I know nothing of The Voice, but I do have a few Beatles covers I love - the Four Tops do a fantastic "Eleanor Rigby" and the Nields' "Lovely Rita" is pure joy.

(I can't find a full band version online but Nerissa and Katryna alone do it pretty well. I miss the energy of the full band back when they had more of a folk-rock sound, now they lean more country.)

[edit - full band version! Yay! And there's a good chance I know the guy who uploaded this.]

I really liked a lot of the Beatles covers on the I Am Sam soundtrack.

Usher is so freaking adorable, he can't be real. For one, it seems like there's not a mean bone in his body. And the standing up before hitting his button, and turning with the arms spread out -- oh boy. I want to pinch his cheeks.

Seems relevant to this thread: last Tuesday on our way to our normal Tuesday dinner, we spotted Leslie Jordan (recently on RPDR). This Tuesday we sat next to Abby Lee Miller. She was caked in stage makeup and literally wearing an apron with her name on it. She seemed like someone who is very demanding but not meanly so, but I don't watch her show.

Is anyone else watching Survivor this season? I'm so glad I'm watching it again. It's a surprise every week!

HOLY SHIT TRIBAL. Well played, Malcolm.

Reynolds, on the other hand, is a total fucking idiot. (Or was that Eddie who gave up the idol? I can't tell them apart.)

It was Reynold.

And Andrea, if you're still wondering, Eddie might like (to look at) you, but he wrote down your name.

I would really like one episode where Dawn doesn't cry.

And does Brenda never negotiate or scheme? They never show anyone even trying to talk to her.

That was crazy. I also wonder if Reynold will figure out that Malcolm wrote his name down.

Wait, forgot who I was talking about.

I would like to do some things to Usher, too. That boy fine.

I enjoy Fiona Apple's cover of Across the Universe. And I think that Eleanor Rigby and Lovely Rita fall into the category, for me, of Beatles songs that are not done to death at every karaoke bar and/or by every reality show competition contestant or black college talent show contestant ever, so I would accept them.

Abby Lee Miller is kind of everything that's wrong with competitive dance studios (and I don't think all studio owners/teachers are like this) and her treatment of the kids (and moms) on her show is repellent and yet I watch it all the time because I cannot look away. Those kids are going to need years and years of therapy and there is no amount of money to justify the parents' behavior. I'm sure she amps it up for TV, but . . . ewww.

thoughts on the Vicci Martinez single?

Candice Glover. Ugh. That is all. I am making ugly stank face along with the Dawg at how amazing her performance was. I enjoy the Adele cover of Love Song, but Candice just put her thang down, flipped it and reversed it. No one should ever sing that song again but her and that includes Robert Smith. She slayed it. Done.

Almost makes Mariah's inane rambling and Nikki in so much leopard print (seriously, sooooo much leopard print) and putting up with Sanjaya's more annoying, less appealing heir Lazaro all season long, and of course anything Randy related worth it. Almost.