3 songs per contestant-one judge’s choice, one producer’s choice, and one contestant’s choice.  This could go either way.

Kewpie Ryan this evening…extra scruffy beard-trying to be more macho?  He’s right up there with macho Clay Aiken in my book, just a lot prettier.  Heard about his new show on NBC?  Reality show called “Mama’s Boy”  Seriously.  It sounds doomed already.

Celeb sighting-that young girl off Brothers and Sisters….you know, the one who they thought was really their illegitimate sister but turned out not to be that Jason has the hots for and her TV mom is Ken Olin’s wife in real life and we know her from 30-something?  SUCH a major celeb I don’t know her name at all…just major enough that I knew she was “somebody” and it took less than the rest of the show to place her. Scraping the bottom of the barrel-where’s Haselhoff these days?

David A

Paula chose “And So it Goes” by Billie Joel-announced by the mayor of northwest  noplace Idaho or wherever he’s from, LOVED the mayor’s waxed handlebar moustache.  Fabulous fashion statement.

Judges loved him-thought it was predictably boring

Syesha

Randy chose If I Aint Got You by Alicia Keys….was he deliberately trying to screw her over?  After weeks and weeks and weeks of telling her she shouldn’t take ion a diva if she can’t outsing the diva, they give her ANOTHER diva song??  I gave her an extra 25 points for the beautiful gold gown-she really is stunning which always begs the question “why do some women get it ALL?”

Judges loved her

David C

Simon chose Roberta Flack’s First time Ever I saw your Face

WHAT????

I did not like his stretches for the falsetto range, but he did pull it together quite well. And the

Judges LOVED him

Modestly, Simon announces Round 1 to Cook and Cowell (I love Simon)

Round 2-Contestant choices

David A-With You by Chris Brown

Syesha-Fever by Peggy Lee

David C-Dare You to Move by Switchback

HEY!!! LOOK its JUSTIN GUARINI!!!!

Round 2 was nothing to write home about-none of them were very good-Syesha loved performing again, channeling the broadway musical….blah.  Judges declared the second round just “ok”

Round 3-Producer’s round

David A-Longer by Dan Fogelberg-predictable cheesy ballad from good old “Squinty”

Syesha-Some uptempo number from some movie about penguins-Simon called it “forgettable”

David C-Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing by Aerosmith

David C takes Round 3 as well.

Looks pretty clear that it’s going to be the BATTLE OF EPIC PROPORTION-WHICH DAVID WILL BE THE GOLIATH-STAY TUNED FOR THE MOST DRAMATIC FINALE ON AMERICAN IDOL EVER

Unless YOU forget to vote and Syesha somehow squeaks into the finale…..