Christine - you missed out by skipping it. It was, in my opinion, his best performance so far. His voice just melted into the song and was just perfect. It was a beautiful song with a great voice paired with it. I hope his post-Idol album is in this vein of music. Just amazing.

Hehe, blame that one on my husband...he can't stand Philip (I've never liked his voice either, to be fair). I'll have to check it out online.

By the way, I did not get the "California Dreamin'" theme at all. Other than CCR, I did not see how the songs fit whatsoever. From the recap I'm reading right now, it appears that all songs were by artists from California or songs about California. Still, it made no sense. I was expecting Beach Boy songs, or "Hotel California" or anything along those lines.