Karen Josh Nathan Tae Serenity Madison Maddi Asher Bryan  

1. Asher - This was honestly the best performance of the season and Asher's best performance he has done so far! That was my personal favorite from him. The way he was building up the song and brought a lot of amazing vocal runs and emotions was spot on. Not only that but I freaking loved the song choice for Asher. It's a perfect song for him. I am so glad he sang this because the whole performance was just flawless and perfection. There is nothing I don't like about this. He never misses at all. He was pitch perfect throughout. He's going to destroy everyone in views and likes. He is also Reba's TCO and her favorite. John even called him the best vocalist this season and he's right. He also had all four coaches standing up. I threw all my shoes for this. He deserves to be top 2. He could sing a bad song choice and I'll instantly love his performance.   2. Karen - This was a moment for Karen. Perfect song choice for her and she crushed that. That was her best performance of the season. I am loving all of her performances every single week. She never misses at all.   3. Nathan - Perfect song choice for Nathan! He slayed this and gave his best performance of the season. This man never misses at all. He really is John's TCO right now. He could win it all.   4. Madison - Not my favorite from Madison but she still gave a fantastic performance regardless. I needed just a bit more moments. I did love the beautiful parts she brought and the emotions in her voice was outstanding.   5. Maddi - This was hella great and fun from her! This wasn't the time to do an uptempo song in a Semifinal round to get the public vote though. I don't think Minivan will like it at all. I liked the song choice for her as well.   6. Josh - This was my least favorite from Josh so far but he had some great moments towards the middle and end. The beginning was a bit shaky for me. I wish he had chosen a better song choice that's well known.   7. Tae - This was my least favorite from Tae so far honestly. The song choice didn't fit his voice at all and I was missing the energy he always brings. It's great to see him on a ballad for once but would have preferred a different ballad song. He did great with this though and brought the emotions to the song.   8. Serenity - This is probably one of my favorites from her but not my favorite. She did a great job with it. I just dislike the song for her and it's not going to get her votes. Minivan hates Ariana with a passion and hates anyone who sings her songs.    9. Bryan - This was the wrong song for Bryan honestly and his worst performance he's done so far. I wasn't a fan of the performance as I think he's in danger of being in the instant save.    Team D+S but I gave the vote to Team Reba.   I would give it an A.

Surprised Madison's comments are negative.   I thought she's been doing a really good job making subtle or just the right amount of changes to classic songs. So that sucks

^^^ I would fly to see her. I always dreamed of attending an AI contestant's homecoming. 🥹   Sadly I live in Pennsylvania and am pretty broke...That and I have only flown back and forth from Disney World way back in 1999. So yeah... 😆 

Maddi is the most frustrating contestant of the season by far.   Both her live performances sounded good prechorus. Take for instance the most recent one. The first 20 seconds sound really pretty up until she hit that headvoice note, then it goes into the wordy singing part..which was alright. Then the chorus had no oomph to at all. Was the case with her top 12 to a lesser extent.     I get that any other contestant would do even worse covering these same songs. Heck, even the original artists dodge a majority of the the chorus live! (Based on the performances I saw) So kudos to Maddi for tackling literally every word and not doing a terrible job... But that doesn't really make the performance itself less underwhelming vocally, and at the end of the day this is a singing competition. Just frustrating cause she has a really good voice.