My rankings:
1. Bo -- Bo was back, big time! This was much closer to the kind of terrific stuff I expect from him, rather than his rather dull performance from last week.
2. Vonzell -- As a huge Chaka Khan fan, I tend to be hypercritical whenever anyone tries to do one of her songs, because, as I've said, Chaka is a True Original. But Vonzell did an excellent job, in part because this song was perfect for her range.
3. Anthony -- I actually think Anthony had the night's best PERFORMANCE, very enthusiastic and confident, but I'm marking him down a little for song choice. I don't entirely disagree with Simon's assesment of "insipid", but that has more to do with the song than the performance. Anthony is definitely finding his groove.
4. Carrie -- If she wanted to do Donna Summer, why in the world did she pick THAT song???? And did she really need to call attention to the fact that she had NO CLUE as to what she was actually singing, given her propensity towards having no emotional connection with her lyrics anyway?? I've said it before and I'll probably end up saying it again -- if she could combine her fantastic voice with an actual CONNECTION to her lyrics, she'd be incredible.
5. Constantine -- This was just OK. Not hideous, but not up to the last couple of weeks.
6. Scott -- Again, just OK. I hate this song to begin with, and someone on AI always feels compelled to drag it out every season. When critiquing him, I try to just stick to his performance and overlook the surly gangsta boy routine, but it's getting harder every week.
7. Anwar -- Better than last week, but that's not saying much IMO. He really got drowned out by the backup singers and a few times didn't even bother to try and compete with them at all. He had his usual share of flat notes, too, but not as many as usual.
Should be interesting!! 
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