Carly Smithson
The Show Must Go On
We've found Michael Johns! And he's a chick this week! If Carly's going to deliver every song with that creepy intensity—I swear to God, the woman is trying to kill us with her eyes!—then she may as well be picking bombastic Queen songs. But this plodding mid-tempo one was not the right choice, and her delivery is less inspirational than intimidating.
— by James Poniewozik