Each week on MTV’s Rock the Cradle, the sons and daughters of musical icons compete for the sort of exposure they would have received anyway on the basis of their DNA. Rock Daily sorts through the nepotistic wreckage.

Children’s Story: After getting record scores last week, Crosby Loggins doled out some dull trash talk about getting an automatic bye to the finale next week. This frustrated both Jesse Snider and Lucy Walsh, despite the fact that both seemed pretty confident they were also in the clear. Lara Johnston and Chloe Lattanzi panicked, probably because they weren’t very good. In the performance portion of the show, each remaining hopeful got to sing two songs, save for the two who were eliminated. Lara Johnston was sent packing, and in what could be considered a minor upset, Lucy Walsh was also shown the door. There were no tears in either of their exits; they probably remembered that even though they lost, they’re still both rich and able to score record deals.

Baby Geniuses: In a week where everybody stunk, the highlights were few and far between. The judges chose each performance, proving that they don’t know anything about anything. Johnston’s take on Fergie’s “Big Girls Don’t Cry” wasn’t offensive, while Snider’s skiffle version of Jet’s “Are You Gonna Be My Girl” was odd but ultimately satisfying. Loggins’ “Over My Head (Cable Car)” was fine, though like anything he does, it wasn’t a satisfactory cure for narcolepsy.

Red-Headed Stepchildren: Loggins drove Weezer’s “Beverly Hills” right off a cliff, and Snider’s second song (The Living End’s “Prisoner of Society”) felt a little bloodless — certainly his worst performance yet. But Lattanzi’s work last night was the stuff of legend: After crying over having to sing a Britney Spears song, she made “Toxic” nearly unrecognizable. Later in the show, she pummeled Cat Stevens‘ “The First Cut is the Deepest” (which was identified as a Sheryl Crow song — is anybody aware of any music from the twentieth century?).

Who Is Getting Disowned: Next week is the finale, so somebody has to win this thing. It can’t be Chloe Lattanzi — her train wreck quality was endearing three weeks ago but has grown stale. That leaves Crosby Loggins and Jesse Blaze Snider, and based on this week, it seems like Loggins will ride the nap-inducing middle of the road straight to a record deal he probably would have scored on his own anyway.

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