So we lose another four wannabes, and this time only half the boots are good news. On the expected side, Alaina is finally shown the door after two awful performances and a lot of eye-rolling at the judges (she actually makes a snide remark about Simon's spot-on criticism tonight, too). A pleasant surprise came in the ousting of Nick, whose "charisma problem" was apparently solved by not solving it at all. And on the sad note, we lost A.J. and Leslie, both of whom sang that stupid Michael Buble song "Feelin' Good" that I correctly predicted could kill them both. And it did, since they were pretty good singers.

It's interesting to note that three of the four ousters picked songs that were contemporary when their grandparents were their age. There's a lesson there. The fourth one just sucked. There's a lesson there too.

I'm frankly surprised that Haley made it through another week; I would have gladly kept Leslie in lieu of her boring ass. Who is voting for Haley? And why are they doing that? She is so astoundingly dull. The Antonella thing I can partially understand, since she's capturing the influential Jersey Slut voting bloc. But if she makes it through to the Top 12 I'll be pissed, since that'll mean one of the six genuinely talented women would have been denied a berth. By the way, I'm voting for Jordin next week. Seeing her in the Bottom 2 freaked me right out.

On the guy side, Sanjaya seemed visibly shocked when A.J. went home instead of him. He said as much to Ryan afterward. Good on him for having the self-awareness to know that people much more talented than him are erroneously being sent home, and unlike John Stevens he seems to legitimately feel bad about it. Now if he could just stop sucking so bad. I have to wonder, though: is he intentionally sucking? He seems to know how bad he is but doesn't seem to try to change it. Does he want off the show? Can't he just up and quit a la Mario Vasquez two seasons ago?

BTW: I do not need to see Sundance Head crying over the boys being sent home. We get it producers: you want us to like him. And I'm sorry to report that some of America's sheep have even joined in. But I remain steadfast in my No Head in 2007 campaign, and not even your sad little weepy pussy man can move my cold, black heart.

I'll miss you, Leslie and A.J. Never thought I'd write that.