TIME's TV Critic James Poniewozik reviews the American Idol performers each week


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"Sway"

Melinda's talent for singing is matched only by her gift for self-deprecation; "I'm so not sexy!" she tells Latin Night mentor Jennifer Lopez in nervous anticipation of her number. It's a fine line between humility and fishing for sympathy, but in any case I'm not sure she had much to worry about. No, she didn't smoke up the stage, but she made up for it with a sultry, subtle vocal — though Simon is right, dressing her up like an early-60s girl-group singer is not going to do much to make her seem younger.


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