I LOVE Crystal. I want to walk around on Tuesdays with a shirt that says, "Vote for Mamasox!"

She gives me chills in the best way.

Usher is the guest judge. No one ever accused him of being the world’s best singer. Great entertainer though. Take your glasses off, fool.

Ryan has some kind of a mini-mohawk working. I don’t like it.

Siobahn/Through the Fire/Chaka Kahn - What are you wearing? Chaka Khan? Uh oh. She can’t rock it like that, y’all. I’m sorry. She’s on pitch, so there’s that. She has a great voice. But this is the totally wrong song for her. You could hear her pushing and the strain in her voice. She has a big voice, but nobody has as big a voice as Chaka.

I hate the look backstage. Down with the look backstage.

Cowboy Casey/Hold On/Sam and Dave – This kid has a lot of Velveeta in him. Although I will give him props for singing a new song. Y’all, this is bad. He’s so honky tonk. He’s not even Velveeta. He’s government cheese. This kid needs to stick to being a guitarist because he’s quite good at it. Once again, he’s on pitch and that counts for a lot. And it’s the kind of performance the judges will like. Right in his box. He learns quickly. And yes, we all know that Judge #4 would like to see more from Cowboy Casey, but that doesn’t mean Ryan had to go for the cheap joke.

Big Mike/Ready for Love/india.arie – Gorgeous song. I disagree with Usher. The last thing this fool needs is to go bigger. He needs to work on pulling it in and being intimate without being all pushed up on everyone all the time. Wow. He’s doing a really good job with this song. Very understated for him. Oh my god, swaybots. How can you not sway in time to a song this slow? That was actually kind of great. His best performance to date. I agree with the Dawg. It was really good for him to pull it back. He really, really needed that. Oh, dammit, Judge #4. You’ve never heard this song before? Why is she on this show? Seriously. She knows less about music than my father, who instantly recognized the song. Turn on a radio every now and again.

Didi Benami/What Becomes of the Brokenhearted?/ - Stop crying. It’s old. Whoops. She’s going off the pitch at the end of every line. And I know that kind of hiccup in her voice is kind of her thing, but it just really does not suit this song at all. And then, did she just start screaming at me? I’m scared now. Egads, y’all, that was bad. And why is Ryan all up in the Kool-Aid and not knowing the flavor? That ain’t right.

Tim Urban/Sweet Love/Anita Baker – Oh, hell no! He sucks ass even in rehearsal. Usher had to walk away from that fool. That “baby” is killing me. Killing me. This kid can’t sing. At all. This reminds me of that scene in Dreamgirls where the white group steals James “Thunder” Early’s song Cadillac Car and turn it into a light FM, muzak monstrosity. That’s what he’s doing to Miss Anita Baker. He’s turned this into something you’d hear at the dentist’s office – and promptly beg him to turn off. Oh, hell no! At least you sang in tune? Has it really come to this, American Idol? Just sing in tune? Wow. Ellen was hilarious. Don’t sneak up on us.

Andrew Garcia/Forever/Chris Brown – Really? Can anyone hear this song and not think of it as the official white people wedding anthem? When do the rhythmless groomsmen come shuffling down the aisle? He sounds better than he's sounded since . . . Straight Up. I’m actually enjoying this. This is making me remember that half second where I really liked him. Although, honestly, this thing – this acoustic deconstruction thing – is the only thing he does. And would you buy a whole album full of songs that sounded just like that? Exactly. Still, good recovery, cholo ex-banger. Respect. When you smile, the whole world smiles with you. So close, Ellen. So close. And Simon’s right. Personality counts.

Katie/Chain of Fools/Aretha Franklin – Yeah. I refuse. I can no longer deal with her on any level.

Lee Dewyze/Treat Her Like a Lady/The Cornelius Brothers – I think he can do well with this song. And from the jump, he sounds really good. But on the real? This kid is just incredibly boring. No charisma. No star power. He’s just kind of there. Despite the judges trying to pimp him, he’s unpimpable. He’s the most milquetoast guy around.

Crystal in stilettos? I’m all about it.

Mamasox/Midnight Train to Georgia/Gladys Knight and the Pips – That’s the jam right there. I think she is going to knock it out the box. Oh, my word. This girl can flat out blow. That was amazing. Best song choice of the night, for sure. I agree that I don’t need to hear that from her every week, but I loved hearing it tonight. And she looked fabulous.

Aaron/Ain’t No Sunshine/Bill Withers – OK, Kris killed this song last season so why is he doing it now? Wobbly, wobbly on all the held notes at the end of his phrases. That gone is going to need abuse counseling. And he did exactly what Usher told him not to do on the “I knows”. And then he went flat at the end of the song. So let’s see. Why did he do this song? I gotta ask it again.

There were actually a couple of people who were quite good this week. Mamasox, as usual. But Big Mike was the best he's been since the early audition rounds. Andrew made me remember why I ever liked him in the first place. Lee sang really well while still being boring.

I think Didi is going home. I wish it were Tim.

kat, I love your thoughts on SYTYCD and pretty much nodded right along through all the posts.

Drag Race! I really liked this challenge. This week pretty much also sealed my turnaround on Tatiana and Raven. I started out liking Tati and not liking Raven, and now I've flipped on both of them. I was not as impressed with Tyra as the judges were. The makeup she did on her mother was ATROCIOUS.

Jujubee's 2nd week in the bottom two... that's not good. And we had to say goodbye to Pandora! Sadface.

Just watched Idol, and, why are we having this competition? Couldn't we just give the prize to Crystal and let everyon eelse go home? I mean, there are a few others who aren't embarrassing themselves, but Crystal is the truth, man.

She's so much better than everyone else, it's a little embarrassing. She's a total natural.

AI: I will never forgive anyone who ruins Anita Baker.

I take this very personally. What do I have to do to get this guy off the tv?

S. can't understand why Tim's still there, but I keep telling him Didi or even Katie will go before him, because the teen girl vote is a lot stronger than the teen boy vote.

I'm almost positive that Didi will go tonight, even though what Tim did to Anita Baker was an affront to the heavens. Tim was made for those swaybot types and they vote until their fingers bleed. Our only hope would be if he started splitting votes with Aaron. But Tim is getting the Disney Channel vote and I feel like Aaron is getting the John Stevens Memorial Grandma Vote.

Jujubee's 2nd week in the bottom two... that's not good. And we had to say goodbye to Pandora! Sadface

Well, this is the hardcore finals, they're all good, so being in the bottom two doesn't mean that you're bad, just that they were better.

That said, I was VERY sad to see Pandora go, but I knew that she wasn't going to win. It's Ru's show, and for her, drag is about glamour, and that's not Pandora. She CAN be glamorous, but that's not her thing.

That said, I was VERY sad to see Pandora go, but I knew that she wasn't going to win. It's Ru's show, and for her, drag is about glamour, and that's not Pandora. She CAN be glamorous, but that's not her thing.

Yeah, that.