First, it’s results night on Dancing With The Stars and maybe I was just kind of numb after American Idol, but I found the whole hour rather enjoyable in an immediately forgettable kind of way. But it was…soothing. I mean, I didn’t even fast forward once through Rascal Flatts or the Pussycat Dolls routine. What’s wrong with me?

In the end, Steve O heads out the door, which is as it should be. Next week we get group dance and a chance for the celebs to choose the outfits for their teams. I kind of loved LT wanting to put more clothes on Edyta (”She’s kind of allergic to them…”) since his momma is going to be in the audience next week. Ha! Should be fun.

You know what else should be fun? American Idol. And….not so much. Again. I know!

But they have an entire history of movies to draw great music from, and apparently the only songs AI can get approved are by Bryan Adams? Seriously? Two out of seven. And the rest, except for Kris’s exceptional Oscar winning choice, are all tired. The Rose? Aerosmith’s incredibly overdone Don’t Want To Miss A Thing? And Lionel freaking Richie?? Without David Cook to make it even remotely palatable? My God man, kill me now. Come on!

Love Tarantino and I liked that he tried to get them to perform the songs better. Of course with Adam he didn’t even try, it was just like, “Oh goody, what’s he gonna do?”

And what he did? Was Wild Thing. On Broadway. And, don’t get me wrong, after the other six all chose ballads (seriously with that!) it was great to actually get to wake up. But it’s kind of one of those had-to-be-there kind of deals where you’re probably not going to download it later. But I appreciate the guy for doing what he does. And you can’t do Mad World every week, or it also gets redundant. A definite show highlight.

Not a highlight was the way Alison butchered Aerosmith. She’s got the chops for it and as much as I loathe ever hearing that song again, it wasn’t an entirely bad choice for her range, except yikes, it was horrible. Was she sick? I dunno, but the judges praise was only warranted because, like me, they don’t want her to go home and making her go first when she’s not getting the votes, not smart.

One of the better performances of the night was Anoop, doing (gag) Adams, but at least it was listenable.

What wasn’t? Matt. Or Lil. And Lil? I love the gospel arrangement to The Rose, I really do. Except I wanted to hear Jennifer Hudson do it. Because she, unlike, so very unfortunately, you….could do that justice. I really wanted Lil to find that pocket, but it’s just not gonna be there for her. She and Matt were my bottom two for the week. Love Matt, but he doesn’t seem to understand his limitations vocally and always reaches further than he can actually go.

Kris picked a more obscure song that nobody knows even though it won an Oscar, but while he did a truly lovely job with it, truly…it was snoresville for me after a night of ballads. And Adam. I mean, great rendition and you’re totally adorable…but zzzzzzzzz.

And I’m not EVEN going to talk about Danny singing to the heavens and his dead wife. Accompanied by a freaking harp. Not. Even. Going. There. He’s not going anywhere, so what’s the point.

So, while I’d love for him to be in the bottom three, he won’t be. That’s probably going to be Lil, Matt, and I’m guessing, Alison. I hope she’s the safe one, but I think they can all worry.

All I can say is, even though it was a rather Rocky Horror Picture Show performance (which I loved that he lit up over that description! Ha!) if it wasn’t for wanting to see The Adam Spectacle every week, just for sheer what’s next anticipation, I don’t know if I’d even be tuning in any longer. How sad is that?

Very sad.

So…what about you? Why are you watching? Who do you want to see go home? Who do you think will go home? And what’s next on Dancing With The Stars? And will Taj get her quorum together tonight on Survivor? Your turn….to DISH!

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