X FACTOR Season 3 ~~~ THE VOICE Season 5

Doing pretty good Sheila. You don't post where I post very much anymore. Did you just go visit your aloha children?

Hey does anyone know when the X-factor will return? It's been baseball and now the world series blah!! I can't watch the Voice NBC has it blocked from my Dish satellite. I'm not a happy camper right now. I've tried to keep up and watch on the internet but it's just not the same. I haven't watched this weeks shows yet. Sorry I'm not getting on the boards here much because I'm not watching live with the blackout. UGH!!

Thanks for the link sheila, is the show on tonight too?

1st and last time I'll sit through the battle rounds.

Back next week!

I'll be routing for 'Austin' Team Blake!

You are not the only one confused by the names, I think after this week we will have a manageable number. I can't say that I've been blown away by any one singer, Grey came the closest so far.

Knockout rounds is still only the judges deciding then the audience have the final say?

Was is just me or did A LOT of the singers seem to be off-key? Most of them had at least a few notes they just flat out missed. I noticed that when I did not watch them onstage, they all sounded worse. I think Tessanne did o.k., and the girl who lost to her was not bad either (but I think she chose the wrong song, big time.) I'm not a ShelbieZ fan, but technically she did o.k. too. All the other females seemed a bit off to me. Do I have chemo EAR?

I like Johnny, the veteran, just not his singing. I don't care for his tone. I'm glad his opponent got stolen because he sang well (even if the song was not the most challenging one he could have chosen.) Enjoyed hearing a not-well-known song from him too.

Fave part of the night, Nic Hawk singing "Genie In A Bottle" because he did a cool arrrangement of that song...in front of Christina...took some guts, no? I always enjoy the way Blake is uncomfortable when trying to find politically correct words to describe Nic onstage, when you know he means the gaynesss. I thought Nic had great movement onstage and looked very natural. A lot of the other contestants seemed to be very nervous last night.

Elimar, I too, enjoyed Nic's performance. I'm glad Blake kept him. I am not a fan of ShelbieZ at all, but she sang better than Big Bang sister by leaps & bounds-that was really a no-brainer. I missed the beginning so didn't get to hear Josh Logan sing, but I like him. Really looking forward tonight to what's coming. And finally-the dude who sang the Jefferson's theme song during blinds did such a better job than the other vet-the way Johnny bops around bothers the heck out of me, and I don't like his voice either.