It was the "historic" double-elimination episode (I believe we had a two-fer once before, in Season 6, right after "Idol Gives Back," but I could be wrong). Tuned in just in time to see Lil get the abrupt insta-axe. Not terribly surprising, especially in light of the beatdown she got Tuesday night, and had been getting for the past several weeks. I still argue that the judges' "We don't know the artist you're trying to be/That song doesn't suit the artist you are" critique was patronizing and made little to no sense. Forced to do an encore of "I'm Every Woman," she sang the song much better than she did originally - it was much more controlled, certainly. But I don't know how she could argue that it wasn't a pale imitation of Chaka Khan. Also, her outfit was REALLY bad, and made her look stumptastic. Best of luck, Lil. I will miss your wonderful wigs.

Then we went to a disco medley, kicked off by Freda Payne with "Band of Gold." Freda still looks pretty damned good (albeit nipped and tucked in the face), and the woman has GUNS. I felt strangely inadequate whenever she flexed. She sounded pretty good, if a bit out of breath in parts. Then we segued to Thelma Houston and "Don't Leave Me This Way," one of my favorite disco songs. But THELMA! Please watch that skirt! I was about to Thelma your Houston, and I don't want to do that! She looked like Big Bird, you guys. KC of KC and the Sunshine Band rounded things out, looking not unlike Tony Soprano's musical cousin. He has absolutely no voice left (although I don't think voice was really ever the selling point for any of his songs) and just kind of squeaked through "Get Down Tonight." How can you have a disco medley without Donna Summer? Un-American!

Results: Kris safe. Duh. Adam safe. Double duh. (And if that's not his boyfriend in the audience with his family, I am a hippopotamus.) Danny safe. And there's your Final 3 for the competition, almost without question at this point. Anoop in the Bottom 3. Totally deserved after Tuesday night, in which he was dreadful. (The non-Simon judges were crack-a-lackin'.) Matt claimed he did the arrangement for "Stayin' Alive." Really? Sounded fairly similar to the Bee Gees to me. He got spared, which meant Allison ended up in the naughty chair. That's too bad, I thought she was great on Tuesday (and that outfit was killer). I don't think Matt should take this as a sign of America's renewed interest in him as much as America kind of forgetting Allison in the shuffle.

And then a performance from last season's runner up, David Archuleta. Archie just makes me laugh when he sings. Clearly the kid can sing, but he has that goofy grin and those sleepy eyes, and all I can think of is that he's up past his bedtime. I worry that he has no soul, you know? He's just this tiny puppet or toy soldier that goes out and does his time on the stage, and then is plugged in backstage or something. Like Small Wonder. Remember that show?

And Anoop and his terrible facial scruff got sent home. Phew! I was seriously concerned about Allison for a few seconds there, and even more terrified of the idea of the sausage fest that would be a Final 5 comprised of Anoop, Matt, Danny, Adam, and Kris. Anoop sounded better than he did on Tuesday as well - still can't hit that last note -- although I still think the arrangement was lousy. And, hey, the dude came in sixth place. That's really not bad for a Wild Card choice, although he was survived by Matt, which is unfortunate.