It’s Nashville Star night again. First of all, Billy Ray Cyrus isn’t a very “natural” emcee for the show. However, he is better this week than the first two weeks. So maybe he’ll continue to relax and be more at ease in the coming weeks of the show. I think it’s just so obvious that he’s reading a teleprompter.

Tonight’s show has the theme of “Pop Goes Country” - taking pop songs and giving them a country feel. The first singer, Gabe Garcia was horrible singing “La Vida Loca” - but the judges acted like he was good. Totally unremarkable peerformance.

Pearl Heart performed “Love Shack.” I have to admit a preference for this group since the youngest sister attends a local school. I enjoyed their performance. The judges had positive things to say. I still can’t stand John Rich, though. He comes across as such an egotistic person.

Allison Gilbert put everyone to sleep with “I Think We’re Alone Now.” What an awful arrangement. The judges agreed with me.

Ashlee Hewitt was next singing “You Drive Me Crazy” - a Brittney Spears’ song. I thought she was pretty good. Not “Nashville Star” good - but good. The judges liked her, too.

Coffey was next with “Umbrella.” He got a wavery voice - rather nasal sounding. He’s singing to his daughter, Savannah. He seems very likeable, but I thought the song was lame. Some talking - some beat boxing. Ho Hum… I don’t think the performance was star quality at all. The judges reactions were mixed.

Laura and Sophie were next. I like them because they’re young and one of them has the same name as one of my granddaughters. They’re singing “PYT” by Michael Jackson (Pretty Young Thing). They sure have harmony down pat. I liked their performance. The judges liked them, too.

Shawn Mayer was next singing “Bye-Bye-Bye” by NSYNC. I really liked it - but then I really like that song, too. She did a good job, though. She looked gorgeous tonight, too. The judges’ reactions were mixed.

Melissa Lawson is next - singing “True Colors” by Cindy Lauper. She reminds me of Wynonna - her nose and cheekbones, I guess. I have to admit that Melissa is my favorite of all the performers. She’s got the most talent and potential of any of this year’s contestants. I think she did a good job on tonight’s performance. The judges agree with me.

So it’s between Tommy and Justin Gaston - the bottom two. Who will go home tonight?

Justin Gaston is singing “Girls Just Want To Have Fun.” Silly song choice, in my opinion. Why on earth would he select such a stupid song? Now that I’ve written that, I have to say that he did a pretty good job of country-fying the song. It’s was catchy. Still not star material, though. The judges liked his performance tonight, too.

Tommy Stanley is last singing “Maniac.” Hmmm - can he make “Maniac” sound country? I WANT to be for this guy since he’s a Navy person - serving on U.S.S. Kitty Hawk. He reminds me of Elliot Yasmin (or whatever his name is) that was on American Idol a couple years ago. Tommy put his whole heart in tonight’s performance, but it just didn’t do it for me. The judges agreed with me.

Who went home? Bye-bye, Justin!

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