All of the first round was pretty good, with Tommy Tutone being the worst. Vanilla Ice "sang" a totally new song, which apparently will be on some new album he's making, which gave him the clear edge in the voting. I didn't care for the arrangement of Don't Know Why, but I can appreciate The Motels wanting to make it a unique cover of the song. I didn't really care for Ice's new rap song because it didn't have any music with it. Rap songs need cool hooks. The Knack did a good job on both of their songs.
Oh man! I hated the Motels version of Norah Jones' song. It was horrible. I thought Tommy Tutone did alright with their 2nd song though.
And what was the deal with Haddaway? There something creepy about watching a 40-ish man crawling on all fours singing a Britney Spears song :o