Watch it religiously. Charlie's song choice was extremely odd. Coupled with his new look, all of it was just REALLY strange and a little creepy. Every time he performs, it feels forced. It feels put-on, like he's hamming it up. He's like this year's Sanjaya. Very weird.
Keith Urban is fucking awesome. Something extremely likeable about that guy. Funny asides and remarks here and there, knows what the hell he's talking about, musically. Nicki, I was prepared to hate. I don't, so much. She's very irritating with calling everyone "ladybug" and having to start every critique with some drawn out "Hey, pay attention to me" kind of nonsense. That said, when she gets to offering advice, it's usually fairly sound. Randy is Randy. Mariah Carey was a brilliant choice from the set design department. Not only does she look good, she is classy and offers specific musical critiques that often get right to the nuts and bolts of a song, its key, the notes, the phrasing, or whatever. It's a very interesting judges' panel.
Still not sure where I stand on the contestants yet. Clearly some stand out more than others. Angie Miller is awesome. I dont know that she'll ever be able to live up to the original song she performed for them a few weeks ago, but she's been excellent in every performance.