I definitely thought the girls were stronger than the guys, and I really wish they would bring back the semifinal voting from season 1 - where they were split into groups, and X number of people from each group got through, without regard to gender. I really think that's more fair - if there are 8 girls that deserve to be in the top 13 and only 5 guys, well then that's how it goes. I hate that some really good talent gets left out just because there's this gender requirement issue. And I'm sure the judges are forced to choose at least one guy and one girl as wild cards, regardless of who actually deserves a wild card nomination.

Anyway...I think the girls that should get through are Jen, Elise, Hollie, Skylar (she might've been my favorite - reminds me of Miranda Lambert), and Jessica.

I can't really remember the guys, but Joshua was good, Eben was definitely not and proved the judges wrong in picking him over David Leathers imo. I wanted Phil to be better, as he's probably my favorite guy up to this point, but I didn't really like his performance (btw - Randy's mention of Phil reminding him of Dave Matthews is an extreme underexaggeration. He acts almost exactly like Dave Matthews when he performs, but I'm hoping he can get away from it a little bit and develop his own sense of performance). I think my favorite performance of the night came from Jeremy. The rest of the guys pretty much run together. I like Heejun, but really only for his personality, and I don't think I want him in the top 13 based only on his personality.