I Am...I Cried

After teasing us with elimination for weeks Brooke White was finally shown the door tonight. Much like the last few eliminations, I didn't get the prediction right but I wasn't surprised to see her go. As I mentioned last night she was really getting on my nerves. I got the sense that Snow White herself knew that she was doomed when she forgot the words of the annoying Idol medley.

By process of elimination Syesha Mercado now becomes one of the favorites to win. She too flirts with elimination every week but she is still standing when all of the other chicks have been booted off. Barring some kind of an Elliott Yamin like miracle it's all but certain that Jason Castro will be voted off next week, leaving Syesha to fight it out with the 2 Davids. Then we shall see if it really is a singing competition or if once again the elimination depends on demographics.

If you caught last night's show, or read my potentially award winning recap, you know about the surreal moment surrounding Paula Abdul commenting on Jason Castro's second song before he actually sang it. Rumors have flown across the Internet as to why Drunk Chick did this. TMZ reported that Drunk Chick had a martini before the show, a charge denied by her publicist. Other rumors claimed that Paula was on pain killers. Then there are the charges, led by Vote for the Worst.com and Entertainment Weekly's Popwatch Blog, that Drunk Chick's actions exposed how the show is rigged. Was Paula using her notes from dress rehearsal? Or was she reading from a critique written before the show by the producers? Paula herself appeared on Trained Seal's radio show to offer up her own explanation (which you can listen to here), but it is almost as surreal as her comments last night. It was nice for Ryan to defend Paula from all the "Internet rumors" on tonight's show, but still something doesn't smell right about this.

Another confusing moment occurred tonight when Wonder Boy acted surprised that Ryan told him he was safe. Why David would think that he was anywhere close to the Bottom 2 is another mystery we will likely never get resolved.

Constantine Maroulis appeared on the results show yet again, proving to me that this dude must have been bitten by a vampire or something. Apparently he is now one of the hosts of an associated Idol show on the Fox Reality Channel. Since I have that channel blocked from my DVR on-screen guide I was not aware that there was a Idol related show on the Fox Reality Channel. I was barely aware that there was a Fox Reality Channel. I don't think I'll bother recapping it. Rehashing American Idol is time consuming enough.

We also learned tonight that Randy used to be a model; that Simon and Neil Diamond have a "history"; that Simon's first kiss was when he was 9 years old and that she is alive and well and living in Petaluma, California; that Syesha is having a hard time selecting songs (I figured she just asked herself "what would Whitney do?"); that Natasha Beddingfield is willing to be Wonder Boy's prom date; that "we know more about these contestants than any other season" according to Ryan; and that Rocker Dude considers Paula's comment about him being "the American Idol" to be the kiss of death. He must have seen the dress rehearsal.

Next week it's "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame" week, which all but seals Quiet Man's fate. But like Drunk Chick I've been known to be wrong before.