First time with the elimination addendum!

It never seemed very important to comment on the eliminations much before, but here I immediately saw that I made an error with Toby Rand. He may not always have a sound I like, but his voice goes very well with the band. As soon as they showed him singing in the studio, I was surprised and impressed.

The live performance from him with the band tonight was great also, but it was almost . . . well, it seemed prerecorded to me! The backing vocals, the absence of audience sound, hardly any close shots of him singing---it all added up to a little weirdness. I think they wanted the song to sound as good as possible, so they didn't take any chances. Which means I don't know if it was really Toby all the way, or Toby with some mixing. But he still meshed effortlessly with the band and the music, so he leaps to a frontrunning position in my book.

Not to say he's the only one up there, by any means. I can't believe that Magni was in the bottom three, but I think he proved himself unworthy of such disrespect with his performance of "Fire" tonight.

The show isn't over yet where I live. Patrice is currently embarrassing herself with a crappy rendition of "Middle of the Road." She's still my pick to go, go, go. Although I suppose if Storm made it to the bottom, finally, they might want to take this opportunity to admit that she's wrong for the band. However, I find that doubtful, and I find it doubtful that the legions of people out there who are voting for Storm have let up this week. I bet that the band wants to play with her before they kick her. So I'm crossing my fingers. Down with Patrice!

Meanwhile, I think it's pretty hilarious that they are selling tickets to the Supernova show before they even pick the singer!

Okay, so Toby's the last bottom. I really think that people are voting on Storm's poses more than they are her. . . well, I can't say "performances," because maybe they are falling for her weird acting. But they couldn't possibly be judging her on the proper criteria to select the lead singer for this band.

By the way, Toby's "Plush" wasn't that great, but it was much better than whoever that was who did it on the show before. His voice really doesn't go with certain songs. Maybe I should rethink my rethink.

At least now I know for sure that Patrice will be going home. Phew. If they pull a shocker on me here and keep her, I don't know if I can watch anymore.