Idol- Elton John week and the show suddenly sucks

Elton John week? Hello, does no one at American Idol know the year is 2011?

Scotty McCreary- Country Comfort
Duh, big surprise here. He should be sent home for making such a ridiculously obvious song choice as well as for doing absolutely nothing interesting with it. Why the hell do the judges keep giving this guy a buy? Boring as hell.

Naima Adedapo- I'm Still Standing
Oh, why didn't she do "Rocket Man" or "The Bitch is Back"?  At first I thought the arrangement completely sucked, but by the end it took on a kind of anthem quality I can imagine vacationers in Cancun singing in beach bars, but I really don't think it worked welland it didn't seem to work on Idol. Randy's comments about it being corny aren't far from the mark. I don't want to see this woman leave, but I don't think this performance helped her at all.

Paul McDonald- Rocket Man
Personally I'm tired of Paul, but fans of his aren't going to be dissuaded by the totally MOR (read- boring) performance. Too bad he got one of the best songs in the John/Taupin songbook. Let's hope Jacob does "Daniel" or "Tiny Dancer."

Pia Toscana - Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me.
Another freakin' ballad? This time she was just plain boring. When Iovinne said she had to be a cross between Fergie and Axl he nailed it, but this didn't even come close to that. Send her on her home already. Wow Tyler is really terrible tonight with absolutely nothing to say to anyone, so he keeps saying the same thing over and over. J-Lo isn't much better.

Stefano Langone- Tiny Dancer
Well, Jacob isn't going to get this one. And this one isn't going to save Stefano. Totally misguided performance. These kids better start paying attention to what Iovinne's telling them, because they aren't getting any real critiques from the judges at this point. Bye Stefano. See you in the next road tour of "Jersey Boys."

Lauren-  Candle in the Wind
She's probably too young to know this should have been the one song no one should have attempted tonight. It still has way too much baggage to this day and really should be left alone. That aside, it was painful to hear pretty much from the first note and never got any better from there. She's too inexperienced and young to really convey the song with any confidence. Hear "I would have like to know you, but I was just a kid" sung by a fifteen-year-old kid is just stupid, and actually, somewhat irritating.

James Durbin- Saturday Night's All right for Fightin'
Another way too obvious choice for him, as Elton's hardest rocking song and this was way too predictable. Surprisingly, it was also dull and contrived. His worst performance on the show. He should have done "Bennie and the Jets" or really freaked everyone out and sung something ridiculous like "Don't Go Breakin' My Heart."

Thia Magia- Daniel
Uh-oh. Another "way too mature song for such a young singer" moment. Surprisingly, I think she pulled it out off except for that weak note toward the end. Too schmaltzy for me to ever want to hear it again, but I think she did a good job with it. Better than anything we've seen so far this evening, which has pretty much sucked.

Casey Abrams- Your Song
Finally, someone who chose a good song that fits their voice/style tonight in a way that wasn't obvious and trite. He blew some words, and ultimately didn't sell it, but I think the his appearance at the bottom was a fluke unlikely to be repeated soon. Still, nothing special about tonight's performance.

Jacob Lusk- Sorry Seems to the Hardest Word
Oh dear lord. Really? This sounds terrible in theory and proved to be even worse in reality. Tonight he sounded like a drag queen, which is really unfortunate. Over the top, totally off the rails. The first performance of his that I actually disliked. In fact, I hated it.

Haley Reinhart- Bennie and the Jets
Absolutely the best song choice of the night, but it's also Elton's best song. She didn't pull it off at all, in fact it became embarrassing once she got off the piano, but at least it wasn't predictable.

This may have been the very worst night of American Idol I have ever seen. If Naima and Jacob are voted off the show tomorrow, I think I may be done with this season. All the promise of the early episodes seems to have disappeared in the past two weeks and even though TIVO helps me get through all the dross quickly, after tonight I'm thinking there are a dozen things I could be doing that would be a better use of my time than watching this show.

Best of the night- Thia (I can't believe I just wrote that)

Going home? Who cares? Okay, to be consistent I'll say the bottom three are Stefano, Naima and Jacob.

Naima and Jacob- my two favorites on this season, will likely be the ones sent home. If that's the case, I'm probably done with it myself