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Ace Young closed out the 2 hour episode with "In The Still of the Night", and I have to say, I was concerned. As soon as I heard the song choice, I muttered "Oh, honey." First of all, group songs are just a no-no, and second, it's just not that great of a song to sing in general, especially for someone like Ace, who doesn't have the most versatile voice and needs to pick songs that work well for his style of singing. But I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. After Ace's popsicle melting "Father Figure" and orgasm inducing "Butterflies", I pegged him as someone with a pretty voice, but really knows how to make the performance work as a whole to cover up for the lack of vocal ability. But pretty-faced Ace showed off some belting in this performance and of course utilized that cotton-soft falsetto at the end that makes me melt like the Wicked Witch of the West. Still not as good as previous performances, but again, that more has to do with song choice. I don't think there's much chance of Ace re-claiming his frontrunner status, but he'll definitely be around for a little longer.

Grade: B-