Performance: Neveah Dean-Ramirez
"You know... I remember watching this show last year."
The video opened with Neveah sitting in front of a mirror, carefully fixing her makeup as she spoke.
"Watching everyone from Penny and Jeremy all the way to Ellis and Lita, struggling with the judges telling them to leave their comfort zone. To show different sides to them. I saw firsthand how bad that stressed out Penny. So, no thank you, I don't think I'll be falling into that trap this season."
She turned, facing the camera, her sweet, almost angelic face darkened a little by the deep sadness etched into it.
"I'm not here to win. I'm really not. I'm here to put my heartbreak to song. To lose myself, just for a bit, in music that suits what I'm feeling right now. I respect the judges. I really, truly do. But their reasoning? 'people might not vote for you if you stick to one thing'? I don't swear very often... but fuck those people, man. This is who I am. What I am. If you don't like it? Vote for someone else. I'll go sing somewhere else. For those who do enjoy it? I hope you like this week's performance. My entire heart is in it, I assure you."