Having watched all of last night's episode of The Voice, my comment is this: people contort themselves too much. They tighten up their vocal cords, they do weird things with their lips and mouth, to create these artificial sounds.

They think it's "style."

I'm going to be interested to see what the chick with the Priscilla Presley hair sounds like on another kind of song. Her style on "These Boots" was really annoying after about 30 seconds for me.

I actually do wonder if the producers are getting a feel for the response to Shakira as opposed to Christina. I don't miss Christina at all -- she always looked peeved to be there.

Shakira is such a huge upgrade over Christina, I can't even. I hope and pray that they quietly work something out where Christina can just be officially "too busy" to come back and we can keep Shakira. And I say this as a huge X-tina fan. Her appearance on the show was painful.

ETA: More Buble! Do you see how if you sing Buble for your audition songs, you don't get picked? Kill it, AI/The Voice wannabes. Kill it with fire.

I loved the last woman's voice, but also, man, she has gorgeous skin/complexion.

She was seriously just gorgeous. The curls. I would kill for those curls. And yes, great voice. I am ready for the battle rounds!

Okay, I am starting "The voice" now having just gotten home. On the list, the list that singers must not sing is currently:

Adele, Bublé (each for different reasons).

To this list, I would like to add: Beatles. There is just no reason to sing Beatles. Very few can do any Beatles songs justice. Even professional singers I like - I respond with "back off the Beatles. Please."

Fuck. You know I'm about to put Stevie Nicks on this list too.

Oh, that list is so long. I will definitely co-sign on the no Adele and no Buble. I actually think one of the main problems with the Beatles is that the SiNi only clear the one or two tracks that everybody knows. The Beatles catalog is wide and deep and I believe someone could do a fresh take on a Beatles song, but if I have to hear Yesterday or Come Together or even something like Blackbird one more time, I will cut somebody. So yes, I suppose I can say they go on the list, too, but more because Nigel's a cheap ass. And for the love of god, no more Whitney or Mariah or Celine. Just no. Make it stop. And if it is Motown week, gentlemen, no songs that should be sung by 3-5 old black men in matching powder blue tuxes . . . no Temptations, no Four Tops, no Spinners, no Platters. There's a reason those are group songs. And all you country ladies, no Martina McBride because you don't have the voice for it even if you think you do.

I could make this list all night. Really, I just want a whole season of AI where the only rule every week is that you can't pick a song that's ever been sung in the semi-finals or finals before. That would go a long way to making the show tolerable again.

Blackbird, Yesterday, Hey fucking Jude need to all be banned. Period. Here Comes the Sun, NO. You are right that only the most well known songs get cleared, but I feel comfortable that people need to check with me first in order to sing Beatles. I will be the quality check. I can handle that burden.

For some reason I don't get so bothered by Whitney or Mariah or Celine. Their songs have been fucked up so badly by so many, that I don't fly into a rage. I've been beaten into submission. You mess with Aretha's classics, though and I am DONE with you for your life as a contestant. I'm about that way with Bonnie Raitt too. If one more 15-year-old sings "I can't make you love me", I'm going to cry big, salty tears. The emotion and range Raitt brings to that song is hard to emulate.