It was a another night of incredible performances and a few had problems. James Durbin, the multi-octave rocker, who matched Muse frontman Matthew Bellamy high note for high note—and then some—on a cover of the British band's "Uprising," was deemed the best performer of the night.

Jennifer Lopez said, "I am going out on a limb here in saying that will be the performance of the night James had a great costume and his set was brillant, he designed it himself. Steven told him,

"You stay out of my closet now. That was crazy good again, I love how you are out of your mind beautifully so." And Randy followed with, "Unbelievable, I hope you follow this trend. You slayed the last note."

Scottie did not get a favorable review this week and it showed in his body language. He sang another perfectly fine song—John Anderson's "Swingin"but this time he was taken to task a bit for playing it too safe.SereneLdy noticed how he always holds his mike and it always looks a bit ackward. At the end the show, he usually spends time with the audience, but he disappeared.

Haley Reinhart took another type of risk, one the judges seemed to appreciate but might not pay off as far as votes are concerned. She covered Adele's relatively new tune "Rolling in the Deep," a fabulous song but one that's all over the charts and radio now, meaning that's the version people care about. Randy felt it was a good direction for her, Steven adding,"It was a bit slow at the start, but he middle was beautiful.", She might be in the bottom three.

Jacob Lusk, meanwhile, assured that the tears would be rolling every which way by taking on Luther Vandross' "Dance With My Father," winner of the Grammy for Song of the Year in 2004.

But was Jacob too emotional to sing it cleanly? Jennifer told him, "That's one of the tricks of being a performer...You have to have enough control," He also seemed to have a problem hearing the track, as he put it, Randy telling him he was off at times. He could be in the bottom 3.

Casey Abrams, did a great job this week, —but just the right amount, going contemporary again with Maroon 5's "Harder to Breathe."

Not to mention, he blew J.Lo away with that smooch on the cheek at the end.

Steven said, "You  did what I've been trying to do for four months!"  And then both he and Randy agreed that Casey is "so f--king good."

"You just kissed the most beautiful woman in all the world!" marveled Ryan Seacrest, who was sporting the fake Casey beard that the 20-year-old's fellow contestants had donned for preshow interviews.

"This is what it feels like to be a man?" the host joked, rubbing his naked chin as Casey took the liberty of peeling off Ryan's beard.

Jennifer said, "See now Casey is not playing fair. Casey has soft lips. I loved it. You brought your Caseyisms pop-rock!

Casey Abrams, who can always be counted on to go way out there (Nat King Cole, anyone?), actually reined it in this week—but just the right amount, going contemporary again with Maroon 5's "Harder to Breathe." And, in our opinion, his hard-rocking version was grittier and more interesting than the original.

Not to mention, he blew J.Lo away with that smooch on the cheek at the end.

"You did what I've been trying to do for four months!" cried Steven. And then both he and Randy agreed that Casey is "so f--king good."

"You just kissed the most beautiful woman in all the world!" marveled Ryan Seacrest, who was sporting the fake Casey beard that the 20-year-old's fellow contestants had donned for preshow interviews.

"This is what it feels like to be a man?" the host joked, rubbing his naked chin as Casey took the liberty of peeling off Ryan's beard.

Randy loved it and said he loves the surprises Casey brings.

Stefano went with Ne-Yo's "Closer." Randy stated he thought it would be jerkey but you turned me around.Steven and Jennifer liked the way he did some dancing. It may be good enough to keep him out of the bottom 3.