Top 4 Performance: James Urges Us to Not "Stop Believin'"

The show begins tonight with a great montage of past homecomings set to Diddy Dirty Money’s “Coming Home,” because the Top 3 will get a homecoming, “as heroes,” as the intro said. Still don’t like it when we don’t get THIS, though…

And I’m a little disappointed that they didn’t show Elliott’s mom…

We’re starting with the songs that inspire tonight and then we’ll get Lieber and Stoller and Lady Gaga later…

James Durbin, “Don’t Stop Believin’”: 16

I’m getting a little sick of James worrying more about what he’s going to say to the audience than he does the singing. He can save that for the tour. I thought the performance was just mediocre, but of course the judges loved it. I do appreciate that James acknowledged he slipped up last week, because I believe he did.

And that song is the highest degree of difficulty? What are you talking about, Randy? Everyone sings that song these days…

Haley’s next. Wonder if Lauren is getting the pimp spot (going last) to try and keep her in this thing?...