Help! Help! I'm in a nutshell!

In a nutshell:

Zayra's original song was good, but she sounded like some Shakira-esque elaborate Latin singer, and how are we supposed to know her lyrics if she sings in Spanish?

Magni wasn't that impressive with "Starman,"although the ending was better than than the start.

Patrice Pike continues to make me ill, even though "Message in a Bottle" is such an incredible song that she almost hid her disgusting vocal mannerisms. Almost, but not quite. She also didn't quite stay on key. So with any luck they'll finally get rid of her.

Lukas Rossi finally delivered a nearly flawless mix of his growling and actual impressive vocals with Seal's "Hero." It was a little bit of a surprise that he was so comfortable doing it.

I think Storm Large's song was way too Broadway and silly. It wasn't rocking at all, just more of what she usually does, which doesn't fit with the (proposed) feel of the band.

Toby Rand got to perform with Gilby Clarke, and he got to sing Solsbury Hill! Unfortunately, his voice sounded thin and unimpressive. It sounded like he just got up there to sing a karaoke song that he wasn't quite into; like he just sort of pulled it out of his pocket and halfassed it. Maybe he's one of the few people who don't know the song? He screwed up some words and went off-key. I don't know what the hell he was doing, but it didn't help him to have Gilby up there. He practically ignored him. And the drumming was superfluous and stupid.

I'm getting bored with Ryan Star again. The intense eyes look doesn't cut it for me. He keeps going for the ballads, and not really rocking, just singing with some pseudo-anger. He does have a good voice, but I feel like he's trying to effect a sound like Chris Martin, and it doesn't work well for me.

I don't understand the point of assigning the contestants songs like "Cat's in the Cradle". It's so straightforward that there isn't a lot to do with it. Well, that's not true, I guess, but they didn't do much here. So Dilana sang it and marched around. Eh. She has a good voice, but it was blah.