Ok, so it was a bit of a surprise to hear that Sanjaya Malakar was one of the top four guys. I liked Rudy Cardenas performance and didn’t see him going home so soon. Paul Kim, Amy Krebs and Nicole Tranquillo leave also. At this point, there are to many people to really care who gets the boot and who doesn’t. I’m not finding the talent that good or the show that addicting yet this year. Maybe there are still to many people.

And stopping by for a guest spot was Fantasia Barrino. I tuned out during that performance. I think she’s talented, but I’m not a fan. She did announce that she was going to be in a Broadway play though. It’s The Color Purple by Quincy Jones. We would have gotten a bit more info about it but Ryan Seacrest kind of cut Quincy off. Pretty bad too.

The highlight of the evening for me was hearing the ‘goodbye’ song. Last year it was Daniel Powter’s Bad Day and this year it’s none other than Chris Daughtry’s Home!!!! How cool is that? The song fits well and I hope they continue to use it all season long. Plus it’ll be great to see Chris’ guest appearance. You know it’ll happen sooner or later. Both songs by the way are less than a dollar each on iTunes.

What did you think of the show?

Talk about cutting out the wanna bee’s from the can bee’s, Idol races through hundreds of constants and we are left with only 12 girls and 12 guys.

Talent wasn’t a huge factor in the Hollywood week, it was more about dealing with the pressure, memorizing songs with short notice and being able to do more than just a good first impression.

I don’t agree with all the cuts the judges make, but then again, who does. We don’t see it all and someone had to go.

Some of my early favorites include:

• Blake Lewis
• Chris Sligh
• Lakisha Jones
• Melinda Doolittle

Some that bug me include:

• Sanjaya Malakar – He looks 12.
• Nicole Tranquillo – I haven’t been overly impressed yet.
• Gina Glocksen – I want to like her, but some of the comments she’s made during Hollywood week made her sound like a self centered person.

We’ll really get to see them shine, or choke, when in the up-coming weeks as it only gets harder from here.