Definitely a surprise. Bless David's shocked little heart. Jay Sean should have just given him the lead!

Nerves seemed more evident in the finale than even in the first episode. Some of the best singers stumbled a little here and there. But still fun. The Voices of Lee seemed to become a back up band for their lead. I wonder if that was a producer call.

But at the same time, Russell was also not nearly such a jury threat as Brett, and was not currently on an immunity streak.

But at that point (final five) voting out Brett wasn't an option b/c he had immunity. And yet the *only* discussion that was had around camp (that we saw) was Russell and Natalie flipping a coin over Mick vs Jaison.

I'm not saying Brett would have succeeded in voting out Russell instead, but don't you think it would have been a good idea to try? What would he have had to lose?

Something else I loved about the Sing Off: 3 nights! 'nuf said.

Something(s) I really did not like: The BYU woman's fauxhawk. Pitting the BarbershopMoms against much larger, more diverse (style wise and other wise) groups. And searching so hard for a heart string pull for each group and, for the Bubs, coming up with "I'm an only child." That last one made me snort.

One more love: Ben telling the Bubs that they embody what people want to think college boys are like.

The only person who even said anything about Russell was Monica when she realized she was going to get voted off. She was telling the truth and no one believed her.

I think Russell severely underestimated how important the social part of the game is, he did things to make everyone miserable, back stabbed pretty much everyone he had an alliance with and the problem with that is you don't win by playing the best strategic game, you win by getting the votes I don't think he factored in that people will not vote for you if they don't like you and think you were an ass.

I am having a very Top Chef food day. Lunch was at Huber Keller's burger bar, and dinner us at RM Seafood. Nom nom nom

Ooh! That is awesome! What did you get? How was it?

Jealous!

Great. I had sushi at RM which was very very good , and served by a very flirty waiter so it was fun too plus there was champagne. I had one of their special rolls (shrimp tempura, crab, and spicy tuna), black cod nigiri, and an appetizer of cooked white fish (forget which one) with crispy ginger and kaffir lime. I took a picture I can upload when I get home. The burger was also excellent but still a burger.

::salivating::

Damn, but that sounds yummy, Lee. Lucky you.

Camera phone picture of the RM seafood dinner: [link]

I forgot to mention that the black cod nigiri had little strips of butternut squash on them.