Hollywood week is over - kind of - and last night we went from 70something to 50something. While I don't disagree with anyone who got cut from the one room sent home, I think at least one more room full of these chuds should have gotten the boot. There are at least five people still in this competition who have no business being there, and a good handful more that are seriously outclassed.

In between riveting shots of people freaking out while waiting in four separate hotel rooms we got flashbacks to the contestants' "final" auditions. Too many of them went through too quickly for me to cover them all, but some of things I specifically noted:

-Adam Lambert wants to be "original" and do unfamiliar spins on familiar songs. So, he wants to be David Cook. Which he proved by turning Cher's "Believe" into a wailing, squealing, ear-splitting anthem. I kind of hated it. Adam sounds amazing on sustained notes, but he has a tendency to sound very pinched in other places. I'm on the fence on Lambert.

-Matt Giraud sang "Georgia" and trotted out those BS Justin Timberlake trills and frills. I just don't find that kind of singing particularly interesting. Let's just try holding a note once in a while, mmmkay, Matt?

-Jamar Rogers sounded like absolute shit in his weird staccato rendition of "Hey There Delilah." It sounded completely inauthentic and did nothing to showcase his voice. A terrible, terrible decision.

-Danny Gokey is a ringer for Top 12 at this point, and while his "I Hope You Dance" wasn't his best performance to date - he sounded very raw - I think he's going to do really well in this competition.

-Anoop Desai and Jorge Nunez made really bizarre song choices, selecting Bobby Brown's "My Prerogative" and Ne-Yo's "Closer," respectively. These are not songs that show off a voice. If Jorge is the guy I think he is, he's extremely talented and I hope he makes it to the Top 36.

-Scott MacIntyre is another ringer, although I'm still not sure what he was thinking by selecting Daughtry's "Home." He sang it fine, but it sounded a little twee coming from his Billy Joel-type voice.

-Michael Sarver took the lead in my Imaginary Idol Boyfriend 2009 competition by selecting O'Town's "All or Nothing" (I maintain that despite the reality-show roots, O-Town has some great cheesy boy-band songs). I know he's married, Southern, and would probably kill me dead, but I can dream.

-Lil Rounds is one of the few women in this competition I'm interested in (seriously, TERRIBLE year for girls) and sounded amazing on Alicia Keys' "If I Ain't Got You."

-Ju'not Joyner blew me away with his soulful, real rendition of "Delilah." Take a note, Jamar: that's how it's done.

-Nathaniel Martin, a.k.a. Drama King, got through despite his cheap busker-sounding "Disturbia." I hate this kid.

-Joanna Pacetti had no business getting through after completely forgetting the words to her song (seriously, she resorted to just a series of hums). She's also the new Carly Smithson, since she previously had a major-label contract and lost it. Her performance last night demonstrated why she got dropped. Embarrassing.

-Nick/Norman GOT THROUGH. How? What? Who? I mean, SERIOUSLY. The man is a drag queen without the stones to actually dress like a woman. Simon constantly chides contestants for being "too cabaret" and THIS guy makes it to within one step of the Top 36? What a slap in the face to everyone else who tried out and got cut from this show. If it's a joke, it's not funny.

-And then we have good ol' Tatiana Del Toro. It's fitting that her last name translates to "The Bull" because this girl is full of that particular animal's excrement. Was she terrible in her final audition, singing Whitney's "I'm Your Baby Tonight"? No. She wasn't particularly good - totally upper-level high school talent show, but that's it. But then the drama engine proceeded to hijack much of the rest of the show, from flitting about like a mental patient after wrapping her solo to melting down in the holding pens, which got even worse when she was moved from room to room. (I think what happened there is that she inadvertently got spared; thanks, judges, for forcing this wreck on us for at least one more episode.) It got SO BAD that as she was having a completely fake nervous breakdown during the judges' verdict, and Paula and Kara had to say to her (it's always about her) "Honey, you're making this more difficult than it needs to be." Of course she is. That's what girls like Tatiana do. They want attention. They crave attention. Their parents have completely, totally failed them by not preparing them for the realities of the real world, because you know what? Nobody is going to have anything to do with this girl unless they have to. She's still in this. It's unbelievable to me. So I still have to deal with her for at least one more night. And at this point, I hope she does get to the Top 36 so that she can have a spectacular live flame-out before being swallowed up by life like every other famewhore wannabe who goes on these shows. Tatiana = hate.

The ones that did get cut included India (great rapper, not a great singer), Leneshe (she sounded so ANGRY when she sang; please do not write me a love song, Leneshe!), Kaylan Young (wasn't any worse than some of the others that got through), and a couple others I frankly don't remember.

Tonight: TWO HOURS. D'oh! The Chair has apparently become "Judges Mansion" (whatever). Singing for your life! More bullshit with Tatiana! Kill me now!