Lakisha Goes Home.

In an expected turn of events, Lakisha Jones was sent home last night on Idol, and Blake Lewis made it into the top three with Jordin and Melinda. People out there in TV land sure like their beat boxing.

Barry Gibb showed up with his shirt tucked in and his hair brushed, a vast improvement on the night before an sang something. I fast forwarded through it. Sorry, Barry.

The best part of the filler full hour was a short clip of the Idols talking about their childhoods, and their dreams. Strangely, three of the four are only children. I don't know why that's strange, it just is. Another great moment was Ryan Seacrest talking to random people at the Farmers Market and these two girls spontaneously gave imitations of Paula clapping like a seal. It was hilarious.

Ryan Seacrest had a strange moment hiding Jessica Alba behind him, and then Jessica hogged the microphone giving Fabulous Four a lengthy plug.

Only two weeks to go!! What a ride it's been, mostly downhill.

Looks Like Lakisha is Hitting the Road

Dial Idol has Lakisha with the lowest number of votes after last nights lackluster performances of Bee Gee's songs, and Melinda joining her in the bottom two. I don't think Lakisha was the worst last night by any stretch of the imagination. According to Dial Idol, Black is in first place. How? He's a shocker. I really hope Dial Idol is wrong this week.

Maybe it will be Melinda? It's happened before where the strong singer has gone home and doesn't make it to the final three!

Stayin' Alive

Barry Gibb. Oh. My. God. When Barry first appeared on the screen as a "mentor" last night I wondered who it was! Time has not been good to him. I never would have recognized him if I saw him in the street. And having said that, Barry was the most interesting thing about the whole American Idol last night.

Melinda was up first and mechanically sang her way through a Bee Gee's song. It was OK. No one liked it, basically because half way through the song, you forgot what she was even singing. Her second song was a bit better, but I still can't remember what it was.

Blake should be off that show tonight if there is any justice in the world. The beat boxing has to stop. I'm sure it's great for 12 yr old girls, who have no clue about he songs he's ruining, but for the rest of us, to take these extremely well known songs and just randomly beat box through them is a crime against music in general. He has to go.

Lakisha. I thought that she was the best of the night last night, while hating what she did to Stayin' Alive. She might go home because of her stubborn refusal to ever take advice from any of the mentors, and the fact that she changed the songs up too much.

And finally Jordin. I'm sure she's safe because he first song was so good and she has a fantastic personality. Barry Gibb liked her the best as well.

All in all, another b-b- b-or-ring Idol.

Phil and Chris Go Down In A Blaze of Glory

The gamble paid off for Blake Lewis this week, and he's safe! Phil and Chris went home in a double elimination. There were lots of tears from everyone,and interestingly Carrie Underwood's version of "I'll Stand By You" was played during Phil's send off, and Chris got the usual Daughtry "Home". Hmmm.

So America, your final four are, Blake Lewis, Lakisha Jones, Melinda Doolittle and Jordin Sparks!

The best part of the night for me was Bon Jovi performing. Isn't Jon Bon Jovi still the hottest thing on two legs? Sambora's a bit puffy in the face, but Jon still looks fantastic.

Next week - disco with Barry Gibb. Yikes!

Blake Lewis: Worst Rendition of Bon Jovi Ever

From what I've been seeing around and about today, it looks like Simon was right - everyone is divided over Blake Lewis' performance of "You Give Love a Bad Name" last night on Idol. Personally, I hated it and I think Jon Bon Jovi probably did as well, with his veiled reference to "people who don't want to see this song messed with".

Dial Idol has Jordin and Blake as safe and everyone else as a possible elimination. I think that Jordin got the massive sympathy vote because she admitted that she did a horrible job with "Living on a Prayer".

I think that Chris Richardson and Lakisha are going home tonight in the double elimination, but I'm secretly hoping it's going to be Blake.

And in case you missed it - here the horrible beat boxing performance.

Blaze of Glory

Hands up if you think that Jon Bon Jovi is hot! And an all round great guy! I'm amazed that he didn't punch Blake Lewis in the head for beat boxing " You Give Love a Bad Name". Simon was right - I'm in the half of the audience that hated it.

Phil sang "Going Down in a Blaze of Glory". Prophecy? Jordin was miserable singing "Living on a Prayer", which she might be doing after last nights performance. Lakisha sang "This Ain't a Love Song" and Simon liked it so much he jumped up and kissed her. Chris Richardson did "Dead or Alive" and it was OK, and Melinda was just like a young, stumpy Tina Turner performing "Have a Nice Day".

It was one of the better episodes of Idol this whole season, but the main draw card was Bon Jovi himself - yummy!

ps. Antonella Barba was in the audience!

Idol Gives Back - The Recap!

Ryan Seacrest announces that not only did they get 70 million votes last night, it was going to be the most shocking elimination EVER!!!! OMG!! Is that a suit Simon is wearing??

Hey - it's Ellen De Generes - who asks if she is getting kicked off? I think it's going to be Melinda - that would truly be shocking! Ellen introduces Earth, Wind and Fire. Is that the original guys? They don't look too bad, and they sing a medley!

Quincy Jones mentors the Idols and writes and anthem for them - Time To Care!! Then Quincy conducts and the Idols sing their caring anthem. Blake still looks irritating.

Ben Stiller!! I love Ben Stiller!! Ben sings and threatens not to stop until $200 million has been raised. We are only 30 minutes into the program and already Ryan is torturing the contestants with safe/not safe. Melinda is safe. I was wrong. Blake is safe. This elimination is turning out not to be so shocking after all. Unless of course it's Jordin - gasp!

Jack Black! Jumps on stage and sings Kiss From a Rose - he's fantastic!! Simon says he's better than Sanjaya (whose in the audience - and so is Seal!!) Seal loves him too. Carrie Underwood sings "I'll Stand By You" while they show a montage of Carrie in Africa! She sounds fantastic. Rascal Flatts sing.

Phil is safe!! That means Lakisha, Jordin and Chris are the bottom three - WHAT?? Jordin??

Ellen personally donates $100,000. Then Josh Groban sings "You Raise Me Up". Everyone is getting teary. Kelly Clarkson wearing some kind of Janis Joplin mumu thing, sings Up to the Mountain. The crowd goes nuts.

Lakisha is safe. What's going on here - this leaves Chris and Jordin. I'm not getting a good feeling.

Celine Dion and Elvis. Elvis is in the building - I'm so excited. It's hologram Elvis!!!! It's bloody brilliant. Elvis is really standing there next to her. They are singing "If I Can Dream". I LOVE it.

Finally the elimination - it's NOBODY!! Everyone is safe!! How cruel. Jordin is in tears. Next week two people go home. Yikes. Total let down. Bono finally shows up!! Idols sing "American Prayer". It's all over.

Dial Idol - Will They Be Right Again?

Dial Idol has Chris Richardson with the lowest number of votes!!! I'm dying to find out who goes home tonight - it really could be anyone except Jordan. I still think it's either Lakisha or Chris, although I'd love it if it was Blake.

Tonight on American Idol it's going to be quite the extravaganza. Kelly Clarkson will perform, there will be footage of Carrie Underwood in Africa, and the moment I can't wait for Celine Dion and Elvis Presley performing a duet!! Yes, THE Elvis, through the miracle of modern technology, back from the dead! Ellen De Generes is hosting on the Kodak Theatre stage, and Ryan Seacrest in the regular studio. Make snacks!! It's two hours long. See you on the other side!

Idol - Gives Back!!

Last night's American Idol was quite the mixed bag. Bono was announced by Ryan Seacrest as the mentor, but was never seen. Maybe he has nothing to plug. The six performances were interspersed with footage from Africa and all around America of needy children. It was all very moving, and I do think that Idol is trying to be genuine with this fund raising effort. One of the best pieces was Simon going to a huge food bank in LA and meeting the volunteers. He proclaimed "I've never met nice people before!". Maybe that's part of his problem? Ryan also informed us that NewsCorp (Fox's parent company) would be donating 10c for every vote called in up to 50 million votes - that's $5 million dollars. So everyone was endlessly encouraged to vote and often!

The performances were ordinary except for Jordin, who stole the show with "You'll Never Walk Alone". She was amazing. Blake Lewis sang a flat and uninspired version of John Lennon's "Imagine". Lakisha murdered Fantasia's "I Believe". I can't remember what Chris Richardson sang. Melinda gave a nice performance of a Faith Hill song and Phil did quite a good job with Garth Brooks' "The Change".

My prediction - Idol will get 50 million votes and make $5 million from NewsCorp and either Blake or Lakisha will get the hook.

Killing Me Softly With His Song

Sanjaya did it again, but this time with a red do-rag on his head. Sanjaya sang "Let's Give them Something To Talk About" and my husband wandered through the living room right about then and said "let's talk about sending you home!". Simon said it was "horrendous" and it was. Boring, flat and totally uninspiring. Hopefully that was Sanjaya's swan song. Bye bye.

Phil Stacey was a huge surprise this week, singing a Keith Urban song, and singing it well. I think country is his thing! Lakisha was average with "Jesus Take the Wheel", totally forgettable, and Melinda sounded great, by my mind started to wander in the middle of her song. The judges loved her.

Chris Richardson was just horrible, he sounded weak and out of tune, and I don't' think it matters what Blake does - I just can't stand him.

The best performance of the night was Jordin Sparks, who sang Broken Wing, and just did a fantastic job. Simon said with a performance like that she could definitely be the next American Idol. I think so too!

And Martina McBride was charming.

Universe of Sanjaya

Last nights Idol manged to reach whole new levels of boring. Tony Bennett was the guest "mentor" and all the Idols pretended to flip out meeting him, but I'm sure half of them had never heard of Tony.

Blake Lewis kicked off the night with his rendition of "Mack the Knife" and he was his usual irritating self. I don't know what it is about Blake, but everything he does irritates me and I don't know why the judges like him so much. He's trying too hard to be unique, but it just doesn't come naturally.

Melinda Doolittle delivered another great vocal performance, but I can't even remember what she sung. Her perfection is becoming boring, although I really like her.

Gina Glocksen is most improved every week. The judges didn't really like her vocals on "Smile", but I thought that she was good, and definitely has her own style.

Everyone else was blah! Even Lakisha, who insists on disregarding the excellent advice of the mentors, every single week. You can't tell me she knows more than Tony Bennett!!

And then of course we have Mr Sanjaya Malakar, dazzling in his ice cream white suit and slicked back hair, underwhelming us with "Cheek to Cheek". Dude cannot sing. At all. The judges have completely given up on even critiquing Sanjaya's singing. And when Simon said "Let's take a different tactic this week... incredible...", Sanjaya screamed out "Welcome to the Universe of Sanjaya". Is Sanjaya believing his own publicity? I doubt he will be gone this week. He'll probably make it to the final four at this stage.

If you are a huge Sanjaya fan check out the Sanjaya Fan Network . They have some great discussion boards going on everything Sanjaya, including his sister!! It's definitely worth a look if you are intersted in keeping Sanjaya on American Idol.

DialIdol.com is predicting that only Melinda Doolittle is safe and Haley Scarnato has the lowest number of votes!!

(www.SanjayaFanNetwork.com).

American Idol News Round Up

Tonight on American Idol is "Tony Bennett - American Classics". Not only do I predict this to be boring, but everyone except Melinda, Lakisha and Jordin are going to murder all the songs and make horrible song choices.

Speaking of Jordin, Ryan Seacrest is tipping that Jordin Sparks is going to be the next American Idol. Ryan says: "She's non-threatening, cute and attractive. Plus, she has this sincere likeability that is rare and genuine." I have to agree with him. Although Melinda Doolittle is a fantastic singer, her personality isn't really that sparky and I'm sure that people are going to get very tired with her "aw shucks" attitude, or just not vote for Melinda because they think she is safe.

We can all breathe a sigh of relief as the Sanjaya hunger strike person has decided to eat again and is just going to concentrate on getting Sanjaya voted off. Good Decision. He's not worth dying for.

Is Sanjaya the most hated American Idol contestant ever?. Probably. Unless you are a weeping 10 year old girl. I think that Votefortheworst.com is definitely ruining this season of Idol, although most of the contestants are managing to do that for the viewing public without any outside help.

Click here to see TMZ's video of the Idols eating lunch

I See London, I See France....

.....and, Haley Scarnato, I can see your underpants!! Mia and I are convinced that the camera took a shot straight up Haley Scarnato's skirt last night, just as she started to butcher and leave for dead, Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors". Haley perched on the stairs in a very short skirt and as the camera panned in on her, you could see straight up her dress!! If I can get some photographic evidence of this I'll post it .

The production wizards at American Idol probably did it on purpose to try and grab some attention away from Sanjaya's Mowhawk, which was just a disaster in and of itself. I won't even talk about his singing. As Simon put it "there's nothing that we can say to you at this point". I have no idea what song Sanjaya performed. I couldn't stop looking at that My Little Pony 'do!

Everyone else was massively ordinary, except of course for Melinda Doolittle, who sung a Donna Summer song, but looked awful. She needs some help from Sussanah and Trinny in the "What Not to Wear" department. Lakisha also sang Donna Summer and was good, Gina was the best she's been so far and everyone else was forgettable. Phil should be voted off just for wearing a hat. If you choose to be bald, be proud.

Gwen Stefani seemed underwhelmed with all the "talent", but was very diplomatic and sweet. Gwen seems like a very nice person.

Simon Trys to Out Ryan

Last night's American Idol will probably be remembered most for the exchange between Ryan Seacrest and Simon Cowell, which I'm sure was totally scripted. Ryan was interviewing Melinda Doolittle before she sang and she said she didn't like her high heels. Then Ryan and Simon had the following exchange:

Ryan: Any advice on the high heels, Simon?

Simon: You should know Ryan. (audience screams on cue)

Ryan: Stay out of my closet.

Simon: Come out. (eye roll)

Audience and Melinda Doolittle freak out. Scripted. I'm sure of it. It was the eye roll that gave it away.

Other than that, it was a totally boring except for Melinda Doolittle, who made Paula cry with her rendition of "Home", Lakisha Jones and Jordin Sparks, who were all exceptional. All the men sucked, and the rest of the women were only OK, and Diana Ross' hair was bigger than Texas.