Better late than never, but it's been a long week.....
First off, I have to say, I like the fact that (and of course this is all JMO) everyone left in the top 20 can actually SING. I may not like all the voices, but at least they can carry a tune and they don't have anyone in there who perms hair every time they hit a high note. At least not yet, anyway. I only said "OK, that was awful" ONCE over both nights and that's pretty good.
I'd've sent Sundance and -- Sunyata?? (Dude with the really annoying mall chick hair who sang Stevie Wonder) home among the guys; really bad song choices (which seems to be the theme of this season so far, I noticed a lot of the audition choices were way off the board, too.) I like the 2 Chrises, Brandon, Blake? (the blond spiky haired one), and Nick. Would have liked to have seen the Korean dude stay around at least another week; I really liked his initial audition. But again, bad song choice. Don't do George Michael if you don't have his vocal range.
Dead-on with the ladies, tho; Amy and Nicole (?) were exactly who I would have eliminated, too; Nicole was just downright awful and Amy was dull. Next to go should be Antonella and Leslie (which is a shame, because I like her voice) unless they pick it up next week. I thought LaKisha was marvelous, Sabrina -- wow!!, Stephanie terrific, Jordin excellent and Melinda quite good. Gina had her moments. I, too, have a feeling Lakisha is not going to win, mainly because I'm thinking many people might find her story too similar to Fantasia's and they may decide to go in a different direction. I love Melinda, but I think she's going to have to be very careful about song selection, more so than some of the others -- she has the kind of voice, if she chooses the wrong thing, it's gonna be a disaster. She's got a good voice, but even good voices have gotta be careful. I'm thinking Sabrina and Jordin have the best chance among the ladies so far; the guys? I don't know. They need to pick it up, that's for sure.