Tonight we are celebrating Thanksgivings. The contestants will be dedicating their songs to someone they are thankful for. "There's no thing more powerful than giving thanks, but make no mistake, they are still competing for 5 million dollars", LA says. Gee. So expect tears all over the studio. There'll be another double elimination this week. Last week's left LYIRIC 145 and Jennel Garcia out of the competition, so who's turn will it be tonight? ... It's time to face the music!

Recap and videos after the JUMP ...

 Tate Stevens

"I'm Already There" - 6/10 - He's thanking his dad. "He's made me who I am". His dad thinks Tate wanted to be like him. His mom says Tate was like his shadow. His dad was in the air force and when he got out of it he started playing music. He had to "divorce" from music in order to provide for his family, and started working for a security company. His story sounds a lot like Tate's, doesn't it? A much more fitting song than the one he sang last week. His voice sounds perfect on this kind of songs and his clear tone really shone but my problem with him is that his performances always sound the same, there's zero diversity to him. America clearly loves him so he won't be leaving us anytime soon but if he's going to stay, I at least want him to do something different.




"Because You Loved Me" - 8/10 - Diamond is giving thanks to her mother. "She's literally given up her life to make my awesome" she tells Beatrice. Her dad never was around and Diamond asked about him until she was 7. When she was 9, her mom had back surgery because she got scoliosis. When she was on surgery, she actually died on the operating table. She can't imagine to go on without her. I usually don't like her performances much, just because I don't like her type of singing, but I admit this was truly great. To me, she's sounded the best she's had on this song. She nailed it vocally and the connection she showed with the material made it a lot more believable. Flawless delivery, the liberties she took towards the middle sounded really gorgeous. I think the chorus was unnecessary but everything else about it was fantastic.




"Secrets" - 7,5/10 - They thank their youth leaders. The brothers thank a guy who taught them martial arts and survival skills. Drew thanks his "spiritual leader" who taught him who he was. John and his family took him to Dominican Republic to build houses after the earthquake. "It was a profound experience without a doubt". Sorry, but they still look like douches even when thanking people. That doesn't matter cause as long as their performances are as good as they've been so far, I really don't care. They don't sound like themselves tonight but nice for a change I guess. They didn't sound together though and were shaky on parts plus the performance was very messy. Overall, they still sounded good but they could've done a lot better than this. But on a night that's probably full of ballads, at least they stood out.



"Chasing Cars" - 7/10 - Beatrice thanks her twin sisters. They were adopted from Vietnam. They were three weeks premature so they spent a lot of time in the hospital. "My sisters have told me to never give up" she says. Love how this song sounds on her. Her tone sounds fantastic on it, mostly during the very intimate beginning, cause once she gets to the chorus the song was out of her range and she started to sound strained. It was uneven and I still don't know why they put so many layers of clothes on her but I still quite liked what she did tonight. I just wish it would've stayed as soft as it was at the start.




"God Bless the USA" - 5/10 - He's giving thanks to the US military for their sacrifice. His grandfather served, he was born five miles from a military base, so he's got connection with it. "This week was a great reminder that everything I've been through is nothing, their lives are in danger for us", he says. After 9-11 he tried to serve but they wouldn't take him for his tattoos (that sounds stupid, doesn't it?), so he got a contract to sing for them. Lol at him going all patriotic on us. People will feel a little guilty if they don't vote for him after this. Haha. This is the song that saved Kristy Lee Cook back on S7, the only difference, I actually liked Kristy's rendition of it. Vino didn't sound like himself on this song and I really didn't like what he did tonight. Choir is out for the third time! Just stop it.




"Over the Rainbow" - 8/10 - Carly wants to thank his brother. When Carly was young her mom had a severe stroke. She was alone with Carly and had to call 911 by herself and while they took her mom she had to stay there by herself. I really enjoyed the arrangement, it made this overplayed song sound a little fresher and it allowed Carly to showcase her talent in the best way possible. There was so little music on it that it was as if she was singing acapella. Her vocals were very pretty on it and while it was a bit lackluster, I loved the dynamics towards the ending, that was very impressive. My other issues is that she wasn't connecting as much as others did cause she kept her eyes closed too much.

1. Carly Rose Sonenclar
2. Diamond White 
3. Emblem3
4. Beatrice Miller
5. Fifth Harmony 
6. Tate Stevens
7. Paige Thomas
8. Arin Ray
9. Cece Frey 
10. Vino Alan