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After tonight's episode of American Idol, the men's field and the womens' field have each been reduced to eight. One more week before we find out who the final twelve contestants are going to be.

Following last week's agonizing results' show, FOX wisely decided to cut back on the histrionics and performances. The results were announced more matter-of-factly, and I believe that tonight's show came off a lot better.

It turns out that I was half-right in my predictions that Celena Rae, Janay Castine, Joseph Murena, and Constantine Maroulis would be the contestants who were eliminated. Constantine was safe, as was Janay. Accompanying Celene Rae and Joseph Murena to elimination were David Brown and Aloha Mischeaux.

David and Aloha's eliminations were mild surprises. David left the auditions with a lot of momentum, but fell flat the more often that he was seen on television. Although Aloha had minimal exposure prior to the current round, I thought that her strong performance in week one would have earned her a lot of fans that would stick with her in week two.

Who do you think are "on the bubble" for next week? I think that Janay Castine, Scott Savol, Lindsey Cardinale, Constantine Maroulis, Travis Tucker, Amanda Avila all are in danger of being cut. I wouldn't mind seeing Mikalah go, but I have a feeling that she'll stick around for as long as John Stevens did last season.

Okay. That's all for tonight. Time to give the baby a bath!