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Normally, we break it down for you in the order the contestants performed. But this week, we're starting with the bottom two because seriously...
Laura & Sophie
Thanks goodness the teen duo got gone. John Rich and Jewel would have thrown (bigger) fits had they not gotten the boot. The girls did Taylor Swift's "Picture to Burn," which, while age appropriate, was still an odd choice considering every week they've been told that Taylor Swift would wipe the stage with them. Of course, the sparks really flew after the lackluster performance, when John ambushed 16-year-old Sophie for her obvious frustration on last week's show with Jewel telling America, repeatedly, that they should've gone home instead of Pearl Heart: "Why do you think it's okay to roll your eyes and disrespect Jewel on national television? I just want an answer to that." Sophie said she didn't even realize she did it, until people told her afterward. Jewel made some crack about Sophie needing to have a seizure ' complete with flickering eye gesture ' to get it out of her system. (That's mature.) Then Jewel dismissively said the girls looked better than they have, but their harmonies continue to get worse. Jeffrey Steele, who doubles as the girls' mentor, sounded like he was trying to say something almost nice about them looking grownup, but I was too busy watching to see whether Sophie was going to cry. She fought back tears, and, it looked like, got some off-camera comfort from host Billy Ray Cyrus ' you saw her turn to him and say, "I know. Thank you." (Even I wanted to hug Billy Ray at that moment, dangling earring and all.) Here's the thing: John made it clear last night, while praising Gabe Garcia's performance, that NBC had the final say on this year's contestants. That's something I suppose we all should have suspected, even ...
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