seems very one-dimensional, and doesn't really have the personality to be an American Idol. I kind of laughed before a break, when Ryan said "Bucky's going to do some country!" Bucky always does country (well he did Lynyrd Skynyrd the first week of eliminations, and Skynyrd's southern rock, which I consider a cousin to country music). And I do like some country music, so don't take that as anti-country bias, you country fans.:)