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Last night Ellen Degeneres and the twelve female finalists made their live show debut and we gotta say, we were a little disappointed -- in both.

While the women mostly sang older and boring songs that sound as if their mothers (or Grandmothers!) picked out for them, Ellen brought very little humor to the panel, instead trying to sound like a credible music critic as she basically mimiced everything the other judges said.

But maybe we're being a little too harsh on them both. After all, it was just the first show and nerves were high!

There were a few bright spots on the program, like Lily Scott, Crystal Bowersox (who shoulda left the harmonica at home), Katelyn Epperly and Katie Stevens.

Who do you think will go home next week? And didn't seeing Ellen on her first live show make you really miss Paula?