Turned out Hollie Cavanagh, Phillip Phillips, and Colton Dixon were safe this week.

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This has actually made the show a bit boring and what is really missing this year is the rock and roll aesthetic of a James Durbin or the indie vibe of Phillip Phillips or even the classic rock love of Elise Testone.

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Rebel yeller Phillip Phillips threw Tommy Hilfiger's recommendation to wear any color but gray out the window (into a gray and soul-deadening sky) and proceeded to wear two shades of gray for his cover of "Movin' Out" -- because to not wear gray would compromise Phillip Phillips' integrity.

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Last year runner-up Jessica Sanchez was just as talented and deserving as winner Phillip Phillips, the previous season runner-up Lauren Aleana was neck and neck with winner and fellow country signer Scotty McCreery, and in the previous two season, the runner ups, Crystal Bowersox and Adam Lambert, were better than the winners, Lee DeWyze and Kris Allen.

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Rearden is more explicit when his brother Phillip asks him if he cares at all about the needy that Phillips charity allegedly tries to assist.

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