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The day after "The Great American Songbook" show, Rod Stewart stopped by to sing a song.  It is really interesting to observe how effortlessly a veteran performer can sing a song in comparison to the young Idol contestants.  Rod made it look really easy to sound good.

Next week's guest star/ coach will be Andrea Bocelli.  He'll help the contestants with "great love songs."  -I doubt that this Bocelli fellow was chosen to appeal to the under-18 demo, but it should be fun anyway.

The Bottom Three:

This week's bottom three were: Ace, Paris, and Chris.  In the end, Ace was eliminated.

Paris was the first sent "back to the couch."  It seems that Paris has become the victim of viewers' apathy.  She is a really good contestant, and last night was fantastic.  That said: she's missing something for people to get too excited about.

Chris' descent into the bottom-three must be partly related to the fact that he was on first.  Other reasons may be:  Other people (like me) are beginning to get tired of Chris.  I am bored with him.

Last night's song wasn't any good, and people resented the judges covering for him.

Ace:  He sang that awful Queen song last week.  He hasn't been any good since he sang "Father Figure" anyway.