Willie, on the other hand, completely faltered, forgetting the words almost immediately (despite the fact that L.A. Traditional country crooner Tate knew Kevin Sharp's "Nobody Knows" so well, it seemed like he'd written it, and he sang it flawlessly, like a pro. And this singoff definitely highlighted their differences, especially when it came to experience. Tate, 37, and Willie, 17, both sing country music, which I suppose is why they got paired up here-but that is where their similarities end, obviously. "I think he's had his moment," Simon shrugged, after Jeffrey sang his half of "If I Die Young." I disagreed, and I hope this was not the end for Jeffrey on this show. So this singoff seemed set up to be all about Jeffrey-the frontrunning single dad who first auditioned with "Hallelujah"-but Simon seemed underwhelmed by Jeffrey, for some reason. That's exactly what happened to Jeffrey's opponent-I literally still don't know what the guy's name is. Wow, you know you're fodder on a singing show when producers can't even bother to caption your last name during your singoff segment. And hopefully Jennel, a barely-18 innocent lass who just left home, learned a valuable lesson here about sticking up for herself. Now, hopefully it won't be Jennel who pays the price. But neither Jennel nor Tara were at their best during their singoff, and when they were done, Simon grumbled, "I don't know why you chose this song." I wish Tara had been willing to own up to her mistake, but of course she didn't. ("Um, no, we're set on this song," barked Tara.) When the two girls finally sang the song that only Tara wanted to sing, Jennel actually did better, since she understood that the sad ballad needed a little subtlety and restraint- unlike Tara, who as usual semi-shouted her way through the performance with about as little modulation as Will Ferrell's "SNL" character Jacob Silj. Tara insisted, inflexibly, that they sing Fleetwood Mac's "Landslide"-despite too-sweet Jennel's feeble protests that she wanted to do something more rockin' and uptempo-and of course Tara got her way. Jennel, one of my favorites of this entire competition, has always exhibited so much fire onstage, but big meanie Tara just snuffed that fire right out.