My Thoughts:

Wow, going rather low there, aren't ya, Paula? I thought I was the only one who was a tad scandalized until Ryan piped up, "I think you need to button that one, Paula. It's a TV-G show." ^_^ We're launched into another horrific group sing that seems even more bubblegum pop backup singer than anything we've been subjected to before. The only happy point is that Syesha is not doused from head to toe in sparkles. I'm not quite sure what she's doing in granny tennis shoes though...

Golly jeepers, the whole crew is in the audience! Hello! Yoohoo! There's Michael Johns and Amanda and Kristy Lee (boo! hiss!) and Ramiele and David Hernandez and Brooke and... where's Jason? Why is there no Jason Castro? :cry:

Speaking of returning faces, here's Fantasia! Look, Syesha, she won and went on Broadway! There's hope! Er, or maybe not. I don't think I have ever heard a more annoying noise. It's almost as horrid as her red hair. We skipped the entire performance.

David Archuleta is pulled out first. I must say, his hometown video was pretty entertaining. I was nice to see shots of him with his mom (who we never hear about) and it was hilarious watching him mobbed by the cheerleaders. Guys everywhere are groaning with envy. Ooooh, and he's got his own crying girl! And amid all this frivolity, he starts to cry. I don't think I've seen any of the Top 3 from other seasons do that yet. And I wonder when he enters his school, how did all these kids treat him before? Was he well-liked? Ignored? Picked on? And it was sweet that while accepting the attention, he admitted that watching the video in front of the audience was "a little embarrassing".

Syesha is next. The funniest moment in her video (the mayor's mustache and the old lady popping a handstand isn't funny-- it's weird) is when the woman in the crowd practically chucks her baby at Syesha. Woookay. Oh, now she's crying too. Finally, something real from her... I think. I'm still puzzling over whether everything was genuine when her video started (with the song of Fantasia's she tried to sing and failed on) and I remember what I first thought of her with those stupid cue cards. Bah.

David Cook's turn. Has anyone noticed no one's lobbing around any "smug" comments anymore? Awww, they're bringing up his little brother. That's Andrew, right? The sick one? I remember how much I disliked David at first. He was some uncouth, horribly groomed Chris Daughtrey wannabe. What a change my opinions have taken. Lookie, he has his own Crying Girl, too, and she's so much weirder that Archuleta's! And he gave her an autograph. How nice. But what was really nice was him surprising his music teacher. That was ten times sweeter than anything we could have imagined of him. OH! He's crying! So's Andrew. He's a sweetheart, Andrew is. But according to Mama, we will NOT be seeing him next year.

Finally we get down to the real point of the show. Someone is going to be eliminated. I really don't care, since all three will be getting a record deal anyways. And am I the only person who has heard (yes, even used) the word humdinger before?

Oh the suspense. It's the Davids in for the Finale. Oh well, that's that. Bye Syesha.