Down to the Final 5. The theme: Sinatra. The mentor: Harry Connick Jr. Every week the judges yell at the contestants to be current, and for the theme they've picked an artist who has been dead for more than a decade, and a mentor who hasn't been...

Group sing to a mash-up of standards, all of it prerecorded. Again: does this show even realize how full of shit it is when it barks at its contestants to sound current? This was so musty it could have been recorded for "The Laurence Welk Show,"...

Only three more weeks of this death march. I don't think I've ever been this desperate for a season of "Idol" to end, I really mean that. Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel were in the audience; I felt sad for them, honestly. It must be difficult for...

After the obligatory rehashing, we got a performance by Fantasia! I loved her so much during Season 3. She was my first Idol. But her albums were SO BAD. Why can't she get some killer upbeat songs? That's what made me totally fall for her. Well,...

Only two more weeks! Oh, so very close to being done with this terrible season, and then we can get busy with never speaking of it again. We had only three contestants left: presumptive front-runner Crystal Bowersox, her overly hyped competition...

Ryan told us that 47 million votes came in last night. Who is casting all those votes? Who even cares about this season? I seriously don't know anyone else who is watching this show regularly, much less actually casting votes.
Since there was an...

The show moved to the gigantic Nokia Theater. It was Crystal vs. Lee, undoubtedly the best contestants from this season. Seriously, there is nobody else I would have wanted to see in this F2 from the terrible, terrible crop of "talent" we had...

Alright, let's get this shit over with. Seacrest opened the finale by reminding us that both of our finalists - Lee DeWyze and Crystal Bowersox - both auditioned originally in Chicago. They even ran into each other during the whole cattle call....

Now that "Idol" is over [blessedly - Eric Rezsnyak], Fox is turning its sights back to its other reality competition: "So You Think You Can Dance." "Dance" has made it to lucky season No. 7 and is changing all the rules. Well, not quite all of...