I was going to write about American Idol last week (and the week before that), but I get itchy during so many of the songs, I can't watch the whole thing. They should throw in some William Hung to keep us all entertained from time to time.

But, that's how I know who did the best job - when I am content to just watch and don't start switching channels. The only two people that I actually wanted to listen to last night were Taylor and Elliott. Between the two, I thought Taylor was the best. Last week he was not great (although he was good) and I was thinking Chris was the man (or maybe Katharine, I always miss her performances so I can't judge for myself but catch Simon raving about her). Simon liked Katharine again this week. I finally got to see her sing and it was just o-kay.

This week Chris and Mandisa - who are both usually phenomenal - were pretty bad (too much screeching from both) and I think Simon hit the nail on the head when he said they were "indulgent" performances. But, it wasn't bad enough for either of them to go home.

Paris has been letting me down the last few weeks, but last night she was pretty good. Good enough to stick around, but not good enough to win.

Lisa and Bucky were just there. Bucky was hard to understand. Kellie's country song was alright, but I don't think she'll make it to the top 6 (or probably even the top 8).

And Ace. I thought his performance was so-so and his eyes drive me crazy. Not in a good way. He does this puppy dog stare that is irritating. Last week I got a lot of hits on my blog from people wondering if Ace is Mormon (his family is). Which makes me feel like I should be a little more in his corner. I'm sure he's a fine human being (I'm sure all of them are), but he has got to stop looking at the camera like that.

Top 3: Taylor, Elliott, and Paris.
Bottom 3: Lisa, Bucky, and Mandisa. I almost went with Kellie instead of Mandisa (and I think people who actually vote might), but I actually listened to Kellie and I could not listen to Mandisa.

Going home: Bucky.