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The other day as I was browsing around the internet, I visited the American Idol-related website: votefortheworst.com.  VFTW was interesting.  There is a spot on the site where someone does weekly reviews of each episode.  Name, song, commentary, and a letter grade.

Reading through those recaps, I was struck by how similar the style and commentary are to my weekly recaps.  Granted there are only so many ways to "skin a cat", but I was still a little surprised at how like-minded the individual who writes the VFTW recaps is with me.  Go ahead and see for yourself.  I was genuinely surprised on how similar the commentary is to mine.

Tonight's Results:

Tonight's show was an hour-long results' edition.  That means that we were in for some heavily padded material.  Nearer the end, Bucky Covington, Elliot Yamin, and Ace Young found themselves in the bottom three.  Ultimately Bucky ended up being the one with the fewest votes, so he was eliminated.

Ace: Dodged a bullet again.  He was terrible, and has been since that George Michael song.  He must be appealing to some segment of fans, because I doubt he's getting many votes from any demographic that I'm in.

Elliot:  I didn't think that it was cool when he said he didn't really know any Queen songs.  He must be from a different planet.  For the second week in a row, Elliot seemed to be intensely trying to not screw up the lyrics of his song.  I wonder whether he'll have a chance to get comfortable with a song before he's eliminated.

Bucky: Sad that he was eliminated on a night when he was one of the better singers.  Realistically, he didn't have much of a chance.  We'll see him in the audience on future Idol tapings, as well as on the final show of the season.

Once again, Bucky showed us what happens when a performer draws the unlucky number one.  Performing first is always rough on Idol.