Yeah, so the theme of this season to cater a ton more to radio tendencies. There's a lot of people trying to emulate the hot sounds of the past five years. And bringing Chance the Rapper and Saweetie on board confirms this is the case on the adviser-side.    Tae Lewis, of course, being one of them. Always suspected that Tae's sound was firmly ensconced in the 2011-2013 sounds of bro country. His pre-show stuff reflects it, that what he really wants to talk about is sunlight, moonlight, big trucks, hot girls, never-ending parties. "Runnin Outta Moonlight" is bro-country. It's funny, Blake Shelton was also a big during that period, but generally went out of his way (or the show went out of their way) to cast more traditional types on the show. Probably because he recognizes the older cohort won't like the stuff we're seeing now.    With Reba (and now Dan + Shay) on the show, TPTB are definitely greenlighting more of the bro-country acts without pushback (and maybe even encouragement). Dan + Shay entered country music during the  bro-country era, so they are directly informed by it. Tae and Josh Sanders are definitely fairly stereotypical bro-country.    Television is already irrelevant, but hard to imagine boomers or X'ers liking or caring about this stuff.   

This one really hurts.  Season 5 is my favorite season, and Mandisa was one of my favorites. She had some great performances like the ones Wally posted, plus she went on to have a great career in CCM which includes a couple of Grammy wins. However, the main thing I will remember is how she confronted Simon during the Top 24 selection show about that rude comment he made about her weight after her audition. The graceful way she handled it always stuck out to me.   May she rest in power and her music and legacy live on.

UK loves I luv it.     Such a good song and EP of Major Lazer.

💥FOUR💥   House 1: Tiffany Mitchell - Will Kirby - Alex, Sola Cirie Fields - Corey, Alex, Gigi - SAFE Da'Vonne Rogers - Gigi, Corey, Alex - SAFE Vanessa Rousso - Gigi, Steven, Sola - SAFE Danielle Reyes - Alex, Gigi, Diana - SAFE    House 2: Sarah Hanlon - Sola, Corey Olivia Riemer - Chris, Gigi, Sola - SAFE Betty Yirsaw - Alex, Sola, Corey - SAFE Cassandra Shahinfar - Diana, Alex, Sola - SAFE Sabrina Abbate - Alex, Diana    House 3: Claire Rehfuss - Corey Elissa Slater - Gigi Jordan Lloyd - Diana, Gigi, Corey - SAFE Dan Gheesling - Steven, Corey Allison Irwin - Alex, Zoey Janelle Pierzina - Gigi, Sola, Diana - SAFE  Britney Haynes - Diana, Gigi, Akshar - SAFE Felicia Cannon - Corey   House 4: Nicole Franzel-Arroyo - Gigi, Corey, Sola - SAFE Rachel Reilly - Sola, Diana, Gigi - SAFE Jen Johnson - Akshar, Corey, Diana- SAFE Taylor Hale - Diana, Corey, Gigi - SAFE Keesha Smith - Akshar, Alex, Diana- SAFE  Jun Song - Alex, Sola, Corey - SAFE   House 5: Ika Wong - Sola, Alex, Diana - SAFE Neda Kalantar - Akshar, Corey, Diana  - SAFE Karen Singbell - Corey Britnee Blair - Chris, Sola Tamar Braxton - Claudia Campbell - Chris, Sola, Diana - SAFE Gary Levy - Alex, Chris   Felicia   ROUND RULES (Please copy with your vote): 5 votes per day, 1 hour apart. For each vote, you can vote for one houseguest to be saved from eviction by putting your name beside them.  Once a houseguest has received votes from three people, they can be SAFE. Please write which Houseguests you are saving. Please check for skipped votes and fix if necessary. The last two houseguests regardless of house without safety is evicted from the game.

3   House 1: Tiffany Mitchell - Will Kirby - Alex, Sola Cirie Fields - Corey, Alex, Gigi - SAFE Da'Vonne Rogers - Gigi, Corey, Alex - SAFE Vanessa Rousso - Gigi, Steven, Sola - SAFE Danielle Reyes - Alex, Gigi, Diana - SAFE    House 2: Sarah Hanlon - Sola, Corey Olivia Riemer - Chris, Gigi, Sola - SAFE Betty Yirsaw - Alex, Sola, Corey - SAFE Cassandra Shahinfar - Diana, Alex, Sola - SAFE Sabrina Abbate - Alex, Diana    House 3: Claire Rehfuss - Corey Elissa Slater - Gigi Jordan Lloyd - Diana, Gigi, Corey - SAFE Dan Gheesling - Steven, Corey Allison Irwin - Alex, Zoey Janelle Pierzina - Gigi, Sola, Diana - SAFE  Britney Haynes - Diana, Gigi, Akshar - SAFE Felicia Cannon -   House 4: Nicole Franzel-Arroyo - Gigi, Corey, Sola - SAFE Rachel Reilly - Sola, Diana, Gigi - SAFE Jen Johnson - Akshar, Corey, Diana- SAFE Taylor Hale - Diana, Corey, Gigi - SAFE Keesha Smith - Akshar, Alex, Diana- SAFE  Jun Song - Alex, Sola, Corey - SAFE   House 5: Ika Wong - Sola, Alex, Diana - SAFE Neda Kalantar - Akshar, Corey, Diana  - SAFE Karen Singbell - Corey Britnee Blair - Chris, Sola Tamar Braxton - Claudia Campbell - Chris, Sola, Diana - SAFE Gary Levy - Alex, Chris   Britnee   ROUND RULES (Please copy with your vote): 5 votes per day, 1 hour apart. For each vote, you can vote for one houseguest to be saved from eviction by putting your name beside them.  Once a houseguest has received votes from three people, they can be SAFE. Please write which Houseguests you are saving. Please check for skipped votes and fix if necessary. The last two houseguests regardless of house without safety is evicted from the game.