he guys performed better than the ladies I personally think Jason Castro will be on top three.

I like Castro..probably not the strongest singer per se but he has this indie vibe about him. Cool stuff.

I like Amanda generally, though I did not see her performance

lol, was kidding. But what do you think of Castro? I think this week's performance exposed his weakness as a one-trick pony.

But he has very hot relatives sitting in the corner as well. 

Brooke was superb again last night!!! And that makes it 3 great performances for the past 3 weeks!
Besides Brooke, Carly also impressed me and I was surprised with Chikeze's performance although I don't really like him!
Sigh, Lee Cook disappoints again and her arrangement on that song was 
Those are some pretty scandalous shots there! Who would've thought Ramiele... 

No I don't think so. Like Randy said, every week can be Beatles Week.

Syesha and David A gets my vote for the best performances. Carly put in another great vocal demonstration but IMO, Blackbird is not a song which works when you go big with it. Its just such an intimate song

I did think that the performances this week were mostly mediocre though. The problem is those tunes are so ingrained into global pop culture that its very VERY difficult to do something different and get away with it. At least nobody tried to do a major melody and harmonic change like what Castro did last week. The genius behind the Beatles compositions is their outrageous chord progression and unconventional harmony which is at the real edge of falling apart and ruining the whole song yet somehow through some magic remains coherent. Tampering with genius simply doesn't work.

Even by today's standards, the Beatles sound is more innovative than a lot of the current crap being produced nowadays. They are far from 'old school'.

I too don't mind either and I don't really bother to watch the results show. But in any case, was Lee Cook crap again? Can't believe how many cat lives she's used up

Actually she was pretty good. It was a bona fide Americana song, which I dont really mind (though when Ryan announced it I thought she was going to sing the even more awesome God Bless America song instead...which unfortunately is a 1918 piece)