Last Night's "Idol"

Was the will of the American People fulfilled?

April 29, 2010 at 2:00PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
In this publicity image released by Fox, Siobhan Magnus performs on the singing competition series "American Idol," Tuesday, April 27, 2010 in Los Angeles.  (AP Photo/Fox, Michael Becker)
(AP/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Well, that was a great "American Idol" - Cameron Diaz and Antonio Banderas came by to talk with Ryan Seacrest about Shrek 9,395! Awesome. Also there was singing. Siobhan - pronounced "Shi-bon," according to my neighbor, Siobhan - was heaved off the show. THIS GOES AGAINST THE WILL OF AMERICA.

Or so a press release would have you believe. I got this yesterday:

The viewers were pulling for Crystal Bowersox, which frankly sounds like something you'd buy in a New Age store in Sedona to help realighn your feet's energy matrix. I don't watch the show, so this is all gibberish to me, but you do. So: How do you feel about last night's show?

Bonus question: how many fingers on the hand of an American Idol contestant on the Domino's Pizza box?

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