mcmaenza, excellent comments! I agree 100% with everything you said. I didn't comment on this week because I didn't watch. I had no knowledge or interest of the mentor, so it wasn't going to mean anything to me. I heard about Carly, which was fine with me. It's not like she was going to win the thing, so the sooner she went the better. Like you, I see her as a potentially entertaining bar band experience at a local place, but not an international superstar. Who knows? Maybe she will get a hit record out of her exposure here and make some waves for a while.

I am MUCH more interested in Neil Diamond night and will be watching that one. See you then!