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


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"I (Who Have Nothing)"

Jordin is not messing around; after the duds she was handed by the judges and producers, she goes back to the song that put her on the map in the early rounds of the finals. This is kind of song she needs to win the finals if she makes it: with the histrionic heart of a 17-year-old, she can sell melodrama in a way neither the slick Blake nor the controlled Melinda could possibly. Best of all, since it'll be compared with her songs earlier tonight, she goes out on a high note, literally.




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