The song they chose?
Hit the Road Jack.
A pretty hilarious song choice for theAmerican Idolband to play on a results night, no?
The i in DEBBiE was dotted with a star.
Ididenter into a minor tailspin of journalistic panic.
Was I crossing a line by doing this for Debbie?
(The O in GROUCHY?
was shaped like an angry mouth.
And, for that matter,where the heck was Debbie so she can see my sign?
Cory once again inexplicably encouraged the audience to sing along with the group number.
Oh, wait, there she is!
And she sees my sign!
Andsmiling!Eat it, Chuck Todd!
What was I talking about?
Oh, right,Idol.
and Imayhave been the first person in the studio to boo.
I cant be sure.
And then the first stool would say, At least I dont have Gokey on top of me.
And then the other stool would say, I hate it when we fight like this.)
At the next ad break, two more silver stools were brought in.
(Stool #3: Hey guys!
Us being all with the safe!
Stool #1: I dont know, is that thegrammaticallycorrectway to say that?
Stool #3: Oh, jeebus, not this fight again.
Stool #2: Le sigh.
Stool #1: Oh!
Are you sure its not lasigh instead?
[Long awkward silence.]
Stool #4: Hey, um, so, anyone else surprised Glamberts in the bottom three?
Simon did not move an inch.
After the performance was over, Simon was the very first person to stand and applaud.
(It was unclear whether Adam noticed the oversight on his own or was alerted to it backstage.)
The crew raced in Jamie Foxxs gear.
Allison was so nervous, she kept pacing in front of her stool, unable to sit down.
(Stool #1: Well, that is justgreat.
Stool #4: Hey, at least youve got someone assigned to you.
Im just here to be a symbolic representation of safety.
I mean, Im astool, for goodness sake what do I know from existential crises?
Stool #1: Oh, shaddup.)
It was at about the seven second mark that I spotted Simon through the studio door.
One of my top ten best experiences of the month, easy.
The judges, meanwhile, made it back to their seats with time to spare.
Adam was having none of it, and basically mauled Danny into full two-armed hug submission.
I gotta support Debbie all the way to the end.
So, PopWatchers, were you thrown by last nights bottom three?
And would anyone care to admit that they missed seeing Taylor Hicks on their TVs?
