12 Aspiring Idols Singing on the Stage. . .

Apparently, I've caused a stir by changing my picture. My family is relieved that I replaced what they call "the convict photo". My mom likes this one better but wonders why I didn't take off my sunglasses. I'm okay with the new photo, but still think I can take a better one. Stay tuned.

Okay, I could do a blow-by-blow of the entire show like some/most blogs do, but anyone who's seen these results shows knows they're a huge waste of airtime, no one's really sitting on the edge of their seat and we all just want to know who's going home.

Not saying they weren't, at one time (say, Season 1) a little suspenseful and mildly entertaining, but pretty much after this many seasons we just want to know: who goes home?

So, in fast forward (and probably not in the correct order) we see the requisite cheesy car commercial (actually a little entertaining this one), everyone does a number together (they always sound horrible, as if they had 1/2 hour to rehearse) and Ryan asks people to stand up, rehashes their performance, then tells them each, in turn, to sit down. . . they're safe.

Blah, blah, blah back and forth with the judges about what they're thinking (they're thinking they want to know who goes home), then Ryan asks three people to stand, rehashes their performances, tells two, in turn, that they can sit down and asks the third (in this case, Syesha) to come to the stage as she is in the bottom three (no surprise to anyone, even Syesha). Syesha repeats her performance from the night before, but I couldn't bring myself to listen to it again.

More rehashing, more film footage, I think Kat McPhee sang a song somewhere in there (looks good, has lost a lot of weight, but didn't perform as well as most of the contestants sitting on the stage), then Ryan starts Part 2 of who's staying, who's leaving. You can probably tell that I fast-forward through most of this.

More people are declard safe and in the (almost) end, David Hernandez and Kristi Lee join Syesha as this week's Bottom Three.

Kristi performs (couldn't subject myself to that again, either) and David sings again (listened to him and he was actually better than the night before). If David had done as well the night before as he did in his "farewell" performance he might not have been voted in the Bottom Three.

David is still pretty sure he won’t necessarily be sent home.

Ryan lets Syesha rejoin the Safe Group, then lets David know that he IS going home.

I was actually a little surprised. Although I was really let down by David’s performance, I thought Kristy Lee should have gone home first, then David (probably) next week, unless he managed to redeem himself.

Kristy, however, has no chance of redeeming herself, so unless everyone else forgets their lyrics and sing off-key next week, I’m already predicting she’ll be next.

I’m still waiting for some surprises this season. At this point if everyone stays at the level they’re at and no one does the “wow” performance, you can almost plot out the order everyone will go home.

Hoping it doesn’t go that way and at some point I get surprised!

Looking forward to next week and more Beatles music!!