[GrannyMae]

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Next week is 50's week so I think it might be his chance to show some versatility.

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there are songs he can adapt quite well. jerry lee lewis, little richard etc.

i agree with your general post re: chris.

as a matter of fact, my strategy this year and in years' past was to identify very strong contestants that i felt could not win, then bought balanced portfolios of the few i thought could win, then went VERY heavy on my favorite. obviously, one of my toss outs this year was chris.

other toss outs are mandisa, elliot and ace. i am very comfortable with this decision because i feel our position is stronger now than i have enjoyed in ai 1-4 (which were great every year). also, if my horse makes it to second, and i sell early, we will still do *very* well as long as a couple of key singers get dumped early.

bact to topic... chris is an amazing talent in his genre, and you better believe that there is music out there from ALL categories that he will do just fine with. he will never fall on his face in any given week, and is likely to get more credit than he deserves in these "tough" weeks. these tough weeks may keep him around longer than if it was 'dealer's choice' each week and he sang metarock for the next 3 months.