Week 17 or 83 or something. Supplies running low. . .

I really can't explain the feeling of dread I have at the prospect of listening to Patrice Pike's original song as the show begins. And then I have to think: Am I being too hard on her? What if she comes out with something amazing now?
And then she starts singing.

I wish someone would tell me what the hell is wrong with her! WHY does she sing with that accent and mushing "sshh" and freaky "awah" sound? Is she imitating something I'm not aware of? Does she think this is how all people pronounce things when they sing? Is she mental? It's almost impossible to understand most of the verses, since it's impossible to understand the words from her mouth. The chorus was a little trite. The melody was okay, I guess. It sort of reminded me of mid-early Duran Duran with a little Police, Matthew Sweet, and XTC thrown in. That's being extremely generous. All I can compare it to is successful artists' work, since that is all I know. I don't know the lame people who sound bad, because they generally don't make records. Well, they don't make records that I listen to. The song was all right. It didn't sound all that rockery, though. It sounded pretty poppy to me.

Jesus, is Nirvana still this popular? I think they've played a Nirvana song at least every week on the show. I'm glad that Magni didn't try to outright imitate Kurt Cobain's voice---or wait---did he? I don't know. I wish he'd sang a different song. It's kind of hard to imagine "Smells Like Teen Spirit" sounding fresh, so even though he did a great job, it was still not super-impressive. He's a favorite of mine at this point, though. It was just the song. Wow, is it possible that this song is still feeling overplayed to me, 15 years later? 15 years later! Oh my god. Am I really that old?

As much as I was feeling sick in anticipation of Patrice, I'm feeling nervous in anticipation of Ryan Star. Because I get the sense that he's nervous also. I don't think he actually wanted to do the original song this week. I think who'sherface had it right last week when she described the fear in him. It was pretty plain, if you looked in his eyes at the house discussion table. And I have sympathy for him. But his song surprised me! I liked it. He looked comfortable, especially once he got going. I didn't really catch a lot of the lyrical meaning in there, but it sounded good. It sounded marketable. And he came off very rock star. His eyes still look extremely serious and worried, but maybe that's not a true indication of what's going on there inside him.

Here we go with Storm again. Here. we. go. Ch-rist! Storm is a fake, melodramatic pain in the ass. I'm sick of seeing her pouting and pretending on the house footage. Acting like the song she takes is the big hardship, when really I suspect that it's the song she wants. Whatever. She sang "Cryin'" pretty well, but she went back a little into her old performance habits. It was fine, but I still don't see her with the band.

Dilana did pretty well with "Every Breath You Take." She has an amazing voice, especially when she doesn't do as much of that buzzing, narrow, low sound. And she only did that for about two lines of this song. I feel like she smeared a couple of the words ("every claim you stake" sounded a little weird, like "straim" rather than claim), but I guess they don't really have a problem with that.

There was a lot of extra breathing there in "Layla" with Toby Rand. I guess it's for drama. He did a really cool twist on the song, though. I wish his voice was a little deeper and more intense, but he still uses it well. He certainly riled up the crowd, also. I don't think he'll be in the bottom three after taking off his shirt like that, so it was a smart move.
Why does Tommy always say "'allo mate!" to him? Every week. That's getting pretty tired.

Lukas Rossi started out really well, but then he immediately went into that tight vibrato-growl voice. Why does he do that? I think it sounds gross. It sounds like he's singing with his tongue arched out. I wish he could maintain some sort of balance where he actually uses his voice and only occasionally goes into the growl thing. If he must do it at all, that is. He seems to like it, so I guess he won't stop.

Who will be in the real bottom three? Well, I think Patrice definitely has to go. I understand why they got rid of Zayra last week instead, but now it's really high time. And she'll definitely be in the bottom three. I think Storm will be there also, but I don't know how intense a fan base she has out there voting for her---people who aren't necessarily basing things on the show, just people who like her for her usual stuff with her band. It might be tough to have her land in the bottom three if there are a lot of people out there supporting her no matter what.
I think the third should be Toby, because even though he did a good job this week, I don't think he's massive enough in all ways to make it as the singer for this band. But like I said, his shirt might save him, and Lukas or Magni might end up in the low end.

I don't care, as long as they get rid of Patrice, and they must.